IND Crosstown Line

This article is about the subway line originally built by the Independent Subway System. For the former trolley line of the Brooklyn and Queens Transit, see Crosstown Line (Brooklyn surface).
IND Crosstown Line

Services that use the IND Crosstown Line in Brooklyn and Queens have been colored lime green since 1979. The original IND lettering system provided for G on the line.
Overview
Type Rapid transit
System New York City Subway
Termini Court Square
Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
Stations 13
Daily ridership 149,043[1]
Operation
Opened 1933–1937
Owner City of New York
Operator(s) New York City Transit Authority
Character Underground
Technical
No. of tracks 2-4
Track gauge 4 ft 8 1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Electrification Direct Current traction
IND Crosstown Line
Legend
 IND Queens Boulevard Line
IRT Flushing Line
Court Square
IND Queens Boulevard Line
21st Street
IRT Flushing Line
 Newtown Creek
 Greenpoint Avenue
 Nassau Avenue
Lorimer Street BMT Canarsie Line
Metropolitan Avenue
 BMT Jamaica Line
 Broadway
 Flushing Avenue
 Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues
 Bedford–Nostrand Avenues
 Classon Avenue
 Clinton–Washington Avenues
 Fulton Street
 IND Fulton Street Line
 BMT Brighton Line
 BMT Fourth Avenue Line
 IRT Eastern Parkway Line
 Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets
IND Culver Line
 IND Fulton Street Line

The IND Crosstown Line or Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Line is a rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It provides crosstown service between western Brooklyn and northwestern Queens and is the only major line that does not carry trains to/from Manhattan.

Extent and service

The bullets of the services that use the Crosstown Line are colored lime green.

  Time period Section of line
all times south of Court Square

The only service to use the Crosstown Line is the G. No revenue service runs over the line north of Court Square.

The north end of the Crosstown Line is a flying junction with the IND Queens Boulevard Line and 60th Street Tunnel Connection just south of Queens Plaza. The line then travels south as a two-track line, except for a center relay track south of Court Square. At the turn from Marcy Avenue to Lafayette Avenue, two center tracks appear, merging into one after crossovers to the main tracks. These tracks were to be used for a split to another line in a 1931 expansion plan. This center track continues through Bedford–Nostrand Avenues and then ends with crossovers to the main tracks, but space remains in the center through Classon Avenue for the third track.

At Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets, the Crosstown Line passes through the middle of the four-track IND Fulton Street Line. Cross-platform interchange is available between the lines, but no track connections exist. After Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets, the line turns south and ends as a merge into the local tracks of the IND Culver Line, just south of the split of that line into local and express tracks.

History

Plans for a crosstown line had been floated as early as 1912.[2][3] In 1923, a plan for such a line, to be operated by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) from the Queensboro Bridge under Jackson Avenue, Manhattan Avenue, Roebling Street, Bedford Avenue, and Hancock Street to Franklin Avenue at the north end of the BMT Franklin Avenue Line,[4] was adopted by the city.[5] However, the following year, Mayor Hylan announced his opposition against it.[6] In addition, residents of central Brooklyn, which was already heavily developed, opposed an elevated line because of noise and aesthetic concerns, but the BRT would not build a subway because an elevated was the cheapest option.[3]

Eventually, the line was moved and incorporated into the city's Independent Subway System.[7] The junction with the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Long Island City was originally supposed to have a second wye, with service from Manhattan via the 53rd Street tunnel planned to feed into the Crosstown Line. This would have been part of a loop service between the Crosstown and Eight Avenue Lines.[7]

On August 19, 1933, the line was opened north of Nassau Avenue, and the GG began operation to Queens Plaza. The entire Crosstown Line was completed to the IND Culver Line on July 1, 1937,[8] and the GG was extended in both directions to Smith–Ninth Streets and Forest Hills – 71st Avenue.

Over the next 77 years, the termini for the GG (relabeled G in 1985) had varied, including being extended to Jamaica – 179th Street or cut back to Queens Plaza or Long Island City – Court Square. Service was also extended to Church Avenue several times, the most recent extension being in 2009. During weekend service disruptions on the F service between Jay and Bergen Streets, trains were extended beyond Church Avenue to Coney Island. On April 19, 2010, G service was permanently cut back from the Queens Boulevard Line due to budget cuts.[9]

Station listing

Every station is served by the G train. Its northern terminus is at Court Square.

Station service legend
Stops all times
Stops all times except late nights
Stops late nights and weekends only
Stops weekdays only
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details
Neighborhood
(approximate)		 Station Services Opened Transfers and notes
Long Island City Splits from the IND Queens Boulevard Line local tracks (no regular service)
Court Square G  August 19, 1933 IRT Flushing Line (7  <7>)
IND Queens Boulevard Line (E  M )
21st Street G  August 19, 1933
Greenpoint Greenpoint Avenue G  August 19, 1933
Nassau Avenue G  August 19, 1933
Williamsburg Metropolitan Avenue G  July 1, 1937 BMT Canarsie Line (L ) at Lorimer Street
Broadway G  July 1, 1937
Williamsburg/
Bedford-Stuyvesant		 Flushing Avenue G  July 1, 1937
Bedford-Stuyvesant Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues G  July 1, 1937
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues G  July 1, 1937 Center track between the two island platforms
Clinton Hill Classon Avenue G  July 1, 1937 Additional space for a center track
Clinton–Washington Avenues G  July 1, 1937
Fort Greene Fulton Street G  July 1, 1937
Downtown Brooklyn Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets G  July 1, 1937 IND Fulton Street Line (A  C )
Merges with the IND Culver Line (G )

References

  1. ↑ MTA. "Average weekday subway ridership". Retrieved 2 April 2014.
  2. ↑ Joseph B. Raskin (1 November 2013). The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978-0-8232-5369-2. Retrieved 12 August 2015.
  3. 1 2 vanshnookenraggen (2015-09-23). "Mysteries of the Queens Boulevard Subway". vanshnookenraggen. Retrieved 2015-10-04.
  4. ↑ Transit Commission, New Subways: Proposed Additions to Rapid Transit System, 1922
  5. ↑ "Two Subway Routes Adopted by City". The New York Times. August 4, 1923. p. 9. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  6. ↑ "Hylan About Faced, Says Citizens Union". The New York Times. April 6, 1924. p. 13. Retrieved 2011-12-18.
  7. 1 2 New York Times, New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000, March 21, 1925, page 1
  8. ↑ "New Crosstown Subway Line Is Opened". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 1, 1937. Retrieved 24 December 2015.
  9. ↑ Haddon, Heather (April 13, 2010). "G train taking a hit before service cuts roll out". AM New York. Retrieved April 16, 2010.

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