| Type: | former |
| Tompkins Avenue | |
| Service Custom: | BMT Myrtle Avenue Line |
| Platforms: | 1 island platform |
| Tracks: | 2 |
| Address: | Myrtle Avenue & Tompkins Avenue Brooklyn, NY 11206 |
| Borough: | Brooklyn |
| Locale: | Bedford-Stuyvesant |
| Coordinates: | 40.6957°N -73.9464°W |
| Division: | BMT |
| Structure: | Elevated |
| Next East: | Sumner Avenue |
| Next Topwest: | Nostrand Avenue |
The Tompkins Avenue station was a station on the demolished section of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line. The station was located at the intersection of Myrtle and Tompkins Avenues in Bedford-Stuyvesant, Brooklyn. The station opened in 1889, and closed in 1969.
The Myrtle Avenue Elevated was constructed by the Union Elevated Railroad Company, which was leased to the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad for its operation. The initial section of the line opened on April 10, 1888, running over Myrtle Avenue from Johnson and Adams Streets to a junction with what was then known as the Main Line at Grand Avenue.[1] [2] Trains continued along Grand Avenue and Lexington Avenue to Broadway, where the line joined the Broadway Elevated, and then along Broadway to East New York. On April 27, 1889, the line was extended east along Myrtle Avenue to Broadway, including a station at Tompkins Avenue.[3] [4]
On October 4, 1969, the section of the Myrtle Avenue Elevated between Broadway and Jay Street, including Tompkins Avenue station, was closed and was demolished soon after.[5]
The elevated station had two tracks and one island platform. The station platform was wooden, and was covered by a canopy in the center.[6]