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The current New York City Transit Authority rail system map; Queens is located to the center and right portion of the map. 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.
The New York City Subway map is an anomaly among subway maps around the world, in that it shows city streets, parks, and neighborhoods juxtaposed among curved subway lines, whereas other subway maps (like the London Underground map) do not show such aboveground features and show subway lines as straight and at 45- or 90-degree angles. [49]
In the 1980s, the MTA operated around 350 retail spaces in the subway system. [70] During the 21st century, the MTA continued to make efforts in attracting more diverse retailers and vendors to set up shop in the subway system. [71] [72] As of 2017, there are 111 newsstands in the system, including 20 that are vacant.
The system's 472 stations qualifies it to have the largest number of rapid transit stations in the world. Three rapid transit companies merged in 1940 to create the present New York City Subway system: the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND).
The current New York City Transit Authority rail system map; Brooklyn is located on the bottom-center portion of the map. 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.
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 ...
The former and current track configurations at the Queensboro Plaza cross-platform transfer station. The system was created from the consolidation of three separate companies that merged in 1940: the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT), the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), and the Independent Subway System (IND).
This service has been labeled on the late-night map as (gray A) and on trains as (blue S). The F service has a rush hour (1a), diamond Brooklyn express service labeled <F>, in addition to F local service. [15] Several services operate shorter routes during lower ridership hours, but these are neither signed differently nor counted as separate ...