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New York City mayor John Francis Hylan's original plans for the Independent Subway System (IND), proposed in 1922, included building over 100 miles (160 km) of new lines and taking over nearly 100 miles (160 km) of existing lines, which would compete with the IRT and the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), the two major subway operators of the time.
After the opening of the original subway line, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the New York City government began planning new lines. As part of the proposed Tri-borough system, both the IRT and the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; later the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation or BMT) wished to develop an east–west line under 14th Street in Manhattan.
Dumbo (or DUMBO, [2] [3] an acronym for Down Under the Manhattan Bridge Overpass [a]) is a neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn.It encompasses two sections: one situated between the Manhattan and Brooklyn Bridges, which connect Brooklyn to Manhattan across the East River, and another extending eastward from the Manhattan Bridge to the Vinegar Hill area.
The Q train served the 63rd Street extension on weekdays and the B train stopped there on the weekends; both services used the Sixth Avenue Line. [66] The Q train, a part-time express within Brooklyn via the BMT Brighton Line, ran along the Sixth Avenue Line between 1988 and 2001, when the Manhattan Bridge south tracks were closed for ...
A current New York City Transit Authority rail system map (unofficial) The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.
Brooklyn: April 9, 1936 [7] June 1, 1946 [8] West of Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets. Closed due to low ridership and proximity to other Downtown Brooklyn stations. Site now houses the New York Transit Museum. [9] [10] Myrtle Avenue: B Fourth Avenue Line: Brooklyn: June 22, 1915 [11] July 1956 [12] Between the Manhattan Bridge and DeKalb Avenue.
The High Street station, also signed as High Street–Brooklyn Bridge, and also referred to as Brooklyn Bridge Plaza and Cranberry Street, [4] [5] [6] is a station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Cadman Plaza East near Red Cross Place and the Brooklyn Bridge approach in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn. Its ...
Two F trains in the a.m. rush hour, and two in the p.m. rush hour, operate peak-direction express in Brooklyn between Jay Street and Church Avenue. [15] Every other J train is designated as a Z train during rush hours in the peak direction; both J & Z operate skip-stop between Sutphin Boulevard and Myrtle Avenue during these times. [17]