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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]
This is a route-map template for the BMT Lexington Avenue Line, a New York City Subway line.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The transit map showed both New York and New Jersey, and was the first time that an MTA-produced subway map had done that. [78] Besides showing the New York City Subway, the map also includes the MTA's Metro-North Railroad and Long Island Rail Road, New Jersey Transit lines, and Amtrak lines in the consistent visual language of the Vignelli map.
a The route of the original IRT line, the first underground New York City rapid transit line, began at City Hall in the south, followed the IRT Lexington Avenue Line to 33rd Street, turned west on 42nd Street to Grand Central, followed the IRT 42nd Street Shuttle to Times Square, turned north on Broadway to 50th Street, followed the IRT ...
Extension of the BMT Fourth Avenue Line east to the Fort Hamilton Parkway Line and the BMT West End Line. A two-track line from the BMT Fourth Avenue Line at 67th Street to Staten Island via the Staten Island Tunnel. [10]: 120–125 Extension of the IRT New Lots Line from New Lots Avenue to Lefferts Boulevard.
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]
Modern signals that allow trains to move faster and closer together have been planned since 2019 for the Lexington Ave. line, which carries the Nos. 4, 5 and 6 trains in Manhattan.
The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) was an urban transit holding company, based in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, and incorporated in 1923. The system was sold to the city in 1940. Today, together with the IND subway system, it forms the B Division of the modern New York City Subway. [1]