Structure Elevated Opened 13 February 1888 Platforms in use 1 | Former/other names Jay Street (1888-1944) Borough Brooklyn Tracks 2 | |
Address Myrtle Avenue and Bridge Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201 Services BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
BMT Lexington Avenue Line
BMT Fifth Avenue Line Closed 1940; 77 years ago (1940)(5th Ave.)
1950; 67 years ago (1950)(Lex Ave.)
October 4, 1969; 47 years ago (October 4, 1969) (Myrtle Ave.) Next north Adams Street (1888-1944)
None (1944-1969) Similar Central Avenue, Park Row, Forest Avenue, Knickerbocker Avenue, Fresh Pond Road | ||
Bridge-Jay Street was a station on the demolished BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. It had 2 tracks and 1 island platform. It was opened on February 13, 1888 as Jay Street, and served Myrtle Avenue Line trains as well as the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, and until it was demolished in 1940, the BMT Fifth Avenue Line, which itself also served BMT Culver Line trains. From 1944 until its demolition in 1969, it had a free transfer to the IND Fulton Street and IND Culver lines at Jay Street – Borough Hall. Around that time, it was renamed "Bridge-Jay Street." The next stop to the north was Navy Street for trains traveling on the Lexington & Myrtle Avenue Lines, and Fulton Street other trains until its demolition in 1940. The next stop to the south was Adams Street. The station was closed on October 4, 1969, after a fire on the elevated structure.