5 (New York City Subway service)

Lexington Avenue Express
A train made of R142 cars in 5 service at West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue, bound for Eastchester–Dyre Avenue.
Note: Dark dotted line indicates weekday service to Eastchester-Dyre Avenue. Thin dark line indicates rush hour and weekend service to Nereid Avenue and Wakefield–241st Street. Dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue
Northern end	Dyre Avenue (Weekdays and weekday late nights) Nereid Avenue (weekday rush hours in the peak direction) Wakefield–241st Street (limited weekday rush hour service, weekends, and weekend late nights))
Southern end	East 180th Street (weekday late nights) Bowling Green (weekday evenings) Flatbush Avenue (all time except weekedays evening and weekedays late night) Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue (limited rush hour service)
Stations	45 53 (including limited rush hour service to Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue)
Rolling stock	340 R142s (34 trains)
Depot	East 180th Street Yard
Started service	October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)
Route map  2   5  Wakefield–241st Street Nereid Avenue  5  233rd Street 225th Street 219th Street  2   5  Gun Hill Road Eastchester–Dyre Avenue Burke Avenue Baychester Avenue Allerton Avenue Gun Hill Road Pelham Parkway Pelham Parkway Bronx Park East Morris Park  5  East 180th Street West Farms Square– East Tremont Avenue 174th Street Freeman Street Simpson Street Intervale Avenue Prospect Avenue Jackson Avenue Third Avenue–149th Street 149th Street–Grand Concourse  2  trains continue to Manhattan  4  trains continue north 138th Street–Grand Concourse  6   <6>  trains continue north The Bronx Manhattan 125th Street  5  Local section; bypassed when running  5  Local section; bypassed when running 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street  5  Local section; bypassed when running  5  Local section; bypassed when running 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street  5  Local section; bypassed when running  5  Local section; bypassed when running 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street  5  Local section; bypassed when running  5  Local section; bypassed when running 33rd Street 28th Street southbound only 23rd Street 18th Street 14th Street–Union Square  5  Local section; bypassed when running  5  Local section; bypassed when running Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Worth Street  6   <6>  Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall City Hall Fulton Street Wall Street  5  Bowling Green  1   2  trains continue north South Ferry loops ( 1   2  ) (South Ferry) Manhattan Brooklyn  2   3  trains continue to Manhattan Borough Hall northbound only for  4   5  services  5  Local section; bypassed when running  5  Local section; bypassed when running Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue President Street Nostrand Avenue Sterling Street Kingston Avenue Winthrop Street Church Avenue Crown Heights–Utica Avenue  4   5  Beverly Road Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road Newkirk Avenue Saratoga Avenue Flatbush Avenue– Brooklyn College Rockaway Avenue  2   5  Junius Street Pennsylvania Avenue Van Siclen Avenue New Lots Avenue  2   3   4   5  Lines used by the  5  Other services sharing tracks with the  5  Unused lines, connections, or service patterns Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels

The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored apple green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.^[1]

The 5 operates at all times. Weekday rush hour and midday service operates between Dyre Avenue in Eastchester, Bronx and Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College in Midwood, Brooklyn, making local stops in the Bronx and express stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn; during rush hours in the peak direction, 5 trains operate express in the Bronx between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th Street; limited rush hour service originates and terminates either at 241st Street^{[lower-alpha 1]} or Nereid Avenue^{[lower-alpha 2]} instead of Dyre Avenue in the Bronx, and also originates or terminates either at Utica^{[lower-alpha 3]} or New Lots Avenues^{[lower-alpha 4]} instead of Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn. The 5 short turns at Bowling Green in Financial District, Manhattan during weekday evenings, and at East 180th Street during weekday late nights.

Weekend service (from 11:45 p.m. Friday evening to 5 a.m. Monday morning) operates between 241st Street in the Bronx and Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn as a replacement for the 2, making local stops in the Bronx and Brooklyn and express stops in Manhattan.

Service history

The section from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue was once part of the mainline of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, a standard gauge electric commuter railroad built by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Upon its closure in 1937, the entire property was put up for sale.

Beginning on April 28, 1930, Saturday 5 service to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue began.

As of 1934, trains normally ran from Wakefield–241st Street or East 180th Street to Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center. During weekday rush hours and weekend afternoons they were extended to Utica Avenue.^[2] Late-night service was not operated.

From July 24, 1938, to September 18, 1938, there was Sunday daytime 5 service to New Lots Avenue. Beginning on July 10, 1939, Sunday afternoon 5 service to New Lots began.^[2]

On December 22, 1946, alternate Sunday morning 5 service to New Lots began.^[2] However, on March 5, 1950, 5 service was cut back to Utica Avenue all day on Sundays.^[2]

Starting on April 23, 1953, 5 trains began using the middle express track between East 180th Street and 149th Street weekday rush in the peak direction. Starting on October 2, 1953, the middle track was used by peak trains south of Gun Hill Road.

Beginning on May 3, 1957, limited rush hour 5 service ran to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College replacing the 4 service. Evening, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday trains were cut back to South Ferry.

Beginning on March 1, 1960, evening trains began making all stops in Manhattan.^[2] Beginning on April 8, 1960, weekday evening service was discontinued, as was weekday rush service to Flatbush Avenue.^[2]

Starting on April 18, 1965, most daytime service was rerouted to Dyre Avenue, replacing Dyre Shuttle except evenings and late nights. Some weekday rush peak-direction service to 241st Street was retained, while Saturday and Sunday evening trains were cut back from 241st Street to East 180th Street. Also, Saturday morning trains were cut back from Atlantic Avenue to South Ferry.^[2][3][4][5] Starting on May 3, 1965, trains to or from 241st Street began making all stops between Gun Hill Road and East 180th Street.^[2]

Beginning on May 23, 1976, 5 service began starting late on Sunday mornings. As of May 24, 1976, weekday midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green from Atlantic Avenue.^[2][6] In 1979, with the color coding of subway routes based on their trunk line in Manhattan, the 5 service's color was changed to apple green, as it goes via the Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.^[7][8] 5 service was re-extended May 15, 1980, to Atlantic Avenue.^[2] On July 10, 1983, all rush hour service ran to Flatbush Avenue, with limited service to/from Utica or New Lots Avenue.^[2] Beginning on January 18, 1988, all midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green, to allow 4 service to operate to Utica.^[2]

In 1995, rush hour service to 241st Street was cut back to Nereid Avenue. On May 27, 2005, use of the 5 diamond to indicate peak direction service to Nereid Avenue was discontinued.

On June 29, 2009, 5 trains were extended to Flatbush Avenue during midday hours.^[2][9]

From March 29 to September 3, 2010, rush hour peak direction 5 express service was suspended due to rehabilitation of East 180th Street and signal replacements along the IRT White Plains Road Line. PM northbound express service was suspended again on March 28, 2011, to allow for the second phase of the signal replacement project. This time, service was restored on August 8.

As a result of planned repairs to Hurricane Sandy-related damage in the Clark Street Tunnel, which carries the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, between June 2017 and June 2018, the 5 will be extended to Flatbush Avenue on weekends, running local in Brooklyn south of Nevins Street. In the Bronx, the 5 will run to 241st Street instead of Dyre Avenue in place of the 2.^[10][11]

Dyre Avenue Shuttle

In 1940, the City of New York purchased the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, and began integrating the line into the system. The railroad north of the city line to White Plains and Port Chester was quickly dismantled. The section below East 180th Street to Greens Farm Junction was once used to interchange with the New Haven (and later Penn Central and Conrail) to bring subway cars and other equipment on and off the system. That section has since been removed, isolating this part of the subway from the interchange.

The East 180th Street–Dyre Avenue Shuttle or Dyre Avenue Shuttle was established as a new subway service and full-time shuttle along this section on May 15, 1941, between the former East 180th Street station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway and Eastchester–Dyre Avenue, which was the last station on the NYW&B within New York City. Passengers had to make a walking transfer between the Dyre Avenue Line and the IRT White Plains Road Line at East 180th Street as there was no track connection between the lines.

In 1957, a flyover connection opened between the East 180th Street station of the White Plains Road Line and the Dyre Avenue Line, enabling through service by trains from the 2 route from Manhattan to Dyre Avenue. At the same time, the former NYW&B station was closed and the off-hours Dyre Avenue Shuttle rerouted to the White Plains Road Line station. These shuttles were initially labeled 2 like the full-time service but were later signed as 9, a number used decades later for skip-stop service on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. The off-hours Dyre Avenue Shuttle still operates, but those trains are signed as 5, the same as the through service.

Route

Service pattern

The following table shows the lines used by the 5, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:^[12]

Stations

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops weekdays and weekday late nights
	Stops weekends only
	Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Station closed
	Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only (including limited service)
Time period details

D.	N.	W.	Stations		Subway transfers	Connections
The Bronx
Dyre Avenue Line
	N/A	N/A	Eastchester–Dyre Avenue			Northern terminal for weekday and weekday late night service
			Baychester Avenue
			Gun Hill Road
			Pelham Parkway			Bx12 Select Bus Service
			Morris Park
White Plains Road Line
N/A	↑		Wakefield–241st Street		2	Station is served by limited northbound a.m. rush hour service that terminates here only Northern terminal for weekend and weekend late night service
			Nereid Avenue		2	Northern terminal for most weekday rush hour peak direction trips to/from Manhattan and Brooklyn
			233rd Street		2	Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Woodlawn
			225th Street		2
			219th Street		2
			Gun Hill Road		2	Bx41 Select Bus Service
			Burke Avenue		2
			Allerton Avenue		2
			Pelham Parkway		2	Bx12 Select Bus Service
			Bronx Park East		2
Services from 241st Street and Dyre Avenue merge
White Plains Road Line
			East 180th Street		2	Some southbound rush hour trips begin at this station Some northbound a.m. rush hour trips terminate at this station Southern terminal for weekday late night service
			West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue		2	Q44 Select Bus Service
			174th Street		2
			Freeman Street		2
			Simpson Street		2
			Intervale Avenue		2
			Prospect Avenue		2
			Jackson Avenue		2
			Third Avenue–149th Street		2	Bx41 Select Bus Service
			149th Street–Grand Concourse		2  4  (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
Jerome Avenue Line
			138th Street–Grand Concourse		4
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue Line
			125th Street		4  6  <6>	Metro-North Railroad at Harlem–125th Street M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport
			86th Street		4  6  <6>	M86 Select Bus Service
			59th Street		4  6  <6> N  R  W  (BMT Broadway Line) Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard: F  N  Q  (63rd Street Lines at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street)	Roosevelt Island Tramway
			Grand Central–42nd Street		4  6  <6> 7  <7> (IRT Flushing Line) S  (42nd Street Shuttle)	Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal
			14th Street–Union Square		4  6  <6> L  (BMT Canarsie Line) N  Q  R  W  (BMT Broadway Line)
			Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall		4  6  <6> J  M  Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street)
			Fulton Street		4  2  3  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) A  C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line) J  Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line) Connection to N  R  W  (BMT Broadway Line) at Cortlandt Street via Dey Street Passageway
			Wall Street		4
			Bowling Green		4  Out-of-system transfers with MetroCard on weekends only: 1  2  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at South Ferry) N  R  (BMT Broadway Line at Whitehall Street–South Ferry)	Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal Southern terminal for weekday evening service, as well as some rush hour service
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway Line
			Borough Hall	↑	4  2  3  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) R  W  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only
			Nevins Street		2  3  4
			Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center		2  3  4  B  Q  (BMT Brighton Line) D  N  R  W  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal
			Bergen Street		4
			Grand Army Plaza		4
			Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum		4
			Franklin Avenue		2  3  4  S  (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)
Services to Flatbush Avenue and New Lots Avenue split
Nostrand Avenue Line
			President Street		2
			Sterling Street		2	B44 Select Bus Service
			Winthrop Street		2	B44 Select Bus Service
			Church Avenue		2	B44 Select Bus Service
			Beverly Road		2
			Newkirk Avenue		2	B44 Select Bus Service
			Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College		2	B44 Select Bus Service
Eastern Parkway Line (limited rush hour service only)
↑		N/A	Nostrand Avenue		2  3  4	One rush-hour train to the Bronx stops here
↑			Kingston Avenue		2  3  4	One rush-hour train to the Bronx stops here
			Crown Heights–Utica Avenue		2  3  4	B46 Select Bus Service Southern terminal for some rush hour service
New Lots Line (limited rush hour service only)
		N/A	Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road		2  3  4	B15 bus to JFK Airport
			Saratoga Avenue		2  3  4
			Rockaway Avenue		2  3  4
			Junius Street		2  3  4
			Pennsylvania Avenue		2  3  4
			Van Siclen Avenue		2  3  4
			New Lots Avenue		2  3  4	B15 bus to JFK Airport Southern terminal for some northbound a.m. rush hour service

Notes

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 5 (New York City Subway service).

• MTA NYC Transit – 5 Lexington Avenue Express (normal circle service)
• MTA NYC Transit – 5 Eastern Parkway/Lexington Avenue/Bronx Thru Express (rush hour diamond service)
• MTA Subway Time – 5 Train
• "5 Subway Timetable, Effective June 25, 2017" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 25, 2017. 

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