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The BMT Canarsie Line (sometimes referred to as the 14th Street–Eastern Line) is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway system, named after its terminus in the Canarsie neighborhood of Brooklyn. It is served by the L train at all times, which is shown in medium gray on the New York City Subway map and on station signs.
This is a route-map template for the BMT Canarsie 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 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 Dual Contracts also called for a subway line initially known as the 14th Street–Eastern District Line, usually shortened to 14th Street–Eastern Line. The line would run beneath 14th Street in Manhattan, from Sixth Avenue under the East River and through Williamsburg to Montrose and Bushwick Avenues in Brooklyn. [4]
In the Dual Contracts, adopted on March 4, 1913, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; after 1923, the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation or BMT [3]) was selected to operate a subway route from 14th Street in Manhattan to Montrose Avenue in Brooklyn. This became the 14th Street–Eastern District Line (later the Canarsie Line.
Station complex Individual stations Lines Services Notes 14th Street/Sixth Avenue: 14th Street: IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line 1 2 3 The IND Sixth Avenue Line and BMT Canarsie Line were connected inside fare control in the late 1960s, [citation needed] and a passageway west to the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opened on January 16, 1978.
The Metropolitan Avenue/Lorimer Street station is an underground New York City Subway station complex shared by the BMT Canarsie Line and the IND Crosstown Line.Located in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, the complex is served by the G and L trains at all times.
The Atlantic Avenue station is a rapid transit station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Atlantic and Snediker Avenues at East New York, Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times.