The station originally opened on September 3, 1881, as the terminus of the
Lutheran Cemetery Line, a former
steam dummy surface line. On October 1, 1906, the Lutheran line was connected to the
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line via ramp at the
Wyckoff Avenue. A second station, just west of the original facility, It reopened in 1980 with the current concrete platform and brick stationhouse. By railroad and service directions, the station is the southern terminal of both the Myrtle Avenue Line and full-length M train. 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 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. In 2023, plans were announced for the
Interborough Express, a
light rail line using the
Fremont Secondary right of way. As part of the project, a light rail station at Metropolitan Avenue has been proposed next to the existing subway station. ==Station layout==