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From 1968 to 1976, the F ran express along the IND Culver Line in Brooklyn. The F also ran via the 53rd Street Tunnel until moving to the 63rd Street Tunnel in 2001, except between August 2023 and March 2024 when service between Queens and Manhattan was rerouted to the 53rd Street Tunnel due to track replacement.
The subway portion of the IND Culver Line was originally designated the Brooklyn Line but has also been called the Smith Street Line, [13] [14] Church Avenue Line, South Brooklyn Line, and various other names. The express tracks beneath Prospect Park are sometimes referred to as the Prospect Park Line. [15]
The tragic fiery murder of a sleeping straphanger in Brooklyn this week illuminated a critical flaw in the city subway system — fire extinguishers are not accessible to the public.. Fire ...
PHOTO: Sebastian Zapeta, accused of setting a woman on fire inside a New York City subway train, appears in court, Dec. 24, 2024, in New York.
On October 30, 1954, [16] the connection between the IND Brooklyn Line at Church Avenue and the BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue opened, allowing IND trains to operate all the way to the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal. [17] In 1958, there was a program in which subway riders could get their clothes dry cleaned at the station for a fee ...
MTA subway service on the No. 2, 3, 4 and 5 trains was suspended Friday shortly before 9 a.m. due to flooding on the tracks during the morning downpour. It was not immediately clear how many ...
Sunday's gruesome burning death of a sleeping Brooklyn straphanger is raising questions over why bystanders did nothing -- with some citing the ordeal of acquitted subway vigilant Daniel Penny.
[2] [4] The line was operated as a branch of the Fifth Avenue Elevated line, with a free transfer at Ninth Avenue to the West End Line into the Fourth Avenue Subway. The opening of the line resulted in reduced travel times between Manhattan and Kings Highway. Construction on the line began in 1915, and cost a total of $3.3 million. [5] [6] [7] [8]