List of New York City Subway lines

A schematic map of New York City's subway lines (i.e., Sea Beach, West End, ...) as opposed to services (i.e., N, D, ...).

The Queens Boulevard viaduct of the IRT Flushing Line

The New York City Subway is a heavy-rail public transit system serving four of the five boroughs of New York City. The present New York City Subway system inherited the systems of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND). New York City has owned the IND since its inception; the BMT and IRT were taken over by the city in 1940. The former IRT system is now known as the A Division, while the B Division is the combined former BMT and IND systems.

In the New York City Subway nomenclature, a "line" refers to the physical trackage that is used by numbered or lettered "services", which change periodically. Today, the division or company names are not used publicly, while the line names may occasionally be used.

Nomenclature

{{#invoke:Labelled list hatnote|labelledList|Main article|Main articles|Main page|Main pages}} In the nomenclature of the subway, the terms "line" and "service" are not interchangeable with each other. While in popular usage the word "line" is often used synonymously with "service" (even sometimes on the website of the MTA<ref>Subway Line Information Template:Webarchive</ref>), this list will use the formal usage of the term "line."

A line is the physical structure and tracks that trains run over. Each section of the system is assigned a unique line name that begins with a division (IRT, BMT or IND), which is its pre-unification division when applicable. For example, the line under Eighth Avenue is the IND Eighth Avenue Line. Some lines have changed names (and even divisions), but this happens relatively infrequently.

By contrast, a service refers to the route that a train takes across the various lines. A service can operate along several lines and even along different divisions. For example, the {{ #if: | R | R }}{{

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Each service is assigned a color. Since 1979, each service's color corresponds to the line it primarily uses in Midtown ManhattanTemplate:Or—defined as the trunk line. There are three exceptions: the IND Crosstown Line, which does not carry services to Manhattan, is colored Template:NYCS const; the BMT Nassau Street Line, which runs only through Lower Manhattan, is colored Template:NYCS const; and all shuttles are colored Template:NYCS const.<ref name=Hertz-Gothamist>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref> The list of trunk lines and colors is shown in the table below.

Line listing

There are currently Template:NYCS const rail lines. The Archer Avenue Lines and the 63rd Street Lines are each classified as two separate lines due to their structure: both lines have distinct sections that are chained as BMT and the IND lines.

In the list below, lines with colors next to them indicate trunk lines, which determine the colors that are used for services' route bullets and diamonds, as well as shuttle service lines. The opening date refers to the opening of the first section of track for the line. In the "division" column, the current division is followed by the original division in parentheses.

Division	Line	Template:Nowrap	Template:Nowrap	Opened	Structure
B (IND)	Template:Color box 02Second Avenue Line	Manhattan	Template:NYCS Second	Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || underground
B (BMT)	Template:HsFourth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Template:NYCS Fourth 36th	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || underground
B (IND)	Template:Color box 06Sixth Avenue Line	Manhattan Brooklyn	B	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|D	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|F	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|M	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=6thaveind>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref>|| underground
B (IND)	Template:Color box 08Eighth Avenue Line	Manhattan Brooklyn	Template:NYCS Eighth all	Template:Dts<ref name=ind>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || underground
A (IRT)	42nd Street Shuttle	Manhattan	Template:NYCS time 2	Template:Dts<ref name=irt>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || undergroundTemplate:Efn
B (BMT)	63rd Street Line	Manhattan	Template:NYCS 63rd BMT	Template:Dts<ref name=ind />	underground
B (IND)	63rd Street Line	Manhattan Queens	Template:NYCS 63rd IND	Template:Dts<ref name=ind />	underground
B (BMT)	Archer Avenue Line	Queens	Template:NYCS Archer BMT	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt />	underground
B (IND)	Archer Avenue Line	Queens	Template:NYCS Archer IND	Template:Dts<ref name=ind />	underground
B (BMT)	Astoria Line	Queens	REDIRECT Template:NYCS Astoria local || Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || elevated
B (BMT)	Brighton Line	Brooklyn	B	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}{{#if:	Q	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=brighton>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || underground, open cut, at-grade, embankment, elevated
B (BMT)	Template:Color box Broadway Line	Manhattan	N	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|Q	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|R	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|W	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt />	underground
A (IRT)	Template:Color box Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line	Bronx Manhattan Brooklyn	Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	elevated, embankment, undergroundTemplate:Efn
B (BMT)	Template:Color box Canarsie Line	Brooklyn Manhattan	Template:NYCS time 2	Template:Dts<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation	CitationClass=web }}</ref> || underground, elevated, at-grade
B (IND)	Concourse Line	Bronx Manhattan	B	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}{{#if:	D	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=ind />	underground
B (IND)	Template:Color box Crosstown Line	Brooklyn Queens	Template:NYCS time 2	Template:Dts<ref name=ind />	underground
B (IND)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	Template:NYCS Culver IND north	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt />	underground, elevatedTemplate:Efn
A (IRT)	Dyre Avenue Line	Bronx	Template:NYCS time 2	Template:Dts	elevatedTemplate:Efn, embankment, open-cut, underground
A (IRT)	Eastern Parkway Line	Brooklyn	2	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|3	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|4	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|5	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	underground
A (IRT)	Template:Color box Flushing Line	Queens Manhattan	Template:NYCS time 2​	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	underground, elevated
B (BMT)	Franklin Avenue Line	Brooklyn	Template:NYCS Franklin	Template:Dts<ref name=brighton />	elevated, embankment, open cut
B (IND)	Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn Queens	A	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}{{#if:	C	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=ind />	underground, elevatedTemplate:Efn
B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Brooklyn Queens	Template:NYCS Jamaica Myrtle	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt />	elevated
A (IRT)	Jerome Avenue Line	Bronx	4	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}{{#if:	5	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	elevated, underground
A (IRT)	Lenox Avenue Line	Manhattan	Template:NYCS Lenox	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	at-grade, underground
A (IRT)	Template:Color box Lexington Avenue Line	Manhattan	4	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|5	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|6	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	undergroundTemplate:Efn
B (BMT)	Myrtle Avenue Line	Brooklyn Queens	Template:NYCS time 2	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt />	elevated, embankment, at-grade
B (BMT)	Template:Color box Nassau Street Line	Manhattan	Template:NYCS Williamsburg	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt />	underground
A (IRT)	New Lots Line	Brooklyn	Template:NYCS New Lots	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	elevated
A (IRT)	Nostrand Avenue Line	Brooklyn	2	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}{{#if:	5	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	underground
A (IRT)	Pelham Line	Bronx	Template:NYCS time 2​	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	underground, elevated
B (IND)	Queens Boulevard Line	Queens Manhattan	E	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|F	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|M	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}​{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|R	Template:NYCS time 2 }}	Template:Dts<ref name=ind />	underground
B (IND)	Rockaway Line	Queens	A	Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}{{#if:	S	Template:NYCS time 2}}	Template:Dts	at-grade, embankment, elevatedTemplate:Efn
B (BMT)	Sea Beach Line	Brooklyn	Template:NYCS Sea Beach	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt />	open cut, elevated
B (BMT)	West End Line	Brooklyn	Template:NYCS West End	Template:Dts<ref name=bmt />	open-cut, elevated
A (IRT)	White Plains Road Line	Bronx	Template:NYCS White Plains 180th	Template:Dts<ref name=irt />	elevated, underground

Inter-division connections

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Purpose-built

These connections can be used by trains in revenue service:

• 60th Street Tunnel Connection, also known as the 11th Street Cut (Queens) (BMT/IND) (Template:NYCS time 2 train)
• 63rd Street Lines (Manhattan) (BMT/IND)
• Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue station (BMT/IND) (originally all BMT) (Template:NYCS Stillwell trains)
• Chrystie Street Connection (Manhattan) (BMT/IND) via the Manhattan Bridge ({{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|B||Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br}}{{#if:||​}}{{#ifeq:{{{exclude}}}|D||Template:NYCS time 2}} trains) and via the Williamsburg Bridge (Template:NYCS Chrystie Williamsburg train)

This connection is not for revenue service due to the differing widths of the trains:

• Astoria Line / Flushing Line (Queens) (BMT/IRT)

Yards

These connections are located within the subway's rail yards and are not intended for revenue service.

• 207th Street Yard (Manhattan) (IND/IRT); trains from the IND Eighth Avenue Line and IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
• Coney Island Complex (Brooklyn) (BMT/IND); trains from the IND Culver Line, BMT Sea Beach Line and BMT West End Line
• Concourse Yard (Bronx) (IND/IRT); trains from the IND Concourse Line and IRT Jerome Avenue Line
• Linden Yard (Brooklyn) (BMT/IRT/LIRR); trains from the BMT Canarsie Line and IRT New Lots Line

Other

• BMT West End Line / South Brooklyn Railway (Brooklyn) (BMT/Mainline RR)

Unused connections in the same division

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Brooklyn

• At Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue, see above.
• At Broadway Junction, there is an unused flyover between the BMT Canarsie Line and the BMT Jamaica Line.
• At Prospect Park, the tracks of the BMT Franklin Avenue Line become the local tracks of the BMT Brighton Line.
• At DeKalb Avenue, there is an unused connection between the BMT Brighton Line and the BMT Broadway Line via the Montague Tunnel.

Manhattan

• At West Fourth Street–Washington Square, there is an unused connection between the local tracks of the IND Eighth Avenue Line and those of the IND Sixth Avenue Line.
• Between Bowling Green and the South Ferry loops, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line have crossovers on the balloon loop tracks.
• On the 42nd Street Shuttle, there are track connections to the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at the west end and the IRT Lexington Avenue Line at the east end. It is not possible to operate through service on this line (i.e. one cannot go from the Broadway –Seventh Avenue Line to the Lexington Avenue Line using the shuttle tracks and vice versa), though the tracks are used to transport trains to and from Livonia Yard in Brooklyn.
• South of Broad Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line, the two-track line widens to four tracks. The two inner tracks are used to store and turn Template:NYCS time 2Template:NYCS br​Template:NYCS time 2 trains, while the two outer tracks continue to the Montague Street Tunnel and to the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn.

Queens

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Unused center tracks

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The Bronx

• IRT Jerome Avenue Line: Single center track between 149th Street–Grand Concourse and Woodlawn. Some northbound {{ #if: | 4 | 4 }}{{

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• IRT White Plains Road Line: Single center track between East 180th Street and Wakefield–241st Street.
• IRT Dyre Avenue Line: Combinations of track and right of way between the flyover and Dyre Avenue.
• IRT Pelham Line: Single center track between Parkchester and Pelham Bay Park.
• IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line: Single center track between Dyckman Street and 242nd Street.

Brooklyn

• BMT Sea Beach Line: One center track between 86th Street and Eighth Avenue. These were originally a pair of tracks which were briefly used by the {{ #if: | NX | NX }}{{

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• BMT West End Line: Single center track between Ninth Avenue and Bay 50th Street. Occasionally used for reroutes in either direction.
• BMT Brighton Line: Two center tracks between Brighton Beach and Ocean Parkway. These are used for layups and for terminating/turning {{ #if: | B | B }}{{

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• IND Culver Line: Single center track between Church Avenue and Avenue X.
• BMT Jamaica Line: Single center track between Myrtle Avenue and Broadway Junction.

Manhattan

• IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line: Single center track between 96th Street and 145th Street.
• IRT Lenox Avenue Line: Single center track at 135th Street.

Queens

• BMT Astoria Line: Single center track between 39th Avenue and Astoria –Ditmars Boulevard. This track was last used for {{ #if: | W | W }}{{

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• IND Fulton Street Line and IND Rockaway Line: On the Fulton Street Line, a single center track between Rockaway Boulevard and west of 88th Street (the track continues through 80th Street but leads only to the Pitkin Yard), and two center tracks from north of Aqueduct to south of Howard Beach–JFK Airport on the IND Rockaway Line.

Non-underground sections

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The Bronx

• IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line from south of 231st Street to Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
• IRT Jerome Avenue Line from 149th Street–Grand Concourse to Woodlawn
• IRT White Plains Road Line from Third Avenue–149th Street to Wakefield–241st Street
• Entire IRT Dyre Avenue Line, except for Pelham Parkway
• IRT Pelham Line from Hunts Point Avenue to Pelham Bay Park

Brooklyn

• BMT Jamaica Line from west of Marcy Avenue (on the Williamsburg Bridge) to 75th Street–Elderts Lane
• BMT Myrtle Avenue Line from west of Central Avenue to Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
• Entire IRT New Lots Line
• Entire BMT Sea Beach Line
• Entire BMT West End Line
• BMT Canarsie Line at Wilson Avenue (southbound platform elevated, northbound platform is actually on street level but in tunnel below elevated southbound platform), and from Broadway Junction to Canarsie–Rockaway ParkwayTemplate:Efn
• IND Culver Line from south of Carroll Street to Fourth Avenue/Ninth Street, and south of Church Avenue to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
• BMT Brighton Line from Prospect Park to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
• Entire BMT Franklin Avenue Line
• Both Manhattan Bridge lines

Manhattan

• IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at 125th Street and from Dyckman Street to north of 225th Street.
• IRT Lenox Avenue Line is at street level at Harlem–148th Street.
• BMT Jamaica Line on the Williamsburg Bridge
• Both Manhattan Bridge lines

Queens

• BMT Jamaica Line from 75th Street–Elderts Lane to east of 121st Street
• BMT Myrtle Avenue Line from Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues to Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue
• Entire BMT Astoria Line
• IRT Flushing Line from Hunters Point Avenue to west of Flushing–Main Street
• IND Fulton Street Line east of Grant Avenue
• Entire IND Rockaway Line

Trackage

A map of the New York City Subway by the number of tracks on line segments.

At minimum, in normal revenue service, all lines have two tracks, with one exception: the BMT Franklin Avenue Line has a single track between Franklin Avenue and Park Place.

Three-tracked portions

The New York City Subway has fewer triple track sections than it has quadruple track sectionsTemplate:Or. These sections are listed below. The third track, when in use, is generally for peak-direction express service or reroutes, with exceptions noted below.

1. IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line (Template:NYCS trains) from south of Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street to north of Dyckman Street and from north of 145th Street to north of 96th Street
2. IRT White Plains Road Line (Template:NYCS trains) from south of Wakefield–241st Street to east of Third Avenue–149th Street
3. IRT Lenox Avenue Line (Template:NYCS trains) at 135th Street – center track is not usable in revenue service
4. IRT Jerome Avenue Line (Template:NYCS trains) – entire line, except for Woodlawn
5. IRT Dyre Avenue Line (Template:NYCS trains) – entire line
6. IRT Pelham Line (Template:NYCS trains) – entire line
7. IRT Flushing Line (Template:NYCS trains) – from 33rd Street–Rawson Street to Flushing–Main Street
8. IRT New Lots Line (Template:NYCS trains) at Junius Street – center track is not usable in revenue service
9. IND Fulton Street Line (Template:NYCS trains) – from west of 80th Street to west of Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard; the westernmost portion of this track goes to Pitkin Yard
10. BMT West End Line (Template:NYCS trains) – from Ninth Avenue to Bay 50th Street
11. IND Concourse Line (Template:NYCS trains) – from 145th Street to Bedford Park Boulevard
12. IND Culver Line (Template:NYCS trains) – from south of Church Avenue to Avenue X
13. BMT Jamaica Line (Template:NYCS trains) – from Marcy Avenue to Broadway Junction. Also, at 111th Street, the center track is not usable in revenue service
14. BMT Canarsie Line (Template:NYCS trains) at East 105th Street – easternmost track is not usable in revenue service
15. BMT Astoria Line (Template:NYCS trains) – from east of Queensboro Plaza to south of Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard
16. IND Crosstown Line (Template:NYCS trains) at Bedford–Nostrand Avenues – middle track can be used to turn trains coming from either direction
17. BMT Broadway Line at Whitehall Street – middle track used to turn southbound ({{ #if: | W | W }}{{
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1. BMT Sea Beach Line (Template:Stl to Template:Stl)

Additionally, there are several pocket tracks in the subway where the line temporarily widens from two to three tracks, such as east of Eighth Avenue on the BMT Canarsie Line, and south of Court Square on the IND Crosstown Line.

Four-tracked portions

Quadruple-tracked portions of track are fairly common in the subway system. This makes it unique among most metro systems in the world, as most others only have two tracks per line. Generally, these portions are a pair of express and a pair of local tracks unless otherwise noted.

1. Trunk lines:
   1. IND Sixth Avenue Line between Broadway– Lafayette Street and 47th–50th Streets
   2. IND Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street–World Trade Center and 168th Street, and again at Dyckman Street (two local tracks and two tracks leading to the 207th Street Yard)
   3. IRT Lexington Avenue Line between Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall and 125th Street
   4. IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line between Chambers and 96th Streets
   5. BMT Broadway Line between Canal Street and 57th Street–Seventh Avenue
   6. BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street (originally a four platform station)
2. Branch lines:

   Manhattan branches:

   1. 63rd Street Lines at Lexington Avenue (two levels of one-direction tracks, with both levels containing one track each of IND and BMT, with connections between lines on both levels)
   2. Chrystie Street Connection (one pair IND and one pair BMT)
   3. Manhattan Bridge (one pair of tracks on each of the north and south sides of the bridge)

   Queens branches:

   1. IND Queens Boulevard Line east of Queens Plaza
   2. IND Rockaway Line north of Jamaica Bay
   3. Archer Avenue Lines from Sutphin Boulevard and east (two levels of paired tracks: all IND on one, all BMT on the other, without connections between lines)
   4. IRT Flushing Line and BMT Astoria Line at Queensboro Plaza (two levels of one-direction tracks, with both levels containing one track each of IRT and BMT, with a non-revenue connection between lines on upper level)

   Brooklyn branches:

   1. IRT Eastern Parkway Line (entire line)
   2. IND Culver Line north of Church Avenue
   3. IND Fulton Street Line between Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets and Euclid Avenue
   4. BMT Brighton Line between Ocean Parkway and Prospect Park
   5. BMT Fourth Avenue Line north of 59th Street
   6. Manhattan Bridge (one pair of tracks on each of the north and south sides of the bridge)

The Bronx has no four-tracked lines. Pocket tracks are not included.

Defunct lines

The following New York City Subway lines are either entirely defunct or have major portions no longer in service. Defunct spur lines with one station, such as the South Ferry loops, are not included in this list, nor are surface transit lines.

Division	Line	Borough(s)	Opened	Closed	Structure	Status
A (IRT)	Template:HsSecond Avenue Line	Manhattan	March 1, 1880	June 13, 1942	elevated	Entirely demolished
A (IRT) 03	Third Avenue Line	Manhattan	August 26, 1878	May 12, 1955	elevated	Entirely demolished
		Bronx		April 28, 1973		Entirely demolished; had been replaced for a time by the Bx55 and then Bx15 Limited buses.
B (BMT)	Template:HsThird Avenue Line	Brooklyn	October 1, 1893	May 31, 1940	elevated	Entirely demolished
B (BMT)	Template:HsFifth Avenue Line	Brooklyn	1888–1890	May 31, 1940	elevated	Entirely demolished
A (IRT)	Template:HsSixth Avenue Line	Manhattan	1878	December 4, 1938	elevated	Entirely demolished
A (IRT) 09	Ninth Avenue Line	Manhattan	July 1, 1868	June 11, 1940	elevated	Entirely demolished
		Bronx		August 31, 1958		Entirely demolished, except for the two underground stations at Sedgwick Avenue and Anderson–Jerome Avenues in the Bronx
B (BMT)	Canarsie Line	Brooklyn	1865	November 21, 1942	at-grade	Line from Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway to Canarsie Pier replaced with a streetcar line, which itself was replaced by the B42 bus.
B (BMT)	Culver Line	Brooklyn	1875		elevated	Line from Ditmas Avenue to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue taken over by the IND in 1954Template:Efn
				May 11, 1975		Remainder of line to Ninth Avenue abandoned, then demolished in 1985.
B (BMT)	Fulton Street Line	Brooklyn	1888–1894	a) May 31, 1940 b) April 26, 1956	elevated	a) Line demolished west of Rockaway Avenue. b) Remainder of line in Brooklyn demolished.
		Queens	September 25, 1915			Line taken over by the IND in 1956, with the western two-block section rebuilt to connect with Grant Avenue.
A (IRT)	IRT trunk line	Manhattan	1904		underground	Separated into the Broadway–Seventh Avenue, Lexington Avenue and 42nd Street Shuttle linesTemplate:Ref label
B (BMT)	Lexington Avenue Line	Brooklyn	May 13, 1885	1889–1950	elevated	Line west of Gates Avenue demolished
B (BMT)	Jamaica Line	Brooklyn	1885–1888	July 3, 1916	elevated	Line west of Marcy Avenue demolished
		Queens	1918	a) September 10, 1977 b) April 15, 1985		a) Line east of Queens Boulevard demolished. b) Line east of 121st Street demolished. Both segments were replaced with Q49 bus service, which itself was replaced in 1988 by the BMT Archer Avenue Line.
B (BMT)	Myrtle Avenue Line	Brooklyn	1888–1889	1944–1969	elevated	Line west of Central Avenue through Broadway to Lewis Avenue abandoned. Remainder of line west of Lewis Avenue demolished.
B (IND)	World's Fair Line	Queens	1939	1940	at-grade	Entirely demolished.

Vestiges of former lines

• IRT White Plains Road Line: Just north of the Third Avenue–149th Street station, exiting the tunnel portal, one can see the initial framework of the IRT Third Avenue Line. There used to be a connection from the White Plains Road line to the Third Avenue El, which ran south across the Harlem River to Manhattan.
• IRT White Plains Road Line: The other end of the Third Avenue El connected to the White Plains Road line at the lower level of the Gun Hill Road station (closed 1973). Also on the White Plains Road line is the remnant of the short section of track to the original Bronx Park terminal.
• IRT Jerome Avenue Line: North of the 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station is the framework for the connection from the IRT Ninth Avenue Line.
• IRT Dyre Avenue Line: The Dyre Avenue Line was part of the New York, Westchester, and Boston Railway; it continued north beyond Eastchester–Dyre Avenue to White Plains and Port Chester; and south of the present connection to the White Plains Road line at East 180th Street, to 133rd Street where it ran alongside the New Haven Railroad. The platforms of the NYW&B station are still visible at East 180th Street station and are sometimes used to store trains. The structure south of East 180th Street ends abruptly at Lebanon Street.
• IRT Flushing Line: Part of the trackway from the Queensboro Bridge and the IRT Second Avenue Line is still visible at the east end of Queensboro Plaza.
• BMT Nassau Street Line/BMT Broadway Line: The BMT Nassau Street Line used to connect to the south side of the Manhattan Bridge north of Chambers Street. The trackways were disconnected from the Manhattan Bridge after the Chrystie Street Connection opened. Also, heading northbound over the Manhattan Bridge north side, an abandoned tunnel is visible before entering Grand Street. Heading northbound on the south side, the remains of the tunnel to the BMT Nassau Street Line loop is briefly visible. This area was reconfigured as part of the Chrystie Street Connection.
• BMT Fulton Street Line: Trackways are still visible at BMT Canarsie Line stations at Broadway Junction and Atlantic Avenue. Framework for the el was up until early 1998, visible at the Franklin Avenue Shuttle station at Franklin Avenue–Fulton Street. The structure served as a pedestrian walkway and was demolished in 1998 when the station and the Franklin Avenue Line was rebuilt as a single-tracked line.
• BMT Fulton Street Line: On the IND Fulton Street Line heading westbound from 80th Street, one can see the stub end of the old BMT Fulton Street Line continuing straight ahead while the IND Fulton Street Line curves into Grant Avenue, an underground station.
• BMT Culver Line (now IND Culver Line): At Ninth Avenue and at Ditmas Avenue, the original Culver line connected. The trackway is visible at Ditmas Avenue and the ramps are visible at Ninth Avenue.
• BMT Jamaica Line: West of Gates Avenue, one can see where the structure turned onto Lexington Avenue to head toward the Brooklyn Bridge. The structure is only visible from street level.
• BMT Jamaica Line: West of Marcy Avenue, the BMT Jamaica Line veers right onto the Williamsburg Bridge while the original structure continues straight ahead.
• BMT Jamaica Line: East of 121st Street, the 144th Street BMT powerhouse and 168th Street station house still exist along Jamaica Avenue.
• The LIRR's Rockaway Beach Branch runs from the White Pot Junction to just east of Rockaway Boulevard, where the IND Rockaway Line begins.

See also

• List of New York City Subway services
• New York City Subway nomenclature
• Staten Island Railway