Myrtle Avenue elevated in Downtown Brooklyn

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The Myrtle Avenue elevated in Downtown Brooklyn was a now-demolished elevated rapid transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, that once carried trains of the BMT system above Myrtle Avenue.

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Observed surface forms (1)

Surface form Occurrences
Myrtle Avenue Elevated 1

Statements (31)

Predicate Object
instanceOf demolished railway line
elevated railway line
carried BMT Myrtle Avenue Line services NERFINISHED
rapid transit trains
cityServed New York City NERFINISHED
connectedTo other BMT elevated lines in Brooklyn
country United States of America
demolished 20th century
electrification third rail
gauge standard gauge
heritage part of the historical New York City elevated railway system
historicalRole early rapid transit corridor in Brooklyn
locatedIn Brooklyn NERFINISHED
Downtown Brooklyn NERFINISHED
New York City
modeOfTransport rail
ownerDuringBMTEra Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation NERFINISHED
partOf BMT Myrtle Avenue Line NERFINISHED
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation NERFINISHED
partOfNetwork Brooklyn elevated railway network NERFINISHED
precededBy Brooklyn elevated railway operations of predecessor companies
replacedBy underground subway services in Downtown Brooklyn
runsAbove Myrtle Avenue NERFINISHED
servedBorough Brooklyn NERFINISHED
servedFunction urban mass transit
servedNeighborhood Downtown Brooklyn NERFINISHED
Fort Greene NERFINISHED
Vinegar Hill NERFINISHED
status demolished
structureType elevated viaduct
transportSystem BMT (Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit) rapid transit system NERFINISHED

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BMT Myrtle Avenue Line formerExtension Myrtle Avenue elevated in Downtown Brooklyn
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company operatedLine Myrtle Avenue elevated in Downtown Brooklyn
this entity surface form: Myrtle Avenue Elevated