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The current R service is the successor to the original route 2 of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation. [5] [6] When 2 service began on January 15, 1916, it ran between Chambers Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line and 86th Street on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, using the Manhattan Bridge to cross the East River, and running via Fourth Avenue local. [7]
Now the only permanent MetroCard subway-to-subway transfers are between the Lexington Avenue/59th Street complex (4, 5, 6, <6> , N, R, and W trains) and the Lexington Avenue–63rd Street station (F, <F> , N, Q, and R trains) in Manhattan and between the Junius Street (2, 3, 4, and 5 trains) and Livonia Avenue (L train) stations in Brooklyn.
The R train did not serve the station on weekends, and the N train did not stop there at all, until regular service resumed in September 2014. [146] The W train was restored in 2016, [144] [145] and late-night R trains to Brooklyn began using the Whitehall Street station as their northern terminal. [147]
The 53rd Street station is a local station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at 53rd Street and Fourth Avenue in Sunset Park, Brooklyn, it is served by the R train at all times. The N train also stops here during late nights, and some rush-hour W trains stop here in the peak direction.
The New York City Subway system has 28 lettered or numbered route designations. [1] The 1, C, G, L, M, R, and W trains are fully local, making all stops.
The BMT Fourth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway, mainly running under Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. The line is served by the D, N, and R at all times; the R typically runs local, while the D and N run express during the day and local at night. During rush hours, select W trains also serve the line. [2]
Brooklyn straphangers were blindsided by R train closures over the weekend — even as some were relieved to avoid the Big Apple’s violence-plagued underground. The R was suspended from Friday...
The BMT Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan.As of November 2016, it is served by four services, all colored yellow: the N and Q trains on the express tracks and the R and W trains on the local tracks during weekdays (the N and Q trains make local stops during late nights, as do the N and R trains on weekends).