The Myrtle Avenue station was a station on the demolished

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. It was opened in May 13 1885 and had two tracks and two side platforms. It was located at the intersection of

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and Grand Avenue, and had connections to Myrtle Avenue Line streetcars. A segment of the Lexington Avenue Line once ran north from here and turned west on Park Avenue to Hudson Avenue and York Street on its way to the Fulton Ferry until 1891. The Myrtle Avenue Elevated was built nearby in 1888, and Lexington Avenue Lines trains began to shift onto that line southwest of this station. It closed on October 13, 1950, although the other BMT station at that location, Grand Avenue was in operation until January 21, 1953, while the rest of the line southwest of

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was operational until November 3, 1969. The next southbound stop was

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on the Myrtle Avenue El, but was originally another Washington Avenue station on the Park Avenue El. The next northbound stop was DeKalb Avenue.

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Park Ave El; 1885-1891 (The Joe KorNer)
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