Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)

Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
View of a train at the Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue station's platform
Station statistics
Address	67-28 Metropolitan Avenue Queens, NY 11379
Borough	Queens
Locale	Middle Village
Coordinates	40°42′44″N 73°53′21″W / 40.712232°N 73.889194°W / 40.712232; -73.889194Coordinates: 40°42′44″N 73°53′21″W / 40.712232°N 73.889194°W / 40.712232; -73.889194
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
Services	M  (all times)
Transit connections	New York City Bus: Q54 MTA Bus: Q38, Q67
Structure	At-grade at northern end; western side sloped into an embankment at southern end
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	October 1, 1906; 111 years ago (1906-10-01)
Closed	July 16, 1974; 43 years ago (1974-07-16) (fire-related closure) July 1, 2017; 6 months ago (2017-07-01) (temporary line closure)
Rebuilt	August 9, 1915; 102 years ago (1915-08-09) (relocation) 1980; 38 years ago (1980) (fire-related rebuilding) September 1, 2017; 4 months ago (2017-09-01) (temporary line closure)
Station code	108
Accessible	ADA-accessible
Former/other names	Metropolitan Avenue
Traffic
Passengers (2016)	1,365,048  0.3%
Rank	316 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	(Terminal): M
Next south	Fresh Pond Road: M
Next north	none: M
Next south	Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues: M
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
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Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue is a terminal station of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of Metropolitan Avenue and Rentar Plaza in Middle Village, Queens. The station is served by the M train at all times.

The station originally opened on October 1, 1906, to serve the adjacent Lutheran cemetery. It was part of an extension of the line past Wyckoff Avenue along a former steam dummy surface line. A second station opened on August 9, 1915, west of the original facility, while the other former surface stations were elevated. On July 16, 1974, a fire completely destroyed the original wooden platform and station house along with R27 cars 8202, 8203, 8237 and R30 car 8512 along with some fire damage done to R32 cars 3549, 3659, 3694 and 3695, and the station had to be completely rebuilt. It reopened in 1980 with the current concrete platform and brick stationhouse.

By railroad and service directions, the station is typically the southern terminal of the Myrtle Avenue Line and M train, respectively, although it is the M shuttle's northern terminus since the M was temporarily split into two parts in 2017. However, it was the northern terminal of the M train by service direction before its reroute on June 27, 2010. Even though this is the M's southern terminal by railroad direction, the service's late-night terminus, Myrtle Avenue, is geographically further south, but the weekend and weekday terminals at Essex Street and Forest Hills–71st Avenue, respectively, are geographically further north.