Tompkins Avenue station (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)
Tompkins Avenue was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It had two tracks and one island platform. It closed on October 4, 1969, after a fire on the elevated structure. The next stop to the north was Sumner Avenue. The next stop to the south was Nostrand Avenue.
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Former New York City Subway station | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Station statistics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Address | Myrtle Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11206 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Borough | Brooklyn | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Locale | Bedford-Stuyvesant | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40.695711°N 73.946367°W | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Division | B (BMT) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Services | BMT Myrtle Avenue Line | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Structure | Elevated | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | December 19, 1889 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Closed | October 4, 1969 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Next west | Nostrand Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Next east | Sumner Avenue | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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References
- "Tompkins Avenue (BMT Myrtle)". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- "BMT Myrtle Avenue Line". nycsubway.org. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- "Myrtle Avenue El". Station Reporter. Archived from the original on 2011-06-09. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
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