Knickerbocker Avenue station

Knickerbocker Avenue is a station on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Myrtle and Knickerbocker Avenues in Bushwick, Brooklyn, it is served by the M train at all times.

 Knickerbocker Avenue
 
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Metropolitan Avenue bound platform
Station statistics
AddressKnickerbocker Avenue & Myrtle Avenue
Brooklyn, NY 11237
BoroughBrooklyn
LocaleBushwick
Coordinates40.698731°N 73.918376°W / 40.698731; -73.918376
DivisionB (BMT)
LineBMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services      M  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: B54
StructureElevated
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Other information
OpenedDecember 19, 1889 (1889-12-19)
ClosedAugust 17, 2012 (2012-08-17) (reconstruction)
July 1, 2017 (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
RebuiltFebruary 8, 2013 (2013-02-08) (reconstruction)
April 30, 2018 (2018-04-30) (temporary line closure)
Station code113[1]
Opposite-direction transfer availableYes
Traffic
Passengers (2019)1,544,093[2]  100%
Rank290 out of 424[2]
Station succession
Next eastMyrtle-Wyckoff Avenues: M 
Next westCentral Avenue: M 

Station layout
P
Platform level		 Side platform
Westbound ← toward 71st Avenue weekdays, Essex Street weekends, Myrtle Avenue late nights (Central Avenue)
Center trackway → No track or roadbed
Eastbound → toward Metropolitan Avenue (Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues) →
Side platform
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent, MetroCard machines
G Street level Exit/entrance
SW corner entrance

This elevated station, opened on December 19, 1889, has two side platforms and two tracks with space for a third track, which was removed by 1946. Both platforms have steel canopies along their entire lengths except for small sections at their extreme ends. The western half of both platforms has grey windscreens while the eastern half has waist-high steel fences. The station names are in the standard black plates with white lettering.

This station has one elevated station house beneath the platforms and tracks. One staircase from the eastern end of each platform goes down to a waiting area/crossover. A turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases going down to either side of Myrtle Avenue between Knickerbocker and Greene Avenues. The station formerly had another station house at the south end.[3]

Track layout
to Myrtle–Wyckoff Avs
to Central Av

The station was rehabilitated from August 17, 2012,[4] to February 8, 2013.[5] On July 1, 2017, the station was closed again until April 30, 2018 as part of the reconstruction of the Myrtle Avenue Line's connection with the BMT Jamaica Line.[6][7][8]

References
  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2014–2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  3. "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Bushwick" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
  4. "Knickerbocker Avenue M Station to Close for Rehab". MTA. August 17, 2012. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  5. "Knickerbocker Avenue M Station Reopens Following Rehab". MTA. February 8, 2013. Retrieved August 23, 2017.
  6. Rivoli, Dan (March 17, 2016). "M line to be shut down next year for repairs". New York Daily News. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  7. Brown, Nicole (March 18, 2016). "MTA: M line will shut down for part of next year". am New York. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
  8. "Myrtle Avenue Line Infrastructure Projects". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved July 23, 2016.
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