BMT Broadway Line

For the BMT line over Broadway in Brooklyn, see BMT Jamaica Line.
BMT Broadway Line

Services that use the BMT Broadway Line have been colored yellow since 1979.
Overview
Type Rapid transit line
System New York City Subway
Status Operational
Locale Manhattan, New York City, New York
Termini east of Lexington Avenue/59th Street
south of Whitehall Street–South Ferry
Stations 16
Services 4
Daily ridership 748,925[1]
Operation
Opened April 9, 1917 (1917-04-09)
Owner City of New York
Operator(s) New York City Transit Authority
Character Underground
Technical
Track gauge 1,435 mm (4 ft 8 1⁄2 in)
Electrification 600V DC third rail
BMT Broadway Line
Legend
BMT Astoria Line
Lexington Avenue / 59th Street Roosevelt Island Tramway
Fifth Avenue / 59th Street
BMT 63rd Street Line
 57th Street – Seventh Avenue
49th Street
Times Square – 42nd Street IRT Flushing Line
34th Street – Herald Square IND Sixth Avenue Line
 28th Street
 23rd Street
14th Street – Union Square BMT Canarsie Line
 Eighth Street – New York University
Prince Street
Canal Street
local tracks
upper level
|
express tracks
lower level
Manhattan Bridge
City Hall
lower level
out of use
 City Hall Yard
Cortlandt Street
 Rector Street
Whitehall Street – South Ferry
 BMT Nassau Street Line
BMT Fourth Avenue Line

The BMT Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Manhattan, New York City, United States. As of November 2016, it is served by four services, all colored sunflower yellow: the N Q trains on the express tracks and the N Q R W trains on the local tracks. The line is often referred to as the "N and R",[2][3] since those were the only services on the line during the long years that the Manhattan Bridge south tracks were closed for rebuilding. The Broadway Line was built to give the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (later the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation) access to Midtown Manhattan.

The line is named for its location under Broadway between Vesey Street and Seventh Avenue (Times Square). It also passes under Vesey Street, Whitehall Street, Trinity Place, and Church Street in Lower Manhattan, and Seventh Avenue, 59th Street, and 60th Street in Midtown. The local tracks stretch the entire length between the two East River tunnels: the Montague Street Tunnel to the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn and the 60th Street Tunnel to the BMT Astoria Line and 60th Street Tunnel Connection in Queens. Center express tracks exist between Canal Street and 57th Street, turning off at Canal Street to feed the south tracks on the Manhattan Bridge, and continuing north and east under Central Park as the BMT 63rd Street Line (presently unused, but planned to connect with the Second Avenue Subway). The Broadway Line was the only Manhattan outlet north of Delancey Street for the BMT's Brooklyn lines until 1967, when most BMT Brighton Line and BMT West End Line trains were moved to the IND Sixth Avenue Line via the new Chrystie Street Connection.

Description and service

Services that use the Broadway Line are colored sunflower yellow.

Route Services
  Time period South of
Whitehall St		 Between
Whitehall St
and Canal St		 Canal St
via Bridge		 Between
Canal St
and 42 St		 49 St
and
57 St 		Between 57
St and
Lexington Ave
Weekdays no service express local
Weekends no service local
Nights local no service local
All times except nights no service express no service
Nights no service local no service
All times except nights local no service local
Nights local no service
Weekdays no service local

The BMT Broadway Line begins at the 60th Street Tunnel from Queens. It runs west as a two-track subway line under 60th Street (east of Fifth Avenue) and 59th Street (west of Fifth Avenue), with stations at Lexington Avenue/59th Street and Fifth Avenue/59th Street. It then turns south to Seventh Avenue into the local tracks at 57th Street–Seventh Avenue. This segment of the line carries the N W services from the BMT Astoria Line and the R service from the IND Queens Boulevard Line.[4]

At the 57th Street station, the line joins two express tracks that enter the station from the north via the BMT 63rd Street Line. There is no scheduled BMT service on the 63rd Street Line at present. The BMT 63rd Street Line will carry the Q service across 63rd Street and up the under-construction Second Avenue Line. The express tracks at 57th Street are currently used as terminal tracks for the Q train on late nights and weekends.[4]

The BMT Broadway Line proceeds as a four-track subway down Seventh Avenue to its intersection with Broadway, and then continues down Broadway to a point north of Canal Street, where the express tracks carrying the N Q services descend and turn sharply east into the Canal Street (formerly Broadway) station of the BMT Broadway–Manhattan Bridge Line.[4]

Immediately after Canal Street, the express tracks resume again (originally they had been intended to run through) and serve as storage and turning tracks, bypassing the Canal Street local station and ending in the disused lower level of City Hall. The local tracks continue south as a two-track subway to Whitehall Street–South Ferry station. Whitehall Street–South Ferry is a three track, two-platform station, with the center track set up as a terminal track for the W service (as well as the R service during late nights). A pair of bellmouths exists here, allowing for a connection to a never-built East River tunnel south of the Montague Street Tunnel that would have connected to Atlantic Avenue in Brooklyn.[5] It has been proposed to use this as part of the Lower Manhattan–Jamaica/JFK Transportation Project, connecting to the Court Street station (New York Transit Museum) in Brooklyn.[6][7]

The BMT Broadway Line then curves east carrying the N R trains to a trailing junction with the BMT Nassau Street Line (no regular service trains) and enters the Montague Street Tunnel to Brooklyn.[4]

History

Planning and construction

The New York Public Service Commission adopted plans for what was known as the Broadway–Lexington Avenue route on December 31, 1907. This route began at the Battery and ran under Greenwich Street, Vesey Street, Broadway to Ninth Street, private property to Irving Place, and Irving Place and Lexington Avenue to the Harlem River. After crossing under the Harlem River into the Bronx, the route split at Park Avenue and 138th Street, with one branch continuing north to and along Jerome Avenue to Woodlawn Cemetery, and the other heading east and northeast along 138th Street, Southern Boulevard, and Westchester Avenue to Pelham Bay Park. In early 1908, the Tri-borough plan was formed, combining this route, the under-construction Centre Street Loop Subway in Manhattan and Fourth Avenue Subway in Brooklyn, a Canal Street Subway from the Fourth Avenue Subway via the Manhattan Bridge to the Hudson River, and several other lines in Brooklyn.[8][9]

The BRT proposal

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company submitted a proposal to the Commission, dated March 2, 1911, to operate the Tri-borough system (but under Church Street instead of Greenwich Street), as well as a branch along Broadway, Seventh Avenue, and 59th Street from Ninth Street north and east to the Queensboro Bridge; the Canal Street Subway was to merge with the Broadway Line instead of continuing to the Hudson River. The city, the BRT, and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (which operated the first subway and four elevated lines in Manhattan) came to an agreement, and sent a report to the Board of Estimate on June 5, 1911. The line along Broadway to 59th Street was assigned to the BRT, while the IRT obtained the Lexington Avenue line, connecting with its existing route at Grand Central–42nd Street. Construction began on Lexington Avenue on July 31, and on Broadway the next year. The Dual Contracts, two operating contracts between the city and the BMT and IRT, were adopted on March 4, 1913.[10] Originally, the current 49th Street station (which was actually originally planned to be at 47th Street) was going to be an express station, and 57th Street was to be a local station as reflected by original contract drawings. Then in December 1913, both 47th and 57th Streets were both going to be express stations, with no express station at Times Square–42nd Street itself, but rather a local station at 38th Street.[11] Finally, in 1914, it was switched, with 57th Street being the express station, and 49th Street being the local station, with another express station at Times Square–42nd Street.[5]

Because of the complicated history, the Broadway Line includes several remnants of earlier plans. The line was built as four tracks south to City Hall, where the local tracks were to terminate on the upper level, and the express tracks were to use the lower level, curving through Vesey Street into Church Street. However, the final plan had the express tracks splitting at Canal Street and passing under the northbound local track to the Manhattan Bridge. The tracks via Canal Street and the Manhattan Bridge were not intended to be connected to the Broadway Line. Instead, they were supposed to be a crosstown line continuing further west. From the Canal Street Bridge station, it is possible to see where the line would have continued further west to a terminal near the Hudson River. At the Canal Street local station, the express tracks terminate part of the way into the station, more evidence of the change of plans. The tunnel south of City Hall was rebuilt to bring the upper local tracks down to the lower level north of Vesey Street, and the lower level at City Hall was never used for passenger service. The lower level is currently used for train storage.[5][12][13][14]

Unused construction is also present near the west end of the Queensboro Bridge. The original plan there was to build two one-track tunnels under 59th and 60th Streets, rising onto the bridge to Queens. However, plans were changed in 1915 to place both tracks under 60th Street and cross the East River in the 60th Street Tunnel, because of concern whether or not the bridge could handle the weight of all-steel subway trains. A piece of the 59th Street tunnel had already been built, concurrent with the construction of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, and became a walkway connecting the two side platforms of the IRT's 59th Street station.[13][14][15]

Another unused provision existed for many years north of 57th Street, where the two express tracks ended before being connected to the BMT 63rd Street Line in 1989. Ploans were made, butnever carried through, to build a line northwest through Central Park and under Eighth Avenue through the Upper West Side to Inwood, along the route later built as the IND Eighth Avenue Line.[5][16]

Opening of the line

A short portion of the line, coming off the north side of the Manhattan Bridge through Canal Street to 14th Street–Union Square, opened on September 4, 1917 at 2 P.M., with an eight car train carrying members of the Public Service Commission, representatives of the city government and officials of the BRT, leaving Union Square toward Coney Island. Service opened to the general public at 8 P.M., with trains leaving Union Square and Coney Island simultaneously.[17] The line was served by two services. One route ran via the Fourth Avenue Line and the Sea Beach Line to Coney Island, while the other line, the short line, ran to Ninth Avenue, where passengers could transfer for West End and Culver Line service. The initial headway on the line was three minutes during rush hours, three minutes and forty-five seconds at other times, except during late nights when service ran every fifteen minutes.[18]

On January 5, 1918, the line was extended north to Times Square–42nd Street and south to Rector Street. Express service via the line began, with Sea Beach and West End trains that had been running local becoming expresses. The opening of this portion of the line provided additional transit service to Times Square, with a new connection to Brooklyn. Local service from then on, ran between Times Square and Rector Street.[19]

Service was extended one station to Whitehall Street–South Ferry on September 20, 1918.[20][21]

The line was extended two stops northward to 57th Street on July 10, 1919.[21] Express service between Times Square and Union Square was inaugurated on this date. Previously, express service terminated at Union Square, with local service terminating at Times Square. Express service then began to terminate at Times Square, with local service terminating at the new 57th Street station. Express service between Manhattan and Pacific Street began to run at all times except late nights.[22]

The line was extended to Lexington Avenue/59th Street on September 1, 1919.[21][23]

On August 1, 1920, the Broadway Line was extended on either end, with the opening of two tunnels under the East River. On the north end the line was extended through the 60th Street Tunnel to Queensboro Plaza, and on the south end the line was extended through the Montague Street Tunnel to DeKalb Avenue with service via the BMT Brighton Line. With these extensions, the Broadway Line was completed.[24][25]

On November 26, 1967, the Chrystie Street Connection opened, which is considered to be the most important expansion project undertaken by the New York City Transit Authority. The new connection consisted of a pair of double-track tunnels connecting the IND Sixth Avenue Line south of the Broadway–Lafayette Street station with the Williamsburg Bridge and the Manhattan Bridge north tracks. The Broadway Line had previously been connected to the north tracks of the Manhattan Bridge. As part of the project, the Broadway Line was connected to the south tracks, which had been previously used by trains from the BMT Nassau Street Line. The connection between the south tracks and the Nassau Street Line was severed, and the connection between the Broadway Line and the north tracks was also severed. The former connections can still be viewed from the side of passing trains. Many routes, including those on the Broadway Line, changed as a result of the opening of the connection. The RR local was rerouted to Astoria, running 24/7 between Ditmars Boulevard and Bay Ridge–95th Street. To replace it in Queens, a new EE local was created, running between Forest Hills and Whitehall Street during weekdays. The Q, which was the only service via the Brighton Line, was converted to the rush-hour only QB, running express in Manhattan from 57th Street. Most of the trips were moved to the IND Sixth Avenue Line as a relocated D, but a few trips stayed as the QB. QT service was discontinued. Another rush-hours only express service, the NX, was created. It ran from 57th Street to Brighton Beach, following the N route, making express stops along the BMT Sea Beach Line, before going through Coney Island to terminate at Brighton Beach. NX service ended on April 12, 1968, due to low ridership.[13][26]

1967-1988

At most times, the Broadway Line has had four services — two local and two express — during the day, with a third express service until the 1967 opening of the Chrystie Street Connection.

Several other services have used the express tracks, including the NX (Sea Beach, 1967–1968) and the B (West End) and D (Brighton) during closures of the Manhattan Bridge north tracks in the 1980s and 1990s.

On May 6, 1985, double letters were eliminated, and the QB was relabeled the Q, and the RR was relabeled the R.[27][28]

On April 26, 1986, the north side tracks on the Manhattan Bridge (leading to the IND Sixth Avenue Line) were closed for rehabilitation, and services that had used the north side were moved to the south side, running via the BMT Broadway Line. Because of the large amount of train traffic now running on the bridge's south side tracks, rush hour and midday N service stopped using the bridge, running via the Montague Street Tunnel and Lower Manhattan making local stops, though evening, night and weekend trains continued to use the bridge and express tracks, terminating at 57th Street–Seventh Avenue. B and D services were split. Their service from the Bronx and Upper Manhattan continued to run via the Sixth Avenue Line, terminating at 34th Street. Their service to Brooklyn, however, was rerouted via the Broadway Line express tracks. D service terminated at 57th Street, while B service terminated at Ditmars Boulevard during rush hours, and at Queensboro Plaza during middays, evenings, and weekends.[29][30][31][32]

Between April 26, 1986 and May 24, 1987, the N ran express via the Bridge to 57th Street during evenings, nights, and weekends. Afterwards, N service began running local via the Broadway Line during evenings, nights, and weekends, but they still operated over the Manhattan Bridge. On May 24, 1987, when the N and R swapped routes in Queens, there were additional changes in Broadway service. B service during evenings and weekends, stopped switching to the local track north of 34th Street to serve the Astoria Line. Instead, it skipped 49th Street and terminated at 57th Street.[33][34]

1988-2001

When the north side of the Manhattan Bridge reopened on December 11, 1988, the south side of the bridge was closed. B, D, and Q trains were rerouted from the Broadway Line to the Sixth Avenue Line using the north side of the bridge. The N began running local in Manhattan and via the Montague Tunnel at all times. In order to replace B service to Ditmars Boulevard, additional N service was provided during rush hours.[29][31][35][36]

On September 30, 1990 express service on the Broadway Line was restored when repair work on the Manhattan Bridge was temporarily suspended. The N then began making express stops from 34th Street to Canal Street at all times except late nights. R service between Manhattan and Brooklyn was increased during rush hours. During late nights, R trains no longer ran via the Broadway Line; instead, they operated as a shuttle in Brooklyn, terminating at 36th Street.[34][37] The brief Broadway service via the Manhattan Bridge was stopped because of a cracked beam on the bridge.[31]

From April 30, 1995 to November 12, 1995, the Manhattan Bridge services were supposed to go back to the 1986–1988 service pattern with only the south side (Broadway Line) tracks in service. However, the Broadway side was not yet ready. As a result, during middays and weekends, the north side of the bridge was also closed. As a result, Q trains began serving the Broadway Line again. They ran via the Montague Street Tunnel, before switching to the express tracks after Canal Street. This service continued past 57th Street via the BMT 63rd Street Line to 21st Street–Queensbridge, being the first scheduled service to use this connection.[31][38]

On February 22, 1998, construction on the IND 63rd Street Line cut B and Q service to 57th Street–Sixth Avenue. Service on the 63rd Street Line was replaced by a shuttle running from the BMT Broadway Line. Trains originally operated from 57th Street-Seventh Avenue to 21st Street-Queensbridge, with 20-minute headways. On April 6, 1998, because the service did not terminate at an ADA-accessible station, the shuttle was extended to 34th Street–Herald Square on weekdays, skipping 48th Street via the express tracks. Normal service resumed on May 22, 1999.[39][40]

2001-2010

The current set of four services — N Q R W trains — have used the line since July 22, 2001, when the south tracks on the Manhattan Bridge reopened. Until February 22, 2004, when the north tracks reopened, however, the N was local and the W was express.[41]

2010-2016

On June 28, 2010, because of a budget shortfall, service on the Broadway Line was reduced. W trains were discontinued after June 25, and they were replaced by N and Q service. N service, to replace the W, began running local north of Canal Street at all times, and the Q train was extended to/from Astoria, Queens via the 60th Street Tunnel in place of the W on weekdays, stopping on the local tracks starting at Times Square–42nd Street.[42]

In December 2014, the Q began running local on the line between Canal Street and 57th Street–Seventh Avenue during late nights.[43]

2016-present

On February 19, 2016, the MTA announced that the 2004-2010 service pattern would be restored a few months prior to the opening of the Second Avenue Subway in the fall, with the changes implemented on November 7, 2016. W trains were brought back running local on weekdays between Ditmars Boulevard and Whitehall Street; N trains began running express in Manhattan between 34th Street–Herald Square and Canal Street during weekdays once again, and Q trains terminated at 57th Street–Seventh Avenue at all times until the first phase of the Second Avenue Subway opens.[44][45][46]

On June 16, 2016, it was announced that late-night R service would be extended to Whitehall Street in order to reduce the need to transfer and provide a direct link to Manhattan. The change was implemented on November 5, 2016.[47]

Station listing

Station service legend
Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights only
Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays only
Stops rush hours only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details
Neighborhood
(approximate)		 Station Tracks Services Opened Transfers and notes
begins as a merge of the BMT Astoria Line (N  W ) and the 60th Street Tunnel Connection (R ) and
passes through the 60th Street Tunnel
Midtown Manhattan Lexington Avenue/59th Street local N  R  W  September 1, 1919[21][23] 4  5  6  <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
MetroCard-only transfer to F  (IND 63rd Street Line at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street)
Roosevelt Island Tramway
Fifth Avenue/59th Street local N  R  W  September 1, 1919[21][23]
express tracks begin from the BMT 63rd Street Line (no regular service)
57th Street–Seventh Avenue all N  Q  R  W  July 10, 1919[21][22] Northern terminal for Q  service
* 49th Street local N  R  W  July 10, 1919[21][22]
Times Square–42nd Street all N  Q  R  W  January 5, 1918[19] 1  2  3  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
7  <7> (IRT Flushing Line)
S  (42nd Street Shuttle)
A  C  E  (IND Eighth Avenue Line at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal)
Port Authority Bus Terminal
34th Street–Herald Square all N  Q  R  W  January 5, 1918[19] B  D  F  M  (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
M34/M34A Select Bus Service
Connection to PATH at 33rd Street
NoMad 28th Street local N  Q  R  W  January 5, 1918[19]
Flatiron District 23rd Street local N  Q  R  W  January 5, 1918[19] M23 Select Bus Service
Union Square 14th Street–Union Square all N  Q  R  W  September 4, 1917[18] 4  5  6  <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
L  (BMT Canarsie Line)
Greenwich Village Eighth Street–New York University local N  Q  R  W  September 4, 1917[19]
SoHo Prince Street local N  Q  R  W  September 4, 1917[19]
Chinatown Canal Street express
(lower level)		 N  Q  September 4, 1917[19] 4  6  <6> (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
J  Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line)
Express station originally known as Broadway
local
(upper level)		 N  R  W  January 5, 1918[19]
express tracks continue into Brooklyn via Manhattan Bridge south tracks (N  Q )
Civic Center City Hall local N  R  W  January 5, 1918[19]
Financial District Cortlandt Street local N  R  W  January 5, 1918[19] Connection to PATH at World Trade Center
Rector Street local N  R  W  January 5, 1918[19]
Whitehall Street–South Ferry all N  R  W  September 20, 1918[21] 1  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
M15 Select Bus Service
Staten Island Ferry at South Ferry
Southern terminal for W  service (three round trips will continue into Brooklyn via Sea Beach Line)
merges with BMT Nassau Street Line (no regular service)
continues into Brooklyn via the Montague Street Tunnel and becomes the BMT Fourth Avenue Line (N  R )

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