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New York Subway: IND Second System Map Service Guide 1: 2nd Avenue Subway (1929-Present) 10: IND Fulton St Line Extensions (1920s-1960s)

8th Av, Fulton St Exp. 6th Av Local, Rockaway, Lcl. 2 Av Lcl, Exp, Locl. 7th Av Local. The 2nd Ave Subway has been at the heart of every expansion proposal since the IND Second The IND Fulton St Subway was a major trunk line built to replace the elevated BMT Fulton St-Liberty Ave 207 St to Jamaica-168 St, Bay Ridge-86 St to Jacob Riis-Beach 149 St. 2 Av-96 St to Stillwell Av-. -242 St to . System was first announced. The line has been redesigned countless times, from a 6-track trunk line. The subway was largely built directly below the elevated structure it replaced. It was initially A Village-Sprigfield Blvd. H Q 1 line to the simple 2-track branch we have today. The map depicts the line as proposed in 1931 designed as a major through route to southern Queens. Famously, the Nostrand Ave station was with 6 tracks from 125th St to 23rd St, a 2-track branch through Alphabet City into Williamsburg, 4 originally designed to only be local to speed up travel for riders coming from Queens; it was converted to 8th Av, Fulton St Exp. -Queens Crosstown Local. 2 Av Lcl, Broadway Exp, Brighton Beach Locl. 7th Av Exp. tracks from 23rd St to Canal St, a 2-track branch to South Williamsburg, and 2 tracks through the an express station when ambitions cooled. Financial District to Brooklyn via the IND Fulton St Line. 207 St to Cambria Heights-Sprigfield Blvd. City-Court Sq to Church Av. -180 St to Sheepshead Bay-Ave W. Pelham Bay to Stillwell Av-Coney Island. Early in the planning process it was proposed that east of Broadway the trunk line would split A G Q 2 Scaled back alternatives eliminated the Alphabet City branch in favor of a connection to the East with one branch overtaking the BMT Jamaica Line at Cypress Hills station and the other overtaking the Houston St extension of the IND 6th Ave Line to Williamsburg (1930s) or a connection to the 8th Av, Myrtle Av Exp. Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local. Broadway, 4 Av Local. 7th Av Exp. BMT Fulton St-Liberty Ave Line at Euclid Ave. The BMT Jamaica Line connection was cut but provisions Williamsburg and Bridges (1940s-1950s). Current plans dating from the 1970s would for a potential connection were built into the walls. 168 St to Far Rockaway-Mott Av. Astoria-Steinway St to Coney Island-Stillwell Av. Forest Hills-71 Av to Bay Ridge-95 St. -148 St to Sheepshead Bay-Ave W. see a 2-track line from 125th St to Hanover Sq in the Financial District with cross platform transfers C G R 3 at the Grand St station (which was designed for a future 2nd Ave expansion). An alternative was In 1929 the IND Fulton Line had not yet opened but plans for extending it east were drawn up. The line also proposed which would have connected the 2nd Ave Subway to the BMT Centre St Subway was to connect to the BMT Fulton St-Liberty Ave Line which itself was to be extended as a 2-track (J/Z ) which would have allowed 2nd Ave trains to reach Brooklyn via Broad St and the Mon- 8th Av, Fulton St Exp. Rockaway, Myrtle Lcl. Horace Harding, Broadway, 4 Av Local. 7th Av, Jerome Av Exp. elevated line east along Liberty Ave to Van Wyck Blvd. The line would weave along 105th Ave, 147th St, tague Tunnel. 168 St to Far Rockaway-Mott Av. Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Av to Oarkland Gardens-Springfield Blvd Bedford Park Blvd to Sheepshead Bay-Ave W. and on to Brinkerhoff Ave then east to Hollis Ave, terminating at Springfield Blvd. A branch would turn off C H Jacob Riis-Beach 149 St. R to Bay Ridge-95 St. 3 In the 2nd Ave trunk line was designed to replace service on the IRT White Plains Rd at 180th St and head north to Jamaica Ave, turning west to 168th St. The BMT Jamaica Line originally Line. The subway was to run along 3rd Ave and Boston Rd to E 180th St station. The IRT was to ran to a terminal at 168th St but this section was demolished in the late 1970s as part of the Archer Ave 8th Av Local, Queens Blvd Exp. Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown, Myrtle Lcl. 2 Av, Fulton St Local. Lexington Av Exp. be cut back to the Bronx Park Terminal (demolished). Additionally, two branches were proposed: Subway project. South Ozone Park-Rockaway Blvd to Church Av to Van Wyck Blvd-Rockaway Blvd. Wakefield-241 St to Euclid Av. Woodlawn to New Lots Av. the first through Soundview to Throgs Neck via Lafayette Ave, and a second along Morris Park Ave By 1939 the IND Fulton St Line had been built and opened as far as Rockaway Ave and the eastern E World Trade Center. M T 4 to Wilson Ave. extension had been fleshed out. The 4-track subway would continue along Pitkin Ave to Cross Bay Blvd 8th Av Local, Queens Blvd Exp. Jamaica Local. 2 Av, Morris Park, Utica Av Exp. Lexington Av Exp. This second branch was eliminated when the city purchased the , Westchester & Boston with a 2-track branch splitting off at Euclid Ave connecting to the elevated BMT Fulton St-Liberty Ave Railroad and incorporated it into the subway as the IRT Dyre Ave Line. Subsequently, it was Line. At Cross Bay Blvd the subway would split with two tracks turning south, ascending to connect to Laurelton-Springfield Blvd to World Trade Center. Broad St to Jamaica-Parsons Blvd. Baychester Av to Sheepshead Bay-Ave W. Bronx Park-180 St to Crown Heights-Utica Av. Wakefield* 5 proposed to include this line as a branch of the 2nd Ave Subway. As part of the 1968 Program for the Rockaway Line, and the other continuing east along Linden Blvd. The Linden Blvd branch would run E J V 5 Action it was proposed to connect the 2nd Ave Subway to the IRT Pelham Line at Whitlock St elevated from Rockaway Blvd to Springfield Blvd. An alternative route was proposed turning south along Wakefield-241 St station, increasing capacity on the line with larger trains, and cutting the 6 back to Hunts Point Merrick Blvd. 8th Av, Queens Blvd Exp. Jamaica Local. 2 Av, Dyre Av, Utica Av Exp. Utica Av, Lexington Av Exp. T station. An extension of the Pelham Line to Coop City was also proposed. *64 Queens Col.-Kissena Blvd to World Trade Center. Broad St to Hollis-Farmers Blvd. Eastchester-Dyre Av to . Wakefield to Mill Basin-Flatbush Av-Ave U. The IND Fulton St Line was extended to Euclid Ave in 1948. There are tunnel provisions for a 4-track J V 5 In Brooklyn the 2nd Ave Subway was designed to connect to the IND Fulton St Line local tracks at extension east but after the IND Rockaway Line was connected in 1956 no future extensions were Court St station (today the NY Transit Museum). In Williamsburg a branch was proposed in the proposed. 6th Av Exp, Myrtle Av Exp. 14 St-Canarsie Local. 2 Av, Throgs Neck Exp. Lexington Av Local. 1930s between 2nd Ave and the South 4th St station. At various times from the 1930s-50s a branch was proposed from Grand St in the to Williamsburg to feed into a 4-track 11: IND Ft Hamilton Line & Staten Island Tunnel (1920s-1939) 145 St to South Ozone Park-Van Wyck Blvd. 8 Av-14 St to Canarise-Rockaway Pkwy. Throgs Neck-E Tremont Av to Bedford Av. Pelham Bay to Brooklyn Birdge-City Hall. subway along Bedford Ave in Brooklyn. This Bedford Ave Line is often referred to as part of a “Third Nereid Av- A rail tunnel between Staten Island and Brooklyn (or even Manhattan) had been proposed in the 19th B L Z 6 238 St 239th St Yard System” but no definite plans were ever released. It is possible it was designed to connect to the century by overly ambitious railroad men but it wasn’t until the BMT 4th Ave Subway was built in the T BMT Brighton Beach Line or IRT Nostrand Ave Line. 6th Av Exp, Utica Av Local. 14 St-Canarsie Local. 2 Av, Queens Exp. Lexington Av Local. 1910s that these proposals were taken seriously. The BMT 4th Ave Trunk Line was built with 4 tracks 2: South 4th St Subway (1929-1939) Baychester Av to . 8 Av-14 St to Brooklyn College-Flatbush Av, Jamaica-179 St to Hanover Sq-Wall St. Hunts Point Blvd to Brooklyn Birdge-City Hall. from Atlantic Ave to 62nd St in Sunset Park. The 2 local tracks continuing south to 95th St were built on Woodlawn Heights* D L Spring Creek-Linden Blvd. Z 6 the east side of 4th Ave so that there would be space on the to expand the line to 4 tracks. 5 The South 4th St Subway trunk line was the second major part of the initial IND Second System. The Off the line was to be built a track connection to a Staten Island tunnel, built under 68th or 67th streets. Broadway, 4 Av Exp. Flushing-Bayside Lcl. project was designed as a major traffic artery, involving a complex network of and stations as Construction was briefly begun in Owl’s Head Park but was canceled and filled in. 6th Av Local, Queens Blvd Exp. Franklin Av Shuttle. 7 well as a new boulevard between the and Bushwick Ave. Riders from Brooklyn Oarkland Gardens-Springfield Blvd Jamaica-179 St to Stillwell Av-Coney Island. All Times. 34 St-Hudson Yards to Bayside-212 St. 3rd Ave El 233 St would meet with Queens before being redistributed through Manhattan. The BMT 4th Ave Line had major capacity constraints due to poor track layout at DeKalb St station, F N to Stillwell Av-Coney Island S 7 Replacement Line T2 forcing trains to pass at grade in front of one another. This limit made any tunnel to Staten Island a The IND 6th Ave Line would be extended from 2nd Ave station along East Houston St, under the East dubious proposal. The 1929 IND Second System proposal did not include any rail tunnel to Staten 6th Av Local, Queens Blvd, Staten Island Exp. Morningside, Broadway, 4 Av Exp. Times Sq-Grand Central Shuttle Flushing-College Point Lcl. River, and curve under private property to South 4th St in Williamsburg. A branch off the local tracks of Island, although it did propose a highway tunnel where the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge would ultimate Queens Village-Springfield Blvd to 145th St to Stillwell Av-Coney Island Day. 34 St-Hudson Yards to College Point Blvd. the IND 8th Ave Line between Canal St and Chambers St would curve east under Worth St and East be built. F Tompkinsville-Grant Av, Westervelt Av. N S 8 Van Cortlandt Park Broadway, then under the to South 4th St. A future connection was planned for a third tunnel 242 St between the IND 2nd Ave Line and South 4th St along Stanton St in the Lower East Side. In 1933 the IND opened the IND Line from Jay St to Church Ave (F, G trains). The 1 4-track subway was designed to overtake the BMT to Coney Island, but this would not The trunk line would feature 6 tracks from Havemeyer St to Bushwick Ave. 4 tracks would turn south to 240 St Yard happen until 1954. Planners looked for ways to utilize the line, which had excess capacity. At the behest How to read this map 225 St Utica Ave and 2 tracks would swing east to Myrtle Ave. A 2-track connection between the IND T2 of south Brooklyn businessmen, a branch to Bay Ridge and Staten Island was proposed and included in Eastchester Crosstown Line at Bedford-Nostrand Aves and the Myrtle Ave branch at Knickerbocker Ave, along the 1939 plan. The Line would branch off the IND South Brooklyn Line as it The purpose of this map is the show the history of official subway expansion plans which can be broadly broken down into four Woodlawn Dyre Av Lafayette Ave and Stanhope St, was included as well. By 1939 the Myrtle Ave branch had been curved along Ft. Hamilton Parkway to McDonald Ave. 4 V eliminated from the plan. phases: the 1929 Second System plan, the 1939 Second System plan, post-World War II plans, and the 1968 MTA Plan for 238 St *63 1 No concrete details were released about the line but one branch would have run to 86th St in Bay Ridge Action. 219 St In the 1930s two other alternatives were proposed. The first was to incorporate the BMT Jamaica Line while the tunnel to Staten Island would have run along 67th St to Bay St on Staten Island. Here the line T2 into the system with a new East River tunnel replacing tracks on the Williamsburg Bridge and would have split with one branch heading south to Grant St in Tompkinsville and the other to Westervelt connecting to the elevated tracks on Broadway southeast of Myrtle Ave. The second was an alternative Ave and Richmond Terrace. Though not officially proposed, it is assumed that the to the Myrtle Ave branch, a 4-track line branching off the South 4th trunk along Flushing Ave. This would would have at some point been connected to the subway lines. The map acts as a “choose your own adventure” where by each variant of every plan is drawn. The reader can pick and choose Baychester Av* have run along an undisclosed route to Queens Blvd and Horace Harding Blvd, today the Long Island D which lines they think could have been built and what the system might have looked like today if they had. Expressway. It is assumed this would have continued east to the Nassau Co. border. After World War II, the city also looked at rerouting the BMT West End Line into the Ft Hamilton Parkway 16 3: Utica Ave Subway (1910s-Present) subway instead of building it to Staten Island. This would have opened up even more capacity on the Jerome Yard *29 231 St Mosholu Pkwy Concourse Line Extension BMT 4th Ave Lines. When built the Verrazzano Narrows Bridge, he made sure to design 1 4 A subway or elevated line along Utica Ave in southeastern Brooklyn was proposed early on in subway the bridge so that it could not carry trains. Since then, no serious proposal has been made to extend the To show the evolution of these plans over time this map contains different layers of proposals. The current system is drawn as Baychester Av expansion plans of both the IRT and BMT. The BMT advanced it as an alternative to or branch off the subway via Brooklyn to Staten Island. E Gun Hill Rd* Eastchester Rd* Gun Hill Rd V 14th St-Canarsie Line (L train). The IRT went so far as to design its Line (3,4 trains) for 5 D V 12: Flushing Line Extensions (1920s-1940s) is but proposed lines are drawn with a black outline. 1929 plans are drawn with the same color pallet as the present system, T2 a future extension south along Utica Ave. When the city created the IND system it took over all previous 1939 plans are drawn in a darker color palette, and post-War to Plan of Action lines are drawn in a lighter color pallet. Also 225 St-Marble Hill Concourse Yard* 205 St-Norwood proposals. A trunk line along Utica Ave was then proposed as part of the IND Second System. In 1917 the elevated IRT/BMT Flushing Line opened as far as 103rd St station (service was provided by 1 D Boston Post Rd both companies.) In 1925 it was extended to Flushing. Residents demanded that the line be shown are heavy, grey dashed lines which indicate additional alternatives to the main proposals which were not drawn out in Bedford Park Blvd As part of the 1929 and '39 plans the 4-track Utica Ave Line would have branched off the South 4th buried in a tunnel in the central business district. Line at Bushwick Ave and Melrose St, cutting south to Stuyvesant St where it would run to Fulton St. detail for the sake of overall clarity. 3 4 Boston Rd* The Utica Ave station on the IND Fulton St Line was built with a shell station for the future subway. Main St was not intended on being the final terminal--the line was planned to be extended east to Bedford Park Blvd Burke Av- D B D D White Plains Rd Gun Hill Rd* Bayside. The subway was to come above ground west of Northern Blvd and run alongside the LIRR D T V South of Fulton the line would run under Utica Ave to Kings Highway. Here the local tracks would Port Washington Line until 39th Ave where it was to continue along the avenue to 221st St. Some lines were only proposed once but others, such as the 2nd Ave Subway (drawn as a full 6-track subway) or Utica Ave terminate and the two express tracks would continue south, rising from the subway to an elevated line. The 1929 plan called for the tracks to turn southwest at Flatbush Ave and run along Ave S to Nostrand 215 St Burke Ave Between 1929 and 1939 the Bayside branch was retained but a second branch along 149th St to Subway (drawn as a full 4-track subway), have had multiple proposals over the years which have changed in scope. These lines Coop City-Bartow Av* Ave where it was to meet an extension of the IRT Nostrand Ave Line and continue to Voorhies Ave 1 New England Thruway Whitestone and College Point was added. After World War II both extensions were quietly dropped. In Inwood Q together. By 1939 this had changed to continuing the line along Flatbush Ave, running to Floyd Bennett 207 St Gun Hill Rd the 1950s it was proposed to convert the LIRR Port Washington and Rockaway Beach Branches to are drawn as they would look at their largest scopes. Alternative arrangements are drawn branching off the main lines. This is to 207th St Yard* Field instead. A Kingsbridge Rd V subway operations via a new tunnel under the East River. The 63rd St Tunnel was eventually built but show different alignments and not to suggest different branches of the same proposal. Some lines show two totally different 3 4 was connected to the IND Queens Blvd Line instead. After World War II proposals for a Utica Ave Line were shrunk from a 4-track trunk line to a 2-track Kingsbridge Rd Mosholu Pkwy 1 13: -Horace Harding Line (1929-1968) services at the same time to indicate how service would have differed under alternative plans. Dyckman St Botanic Gardens* branch off of either the IND Fulton St Line or the IRT Eastern Parkway Line. As recently as 2015 a A B D D 2nd Ave Subway subway along Utica Ave had been actively proposed. 5 Allerton Av Pelham Bay Extension In 1929 the IRT/BMT Astoria Line (service was provided by both companies) was proposed to be T Allerton Av* 4: Nostrand Ave Subway (1910s-1970s) extended from its terminal at Ditmars Blvd to Horace Harding Blvd, now the Long Island Expressway Tracks and station details for much of the map are speculative. Most extensions were only proposed as grand concepts. Some V (LIE). The Astoria Line was built with 3 tracks between 39th Ave and Astoria Blvd stations and 2 tracks The IRT Nostrand Ave Line (2, 3 trains) runs from Eastern Parkway to Flatbush Ave-Brooklyn College as 207 St to Ditmars Blvd. The elevated extension was to be 2 tracks from 31st St to Astoria Blvd where it would were not serious proposals but added to build political support for the plan. Few ever got to the engineering stage when actual Fordham Rd a 2-track subway. It was always designed to continue south, a fact which causes the “temporary” 1 3 4 expand to 4 tracks. It would run down Astoria Blvd to 114th St and turn south and then southwest to Wilson Ave Wilson terminal at Flatbush Ave to function poorly enough that it reduces system capacity. Most proposals over reach Horace Harding Blvd. Flushing Meadows Park was still in planning so it is not known how the line designs were drawn up and station locations chosen. Any station labeled with an asterisk (*) is based not on actual blueprints Fordham Rd* the years called for the subway to ascend to an elevated line and run south to Sheepshead Bay. Fordham Rd 5 would have interacted with the park (or the subsequent World’s Fair of 1939). It would continue as 4 Coop City South* tracks to Parsons Blvd and then as 2 tracks to Springfield Blvd. but where the author presumed planners would have placed one. Likewise, and track layouts, for the most part, B D D Residents of Midwood and Sheepshead Bay have called for such an extension but were unanimously Dyckman St Q against an elevated line. Engineers said that the sandy soil, so close to the ocean, created drainage are designed in keeping with how typical IND interlockings and tracks were laid out at the time. 1 In 1939 the line had evolved from an elevated extension to a subway splitting off of the BMT 60th St 183 St problems in the tunnels and would be too expensive to build. An alternative as part of an amended Tunnel and running north along 21st St where it would turn down Ditmars Blvd and continue as before. 190 St 3 4 1968 Plan for Action called for the line to be extended along Flatbush Ave to Ave U instead, which Pelham Pkwy Pelham Pkwy* Focus shifted in the 1950s from a new subway to connecting the BMT 60th St Tunnel to the IND A 3rd Ave acted as a compromise between building both this and the Utica Ave Line. Train routes are also based on speculation. The original IND route naming convention had express trains labeled with single Pelham Pkwy V V Queens Blvd Line to provide local service to Manhattan. T 184 St* All proposals included a plan to rebuild the Rogers Junction, the connection between the IRT Eastern letters (A, E, F) while local routes were labeled with double letters (AA, CC, GG). This convention was simplified to the one we Robert Moses built the LIE by expanding Horace Harding Blvd while purposely leaving no facilities for 182-183 Sts 5 Parkway Line and the IRT Nostrand Ave branch which, because of poor design, creates a bottleneck in 191 St mass transit. As part of the 1968 it was proposed to rebuild the LIE with either a rail have today in the early 1980s and all proposed extensions are labeled with the modern convention. Exact route labeling, if not B D the system. 1 1 line down the median or along the frontage roads. The LIE Line would branch off the IND Queens Blvd evident by historical precedent or determined by track layout, is completely speculative and should be viewed as purely for Burnside Av 5: Myrtle-Central Aves Trunk Line (1929) Line at Woodhaven Blvd station, which was to be expanded from a local to an express station. The 3 4 Morris Park 2nd Ave Subway branch was designed to access both the local and express tracks. It would feature 2 tracks from Morris Park Branch A 4-track trunk line was proposed to replace the elevated BMT Myrtle Ave Line (M train) and connect illustrative purposes. V Queens Blvd to Kissena Blvd with a 3rd layup track at the Main St station. A future extension east to central and southern Queens with Manhattan via the IND South 4th Line. 2 tracks would branch off the 181 St Springfield Blvd was envisioned. A 6 / Q South 4th Line at Myrtle and Bushwick Aves. A second pair coming down Lafayette Ave from the IND Background Crosstown Line would connect at Stanhope St and Myrtle Ave. 14: Midtown-Queens Tunnel & Super-express (1939-1970s) Williamsbridge Rd* Tremont Av The first subways from Manhattan to Queens opened the vast farms of the borough to residential 181 St 176 St B D D Bronx Park E V 4 tracks would continue east along Myrtle Ave and then Central Ave to Cooper St where the line would development. As part of its original system the IND built a new tunnel under the East River to 53rd St in The Independent City-owned Subway System, IND, was created as alternative to the private traction companies, Interborough 1 3 4 T come to the surface and run alongside the LIRR Lower Montauk Line to Woodhaven Blvd. After Manhattan for express trains. Local trains would run along the IND Crosstown Line (G train) to Brooklyn Morris Park Ave Woodhaven Blvd the line would turn south and run parallel to the LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch. Co., IRT, and the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Co., BMT. The IND broke ground on the 8th Ave Line in 1925 175 St 174 St Yard Tremont Av* but not enter Manhattan. Since these lines had not yet opened by 1929 no new rail tunnels were A *65 proposed for the first Second System plan. with plans for lines to Queens, Brooklyn, and the Bronx. In 1929 the IND released an ambitious plan for expanding the initial 5 Buhre Av 4 tracks would continue south to Conduit Blvd where the line would branch: 4 tracks continuing south Unionport Yard Bronxdale Av* Westchester Yard 6 / Q to Howard Beach and the Rockaways, and 4 tracks turning east along 120th Ave to South Jamaica. V By 1939 it was evident that an additional tunnel for local trains was needed to Manhattan. The first system. This plan became known as the IND Second System. Mt. Eden Av 174-175 Sts The 120th Ave Line would have run along an elevated embankment cutting diagonally through the street proposed tunnel was to run from the IND 6th Ave Line at 53rd St up through to 79th St 3 4 B D White Plains Rd* grid. Local tracks would have terminated at Van Wyck Blvd while the express tracks would continue Bronx Park Terminal then under the East River to Broadway in Astoria. The 2-track tunnel would then connect to the IND E 180th St Yard V east until they terminate at Springfield Blvd. 180 St Middletown Rd Queens Blvd Line local tracks at Steinway St. The existing Steinway St station would be converted to a 6: Rockaway Branch & Winfield Spur (1929-Present) In 1940 the City of New York was able to purchase the private companies and combine all three systems under the NYC 2 5 6 / Q terminal for the IND Crosstown Line. An alternative proposal connected the new tunnel to the BMT Broadway Line at 7th Ave and 59th St. Board of Transportation. In 1953 this evolved into the NY Transit Authority and in 1968 the state took control of the subways West Farms Sq Service to the Rockaways via the subway was first provided by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. in 1898, E Tremont Av running until 1917. BRT trains ran over the Williamsburg Bridge to East New York where a track as part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 170 St E 180 St The growth of Queens accelerated after World War II and a new tunnel became attached to the 2nd Ave Washington Heights 3 4 2 5 connection to the LIRR allowed elevated trains to continue to the Rockaways. 168 St *28 T V Subway. A branch of the IND 6th Ave Line would turn down 57th or 61st streets and connect to the 2nd Map Key 1 A C Claremont Pkwy* In 1929 the IND proposed connecting the Rockaways via the Myrtle-Central Aves Trunk Line. South of Ave trunk line. At 79th St a branch would turn to Queens. Branches in Queens were proposed to run 170 St 5 E Tremont Av* Westchester Sq Howard Beach the 2 tracks would run along a new right-of-way parallel to the existing LIRR Rockaway along the LIRR Port Washington and Rockaway Beach Branches, or even a separate line along Northern 1968 Extension B D 174 St Limited Service Line Unconfirmed T E Tremont Av Branch (A train). On the Rockaway peninsula the elevated line would have run along Rockaway Beach Blvd to Main St in Flushing, then down Kissena Blvd to the Long Island Expressway. Lighter Palette 2 5 6 / Q Kent St* Blvd with one branch going to Mott St in Far Rockaway and another running first to 116th and then to Station 163 St- 167 St 149th St via Newport Ave. The LIRR line was not elevated at the time which may explain why the IND Geological tests found that the best location for a new tunnel was around 64th St. The Rockefeller Trackway with Amsterdam Av 3 4 Southern Blvd* University Medical Center objected to a subway, which they claimed would negatively impact their Zerega Av proposed separate tracks. No Track A C 3rd Ave T equipment. The tunnel was moved to 63rd St and was designed to connect the BMT Broadway and Revenue Track 157 St Crotona Av* 6 / Q Parkchester The Winfield Spur was a proposed connection from the Rockaways to the IND Queens Blvd Line via the IND 6th Ave Lines to the west with the proposed 2nd Ave Subway and Queens. The tunnel was to 1 *79 T Alternative Route 6 / Q Myrtle-Central Aves Trunk Line. A terminal platform and trackways were built for such an extension at feature two levels, the top for subway trains and bottom for LIRR trains heading to Grand Central Switch/Crossover 8 167 St 168-169 Sts* Castle Hill Av Roosevelt Ave station on the IND Queens Blvd Line. The 2-track line was to run from Roosevelt Ave Terminal. 6 / Q Note 9th Ave El B D 5 south along 78th St to a portal near Queens Blvd and then elevated southwest to 65th St in Maspeth. Connection Running south along 65th St the line would dive into a subway under Fresh Pond Rd and continue By 1968 the tunnel was under construction, but the eastern end had not yet been defined. It was Abandoned John St* 155 St Anderson Av* decided to reuse the LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch trackways which ran along the Main Line to 63rd Dr 155 St *25 3 south to Cypress Hills St where it would merge with the Myrtle-Central Aves Trunk Line. The line was Platform Portal B D St. Lawrence Av in Rego Park. From here the tracks would dive underground and connect to the IND Queens Blvd Line A C 7 6 / Q designed to run into Manhattan via the IND Queens Blvd Line when a second East River tunnel was Non-Revenue Track 169 St* Freeman St built. as a super-express line which would reroute express trains from Jamaica around the congested IND 3rd Ave El T Queens Blvd Line. The line was to be further connected to the proposed Archer Ave Subway in central Track at 155 St* Replacement Line 2 5 Former Platform Morrison Av- Jamaica. Lower Level 3 Soundview By 1939 service to the Rockaways was greatly simplified. Proposed was a simple 2-track branch off the (no physical evidence) 145 St 1 IND Queens Blvd Line between 63rd Dr and 67th Ave running south along the LIRR Rockaway Beach 1939 Extension Elder Av 6 / Q 1 E 177 St* Branch (which was to be purchased by the city in 1952). The IND Rockaway Line, as it became, was The financial decline of the city halted work on the 63rd St Tunnel and Archer Ave Subways. Funds were Melrose* 1 Whitlock Av 6 / Q 2nd Ave Subway Active Platform Station Name Darker Palette Throgs Neck Branch Z also intended to connect to the IND Fulton St Extension at Linden Blvd. The extension was never built found to keep construction going, but the connecting super-express tracks were cut. Archer Ave was 161 St 5 2nd Ave Subway 6 / Q 163 St* E 177th St and because there was not yet a second East River tunnel connecting to the IND Queens Blvd Line (the eventually opened in 1988 and the 63rd St Tunnel was opened in 1989, but not connected to the IND 4 B D Simpson St Queens Blvd Line at Northern Blvd until 2001. 137 St Yard 145 St* 145 St T V 2 5 63rd St Tunnel would not be connected until 2001) the Rockaway Line was only connected to the IND Peak Direction N 163 St* Throgs Neck Fulton St Line along the elevated Liberty Ave Line. 15: Morningside Line & Bronx Super-express (1939-1960s) A C B D E Tremont Av* Express Service Z Intervale Av Lenox Ave Yard E 163rd St Z Full Time Line 2 5 Castle Hill Av* After World War II proposals for connecting the IND Rockaway Line to northern Queens and midtown Before the city decided to build the IND 8th Ave Line, the BMT had built its Broadway Line for a 4-track Provision Bellmouth 1929 Extension 137 St Hunts City College Point Av Z Manhattan involved building a new East River tunnel anywhere between 57th St and 79th St. This would extension from 7th Ave and 59th St north along Central Park West. The IND made such an extension Line Terminal Kent St 156 St* Same Palette 1 149 St- Prospect Av* Z White Plains Rd* have provided the additional capacity for such a branch. Alternatives included the Rockaway Line as unnecessary, but by 1939 there was enough traffic coming from Washington Heights and the Bronx that Grand T Z Z part of a super-express subway which would have run parallel to the LIRR Main Line. As of 2019 the planners decided to add another set of tracks. At 145th St the 4-track 8th Ave line split into a 4-track A 145 St Concourse Soundview Av* MTA has studied connecting the Rockaway Branch with the IND Queens Blvd Line but not made any branch to Washington Heights and a 3-track line to the . Both branches were limited in 3 2 4 5 Hunts Point Av Z recommendations for building it. capacity. Convent Ave Prospect Av 6 Q T Morrison Av* Note Z 7: 3rd Ave Elevated Replacement (1940s-1968) 2 5 The Morningside Line was a 2-track line designed to split off either the BMT Broadway Line or IND 6th Due to the scale of this map some tracks in select yards have been truncated. Jackson Av 135 St 3rd Ave Ave Line and run parallel along Central Park West to 110th St where it would swing west and run along 2 5 Service on the 3rd Ave Elevated Line began in 1878 and once stretched from South Ferry at the tip of B C Morningside Ave and then Convent Ave to 145th St. No further connections to either the IND 8th Ave The two new yards, Sunnyside and Rochdale, are shown because they were officially proposed. Other yards *26 Longwood Av Manhattan to Wakefield in the Bronx on the border of Westchester Co. The IND 2nd Ave Subway was 125 St Line or IND Concourse Line was discussed but it could have easily been connected to either one based would have been built for new lines but no official documentation exists. As such, no other proposed yards 6 designed to replace the aging structure, as well as an elevated line along 2nd Ave. In the 1940s the 2nd 1 on demand. are shown. 3 Av-149 St* Ave El was demolished. After World War II plans were proposed to cut the 3rd Ave El back to 149th St in the Bronx and connect it to the 2nd Ave Subway. The elevated line was cut back by 1956 but no Subways Abandoned Sections & Future Provisions Notes 2 5 T V Z In the late 1950s and early 1960s the city was looking for cheaper alternatives to building the 2nd Ave 135 St 138 St-Grand replacement subway was built, leaving riders to transfer to the 2 or 5 trains at 149th St. 1. South Ferry platforms a) Inner Loop b) Outer Loop c) Bowling Shuttle E 149 St 1 Subway, and proposed a similar route to the Bronx. The Bronx super-express was to connect both the 2 3 Concourse 2. IRT City Hall Station a) abandoned platform b) former track connections 143 St* 6 2nd Ave Subway BMT Broadway Line and IND 6th Ave Lines to a new 2-track tunnel north under the east side of Central 125 St* 4 5 By the late 1960s it was evident that years of neglect had made repairing the 3rd Ave El too expensive. 3. IRT Station outer and original platforms T Plan for Action Alignment Park. At 110th St the line would move over to Madison Ave to the . Two branches were N As part of the Plan for Action the 3rd Ave El was to be completely demolished and replaced with a 4. BMT Chambers St Station a) outer abandoned platforms b) provisions for additional platforms proposed: the first north to connect to the IND Concourse Line, and the other to head east and connect 125 St subway running alongside the New York Central RR tracks (now Metro North) from 149th St to 5. BMT Centre St Subway to Brooklyn Bridge connection provision Wakefield. The main proposal called for breaking the 5 train off from the IRT Lexington Line north of to the IRT Pelham Line. A branch to Queens via 79th St was also proposed. residents A C B D E 143 St- demanded that any new tunnel be built along 2nd Ave and the plan was dropped. 6. BMT City Hall lower level terminal platform 3 Av-138 St* St. Mary’s St 138th St station as a new branch north. The 2nd Ave Subway was to provide replacement service along 7. IRT Worth St Station 6 T Z 16: IND Concourse Line Extension (1929-1970s) Brook Av 6 the Dyre and White Plains Rd Lines. The 3rd Ave El was eventually torn down in the 1970s but no 8. BMT Canal St Station platform replacement subway was ever built. 9. BMT Station platform and center track 6 Q T 116 St 125 St 8: IRT 9th Ave Connection (1939) The IND Concourse Line was built from 145th St to 205th St in Norwood, the Bronx, but was always 12. Essex St Trolley Terminal and closed subway platform space Columbia U. designed to continue further. After Bedford Park Blvd station, the line makes a 90 degree turn east. The Morningside Ave 2 3 15. IRT Bleecker St Station platform 1 Cypress Av The 9th Ave El was the very first elevated line in New York, opening in 1868. The line was extended tunnel past 205th St station is built right up to Webster Ave and was intended to be extended on a 16. IRT Union Sq Station side platforms 6 north multiple times until it reached its terminal at 155th St and 8th Ave (Frederick Douglas Blvd). When two-level bridge above Bronx Park to Burke Ave; The upper level would have been a roadway. In 1929 17. IRT 18 St Station 125 St 116 St the IRT Jerome Ave Line (4 train) was built the 9th Ave El was extended on a bridge over the Harlem the extension was planned to run as a 2-track subway east under Burke Ave to Boston Post Road, then 18. IRT Pre-Lexington Ave Subway connection to Shuttle track 4 5 6 110 St B C River to a tunnel under Highbridge in the Bronx where it came to the surface at 163rd St and merged along the Post Road to Baychester Ave. A connection to the IND 2nd Ave Morris Park-Wilson Ave Line 19. IND 42 St Station lower level track and platform severed by IRT Flushing Line extension Cathedral Pkwy onto the new tracks. was proposed as well. 20. IND 59 St Station center platform 1 23. IRT 91 St Station In 1940 the 9th Ave El was demolished from South Ferry to 155th St. The 155th St-Jerome Ave section By 1939 the New York, Westchester & Boston Railroad had gone bankrupt and the city was in talks to 24. IRT 96 St Station outer platforms 110 St 125 St Cathedral Pkwy* 116 St was kept to serve the and New York Central RR Putnam Branch which terminated on the purchase the line for integration into the subway. Some called for the IND Concourse Line to be 25. IRT 9 Av Elevated-Jerome Ave Line Sedgewick Ave station Q T V Z B C N 2 3 Bronx side of the river. Looking to expand capacity on its line in the Bronx, the IRT proposed connecting extended along the ROW of the railroad but ultimately the line was connected to the IRT network at 26. IRT 2 Av Elevated-White Plains Line connection 103 St its Lenox Ave Line (the 3 train, which terminated at 145th St) to the Jerome Ave Line via the remaining 180th St. Plans for an altered IND Concourse Line extension which turned from Burke Ave down Gun 28. Former NY, Westchester and Boston RR platforms at E 180 St and unused track along IRT Dyre Ave Line 116 St 1 9th Ave El. Engineers found that it would have been too expensive to retrofit the for Hill Rd existed for a few more years, but once the IRT Dyre Ave Line opened the need for such an 29. IRT 3 Av Elevated-White Plains Line connection 6 subway operations and the idea was dropped. In 1968 a new terminal was built in the IRT train yards at extension was gone. As part of the 1968 Plan for Action a shorter extension from 205th St to White 31. Trackways from former a) 2nd Ave- line (upper level) 110 St- 148th St. Plains Rd was proposed. b) , originally twice as large Central Park N 2 3 17: IND Hillside Ave Extension (1929-1939) 36. BMT Jamaica Line stub, elevated track once ran to ferry terminal at East River *67 9: Van Wyck Blvd Line & Archer Ave Lines (1929-1939, 1968) 103 St 40. Abandoned Bushwick-Aberdeen Station and tracks/portal B C 110 St 116 St 41. IND Fulton St Subway bellmouth provisions for possible Jamaica Line connection When the IND Queens Blvd was built between Forest Hills and Jamaica it featured provisions for a The IND Hillside Ave Line opened in 1937 as an extension of the IND Queens Blvd Line. Initially the line 6 42. BMT Jamaica Line provisions for 3rd express track Q T branch splitting off south of Briarwood station along Van Wyck Blvd to Rockaway Blvd. This 2-track line was only built to 169th St but was planned to run as far as Springfield Blvd. World War II 96 St was to run as a subway until 116th Ave where it would run elevated. In the 1929 plan it would have delayed further extension but after the war the line was extended only one station to 179th St. East of 43. BMT Myrtle Ave Station *24 44. BMT DeKalb Av Station closed platform space 1 2 3 15 intersected the 120th Ave Line here and the Fulton St-Liberty Ave extension at Liberty Ave. In the 1939 179th St a large underground yard was built which featured 8 layup tracks. A future extension east to Springfield Blvd could therefore be built off of either the local or express tracks and not interrupt trains 45. BMT Ashland Pl connection to former Fulton St Elevated Line bellmouth provision Morningside Line plan it would have intersected the IND Fulton St Line extension at Linden Blvd. This extension would 46. IRT Nevins St & Atlantic Av Stations a) lower level platform and trackways b) LIRR provision c) 4 Av provision 96 St have also provided a closer subway station to the LIRR . terminating at 179th St. In 1939 it was proposed to continue any extension east of Springfield Blvd to 51. IRT Utica Av bellmouth provisions for Utica Av Subway *23 B C 103 St Little Neck Parkway, but after 179th St was opened no further extensions were planned. 52. Former BMT Franklin Ave Line trackways, Abandoned Dean St Station removed in 1999 6 Robert Moses designed his Van Wyck Expressway with no additional space along the median for a 18: BMT Canarsie Line Extension (1968-Present) 53. BMT 4 Av-40 St Subway (unbuilt) connection a) Provisions for switches Malba Dr* 11th Ave subway extension, as other like Chicago had done. Because of this there were no real proposals 8 54. BMT Culver Line remnants a) 9 Av lower level platforms b) Ditmas Av trackway 86 St 106 St to extend the subway along Van Wyck to Idlewild (now JFK) Airport. At the end of the 1960s the City of New York proposed an enormous redevelopment scheme on the 56. BMT Sea Beach Line express trackway 1 Q T 132 St* 14 Av* edge of in New Lots, Brooklyn. By filling in the marshlands south of Flatlands Ave the city College Point- 11th Ave 57. IRT New Lots Line express track provision College Point Blvd 8 8 By the 1960s planners were looking for ways to extend the subway deeper into southern Queens. could build entire new neighborhoods. The neighborhoods were to be linked to the city via the proposed 59. BMT Brighton Beach lower level track connections 8 Jamaica businesses wanted to see the elevated BMT Jamaica Line removed as they saw it as Cross Brooklyn Expressway (unbuilt) and an extension of the subway. At first the city looked at extending 63. Unused outer platforms at Woodlawn terminal 86 St 96 St depressing the central business district. A subway replacement was proposed along Archer Ave. This the IRT New Lots Line (3,4) from New Lots Ave to Flatlands Ave but settled on rerouting the 64. Unused outer platforms at Wakefield-241 St terminal B C 6 1 new subway would feature 4 tracks on two levels. The lower level would be for the Jamaica Line BMT Canarsie Line (L train). 65. 174 St Yard provisions for a connection to the Bridge replacement, and the upper level would be for a connection to the IND Queens Blvd Line using the Van 2nd Ave Subway 66. Bellmouth provision south of Whitehall St Station for alternative tunnel to Atlantic Ave 79 St Wyck provisions. From Wilson Ave to New Lots Ave, the Canarsie Line parallels the New York Connecting Railroad and 67. Unused third track provision north of 96 St Station on the lower (express) level 1 149th St LIRR . South of Bushwick Ave the line runs elevated over the depressed railroad 68. IND 8 Av Subway double crossover provisions a) 23 St b) 34 St c) 59 St 96 St Planners expanded the scope by extending the upper level south, taking over the LIRR Atlantic Branch right-of-way. The plan proposed moving the Canarsie Line into the existing railroad tunnel below 69. IRT Brooklyn Subway switch provisions at Hoyt St Station 81 St-Museum Q T 19 Av* to Springfield Blvd, as well as a second phase extending the lower level east parallel to the LIRR Main Broadway Junction and along the depressed right-of-way. After Livonia Ave the line would split into two 70. BMT built with space for future Bowery Subway on upper level (no actual trackways exist) of Natural History 8 Line to Farmers Blvd in Hollis. A proposed second set of subway tracks from the then-under branches: one would follow Flatlands Ave east and terminate around Linden Blvd and Conduit Blvd, the 71. Stump trackways from demolished BMT Liberty Av Line before it was connected to IND Fulton St Subway B C construction 63rd St Tunnel was proposed to act as a super-express line with a branch along Archer second would swing southwest along the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch, or in the median of the Cross 72. Local trackways north of 57 St Station 86 St Ave. Construction began in 1973 but the financial crisis of the city kept work moving slowly. The project Brooklyn Expressway, to an initial terminal at Nostrand and Flatbush Aves. A potential extension west to 73. Former loop track 4 5 6 dragged on and was not opened until the end of 1988. By then any future extensions east or southeast New Utrecht Ave was also suggested. 74. Provisions for BMT loop track before Ditmars BlvdCrescent St* had long been cut, along with any super-express service. 72 St R 75. Crossover provisions north of Delancey St Station 1 2 3 13 A combination of factors ended the project. The federal government made huge cuts to urban 76. Former layup track at Spring St The southeastern extension was to feature a new train yard and maintenance facility next to the redevelopment plans and highway spending, and the financial collapse of the city meant that local funds 24 Av* Long Island City Rochdale housing development. The land is still undeveloped and known as Railroad Park. Because the 78. Former tracks 3 and 4 from 1904 subway and 42nd St Shuttle R Horace Harding Line could not be used either. The large redevelopment was scaled back and the Cross Brooklyn 79. Abandoned trolley platforms at 167th St underpass 86 St 25 Av* current station at Parsons Blvd was never intended to be a terminal, the switch placement is too far Expressway canceled. Starrett City came close to the scale of the proposed redevelopment and the 72 St 80. Port Imperial HBLR layup track provision Q T Ditmars Blvd 8 from the station. This reduces capacity and as such at a number of E trains must run to 179th Gateway Center was eventually built on landfill at much smaller scale. But both remain far from the B C 81. Brighton Beach Line spur to Sheepshead Bay Race Track N St on the IND Hillside Ave Line. subway. 82. Former 14th St-Canarsie Line crossovers or porvisions for switches 77 St* 6 H 83. Former temporary portal connecting the 14th St-Canarsie Line to LIRR at Montrose Ave (northbound only) 66 St 79 St Steinway St* H Q T 21st St N R 1 79th St Astoria Bvld* R Ditmars Blvd 14 Astoria Blvd Bayside- Manhattan-Queens Tunnel N 32 Avs*

*68c 149th St 149th 8 68 St Hazen St* Columbus Cir. N R 59 St 6 30 Av Bell Blvd* 221 St-Bayside 1 A C B D N 7 *20 72 St 7 Q T Astoria Blvd 82 St* 210 St* 5 Av N R 12 7 Av *72 Broadway-21 St* 7 B D N R E H R 89 St* Flushing Line Extensions 39th Ave 57 St Lexington Av- N R Francis Lewis Blvd* 57 St 63 St 94 St* N Q Northern Blvd- 7 F H F Q N R Parsons Blvd* 162 St* 50 St R 59 St- 103 St* Station Rd Lexington Av 61 St Broadway-31 St* 7 7 8 7 Utopia Pkwy* C E N R 4 5 6 N R T H N Astoria Blvd 7 39th Ave 50 St 111 St* 5 Av-53 St 42 St-Times Sq 1 36 Av* N R Main St-Flushing PABT E K R 7 7 8 49 St 1 2 3 7 8 *31a N R F Z A C E K S 47-50 Sts Steinway St 36 Av N Q R Rockefeller 51 St G H R Hudson Yards Lex. Av N *19 Center 46 St 34 St B D F H 6 E K 21st St H R Northern Blvd-34 Av* Mets-Willets Point Blvd 7 8 N R 114th St 41 Av* 39 Av- 7 7 8 53 St R *78 21 St Dutch Kills 42 St- T V Z Grand Central Queensbridge N Northern Blvd 34 St- F Z Penn Station 4 5 6 H R 36 St 111 St A C E K 7 8 S 5 Av-42 St E K G R G R 7 8 *73 *31b Corona Yard 7 8 New 65 St 34 St- *18 Junction Blvd B D F H 42 St Northern Blvd H R Roosevelt Av* Penn Station Queensboro Plaza Long Island Expy *68b 34 St T V Z Z 74 St-Roosevelt Av 7 7 8 N R 1 2 3 7 7 8 N R *31 Jackson Heights Herald Sq 103 St-Corona Plaza Queensboro CC B D F H 7 8 Springfield Blvd *31 7 8 28 St N Q R E K F H R / H N R 1 90 St-Elmhurst Av Court Sq 82 St- 7 8 Bell Blvd* 33 St- 23 St 7 8 E G G Jackson Heights N R 33 St Rawson St 40 St- 69 St 7 8 C E 28 St 23 St 6 21 St 7 8 Lowery St 46 St- College Point Blvd* 208 St* *68a R 7 8 1 Vernon Blvd G 7 8 Bliss St 61 St-Woodside N R N R Jackson Av Long Island Expy 34 St 7 8 7 7 8 V 78th St Elmhurst Av 7 8 Main St* 23 St 28 St T V Z 52 St H R N R Francis Lewis Blvd* F H 6 7 8 N R 23 St 13 18 St Hunters Main St 14 St-8 Av 1 R Point Av Long Island City K Kissena Blvd* Horace Harding Line 188 St A C E K L 7 8 13 N R Long Island Expy Fresh Meadows* 23 St 164 St* N R 6 Long Island Expressway Line N R Utopia Pkwy* 14 St-6-7 Avs 23 St Grand Av CUNY Queens College *82 Queens Blvd* Kissena Blvd N R 1 2 3 V Z Newtown H K F H L *17 69 St* H R 14 St H Union Sq Long Island Expy 4 5 6 L 1 99 St Christopher St- Woodhaven Blvd N Q R 2nd Ave Subway K Sheridan Sq E H R 1 *16 16th St W 4 St Washington Sq 3 Av-14 St Avenues A-B 14 A C E K L T Z V Greenpoint Av Queens Village Queens Super-Express Line 63 Dr-Rego Park Springfield Blvd B D F H G 65th St 1 Av *82 H R F 8 St- Astor Pl 6 NYU L Houston St 6 Winfield Spur R Rockaway Branch 1 St. Marks St Z Subway 55 Av* H 67 Av 214 St Bleecker St R F Spring St *15 Broadway-Lafayette C E 6 B D F H E 8 St Nassau Av Prince St 2 Av-E Houston St V G R B D F H T Z Canal St 71 Av- 17 Spring St Clinton- Forest Hills Cross Island Blvd 1 Ave C 6 Pitt Sts E F R Z F Hillside Ave Line Extension *76 B D Canal St Fresh Pond St Jamaica Yard Bowery Flushing Av* A C J *9 H E K *70 *75 Delancey St Franklin St Essex St 197 St 1 75 Av Canal St F H J 6 F Z F *8 6 J Grand St Stanton St Rockaway Branch N Q R B D / T Z *12 Subway Bedford Av Chambers St L 187 St 1 2 3 Graham Av F *7 Union Turnpike Chambers St-WTC L Kew Gardens *82 Eliot- Jamaica-179 St Park Pl *4b Metropolitan Avs* E F Z Metropolitan Av F Z 2 3 A C E K *6 *4a East Broadway H *3 Lorimer St *2a C F H Grand St Metropolitan Av* Montgomery St L G Queens Village WTC-Cortlandt *5 L Fresh Pond Rd H 169 St C Z Springfield Blvd* 1 6 4 5 J Havermeyer St F Z *2b Worth St A City B D C V 2 Chatham Sq 2 Hollis 211 St* Cortlandt St Hall *82 C T Z Bedford Av South 4th St South 4th St Subway Famers Blvd-180 St* R R South 4th St Subway 175 St-Jamaica Av* A Wall St Pearl St C J Beekman St Worth St Line *36 Briarwood Parsons Blvd A 4 5 S 4 St-Broadway Woodhaven Blvd* Jamaica Center Rector St T Z B D C G Z *83 F Z F Z 168 St* Bedford AveMarcy Av Morgan Av Jefferson St H M 183 St* 197 St-Hollis Av* 1 Montrose Av *82 A J A Water St Fulton St J L L Sutphin Blvd Rector St Wall St 2 3 4 5 L Francis Lewis Blvd* Bedford Av Hewes St Beaver St Ext. Putnam Av* F Z Jamaica Ave 177 St* R 2 3 A C J Hollis Ave A C Z J H J 10 Hanover Sq DeKalb Av Parsons Blvd- Fulton St Line Extension: Bowling Green Wall St 73 Pl-Cooper Av* Merrick Blvd- 180 St- *1c L Central Ave Archer Av Jamaica & Hollis Branches 4 5 T Z H M 168 St* Liberty Av* E J 180th St Flushing Av Jamaica- J A Farmers Blvd* Whitehall St Broad St J Van Wyck Sutphin Blvd- South Ferry J B D C A Myrtle- Forest Av* E Archer Av 1 R Cypress Hills St* 121 St 9 *66 York St Wyckoff Avs* M E J *1a/1b B C H M J F H Flushing Av L M Archer Ave Line Brinkerhoff Ave High St G Flushing Av Myrtle Av- A C J Bushwick Av Dunkirk St* B C 5 A *74 111 St Knickerbocker Av Myrtle-Central Ave J Cambria Heights B C M Trunk Line Springfield Blvd* Clark St Jay St- Myrtle Av- *82 Atlantic Av* 2 3 MetroTech Halsey St 104 St A Broadway 9 E A C F H R L J Myrtle- D Z J Van Wyck Blvd Line Merrick Blvd* Willoughby Avs Woodhaven Blvd 108-109 Avs A 198 St* Linden Blvd E G Stanhope St J Jamaica Av* A *43 Brinkerhoff Ave 85 St-Forest Pkwy *42 Farmers Blvd Cambria Heights Hoyt St Kosciuszko St H M/ H 107 Av* J St. Albans* Springfield Blvd* 2 3 J A Brewer Blvd* 75 St-Elderts Ln Linden Blvd A B J Van Wyck Blvd- A Court St- *69 105th Ave Merrick Blvd* DeKalb Av Cypress Hills Liberty Av* 147th St Borough Hall B Q R Greene Av* A E A 2 3 4 5 R Gates Av J 197 St* Court St *69 Classon Av D Atlantic Av* Clinton- J Van Wyck Expy Sutphin Blvd* B 120th Ave T *44 Nevins St G M Washington Avs Stuyvesant Ave B C H M/ H A 2 3 4 5 Bedford-Nostrand Avs Brewer Blvd* Hoyt- Fulton St G M Wilson Av *45 G M 128 St* A Schermerhorn Sts *46a G M L 5,6 A C G M T Halsey St A Linden Farmers Blvd* Lafayette Av J Myrtle-Central Ave Line, Blvd B Bergen St T Rockaway Branch E F H G M Linden Blvd Atlantic Av- *46b Lefferts Blvd Merrick Blvd* *46c Clinton- Halsey St* 101-103 Avs* Sutphin Blvd* A Linden Blvd* B Washington Avs D St H M/ H A 2 3 4 5 E 120th Ave T J 111 St Van Wyck Blvd* B D N Q R A Franklin Av A *40 Norwood Av T S Rockaway Nostrand Av Chauncey St J Kingston- J Blvd Baisley Blvd A C T Throop Avs Utica Av- 104 St Carroll St Cleveland St 88 St A E Bergen St T Fulton St* 80 St A A F G M Ralph Av East NY Yard J Brewer Blvd* 2 3 A C D T V A 126 St* T Rockaway Av *71 5,9 B Van Siclen Av A New Rochdale Yard T *41 J Linden Blvd Myrtle-Central Ave Line, Union St *52 Alabama Av 10 7 Av Grant Av Van Wyck Blvd Line 120th Ave R Broadway J A Fulton St Line B Q Junction *42 Extension: Linden Blvd Rockaway Blvd* Sutphin Blvd* A C J L T 84 St A B 76 St T Liberty Av T Cross Bay Blvd South Ozone Park Park Pl Aqueduct Race Track Grand Army T Euclid Av A C T Van Wyck- S 3 105 St Rockaway Blvds* Plaza A C T A Smith-9 Sts Eastern Pkwy Utica Ave Subway Shepherd Av B E M 9 F G M 2 3 Laurelton 2 3 Utica Ave T Archer Ave Line Springfield Blvd Pitkin Av Southeast Branch Van Siclen Av 124 St* L E T M Nostrand Av Eastern Pkwy*- Linden Blvd 4 Kingston Av 4 Av-9 St Utica Av Lindenwood Aqueduct- 4 Linden Blvd-Conduit Av F G M R Franklin Av- 4 5 D N Conduit Blvd* Botanic Garden Pitkin Ave Yard L B C H M/ H Lefferts Blvd* 2 3 4 5 S President St Sutter Av M 7 Av 2 3 L New Lots Av F H G M 4 Prospect Av R Sutter Av Junius St- Stanley Av 4 Livonia Av Van Siclen Av 153 Av* 4 L 4 Pennsylvania Av Livonia Yard L Sterling St 18 Lefferts Av* 4 2 3 Canarsie Line Extension 5 / D Spring Creek Branch Rockaway Av 25 St B Q S 4 Howard Beach-JFK Airport R 15 St *57 Saratoga Av C H / H F G M 4 Fountain Av* L New Lots Av* Flatlands Ave Winthrop St- L Clarkson Av* Linwood St Winthrop St Gateway Center* 5 / D 2 3 Utica Ave L 36 St Parkside Av Schenck Av* D N R Q Linden Shops L Linden Blvd* Church Av Rockaway Av* Farragut Rd* L 38 St Yard 5 / D V L Pensylvania Av *53 Church Av Flatlands AveStarrett City* *53a L Ft Hamilton Pkwy Church Av 2 3 F G M 45 St B Q R Remsen Av* L

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