The Navy Street station was a station on the demolished

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. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform. The station was originally built on April 10, 1888 for the

Myrtle Avenue Elevated The Myrtle Avenue Line, also called the Myrtle Avenue Elevated, is a fully elevated line of the New York City Subway as part of the BMT division. The line is the last surviving remnant of one of the original Brooklyn elevated railroads. The re ...

trains, but also served Lexington Avenue Elevated trains by 1891. A segment of the Lexington Avenue Line once turned north from here onto Hudson Avenue and York Street on its way to the Fulton Ferry until 1904, when Lexington and Fifth Avenue trains were redirected along Myrtle Avenue west of this station. It closed on October 4, 1969, after a fire on the elevated structure. The next stop to the north was

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. The next stop to the south was Bridge–Jay Streets.

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Last Days of the Myrtle Avenue El (Forgotten New York.com)
{{NYCS stations navbox, myrtle=yes Defunct BMT Myrtle Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888 Railway stations closed in 1969 1888 establishments in New York (state) 1969 disestablishments in New York (state) Former elevated and subway stations in Brooklyn