Tompkins Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Tompkins Avenue
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Borough	Brooklyn
Services	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	December 19, 1889 (December 19, 1889)
Closed	October 4, 1969 (October 4, 1969)
Station succession
Next north	Sumner Avenue
Next south	Nostrand Avenue

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.

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. Retrieved 2009-01-25.

New York City Subway stations

Myrtle Ave. Line	Metropolitan Avenue Fresh Pond Road Forest Avenue Seneca Avenue Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Knickerbocker Avenue Central Avenue [to Myrtle Avenue, Jamaica Line →] Broadway Demolished stations Sumner Avenue Tompkins Avenue Nostrand Avenue Franklin Avenue Grand Avenue Washington Avenue Vanderbilt Avenue Navy Street Bridge–Jay Streets

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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