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6 (BMT rapid transit service)
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6 was the BMTs designation for trains that used the BMT Fifth Avenue Line. When numbers were assigned in 1924,6 was assigned to trains between Sands Street and 65th Street, via the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, BMT Third Avenue Line, and BMT Fifth Avenue Line. Between 1931 and 1937, all service except rush hour and Saturday morning service was truncated to 36th Street, on May 31,1940, the Third Avenue and Fifth Avenue lines were closed, ending all 6 service. El Lines to Shift Service, City to Close 2 Sections This Week, New York Times May 27,1940, page 19
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Bronx
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The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, within the U. S. state of New York. Since 1914, the Bronx has had the boundaries as Bronx County, a county of New York. The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a section in the west, closer to Manhattan. East and west street addresses are divided by Jerome Avenue—the continuation of Manhattans Fifth Avenue, the West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895. Bronx County was separated from New York County in 1914, about a quarter of the Bronxs area is open space, including Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Park, Pelham Bay Park, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo in the boroughs north and center. These open spaces are situated primarily on land reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north. The name Bronx originated with Jonas Bronck, who established the first settlement in the area as part of the New Netherland colony in 1639, the native Lenape were displaced after 1643 by settlers. This cultural mix has made the Bronx a wellspring of both Latin music and hip hop. The Bronx, particularly the South Bronx, saw a decline in population, livable housing, and the quality of life in the late 1960s. Since then the communities have shown significant redevelopment starting in the late 1980s before picking up pace from the 1990s until today, the Bronx was called Rananchqua by the native Siwanoy band of Lenape, while other Native Americans knew the Bronx as Keskeskeck. It was divided by the Aquahung River, the origin of Jonas Bronck is contested. Some sources claim he was a Swedish born emigrant from Komstad, Norra Ljunga parish in Småland, Sweden, who arrived in New Netherland during the spring of 1639. Bronck became the first recorded European settler in the now known as the Bronx and built a farm named Emmanus close to what today is the corner of Willis Avenue. He leased land from the Dutch West India Company on the neck of the mainland north of the Dutch settlement in Harlem. He eventually accumulated 500 acres between the Harlem River and the Aquahung, which known as Broncks River or the Bronx. Dutch and English settlers referred to the area as Broncks Land, the American poet William Bronk was a descendant of Pieter Bronck, either Jonas Broncks son or his younger brother. More recent research indicates that Pieter was probably Jonas nephew or cousin, the Bronx is referred to with the definite article as The Bronx, both legally and colloquially. The region was named after the Bronx River and first appeared in the Annexed District of The Bronx created in 1874 out of part of Westchester County
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R62A (New York City Subway car)
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The R62A is a New York City Subway car built between 1984 and 1987 by Bombardier in La Pocatiere, Quebec, with final assembly done in Auburn, New York and Barre, Vermont under a license from Kawasaki. The R62As replaced the R17s, R21s, and R22s, which were all retired by early 1988 and this leaves the 7 with the only R62As that operate as single cars, in order to make 11-car trains. Twenty cars are reserved to run in service on the 42nd Street Shuttle, by contrast, the cars on the 1 and 42nd Street Shuttle have never been equipped with local/express indicators. These lights remained as the R188s displaced the 7s R62As to the 6, following the successful delivery of the 325-car R62 order from Kawasaki Heavy Industries, the New York City Transit Authority put out a bid for an additional 825 cars. While Bombardier offered a price per car than Budd had. In addition, Budd proposed using unapproved and untested motors, and similarly untested technology that broke down on the R44. The first ten R62As, numbered 1651-1660, had their body shells built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries and were shipped to Bombardier for their use as samples during their production. They were placed in service on the 1 train on May 29,1985, in 1989,2256 collided with a revenue collection train at 103rd Street, this car was also repaired and eventually returned to service. On November 24,1996, a train of R62As on the 6 train derailed south of Hunts Point Avenue. Cars 1716 and 1909 were significantly damaged, while 1716 was rebuilt and returned to service,1909 was permanently retired due to damage to its body and frame, and scrapped in 2001. Initial replacement of the R62As is currently scheduled for 2026 through 2028, there are proposals for mid-life technological upgrades for the R62As, including LED destination signs and automated announcements, though it is unlikely that these improvements will be carried out. R62 - a similar model built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries Corp, evolution of New York City subways, An illustrated history of New York Citys transit cars, 1867-1997
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Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line)
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Pelham Bay Park is the northern terminal station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. This is a station which has two tracks, one island platform and two disused side platforms. The tracks end at bumper blocks at the end of the platforms. The station was set up as a Spanish solution with alighting passengers using the side platforms. Now all passengers use the island platform, during 2005, rooms were located on the side platforms for temporary crew use while the crew quarters at the north end of the station was rebuilt. At the south end is a crossover bridge between the center and west side platform. It also used to connect to the east side platform but that portion has been removed, there is also a tower and crew facilities at the south end. There are old style signs which are covered over on the main platform, Pelham Bay Park is the only New York City Subway terminal that does not use numerical track labels, but rather track labels based on the compass points of the world. Fare control is in the mezzanine below the platforms, there are two staircases, an escalator, and an elevator that lead to Westchester Avenue. There is also a bridge from the station entrance that crosses the Bruckner Expressway. The elevators were renovated from June 2015 to April 2016, due to the 1975–76 fiscal crisis that affected the city, most of the remaining projects did not have funding, so they were declined. Expected to be completed by the mid-1970s and early 1980s, lines for the Program for Action had to be reduced or canceled due to the 1970s fiscal crisis. In the novel The Taking of Pelham One Two Three by Morton Freedgood and its film adaptations, eventually this policy was rescinded, but due to the superstitions involved, dispatchers have continued to avoid scheduling a Manhattan-bound train to leave at 1,23. Pelham Bay Park Bartow-Pell Mansion City Island Co-op City Bay Plaza Orchard Beach nycsubway
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Elder Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Elder Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Served by the 6 train at all times, it is located at the intersection of Elder Avenue and this elevated station, opened on May 27,1920, has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the peak direction <6> express service. Both platforms have windscreens and red canopies with green frames and support columns at the center. The station name plates are in the black with white lettering that covered up the original IRT style mosaic signs. The stations only entrance/exit is a station house beneath the tracks. Inside the turnstile bank, there are two staircases to each platform at the center and a area that allows a free transfer between directions. Outside fare control, there is a booth and two staircases going down to the southwest and northeast corner of Elder and Westchester Avenues. Nycsubway. org – IRT Pelham Line, Elder Avenue Station Reporter –6 train The Subway Nut – Elder Avenue Pictures Elder Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Parkchester (IRT Pelham Line)
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Parkchester is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. The station opened on May 27,1920 and it is located in the Bronx at the intersection of the Cross-Bronx Expressway service roads, Metropolitan Avenue, and Westchester Avenue, atop Hugh J. Grant Circle. It is served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train during weekdays in the peak direction, parkchester is an express station with three tracks and two island platforms. There are 1950s-style mushroom-shaped lights at the end of the platforms, just north of the station is a signal tower which was used until the late 1990s, when a new master tower was created in Westchester Yard. This station was rehabilitated in 2010, when <6> express trains operate,6 local trains terminate here. <6> express trains stop on the center track and 6 local trains always stop on the outer track. Trains use the north of the station to get to their respective track. Terminating trains use the track past those switches as a pocket track to relay. The IRT Pelham Line north of station is served by a local train at all times except rush hours when <6> trains make local stops between this station and Pelham Bay Park. During this time, trains switch designations at Pelham Bay Park for the trip to Manhattan. The stations only exit is a mezzanine in the center of the Hugh Grant Circle and it has a crossunder and windows in a simulated 12-pane pattern similar to those at Whitlock Avenue. The fare control is at level and the room features a painting entitled Live The Dream. There is an escalator from fare control to the southbound platform, nycsubway. org – IRT Pelham Line, East 177th Street/Parkchester nycsubway
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R142A (New York City Subway car)
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The R142A, along with the R142, are the first and second part of the fourth generation of somewhat similar new technology cars for the A Division of the New York City Subway. These cars were built by Kawasaki Heavy Industries in Japan, along with the R142s, they replaced the Redbird trains, including the R26, R28, R29, R33, R33 WF, R36, and R36 WF. The R142As were built as fleet numbers #7211–7810, but only the cars from #7591–7810 are currently R142As, a total of 380 R142As were converted into R188s for the 7 and the remaining 220 cars remain unconverted. The 400 R142A cars of the order are numbered #7211–7610. Eighty cars, built under a contract as the R142S, were built by Kawasaki in 2003-04 to supplement the R142As. They are mechanically and physically identical to all other R142As, and are considered part of the R142A fleet, the first ten R142A cars, #7211–7220 were delivered on December 10,1999. Regular service began on the 6 on July 10,2000 after several months of testing, the cars maintained at the Jerome Yard run on the 4 while the cars maintained at the Westchester Yard run on the 6. Cars #7211–7590 have been retrofitted with CBTC for Flushing Line CBTC service and were converted to R188s, cars #7591-7810 are to remain unconverted. New Technology Train - A list of all NTT trains on the New York City Subway. R142 - a similar car built by Bombardier in Plattsburgh, New York and Barre, R142A Educated » Blog Archive » Subway Sounds, R-142A Car Status/Assignment
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Westchester Yard
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The New York City Transit Authority operates a total of 24 rail yards for the New York City Subway system. There are 10 active A Division yards,11 active B Division yards, of these yards, rolling stock are assigned to seven A Division yards and seven B Division yards. Within the yards are 14 maintenance and cleaning facilities, and two yards perform heavy maintenance and overhaul. The A Divisions yards consist of the 240th Street, 239th Street, Livonia, Jerome, East 180th Street, Pelham and Corona maintenance yards, a total of 2892 cars are assigned to the seven maintenance yards. The 137th Street Yard is a rail yard located just north of 137th Street–City College on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. The yard has six tracks surrounding the three mainline tracks, three tracks are to the west of the line and three tracks are to the east. The yard is used to store some 1 trains outside of rush hours, each track can hold two full-length trains, so a total of 12 trains can be stored there at any given time. Opened in 1916, it is one of the oldest yards in the system, there is considerable fleet interchange with the R142s at East 180th Street Yard used for the 5. In addition, some R62s for the 3 are stored here, the car wash at 239th Street is used for the 1 occasionally, the 2, the 3 and the 5. A wheel truing machine was installed here to damage to rail cars. Also, during this period, all assigned to the 2 were inspected and maintained at the East 180th Street Yard shared with the 5. It re-opened as an inspection and maintenance facility for the 2 in 1982, the yard consists of a seven-track inspection shop and 38 layup tracks. The layup tracks are arranged on two levels, the other yard in the system to share this trait is the East New York Yard. Access to the 239th Street Yard is located between Wakefield–241st Street and Nereid Avenue on the IRT White Plains Road Line. On February 3,1998, two trains collided at the yard lead after the motorman of one train passed out at the helm. The yard consists of six tracks in the shop and 15 additional layup tracks. The yard is home to the 365 R62As and the 10 R62s assigned to the 1, the shop was built in 1906 to support the original IRT subway. The yard and shops are entirely on an elevated structure, there are 15 layup tracks, and six shop tracks
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Buhre Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Buhre Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Buhre and Westchester Avenues in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction, there are three tracks and two side platforms. It resembles other elevated stations along the line in that it has a wood mezzanine, the center track is not used in regular service. The platform lights are sodium vapor, but the wood mezzanine only has old-style lights that are quite dim, there are non-working old lights on the platform, covered old signs, and two extra exits from the fare control area. Holding lights have been added in two places along the platform, so that trains can be kept at this station when the two tracks at the Pelham Bay Park terminal are occupied. From July 2014 to April 2015, this station, along with Zerega Avenue, was closed for rehabilitation work. The stations only exit is a mezzanine beneath the tracks, outside fare control, stairs lead to the northern, western, and southern corners of the seven-pointed intersection of Westchester, Buhre, Crosby, and Edison Avenues
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Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line)
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Middletown Road is a local station of the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Middletown Road and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx, it is served by the 6 train at all times except weekdays in the peak direction and this elevated station, opened on December 20,1920, has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is not used in regular service, south of the station are track leads to Westchester Yard, the main yard for all 6 and <6> trains. The center and Manhattan-bound local tracks rise above these leads, both platforms have beige windscreens and red canopies with green frames and support columns in the center. On either ends are white waist-high steel fences with lampposts at regular intervals. The station name signs are in the black plates with white Helvetica lettering. This station has one wooden elevated mezzanine below the platforms and tracks, two staircases from the center of each platform go down to the mezzanine, where a turnstile bank provides access to and from the station. Outside fare control, there is a booth and two street stairs. One goes south down to the corner of Middletown Road and Westchester Avenue
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Castle Hill Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Castle Hill Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. This elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms, the center track is not used in regular service. It resembles other elevated stations along the line, with wood mezzanines, from October 5,2013 to May 2014, the station was closed for rehabilitation work. The stations only exit is a mezzanine beneath the tracks, outside fare control, stairs lead to the northeast and southwest corners of Westchester Avenue and Castle Hill Avenue. Nycsubway. org – IRT Pelham Line, Castle Hill Avenue Station Reporter —6 Train The Subway Nut — Castle Hill Avenue Pictures Castle Hill Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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St. Lawrence Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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St. Lawrence Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of St. Lawrence Avenue and Westchester Avenue in the Bronx. It is served by 6 train at all times and this elevated station has three tracks and two side platforms. The center track is used by the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction, the station opened on May 27,1920 along with other stations north from Whitlock Avenue in Longwood. It resembles other elevated stations along the line, it has wood mezzanines, St. Lawrence Avenue is the northernmost station on the IRT Pelham Line that does not serve rush-hour express service. There is a mezzanine below the east end of the station, outside fare control, exit stairs lead to the southwest and northeast corners of Westchester Avenue and St. Lawrence Avenue. Nycsubway. org – IRT Pelham Line, St. Lawrence Avenue Station Reporter —6 Train The Subway Nut — St. Lawrence Avenue Pictures St. Lawrence Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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Whitlock Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Whitlock Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Whitlock Avenue, the station which opened on May 27,1920, has three tracks and two side platforms, with the center express track used by the <6> service on weekdays in the peak direction. The station has covered-over old signs and a windscreen on the south end, the north end has a full canopy over the platform. Currently, the line is used by Amtrak, the station is also located right next to the Sheridan Expressway. Southbound, this is the last elevated station before the underground stretch to Brooklyn Bridge station. The mezzanine is wood and features frosted windows in a simulated 16-pane pattern, at one time there were doors to the fare control but they have been removed, doors from fare control to the street remain. Outside fare control, exit stairs lead to either corner of Westchester Avenue. Nycsubway. org – IRT Pelham Line, Whitlock Avenue Station Reporter —6 Train The Subway Nut — Whitlock Avenue Pictures Whitlock Avenue entrances from Google Maps Street View
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Hunts Point Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Hunts Point Avenue is an express station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway, served by the 6 train at all times and the <6> train on weekdays in the peak direction. It is located at Hunts Point Avenue and Southern Boulevard in the Bronx and this underground station, opened on January 7,1919, and has three tracks and two island platforms. The 6 stops on the local tracks while the <6> stops at the center express track. This is the northernmost underground station on the line before the stretch to Pelham Bay Park station. The track walls have geometric Vickers-designed mosaic friezes in muted shades of blue, grey and beige, the large identifying plaques show H P. Matching uptown and downtown directional mosaics are found in the mezzanine, along with a smaller, dark green i-beam columns run along both platforms at regular intervals, a single line in the middle at their ends and one line on each side at their center. This stations main control area is a mezzanine above the center of the platforms. Two staircases from each platform go up to a waiting area/crossover, unusually for this station, the street-level facility, street stair enclosures, and lights are all made of bricks. Although the platform level is lit by fluorescent bulbs, the mezzanine remains lit by incandescent lights, the northbound platform has an exit-only at its extreme northern end. A twisting staircase goes up to a steel and glass structure. It is located at the southeast corner of Southern Boulevard and Hunts Point Avenue, in 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. There are three elevators, one from the mezzanine to each platform within fare control, and one from the mezzanine to Monsignor Del Valle Square. Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul, updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting
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Longwood Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Longwood Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Longwood Avenue and this underground station, opened on January 7,1919, and has three tracks and two side platforms. The center express track is used by the peak direction <6> service. Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts mosaic trim line and name tablets, the Vickers geometric design shows a diamond pattern in sea-foam green with a border of darker green mixed with blue. L plaques for Longwood Avenue run along the line at regular intervals. The name tablets are bordered in mixed shades of green and brown, light green I-beam columns run along the platforms at their center at regular intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate with white lettering. Both platforms were extended at either ends in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard length of an IRT train. The extensions are noticeable as they are narrower than the rest of the platforms, have no columns, the extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset. There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow transfers between directions. The southbound platform has a green fiberglass bucket seat bench built in the area in the 1960s. Both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the east end, each one has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. Media related to Longwood Avenue at Wikimedia Commons nycsubway
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East 149th Street (IRT Pelham Line)
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East 149th Street is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at the intersection of East 149th Street, Prospect Avenue and this underground station, opened on January 7,1919, and has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is used by the peak direction <6> service. Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts mosaic trim line and name tablets,149 tablets for East 149th Street run along the trim line at regular intervals and the name tablets have E. 149TH STREET in all-caps, serif lettering. Yellow i-beam columns run along the platforms at either ends at regular intervals with every other one having the black name plate with white lettering. Both platforms were extended at the west end in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard length of an IRT train, the extensions are noticeable as they are narrower than the rest of the platforms and the trim line is maroon with E 149TH ST in white sans serif font. The extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset, there are no crossovers or crossunders to allow free transfers between directions. Closed newsstands on the platforms have been tiled over, both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the center. Each one has a bank, token booth, and two street stairs
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Cypress Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Cypress Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at the intersection of Cypress Avenue and this underground station, opened on January 7,1919, has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is used by the peak direction <6> service. Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts mosaic trim line and name tablets, C tablets for Cypress run along the trim line at regular intervals and the name tablets have CYPRESS AVE. in serif, all-caps lettering. Dark yellow i-beam columns run along the platforms at intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate with white lettering. Both platforms were extended at either ends in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard length of an IRT train. The extensions are noticeable as they are narrower than the rest of the platforms, have no columns, the extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset. There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow transfers between directions. There is a closed newsstand that has been tiled over, both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the east end. Each one has a bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The ones on the Pelham Bay Park-bound platform go up to the side of East 138th Street between Cypress and Jackson Avenues while the ones on the Manhattan-bound platform go up to the north side
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Brook Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)
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Brook Avenue is a local station on the IRT Pelham Line of the New York City Subway. It is served by the 6 train at all times and is located at Brook Avenue and East 138th Street in Mott Haven and this underground station, opened on January 7,1919, has two side platforms and three tracks. The center express track is used by the peak direction <6> service. Both platforms have their original Dual Contracts mosaic trim line and name tablets, B plaques for Brook alternating with plaques showing a pattern of concentric diamonds run along the trim line at regular intervals and the name tablets have BROOK AVE. in all-caps, serif lettering. The trim line has a geometric Vickers design of brightly colored diamonds in blue and green, bordered by scarlet red, the tablets have a background of blue with a yellow-ochre border. Some of the tablets themselves, and sections of the line on both sides have been replaced in recent years with historically accurate replicas. Dark yellow i-beam columns run along the platforms at intervals with every other one having the standard black name plate with white lettering. Both platforms were extended at either ends in the 1960s to accommodate the current standard length of an IRT train. The extensions are noticeable as they are narrower than the rest of the platforms, have no columns, the extensions result in the platforms being slightly offset. There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow transfers between directions. In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system. However, under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul, updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting. Both platforms have one same-level fare control area at the center, each one has a turnstile bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The ones on the Pelham Bay Park-bound platform go up to either southern corners of Brook Avenue, nycsubway. org – IRT Pelham Line, Brook Avenue Station Reporter —6 train The Subway Nut — Brook Avenue Pictures Brook Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
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4 (New York City Subway service)
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The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or bullet, is colored apple green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. 4 trains operate between Woodlawn in the Bronx and Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via Jerome Avenue Local in the Bronx and Eastern Parkway Express in Brooklyn at all times except nights. During nights, they serve all stops except Hoyt Street and are extended to/from New Lots Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn via Livonia Avenue as a replacement for the 3. During the extension of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of 42nd Street–Grand Central Terminal, on April 15,1918, shuttles were extended to Woodlawn. A second shuttle, using cars, from 149th Street–Grand Concourse to Grand Central started on July 17,1918. On August 1,1918, the entire Jerome and Lexington Avenue Lines were completed, trains began running between Woodlawn and Bowling Green. Beginning on November 4,1925, rush hour 4 trains were extended from Atlantic Avenue to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue, two years later, on December 5,1927, weekday evening service was extended to Utica Avenue. The following year, midday 4 service also went to Utica Avenue, trains ran express in Manhattan except late nights, and in Brooklyn. This was the first time the 6 became the Pelham Shuttle between Pelham Bay Park and 125th Street–Lexington Avenue, on August 20,1938, Saturday morning after the peak service was extended to Utica Avenue. Beginning on May 10,1946, all 4 trains were made express during late nights running on 12 minute headways as the 6 went back to Brooklyn Bridge during that time, previously 4 trains ran local from 12,30 to 5, 30am. At this time 4 trains terminated at Atlantic Avenue, beginning on December 16,1946, trains were extended from Atlantic Avenue to New Lots Avenue during late nights, running express between Atlantic and Franklin Avenues. When the Board of Transportation began to replace the older subway cars starting with the R12 cars in 1948, with these cars, numbers were assigned to the IRT lines. The Lexington Avenue–Jerome Line trains were given the number 4, by 1964, all cars had the route numbers on them. During 1950, Saturday morning service was cut back to South Ferry, starting on December 15,1950, four 4 trains began operating during rush hours to Flatbush Avenue on the Nostrand Avenue Line. Also on that day, weekday service was cut back from Atlantic Avenue to South Ferry. Additionally, on January 18,1952,4 service to Atlantic Avenue during weekday middays was restored, on March 19,1954, late-night service in Brooklyn began making all stops, but resumed operating express between Atlantic Avenue and Franklin Avenue on June 29,1956. Starting on March 1,1960, late-night 4 trains resumed making all stops in Manhattan and this arrangement ended on October 17,1965 when the 4 went back express in Manhattan late nights
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5 (New York City Subway service)
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The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or bullet, is colored apple green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. The 5 operates between Dyre Avenue in Eastchester, Bronx and Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College in Flatbush, Brooklyn, making all stops in the Bronx, the 5 short turns at Bowling Green in Financial District, Manhattan on evenings and weekends, and at East 180th Street during late nights. Limited rush hour service also terminates at Wakefield–241st Street instead of Dyre Avenue in the Bronx, upon its closure in 1937, the entire property was put up for sale. Beginning on April 28,1930, Saturday 5 service to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue began, as of 1934, trains normally ran from Wakefield–241st Street or East 180th Street to Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center. During weekday rush hours and weekend afternoons they were extended to Utica Avenue, from July 24,1938 to September 18,1938 there was Sunday daytime 5 service to New Lots Avenue. Beginning on July 10,1939, Sunday afternoon 5 service to New Lots began, on December 22,1946, alternate Sunday morning 5 service to New Lots began. However, on March 5,1950,5 service was cut back to Utica Avenue all day on Sundays, starting on April 23,1953,5 trains began using the middle express track between East 180th Street and 149th Street weekday rush in the peak direction. Starting on October 2,1953, the track was used by peak trains south of Gun Hill Road. Beginning on May 3,1957, limited rush hour 5 service ran to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College replacing the 4 service, evening, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday trains were cut back to South Ferry. Beginning on March 1,1960 evening trains making all stops in Manhattan. Beginning on April 8,1960, weekday evening service was discontinued, starting on April 18,1965, most daytime service was rerouted to Dyre Avenue, replacing Dyre Shuttle except evenings and late nights. Some weekday rush service to 241st Street was retained, while Saturday and Sunday evening trains were cut back from 241st Street to East 180th Street. Also, Saturday morning trains were cut back from Atlantic Avenue to South Ferry, starting on May 3,1965, trains to or from 241st Street began making all stops between Gun Hill Road and East 180th Street. Beginning on May 23,1976,5 service began starting late on Sunday mornings, as of May 24,1976, weekday midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green from Atlantic Avenue. In 1979, with the coding of subway routes based on their trunk line in Manhattan. 5 service was re-extended May 15,1980 to Atlantic Avenue, on July 10,1983, all rush hour service ran to Flatbush Avenue, with limited service to/from Utica or New Lots Avenue. Beginning on January 18,1988, all midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green, in 1995, rush hour service to 241st Street was cut back to Nereid Avenue
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The Bronx
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The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, within the U. S. state of New York. Since 1914, the Bronx has had the boundaries as Bronx County, a county of New York. The Bronx is divided by the Bronx River into a section in the west, closer to Manhattan. East and west street addresses are divided by Jerome Avenue—the continuation of Manhattans Fifth Avenue, the West Bronx was annexed to New York City in 1874, and the areas east of the Bronx River in 1895. Bronx County was separated from New York County in 1914, about a quarter of the Bronxs area is open space, including Woodlawn Cemetery, Van Cortlandt Park, Pelham Bay Park, the New York Botanical Garden, and the Bronx Zoo in the boroughs north and center. These open spaces are situated primarily on land reserved in the late 19th century as urban development progressed north. The name Bronx originated with Jonas Bronck, who established the first settlement in the area as part of the New Netherland colony in 1639, the native Lenape were displaced after 1643 by settlers. This cultural mix has made the Bronx a wellspring of both Latin music and hip hop. The Bronx, particularly the South Bronx, saw a decline in population, livable housing, and the quality of life in the late 1960s. Since then the communities have shown significant redevelopment starting in the late 1980s before picking up pace from the 1990s until today, the Bronx was called Rananchqua by the native Siwanoy band of Lenape, while other Native Americans knew the Bronx as Keskeskeck. It was divided by the Aquahung River, the origin of Jonas Bronck is contested. Some sources claim he was a Swedish born emigrant from Komstad, Norra Ljunga parish in Småland, Sweden, who arrived in New Netherland during the spring of 1639. Bronck became the first recorded European settler in the now known as the Bronx and built a farm named Emmanus close to what today is the corner of Willis Avenue. He leased land from the Dutch West India Company on the neck of the mainland north of the Dutch settlement in Harlem. He eventually accumulated 500 acres between the Harlem River and the Aquahung, which known as Broncks River or the Bronx. Dutch and English settlers referred to the area as Broncks Land, the American poet William Bronk was a descendant of Pieter Bronck, either Jonas Broncks son or his younger brother. More recent research indicates that Pieter was probably Jonas nephew or cousin, the Bronx is referred to with the definite article as The Bronx, both legally and colloquially. The region was named after the Bronx River and first appeared in the Annexed District of The Bronx created in 1874 out of part of Westchester County
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IRT Jerome Avenue Line
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The IRT Jerome Avenue Line, also unofficially known as IRT Woodlawn Line, is an A Division New York City Subway line mostly along Jerome Avenue in the Bronx. Originally an Interborough Rapid Transit Company-operated route, it was built as part of the Dual Contracts expansion and it is both elevated and underground with 161st Street–Yankee Stadium being the southernmost elevated station. The line has three tracks from south of the Woodlawn station to the 138th Street–Grand Concourse station, the Woodlawn Line also has a connection to the Jerome Yard, where 4 trains are stored, just north of the Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College station. As part of a program to evaluate express service on the line, from June 8,2009 to June 26,2009. The trains stopped at Woodlawn, Mosholu Parkway, Burnside Avenue, from October 26,2009, to December 11,2009, another pilot program to run express service ran, this time adding Bedford Park Boulevard – Lehman College as an additional stop. A fifth train had also added and trains now run every 20 minutes from 7, 00am to 8. During late AM rush & evening rush hours, some trains run express from 167th Street to short turn at Burnside Avenue. Though named for Jerome Avenue, the southernmost portion of the line runs underground beneath the Grand Concourse, almost a block after 167th Street station, the line finally runs over the eponymous road when River Avenue ends at Jerome Avenue across from the intersection of West 169th Street. The line remains over Jerome Avenue for most of the rest of its journey, the north end of the Mount Eden Avenue station can be seen from the Cross Bronx Expressway. After the northwest entrance of the historic Concourse Yard and then north of 198th Street, the IRT Jerome Avenue Line finally ends at Woodlawn station, while Jerome Avenue itself continues north towards the Major Deegan Expressway. For more than two decades, there had been calls to provide service to the residents of the Western Bronx. When the first subway was being planned, a branch of the line to this area was under consideration, but it was not found to be feasible to build such a connection because of financial reasons. The Board of Rapid Transit Commissioners, on June 1,1905, Route 15 would have been a four-track subway under Jerome Avenue, with a connection to the Ninth Avenue Elevated through 162nd Street. Route 16 called for an elevated line along Jerome Avenue. Route 17 would have required the construction of a line under Gerard Avenue to form the southern connection to the Jerome Avenue Line. Of the three options, Route 15 was approved by the Board of Estimate on July 14,1905, and by Mayor George McClellan two weeks later. On June 16,1908, the proposal to construct a subway under Gerard Avenue was abandoned because of the soil conditions and this route was utilized as part of the Jerome Avenue Line. The route was approved by the Board of Estimate on June 26,1908, the Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19,1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York
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Manhattan
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Manhattan is the most densely populated borough of New York City, its economic and administrative center, and the citys historical birthplace. The borough is coextensive with New York County, founded on November 1,1683, Manhattan is often described as the cultural and financial capital of the world and hosts the United Nations Headquarters. Many multinational media conglomerates are based in the borough and it is historically documented to have been purchased by Dutch colonists from Native Americans in 1626 for 60 guilders which equals US$1062 today. New York County is the United States second-smallest county by land area, on business days, the influx of commuters increases that number to over 3.9 million, or more than 170,000 people per square mile. Manhattan has the third-largest population of New York Citys five boroughs, after Brooklyn and Queens, the City of New York was founded at the southern tip of Manhattan, and the borough houses New York City Hall, the seat of the citys government. The name Manhattan derives from the word Manna-hata, as written in the 1609 logbook of Robert Juet, a 1610 map depicts the name as Manna-hata, twice, on both the west and east sides of the Mauritius River. The word Manhattan has been translated as island of hills from the Lenape language. The United States Postal Service prefers that mail addressed to Manhattan use New York, NY rather than Manhattan, the area that is now Manhattan was long inhabited by the Lenape Native Americans. In 1524, Florentine explorer Giovanni da Verrazzano – sailing in service of King Francis I of France – was the first European to visit the area that would become New York City. It was not until the voyage of Henry Hudson, an Englishman who worked for the Dutch East India Company, a permanent European presence in New Netherland began in 1624 with the founding of a Dutch fur trading settlement on Governors Island. In 1625, construction was started on the citadel of Fort Amsterdam on Manhattan Island, later called New Amsterdam, the 1625 establishment of Fort Amsterdam at the southern tip of Manhattan Island is recognized as the birth of New York City. In 1846, New York historian John Romeyn Brodhead converted the figure of Fl 60 to US$23, variable-rate myth being a contradiction in terms, the purchase price remains forever frozen at twenty-four dollars, as Edwin G. Burrows and Mike Wallace remarked in their history of New York. Sixty guilders in 1626 was valued at approximately $1,000 in 2006, based on the price of silver, Straight Dope author Cecil Adams calculated an equivalent of $72 in 1992. In 1647, Peter Stuyvesant was appointed as the last Dutch Director General of the colony, New Amsterdam was formally incorporated as a city on February 2,1653. In 1664, the English conquered New Netherland and renamed it New York after the English Duke of York and Albany, the Dutch Republic regained it in August 1673 with a fleet of 21 ships, renaming the city New Orange. Manhattan was at the heart of the New York Campaign, a series of battles in the early American Revolutionary War. The Continental Army was forced to abandon Manhattan after the Battle of Fort Washington on November 16,1776. The city, greatly damaged by the Great Fire of New York during the campaign, became the British political, British occupation lasted until November 25,1783, when George Washington returned to Manhattan, as the last British forces left the city
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125th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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125th Street is an express station that has four tracks and two island platforms. It is the northernmost Manhattan station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, a planned northern extension of the Second Avenue Subway would connect with this station and with the Metro-North Railroads Harlem–125th Street station, located one block west. This station opened on July 17,1918 as part of the extension of the Original Subway up Lexington Avenue to 125th Street, on August 1,1918, through service on the Lexington Avenue Line began. Both express trains and local trains stopping at this station, running from Lower Manhattan. The extension from Grand Central cost $58,000,000, the opening of this station resulted in development in the surrounding neighborhood of East Harlem. In 1952 or 1953, a public system was installed at this station, providing information to passengers. In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system and this stations renovation was completed in 2005. The station is unusual in design, as a station with island platforms. Instead, the platform serves northbound trains and the lower level serves southbound trains. Adding to the design is the local track on each level having train doors open to the right. North of the station, just after crossing the Harlem River, the splits into the IRT Jerome Avenue Line. On the lower platform, each comes from one line. There is a tower at the north end of the upper platform, it is a satellite to the tower at Grand Central–42nd Street. There are four exits and one elevator exit. The northern turnstile bank leads to two staircases going to both corners of Lexington Avenue and 125th Street, and an elevator going to the NE corner of Lexington Avenue. The southern turnstile bank has two leading to both southern corners of Lexington Avenue and 125th Street. The station lies one block east of the Metro-North Railroads Harlem–125th Street station on Park Avenue. As part of a proposed Second Avenue Subway station, a new exit would be built at the southeast corner of 125th Street and Park Avenue, an ancillary would also be built at the southeast corner of 125th Street and Third Avenue
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116th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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116th Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. This underground station has two tracks and two platforms, and serves local trains only. The two express tracks pass underneath on a level and are not visible from the platforms. Fare control is at level, and no crossover or crossunder is provided. The station has standard IRT number and station name tiles, both platforms have emergency exits from the lower level express tracks. Nycsubway. org – IRT East Side Line, 116th Street nycsubway
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110th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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110th Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. This underground station, opened on July 17,1918, has four tracks, the two center express tracks are used by the 4 and 5 trains during daytime hours. Both platforms have their original line, which has 110 tablets on it at regular intervals, and name tablets. Each platform has one fare control area at the center. Each one has a bank, token booth, and two street stairs. The ones on the platform go up to either western corners of Lexington Avenue. There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow a transfer between directions. The northbound platform had another second exit towards the north end, the only evidence of this exit is a steel door in the wall. The artwork at this station is a mosaic entitled Un Sabado en la Ciento Diez, nycsubway. org – IRT East Side Line, 110th Street nycsubway
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103rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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103rd Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. This underground station, which opened on July 17,1918, has four tracks, the two center express tracks are used by the 4 and 5 trains during daytime hours. Both platforms have their original line, which has 103 tablets on it at regular intervals, and name tablets. Prior to the 1990 remodeling, mosaic tiles were used so as to depict the 103rd Street mosaic as a sign hanging down from a support beam above. These signholders were covered over in 1990, an emergency phone is present immediately to the south of the southbound local platform. The Downtown/Brooklyn platform was renovated in 2015, with the placement of new wall tiles. From January 26,2016 to May 23rd,2016, the Uptown/Bronx-bound platform was closed for renovation and was done in the style as the Downtown/Brooklyn platform. This was completed about an earlier than planned. The stations only entrance/exit is a mezzanine above the platforms and tracks near the south end, the mezzanine has mosaics indicating uptown and downtown directions. The 1990 ceramic artwork here is called Neo-Boriken by Nitza Tufiño, nycsubway. org – IRT East Side Line, 103rd Street nycsubway
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96th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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96th Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. The station has two tracks and two side platforms. The express tracks run on a level and are not visible from the platforms. A crossover is provided, with a mosaic in the mezzanine entitled City Suite, there are new 96th Street mosaics, and a window in the mezzanine overlooks the tracks, giving a view of oncoming trains from the south. The south end of the features a rounded ceiling due to problems encountered during construction. Both platforms have emergency exits from the lower level express tracks, nycsubway. org – IRT East Side Line, 96th Street nycsubway
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86th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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86th Street is an express station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. This underground station, opened on July 17,1918 as part of an expansion of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Grand Central – 42nd Street, is built on two levels, each level has two tracks and two side platforms. The upper level serves local trains while the lower level serves express trains, there is no express service during late nights and the lower level is closed during that period. Three staircases connect the levels on each side, there are no crossovers or crossunders between the platforms, making this one of only three express stations in the system where free transfers between opposite directions are not possible. Each platform has its original Dual Contracts trim line consisting mostly of yellows, small 86 tablets in a circle run along this trim line. The name tablets have 86TH STREET in white Times New Roman font on a background with a light-brown inner border. Dark-blue columns run along all four platforms at regular intervals, the first took place with the opening of a Gimbels department store directly above in the early 1970s. The renovation took place mostly in the control areas. The third renovation was completed by Fall 2004, each upper level platform has one same-level fare control area in the center. The northbound fare control has a turnstile bank and two staircases going up to the southeast corner of East 86th Street and Lexington Avenue. Two more staircases are built inside an arcade that is in the basement of a former Petco store on the northeast corner of the same intersection. The building is occupied by other businesses. The 2004 artwork here is called Happy City by Peter Sis and it consists of four different glass and etched stone mosaic murals in the shapes of huge eyes surrounded by various animals and objects. They are located at top of the four staircases near the fare control areas that go down to the lower level express platforms. This station was added to the National Register of Historic Places on March 30,2005
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77th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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77th Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and 77th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan. It is served by the 6 at all times, the <6> during weekdays in peak direction, and this station has two local tracks and two side platforms. The express tracks of the Lexington Avenue Line, used by the 4 and 5 trains during daytime hours, both platforms has a fare control, and both areas have a turnstile bank, and four staircases to the street. The northbound side leads to the east side of Lexington Avenue while the side leads to the west side. There are no crossovers or crossunders to allow transfers between directions. The downtown platform is the platform in the station to house a token booth. The uptown platform token booth was closed by the MTA after making a series of layoffs and has been removed, some old wall lights exist after the stations renovation in 2003, but most are gone or falling off the walls. Both platforms have emergency exits from the lower level express tracks, the 2004 artwork here is called 4 Seasons Seasoned by Robert Kushner. It is installed on the ceiling above the fare control staircases and features related to the four seasons of the year. Lenox Hill Hospital Hunter College School of Social Work Media related to 77th Street at Wikimedia Commons nycsubway. org – IRT East Side Line, 77th Street nycsubway
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33rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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33rd Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Construction started on the first IRT line in 1900, the part of the line from City Hall to just south of 42nd Street was part of the original IRT line, opened on October 27,1904 including a local station at 33rd Street. On April 13,1948, the extensions to accommodate ten-car trains at this station along with those at 23rd Street. On December 27,1948, a new entrance at 32nd Street to the 33rd Street station opened for use. There are four tracks and two platforms, with the express tracks in the middle, but at a lower level because of the presence of the Murray Hill Tunnel along this section of Park Avenue. The station was renovated, and contains eagle plaques similar to those at Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall. The plaques contain the numerals 33, fare control is at the platform level. The station has been on the National Register of Historic Places since 2004, Subway Ceramics, A History and Iconography
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28th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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28th Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at Park Avenue South and 28th Street in Manhattan, it is served by the 6 train at all times, the <6> during weekdays in peak direction, construction started on the first IRT line in 1900. The part of the line from City Hall to just south of 42nd Street was part of the original IRT line, opened on October 27,1904 including a local station at 28th Street. On April 13,1948, the extensions to accommodate ten-car trains at this station along with those at 23rd Street. This station contains four tracks and two side platforms, the two middle express tracks run at a lower level than the two outer local ones. The fare control is at level and there are no open crossunders or crossovers. However, there is a closed crossunder with railings and a blacked out sign indicating its location, the token booth is unusual in that it is built into the tile wall instead of a standalone structure like most other stations. The stations ornamentation includes glass block wall artwork at the fare control entitled Seven Ways 4 Twenty-Eighth. There is also an unusual back-lit station sign name, similar to that at 23rd Street, the 28th Street station has been listed on the National Register of Historic Places since 2005. Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul, updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting. Subway Ceramics, A History and Iconography, ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0 nycsubway. org – IRT East Side Line, 28th Street nycsubway
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23rd Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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23rd Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Construction started on the first IRT line in 1900, the part of the line from City Hall to just south of 42nd Street was part of the original IRT line, opened on October 27,1904 including a local station at 23rd Street. On April 13,1948, the extensions to accommodate ten-car trains at this station along with those at 28th Street. In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system, as of late 2014, construction is ongoing to install elevators in the station. The relocated staircase opened in August 2015, the construction is expected to be completed in August 2016. This is a local station with four tracks and two side platforms. During station renovations in 1988, the tiles were removed. It has IND-style signs indicating the way to 22nd and 23rd Streets, an ornate fare control grille on the southbound side is a piece of artwork entitled Long Division by artist Valerie Jaudon, which was installed during the renovation. The station features a back-lit 23rd Street/Park Avenue South sign at the platform level fare control, there is a low tiled wall at the 22nd Street end which is probably a remnant of a closed crossunder. The station does not contain restrooms
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18th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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18th Street was a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located on Park Avenue South and 18th Street. The station was open from 1904 to 1948, when it was closed because of platform lengthening at 23rd Street, and the opening of an entrance at 22nd Street. The stations are close enough that it is possible to see the lights of 14th Street – Union Square down the tracks from the two platforms of this station. The two platforms are as built and only 5 cars in length, the stations ceiling was originally fitted with glass in order to let natural light in. It has green faience plaques and mosaic name tablets by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company from 1904, the ceiling was also decorated with ornamental motifs
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Astor Place (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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Astor Place, also called Astor Place – Cooper Union on signs, is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Completed in 1904, it is one of the original twenty-eight stations in the system, the station is on the List of Registered Historic Places in New York. Construction started on the first IRT line in 1900, the part of the line from City Hall to just south of 42nd Street was part of the original IRT line including the Astor Place station, opened on October 27,1904. In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system, the station underwent renovation from June 1984 to May 1986. The station was renovated for $2,500,000, and was part of the Adopt-a-station program, the money included $600,000 from the Federal Urban Mass Transit Administration, $125,000 from private sources, including some from the Vincent Astor Foundation. A new piece of porcelain steel artwork by Cooper Union alumnus Milton Glaser was installed, there was an underpass between the uptown and downtown sides, but it was closed and covered up in the 1980s renovation. The original plans for the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad included a spur along Ninth Street to this station, Astor Place is a local station with four tracks and two side platforms. The fare control is at level, and the underpass connecting northbound and southbound sides was removed in the 1980s. The access hatch to the underpass is visible behind the token booth inside the fare control area. The northbound platform contains a news and candy stand, which replaced the public womens lavatory. On the southbound side, the station has a department store entrance into a K-Mart and this store was originally constructed in 1868 as an A. T. Stewart. It had changed ownership and was a Wanamakers when the station was constructed, the heavy brick-faced square columns on the downtown platform support the store above. The northern building of Wanamakers store, but not the building above. Octagonal windows on the wall of the platform were the stores showcases. Plaques of beavers are located on the walls, in honor of John Jacob Astors fortune derived from the beaver-pelt trade, the plaques, as well as name tablets, were made by the Grueby Faience Company in 1904. During the renovation, the magnificent maroon and gold tile Cooper Union signs underneath the tile Astor Place signs were destroyed, black and white pillar signs read Astor Place on one pillar, then Cooper Union on the next. The station has two entrances, one in each direction, there is a reproduction of an IRT entry kiosk on the street level over the northbound entrance. The station itself is a point of local interest, as it is on the List of Registered Historic Places in New York, several other sites of historical and cultural importance located near the station
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Spring Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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Spring Street is a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Spring Street was one of the 28 original stations of the first subway line in Manhattan, at this time, Spring Street served local trains from the now-abandoned City Hall station to 145th Street at Broadway. Spring Street is laid out in a local stop setup. There are two platforms and four tracks, the center two of which are express tracks. Although they cannot be accessed at Spring Street, the southbound and northbound express tracks are known as MM2 and MM3 and these designations are rarely, if ever, used in everyday speech. Both platforms have a curve which creates a gap between the train and the platform. Because this gap is not significant, gap fillers are not necessary, Spring Street had a unique fifth center track which has now been removed. This track did not last long, it was disconnected and removed in 1906. Although its function has never been determined, the trackway is now used as the location of a mechanical room, the station retains the typical large and small IRT mosaics in the old portion. The station has small S cartouches with two poppies from 1904, made by Atlantic Terra Cotta, and large mosaic tablets by Heins & LaFarge, other small S and Spring St mosaics are newer. The S cartouches are similar to the ones cast for Canal Street station, Spring Street has four entrances, two to each platform. The northbound entrances are at either corner of Lafayette and Spring Streets. This station is featured in the 2008 film Cloverfield, the scene was not filmed there, however. The station is featured in the season 3 episode, Lo-Fi, Subway Ceramics, A History and Iconography
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Canal Street (New York City Subway)
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Canal Street is a New York City Subway station complex. It is located in the Manhattan neighborhoods of Chinatown and SoHo, and is shared by the BMT Broadway Line, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, three of the four are perpendicular to Canal Street, crossing at Broadway, Lafayette Street and Centre Street. The Broadway-Manhattan Bridge Line platforms are directly underneath Canal Street itself, the Bridge Line platforms serve as transfer passageways between all other lines. After leaving Canal Street, the Manhattan Bridge Line makes a right onto Broadway. The complex was renovated between 1999 and 2004. The Broadway Main Line station was restored to its look with new mosaics featuring Chinese characters. The symbols on the red wall plaques mean money and luck, during the most recent renovation in the 1990s, the original mosaics were uncovered but then either removed or covered over again. One of the original tablets has been preserved at the New York Transit Museum, Canal Street on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line is a local station that has four tracks and two side platforms. This station, opened on October 27,1904, as part of the original subway, due to platform lengthening in the 1940s and 1950s, there are two distinct sections of this station. The original portion has tile-covered I-beams with small and large mosaics, the newer portion has 1950s green tile at the end of the platforms. There are also IND-type To Canal Street signs, non-original name tables and small C mosaics exist. Each platform has its own ADA-accessible elevator that leads to either corner of Canal. These elevators were installed when the complex was renovated in the late 1990s, the northbound platforms elevator leads to the northeastern corner of that intersection, while the southbound platforms elevator leads to the northwestern corner. Canal Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line has three tracks and two platforms, but only the western island platform is accessible to passengers. These stub-end tracks were last used in the mid-1990s when weekend J service ended here instead of Chambers Street, the former northbound local track is now used only for non-revenue moves, train storage and emergencies while the northbound express stub track was removed. The former northbound local track merges with the southbound express track south of the station. This station was completed at the end of 1909 and included a bridge over the proposed Canal Street subway to cross underneath, part of the Canal Street subway was built and is part of the Manhattan Bridge Line. Delayed by construction of the Chambers Street station, this part of the Nassau/Centre Street subway opened in August 1913
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Worth Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
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Worth Street was a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Lafayette Street and Worth Street, and has four tracks, Worth Street was one of the 28 original stations of the first subway line in Manhattan, opening on October 27,1904. At this time, Worth Street served local trains from the now-abandoned City Hall station to 145th Street at Broadway, like all the local stops, it was originally about 200 feet long to accommodate five-car trains. The first door of the first car and last door of the last car were left past the ends and were not opened. Because of overcrowding, the Public Service Commission ordered the local platforms extended a few yards into the manholes at the ends, that is, the space left for access to equipment closets. Completed in 1910, this gave just enough room for local trains with only a door of the first and last cars at the platform. The second platform lengthening was done in 1948 by the Board of Transportation on the side only that provided for the full length of a ten-car train. The work was done on the side to save costs. This side was chosen as it was the unloading side in the business district. On January 3,1957, the New York City Transit Authority announced that station would be closed within two years as part of a plan to improve the Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall station. As part of the project, the platforms at Brooklyn Bridge would be lengthened to accommodate ten-car trains, in order to achieve both of these goals, the platforms would be extended 250 to the north. The Worth Street station would be closed as it would only be 600 feet away from the platforms at Brooklyn Bridge, if the station were retained, service on the line would be slowed down, and no signal system could operate well in such a short distance. The project would cost $4,400,000 and was projected to take two years, the station was closed on September 1,1962 once the work at Brooklyn Bridge was completed. After the Worth Street stations closure, Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall was named Brooklyn Bridge – Worth Street on platform signs until 1995 and this station lies beneath the sidewalk on the west side of Foley Square. When the Federal Plaza Building was in the stages, it was found that, because of the existence of the station. As a result, the structure is set far back from the street, the buildings plaza and fountain lie directly above the station. The stations platforms are visible from the windows of trains between Canal Street and Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall. 18th Street 91st Street nycsubway. org – IRT East Side Line, Worth Street Abandoned Stations — Worth Street Forgotten NY — Original 28 - NYCs First 28 Subway Stations
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