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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 New York City Subway is a rapid transit system in New York City serving the boroughs of Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, and the Bronx.It is owned by the government of New York City and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, [14] an affiliate agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). [15]
This connection is one of two from the subway to the mainline United States rail network (the connection between the BMT West End Line and the South Brooklyn Railway is the other). [ 6 ] 40°39′13″N 73°54′16″W / 40.65361°N 73.90444°W / 40.65361; -73.90444 ( Linden
It also stops at two stations with 23rd Street in the name: 23rd Street along the Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan and Court Square–23rd Street on the Queens Boulevard Line in Queens. [1] [6] The N stops at two stations with Astoria in the name: Astoria Boulevard and Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard, located adjacent to one another on the BMT ...
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A poster informing the public about the new Interborough Subway Service between Brooklyn and Manhattan, via the Clark Street Tunnel, 1919 On June 3, 1917, the first portion of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line south of Times Square–42nd Street , a shuttle to 34th Street–Penn Station , opened; a separate shuttle service, running between ...
A preview event for the new subway was hosted on September 8, 1932, two days before the official opening. [12] [13] The 175th Street station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the city-operated IND's initial segment, the Eighth Avenue Line between Chambers Street and 207th Street. [14] [15] The tiles on the station's walls were repaired ...
When the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station was built in 1918, it had been designed to allow a subway entrance to be built inside any building on William Street between Ann Street to the north and John Street to the south. [51] As such, there was formerly an entrance in a building on the east side of William Street south of Ann Street. [195]