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The original service pattern was a single line from Fulton Ferry to East New York.On April 27, 1889, all Lexington Avenue trains began using the Myrtle Avenue elevated to Sands Street at the Brooklyn Bridge, while the old portion above Park Avenue, Hudson Avenue, and other streets to Fulton Ferry became part of the outer Myrtle Avenue service. [24]
The lower level of the BMT Broadway Line is linked to the upper level of the BMT Broadway Line, the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Nassau Street Line via passageways. The three BMT stations were linked on September 4, 1917, when the Broadway Line opened. [citation needed] The IRT was connected on January 16, 1978. [13]
The only stations of the NYC subway which do not have 24-hour booths, although open 24/7, are the five stations of the IRT Dyre Avenue Line (5 line): Eastchester-Dyre Av, Baychester Av, Gun Hill Rd, Pelham Pkwy, and Morris Park. These stations are staffed only 15 hours a day.
Cars 1273, 1404 and 1407 are operational at the New York Transit Museum. BMT Elevated Instruction car 999 is preserved at the Shore Line Trolley Museum. Q-type cars 1602A and 1612C have been preserved. Car 1602A survives at the Trolley Museum of New York, while car 1612C survives at the New York Transit Museum.
The Lexington Avenue/59th Street station (signed as 59th Street–Lexington Avenue) is a New York City Subway station complex shared by the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line. It is located at Lexington Avenue between 59th and 60th Streets, on the border of Midtown and the Upper East Side of Manhattan .
These lines and services were operated by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) and city-owned Independent Subway System (IND) before the 1940 city takeover of the BMT. B Division rolling stock is wider, longer, and heavier than those of the A Division , measuring 10 or 9.75 ft (3,048 or 2,972 mm) by 60 or 75 ft (18.29 or 22.86 m).
The Tompkins Avenue station was a station on the demolished BMT Lexington Avenue Line in Brooklyn, New York City.It had two tracks and two side platforms.It was located at the intersection of Lexington Avenue and Tompkins Avenue The station was opened on May 13, 1885, and had connections to the Tompkins Avenue Line, Marcy Avenue Line, and Ocean Avenue Line streetcars.
The IRT Lexington Avenue Line (also known as the IRT East Side Line and the IRT Lexington–Fourth Avenue Line) is one of the lines of the A Division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Lower Manhattan north to 125th Street in East Harlem. The line is served by the 4, 5, 6, and <6> trains.