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32-697: At its east end, after crossing into Queens, the line turns southeast on Seneca Avenue and ends just short of Myrtle Avenue , at Catalpa Avenue. A branch runs northeast on Stanhope Street to Linden Hill Cemetery . The B38 bus route begins at a loop around Borough Hall in Downtown Brooklyn . It heads east on Fulton Street , splitting onto DeKalb Avenue (westbound) and Lafayette Avenue (eastbound). After crossing Broadway , eastbound buses return to DeKalb Avenue via Bushwick Avenue. The route crosses into Ridgewood, Queens and turns southeast on Seneca Avenue; every other bus turns northeast on Stanhope Street to

64-436: A steam trolley running on the avenue, and its ample adjacent beer gardens and park space, people from as far as Eastern Brooklyn came to Myrtle. In the mid-1920s, the parks closed as a result of Prohibition . Ultimately, the parks became incorporated by the city into what is known today as Forest Park . Currently, Myrtle Avenue is one of the primary shopping strips of Ridgewood , along with Fresh Pond Road whose south end

96-644: A limited-stop service during the daytime on weekdays, making limited stops between Flatbush Avenue and Seneca Avenue. While the limited-stop service is running, B38 Limiteds serve Catalpa Avenue while local B38 buses serve the Linden Hill Cemetery. There is no overnight service to Linden Hill Cemetery. After a legal battle with the Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad ( Smith Street Line ), which shared Water Street west of Main Street, and in which it

128-410: A locomotive from one end of a train to the other. They are important for efficiency on single track lines, and add to the capacity of other lines. A private siding does not belong to a railway, but to a factory, government department, etc. connected to it. Some larger private sidings have their own locomotive belonging to the owner of the siding. In Australia private sidings must be registered with

160-728: A loop around Linden Hill Cemetery , while the rest continue along Seneca Avenue to just shy of Myrtle Avenue . Along the way, transfers can be made to the subway at Court Street – Borough Hall ( 2 , ​ 3 ​, 4 , ​ 5 ​, N , R , and ​ W ), Jay Street – MetroTech ( A , ​ C ​, and F and <F> ​), DeKalb Avenue (BMT Fourth Avenue and Brighton Lines) ( B , ​ D , ​ N , ​ Q , ​ R , and ​ W ), Classon Avenue ( G ), Kosciuszko Street ( J ), DeKalb Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) ( L ), and Seneca Avenue ( M ). The B38 also employs

192-668: A main street of commerce, with many trendy restaurants and boutique retail shops. In the 21st century the economic revitalization of Brooklyn and gentrification in Williamsburg , Clinton Hill , and Bushwick have increased commercial prosperity on the Brooklyn stretch of Myrtle. Today many sections of the avenue, especially in Fort Greene, Clinton Hill, and adjacent areas are lined with shops, bars, and restaurants and have been commercially revitalized. Myrtle Avenue has been

224-599: A major thoroughfare since the early 19th century, named after the myrtle trees that were plentiful in the area. Most likely, Myrtle Avenue began in Queens and was a plank road that charged a toll. The road eventually hosted the Knickerbocker Stage Coach Line, that ran stagecoach and omnibus services. After World War I , Myrtle Avenue in Glendale was a popular destination for picnickers. With

256-719: A running line are commonly known as loops ; those not so connected may be referred to as single-ended or dead-end sidings , or (if short) stubs . Sidings may be used for marshalling (classifying), stabling , storing, loading, and unloading rail vehicles. Common sidings store stationary rolling stock , especially for loading and unloading. Industrial sidings (also known as spurs ) go to factories , mines , quarries , wharves , warehouses , some of them are essentially links to industrial railways . Such sidings can sometimes be found at stations for public use; in American usage these are referred to as team tracks (after

288-507: A single track plus a " siding ", but used both for revenue service, rerouting all trains in both directions to the new route in August 1869. Eastbound trains were moved back to Willoughby Street and Debevoise Street once a single track was built to replace the two; by then, the Hunter's Point and Prospect Park Railroad ( Crosstown Line ) was also using Willoughby Street. Starting on May 3, 1871,

320-425: A team track on railroad-owned property adjacent to the railroad agent's train station . As rail traffic became more established, large-volume shippers extended privately owned spur tracks into mines , factories , and warehouses . Small-volume shippers and shippers with facilities distant from the rail line continued using team tracks into the early part of the 20th century. Throughout the mid to latter portion of

352-479: Is a main thoroughfare through the neighborhoods of Fort Greene , Clinton Hill , Bedford-Stuyvesant , Bushwick , Ridgewood , and Glendale . In the neighborhoods of Fort Greene and Clinton Hill , the development of Myrtle Avenue was directly related to the Brooklyn Navy Yard , built in 1801. In 1847 Fort Greene Park , Brooklyn's first park, was built on the south side of western Myrtle Avenue. It

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384-729: Is at Myrtle Avenue. It is also the primary shopping strip in nearby Glendale, although this stretch of Myrtle Avenue is not as busy as the Ridgewood stretch. It was also home to the Ridgewood Theatre, which was the longest continuously operated theater in the United States, having operated for 91 years before its closure in March 2008. Myrtle Avenue is the starting point for several major thoroughfares in Queens that were built later. This includes Union Turnpike , whose west end

416-755: Is in Glendale just west of Woodhaven Boulevard , and Hillside Avenue , which starts off from Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill near Lefferts Boulevard. The M train of the New York City Subway currently runs above Myrtle Avenue through Bushwick and a small stretch through Bedford-Stuyvesant . Formerly, the Myrtle Avenue El was an elevated railroad line that ran along Myrtle Avenue. The completed line ran from Middle Village to Downtown Brooklyn and Park Row , Manhattan, using

448-428: Is the passing siding (U.S. and international ) or passing loop (U.K.). This is a section of track parallel to a through line and connected to it at both ends by switches (U.S.) (points in international usage). Passing sidings allow trains travelling in opposite directions to pass, and for fast, high priority trains to pass slower or lower priority trains going the same direction. Passing sidings are also used to switch

480-788: The pedestrian-only MetroTech Center . Adding to the MetroTech Center's revitalization of the neighborhood, a modern revitalization movement is in effect by a collaboration of community organizations like the Myrtle Avenue Revitalization Project LDC (MARP), the Myrtle Avenue Brooklyn Improvement district BID, and the Myrtle Avenue Merchants Association. Some parts of Myrtle Avenue, for example around Pratt Institute , have become

512-745: The 20th century, improved highway systems and abandonment of low-volume rail lines made full-distance truck shipments more practical in North America and avoided delays and damage associated with freight handling during transfer operations. However, as a result of higher fuel costs, greater traffic jams on Interstate Highways, and the growing movement towards sustainable development, there has been recent upward trend towards moving long-distance freight traffic off highways and onto rail lines. This has resulted in local communities and rail lines seeking construction of new team track and intermodal facilities. Some railroads publish detailed specifications for

544-795: The Coney Island and Brooklyn) built the branch on Stanhope Street. Buses were substituted for streetcars on January 30, 1949. Prior to January 2019, the B38 local was based out of the Grand Avenue Depot while the B38 Limited was based out of the Fresh Pond Depot . On weekends, buses from both depots were utilized on the local route. On January 6, 2019, the B38 became fully assigned to the Grand Avenue Depot since

576-737: The Metropolitan Avenue/Linden Hill Cemetery branch would be discontinued. Closely-spaced stops would be removed. The B38 Limited would also be discontinued because the increased stop spacing would make it redundant. Myrtle Avenue Myrtle Avenue is a 8.1-mile-long (13.0 km) street that runs from Duffield Street in Downtown Brooklyn to Jamaica Avenue in Richmond Hill , Queens , in New York City, United States. Myrtle

608-585: The Myrtle Avenue Elevated train line, along with an influx of poorer residents into the Bedford-Stuyvesant and Bushwick neighborhoods, led to a decline in the vitality of the avenue, with business closures and increased crime. At its nadir of decline, the street became jokingly known to many Brooklynites as "Murder Avenue". In the 1990s the western end of Myrtle Avenue was closed from Jay Street to Flatbush Avenue Extension to create

640-951: The Park Avenue Railroad's Vanderbilt Avenue Line shared the tracks between Fulton Ferry and Concord Street. In March 1872, a law was passed to allow the BC&;N to build in DeKalb Avenue west from Debevoise Street to Fulton Street , and use the Brooklyn City Rail Road 's trackage in Fulton Street to Fulton Ferry. After some opposition from the City Railroad, the route was changed in April to turn off on Washington Street after passing City Hall . Despite objections from Washington Street residents,

672-640: The avenue for most of its route. Since 1969, the portion of the line west of the Myrtle Avenue – Broadway station was demolished, while the rest of the line east of the Myrtle Avenue - Broadway station remains. Myrtle Avenue is currently served by the following subway stations, west to east: Also, DeKalb Avenue ( B , ​ D , ​ N , ​ Q , ​ R , and ​ W trains) and 121st Street ( J and ​ Z trains) are stations near

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704-494: The avenue. There is an abandoned subway station on the BMT Brighton Line directly under Myrtle Avenue; it was closed in 1957 due to a track reconfiguration north of DeKalb Avenue. Myrtle Avenue is also served by the following bus routes: There are references to Myrtle Avenue in hip-hop culture and rap music , reflective of the street passing through African American neighborhoods in Brooklyn. The popularity of

736-491: The longer articulated bus stops, four bus stops in Brooklyn and five stops along Seneca Avenue in Queens were discontinued during the week of August 12–16, 2019. In addition, 14 bus stops were adjusted. The route started using articulated buses on September 1, 2019. On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. As part of the redesign, all B38 buses would operate to Catalpa Avenue at all times, and

768-738: The new route, using Washington Street north to Front and Water Streets, was opened on September 4, 1872. The old route continued to be used by short-turn trains to Yates Avenue. The BC&N stopped using the old route later that decade, but the Vanderbilt Avenue Line continued to use it until 1883, when it built a track in Concord Street west of Bridge Street in order to serve the new Brooklyn Bridge . The Coney Island and Brooklyn Railroad leased BC&N on December 1, 1897 and this became an important CI&B branchline. The DeKalb Avenue and North Beach Railroad (also leased to

800-593: The nickname "Murder Avenue" dates back to the minor 1993 hit of the same name by the Geto Boys . Other artists that mention Myrtle Avenue include: Rail siding A siding , in rail terminology , is a low-speed track section distinct from a running line or through route such as a main line , branch line, or spur . It may connect to through track or to other sidings at either end. Sidings often have lighter rails, meant for lower speed or less heavy traffic, and few, if any, signals. Sidings connected at both ends to

832-478: The route was planned to be converted to using articulated buses , which was announced by the MTA in July 2019. Consistent with the conversions of other bus routes, the frequency of service was decreased by 1 to 3 minutes on weekdays, and by 2 to 3 minutes on weekends, as each articulated bus can fit 115 passengers, compared to the 85 riders that can fit onto a standard 40 feet (12 m)-long bus. In order to accommodate

864-442: The safety regulator. A refuge siding is a single-ended (or dead-end) siding with a similar purpose to passing loop in that it temporarily holds a train while another one passes. A team track is a small siding or spur track intended for the use of area merchants , manufacturers , farmers and other small businesses to personally load and unload products and merchandise, usually in smaller quantities. The term "team" refers to

896-425: The teams of horses or oxen delivering wagon-loads of freight transferred to or from railway cars. Team tracks may be owned by the railroad company or by customers served by the railroad, or by industrial parks or freight terminals that encompass many customers. In some jurisdictions, the operation and construction of team tracks is regulated by legal authorities. Earliest rail service to an area often provided

928-565: The use of teams of horses to pull wagons to and from them). Sidings may also hold maintenance of way equipment or other equipment, allowing trains to pass, or store helper engines between runs. Some sidings have very occasional use, having been built, for example, to service an industry, a railway yard or a stub of a disused railway that has since closed. It is not uncommon for an infrequently-used siding to fall into disrepair. Even if officially abandoned such sidings may be left derelict rather than lifted and removed. A particular form of siding

960-655: Was a busy thoroughfare since early on in its existence. During World War II, the Navy Yard employed more than 71,000 people, many of them African American shipbuilders. As a result, the demand for housing in the area increased, prompting the New York City Housing Authority to build the Walt Whitman and Raymond Ingersoll public housing on Myrtle Avenue in 1944. In the 1970s, the decommissioning of Brooklyn Navy Yard and demolition of much of

992-828: Was decided that the CI&;B would own two tracks and give the BC&N trackage rights over one, the Brooklyn City and Newtown Rail Road opened the line to the public on January 28, 1862. The route stretched from Fulton Ferry east to stables at Throop Avenue and a depot at Marcus Garvey Boulevard (then Yates Avenue, later Sumner Avenue). Tracks were laid in Fulton Street , Front Street, Gold Street, Willoughby Street, University Plaza (then Debevoise Street), and DeKalb Avenue. The eastbound track, in Water Street and Bridge Street rather than Front Street and Gold Street,

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1024-568: Was soon opened. By July, the line was extended northeast on DeKalb Avenue and southeast on Seneca Avenue to the Myrtle Avenue Park in Ridgewood, Queens . In order to enable the company to avoid the narrow Debevoise Street and a dangerous westbound curve at Debevoise Street and DeKalb Avenue, a law was passed in 1869 to allow a single track in DeKalb Avenue and Gold Street between Debevoise Street and Willoughby Street. The company laid

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