Knickerbocker Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Knickerbocker Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Metropolitan Avenue bound platform
Station statistics
Address	Knickerbocker Avenue & Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11237
Borough	Brooklyn
Locale	Bushwick
Coordinates	40°41′55″N 73°55′06″W / 40.698731°N 73.918376°WCoordinates: 40°41′55″N 73°55′06″W / 40.698731°N 73.918376°W
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M  (all times)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: B54
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 19, 1889
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	1,288,025[1]  12.3%
Rank	330 out of 422
Station succession
Preceding station   New York City Subway   Following station Central Avenue toward Myrtle Avenue, Essex Street, or 71st Avenue BMT Myrtle Avenue Line M  Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues toward Metropolitan Avenue
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

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.

Station layout

P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	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, doors will open on the right
M	Mezzanine	Station agent, MetroCard vending machines, fare control
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 northern 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.

The station was rehabilitated in 2012-2013.^[2]

References

1. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-19.
2. Knickerbocker Avenue M Station Reopens Following Rehab

External links

• nycsubway.org—BMT Myrtle Avenue Line: Knickerbocker Avenue
• Station Reporter — M Train
• The Subway Nut — Knickerbocker Avenue Pictures
• Knickerbocker Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View