Cranberry Street Tunnel

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Cranberry Street Tunnel
Carries	2 tracks of the A and C trains of the New York City Subway
Crosses	East River
Locale	Manhattan and Brooklyn in New York City
Maintained by	Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Opening date	February 1, 1933
Coordinates	40°42′17″N 73°59′57″W / 40.70472, -73.99917Coordinates: 40°42′17″N 73°59′57″W / 40.70472, -73.99917

The Cranberry Street Tunnel carries the A and C trains of the New York City Subway under the East River between the Broadway–Nassau Street Station in Manhattan and the High Street–Brooklyn Bridge Station in Brooklyn. Its Brooklyn ventilation shaft is visible from Furman Street. The tunnel opened on February 1, 1933.

Currently, the tunnel handles 27 trains per hour at peak times, leading to capacity constraints. A report for the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation looking at the Lower Manhattan Rail Link, an idea to connect Lower Manhattan with the Long Island Railroad and JFK International Airport, presented several alternatives that would utilize the Cranberry Street Tunnel instead of building a new East River Tunnel. These alternatives would require that C trains be rerouted through the Rutgers Street Tunnel.^[1]