Spring St This anachronistic track maps shows the fully realized IND South 4th St Subway as designed in 1931 with the addition of *15 C E modern route labeling for clarity. This massive network of subway tunnels would have radically changed how riders would Nassau Av Prince St 2 Av-E Houston St G have gotten around northern and Lower . An extension of the 6th Ave Subway, today’s B and D trains R W B D F H J and an extension of the 8th Ave Subway, the C train under Worth St and East Broadway, would have run southeast under Canal St Spring St the East River and met at a massive station in Williamsburg. Continuing southeast the lines split at Myrtle Ave and Broadway 1 6 Clinton-Pitt Sts with the 6th Ave trains running south to Utica Ave and 8th Ave trains heading east, merging with an extension of the IND Canal St B D T Crosstown Line, G train, which were to run out to Ozone Park and the Rockaways. The network was also designed to allow A C E integration of future 2nd Ave Subway lines. Although these have been added no official routes were ever published. Franklin St Delancey St When the city was building the IND Subway a primary aim was to replace the existing network of elevated tracks throughout 1 Canal St F 6 N Q Grand St Manhattan and Brooklyn with high speed subways. As the 8th Ave Subway replaced the 9th Ave El, the 6th Ave Subway re- R W H J placed the 6th Ave El and the Fulton St Subway replaced the Fulton St El, so too were these new lines designed to replace Bedford Av the elevated lines that remained. The 2nd and 3rd Ave Els where torn down prematurely but the Broadway and Myrtle Ave Chambers St L Els remained and today make up the J, M, and Z train. Had the South 4th St Subway been built it is presumed that these el- 1 2 3 Graham Av Grand St evated lines would have been removed, thus rendering a section of the BMT Centre St Subway in the Lower East Side use- L C less and it would most likely have been abandoned (as show on this map). As trollies were removed from the to make way for more automobile space so too would the elevated train tracks on the bridge have been removed. East Broadway Metropolitan Av C F Lorimer St GrandThe IND St Fulton St Subway was built with provisions to connect with the elevated Jamaica Line, which was never done, but Worth St L G Chatham Sq thisL map supposes that such a connection was made to show a potential connection with the 2nd Ave Subway (bottom right). C H J Havermeyer St B D C T Bedford Av While most of the track and station layouts shown are based on actual technical drawings some stations (*) were not includ- Beekman St C ed in the original engineering plans and have been assumed. Train routes at the time often used different labels which have H J changed over time. This map uses modern day labels to avoid confusion. Montrose Av Morgan Av Jefferson St S 4 St-Broadway L L L B D C G T

Wall St DeKalb Av H J L Flushing Av B D C Myrtle- Forest Av* York St Wyckoff Avs* B K F Flushing Av High St G B K L A Myrtle Av- Bushwick Av B C Knickerbocker Av Jay St- Myrtle Av- Clark St MetroTech Broadway B C K 2 3 A F R D T Halsey St L Note: DeKalb interlocking shown with modern configuration Myrtle-Willoughby Avs G Hoyt St 2 3

DeKalb Av Greene Av* Court St M Q R Classon Av D H J Nevins St Clinton- Washington Avs G K Hoyt- 2 3 4 5 Bedford-Nostrand Avs Schermerhorn Sts G K Wilson Av Fulton St G K A H J G K G K L Bergen St Lafayette Av F G K H Atlantic Av- Clinton- Halsey St* Barclays Center Washington Avs D 2 3 4 5 H Bushwick Av M N Q R Aberdeen St Franklin Av L H S Bergen St Nostrand Av Kingston- A H J Throop Avs Utica Av- Carroll St 2 3 H Fulton St* G K A D H J T Ralph Av Broadway H Rockaway Av Junction H A H J L Union St This map is unofficial and is intended for non-commercial, educational, and 7 Av entertainment purposes only and is not intended for sale, alteration, or distribution without written consent. R *40a Subway Line Map © and Route Symbols ® Metropolitan Transportation Authority Q © vanshnookenraggen 2018 vanshnookenraggen.com