IRT Eastern Parkway Line and New Lots Line
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The Eastern Parkway Line is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Downtown Brooklyn east to Crown Heights. After passing Crown Heights–Utica Avenue, the line rises onto an elevated structure and becomes the New Lots Line to the end at New Lots Avenue in New Lots, Brooklyn.[1][2][3]
The west end of the Eastern Parkway Line is near the East River, but its exact location is unclear. In a 1981 list of "most deteriorated subway stations", the MTA listed Borough Hall and Court Street stations as part of the New Lots Line.[4] However, as of 2007, emergency exit signs label Court Street as an IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station, and the two parts of Borough Hall are signed as being along the Broadway–Seventh Avenue and IRT Lexington Avenue Lines. The chaining designations "K" (Clark Street Tunnel) and "M" (Joralemon Street Tunnel) join and become "E" (Eastern Parkway Line) at Borough Hall.
The IRT Nostrand Avenue Line splits from the Eastern Parkway Line.
The elevated part includes an unused trackway in the middle for a third track. On the roof of the mezzanines at each station are cross ties but no rails. In some areas the space is used for mechanical and signal rooms. A track only exists in the middle at Junius Street, where it crosses the southbound track at grade towards the Linden Yard. There are plans to renovate the elevated part, including new mezzanines and stairs.
[edit] Stations
The IRT Lexington Avenue Line and IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line tunnels join immediately after passing through Borough Hall.
- Hoyt Street–Fulton Mall
- Nevins Street
- Bergen Street
- Atlantic Avenue
- Grand Army Plaza
- Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum
- Franklin Avenue
After Franklin Avenue, in the vicinity of Rogers Avenue, two tracks split to the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line.
- Nostrand Avenue
- Kingston Avenue
- Utica Avenue
- Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road
- Saratoga Avenue
- Rockaway Avenue
- Junius Street
- Pennsylvania Avenue
- Van Siclen Avenue
- New Lots Avenue
[edit] References
- ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2006 Final Proposed Budget – November Financial Plan 2006-2009, Section VI: MTA Capital Program InformationPDF (135 KiB)
- ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2005 Adopted Budget - February Financial Plan 2005–2008, Section VII: MTA Capital Program InformationPDF (91.7 KiB)
- ^ Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 2005 Final Proposed Budget - November Financial Plan 2005–2008, Section VI: MTA Capital Program InformationPDF (1.02 MiB)
- ^ New York Times, Agency Lists Its 69 Most Deteriorated Subway Stations, June 11, 1981, section B, page 5
| New York City Subway lines | |
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| IRT | Manhattan: 42nd St Shuttle • Broadway-7th Av • Lenox Av • Lexington Av Bronx: Dyre Av • Jerome Av • Pelham • White Plains Rd Brooklyn/Queens: Eastern Pkwy/New Lots • Flushing • Nostrand Av Former: Original subway • 2nd Av • 3rd Av • 6th Av • 9th Av |
| BMT | Manhattan trunks and branches: 63rd St • Astoria • Broadway • Manhattan Bridge • Nassau St Eastern Division: Archer Av • Canarsie • Jamaica • Myrtle Av Southern Division: 4th Av • Brighton • Culver • Franklin Av • Sea Beach • West End Former: 3rd Av • 5th Av • Brooklyn Bridge • Fulton St • Lexington Av Former surface: Culver • West End |
| IND | Manhattan/Bronx trunks: 6th Av • 8th Av • Concourse Brooklyn/Queens: 63rd St • Archer Av • Crosstown • Culver • Fulton St • Rockaway • Queens Blvd Former: World's Fair |
| Connections | Chrystie St • 60th St |
| Future | 2nd Av |
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