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This is a route-map template for the BMT Astoria 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 BMT Astoria Line (formerly the IRT Astoria Line) is a rapid transit line in the B Division of the New York City Subway, serving the Queens neighborhood of Astoria. It runs south from Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria to 39th Avenue in Long Island City above 31st Street. It then turns west and serves Queensboro Plaza over Queens Plaza.
This is a route-map template for the 8 (New York City Subway service), a New York City Subway service.. For a key to symbols, see {{railway line legend}}.; For information on using this template, see Template:Routemap.
The same dual contracts project that brought about the extension of the IRT Flushing Line also lead to the opening of the BMT Astoria Line on February 1, 1917, [4] [5] as well as a connecting spur from the IRT Second Avenue Line over the Queensboro Bridge on July 23, 1917. [6] The Astoria Line was the northernmost line owned by the BMT.
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 Astoria Line. The R stops at two stations with 36th Street in the name: one along the Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn and one along the Queens Boulevard Line in Queens.
BMT Jamaica Line: West of Gates Avenue, one can see where the structure turned onto Lexington Avenue to head toward the Brooklyn Bridge. The structure is only visible from street level. BMT Jamaica Line: West of Marcy Avenue, the BMT Jamaica Line veers right onto the Williamsburg Bridge while the original structure continues straight ahead.
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The Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard station (originally the Ditmars Avenue station; also Ditmars Boulevard station), is the northern terminal station on the BMT Astoria Line of the New York City Subway. Located above 31st Street between 23rd Avenue and Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, Queens , it is served by the N train at all times and the W train ...