IND Crosstown Line
IND Crosstown Line | |
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Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets | |
Stations | 13 |
Service | |
Type | Rapid transit |
System | New York City Subway |
Operator(s) | New York City Transit Authority |
Daily ridership | 70,453[1] |
History | |
Opened | 1933–1937 |
Technical | |
Number of tracks | 2-4 |
Character | Underground |
Track gauge | 4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) |
Electrification | 600V DC third rail |
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 subway line that does not carry trains to and from Manhattan.
Extent and service
The following services use part or all of the IND Crosstown Line,[2] whose services' bullets are colored lime green:
Time period | Section of line | |
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all times | south of Court Square
|
The only service to use the Crosstown Line is the
The north end of the Crosstown Line is a
At
History
Development and 20th century
Plans for a crosstown subway line were floated as early as 1912.
Eventually, the line was moved and incorporated into the city's
The first contract to build the Crosstown Line, for a section north of
On August 19, 1933, the line was opened north of Nassau Avenue, and the
In 1946, as part of a $1 billion plan issued by the New York City Board of Transportation, a branch of the IND Crosstown Line was to be built, with the routing via Franklin Avenue and connecting with the BMT Brighton Line. This would have replaced the BMT Franklin Avenue Line.[15]
In 1986, the New York City Transit Authority launched a study to determine whether to close 79 stations on 11 routes, including the entire Crosstown Line, due to low ridership and high repair costs.[16][17] Numerous figures, including New York City Council member Carol Greitzer, criticized the plans.[17][18]
Service history
Over the years, the termini for the GG (relabeled G in 1985)
Service was also extended to
21st century
In 2012, flood waters from Hurricane Sandy caused significant damage to the Greenpoint Tubes under the Newtown Creek. Although the G was back in service days after the hurricane, the tube needed permanent repairs. To allow for these repairs, G service was curtailed for twelve weekends between July and December 2013, as well as daily between July 25 and September 2, 2014.[24]
The 2015–2019
CBTC installation
The MTA announced in early 2022 that it planned to put the contract to install communications-based train control (CBTC) on the Crosstown Line to Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station and modify the three interlockings on the line up for bid. The cost of the project is estimated to be $556.4 million.[28] On May 16, 2022, the MTA put out the RFP for the design-build contract to install CBTC on the Crosstown Line. Court Square Interlocking will be modified to interface with CBTC while mechanical interlockings at Nostrand Avenue and Nassau Avenue will be replaced. Relay rooms and towers at Nostrand Avenue and Nassau Avenue will be decommissioned as part of the project. This project will include the use of axle counters instead of track circuits. Work on the project is expected to take four years.[29] In December 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $368 million design–build contract to Crosstown Partners, a joint venture between Thales Group and TC Electric LLC.[30][31] The contract includes not only the Crosstown Line between Court Square and Bergen Street, but also the Culver Line between Bergen Street and Church Avenue.[31]
Crosstown Partners formally received the CBTC contract in March 2023.[32] The installation of CBTC required nighttime closures of parts of the line in late 2023 and early 2024.[33] In addition, the line would be shuttered in three phases during mid-2024.[34][35]
Station listing
Every station is served by the G train.
Station service legend | |
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Stops all times | |
Stops all times except late nights | |
Stops late nights and weekends only | |
Stops weekdays during the day | |
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only | |
Time period details | |
Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act | |
↑ | Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only |
↓ | |
Elevator access to mezzanine only |
Neighborhood (approximate) |
Station | Services | Opened | Transfers and notes | ||
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Queens | ||||||
Long Island City | Splits from the IND Queens Boulevard Line local tracks (no regular service) | |||||
Court Square | G | August 19, 1933[13] | ) | |||
21st Street | G | August 19, 1933[13] | Connection to LIRR at Hunterspoint Avenue | |||
Brooklyn | ||||||
Greenpoint | Greenpoint Avenue | G | August 19, 1933[13] | |||
Nassau Avenue | G | August 19, 1933[13] | ||||
Williamsburg | Metropolitan Avenue | G | July 1, 1937[14] | BMT Canarsie Line (L ) at Lorimer Street | ||
Broadway | G | July 1, 1937[14] | ||||
Williamsburg/ Bedford–Stuyvesant |
Flushing Avenue | G | July 1, 1937[14] | |||
Bedford–Stuyvesant | Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues | G | July 1, 1937[14] | |||
Bedford–Nostrand Avenues | G | July 1, 1937[14] | Center track between the two island platforms | |||
Clinton Hill | Classon Avenue | G | July 1, 1937[14] | Additional space for a center track | ||
Clinton–Washington Avenues | G | July 1, 1937[14] | ||||
Fort Greene | Fulton Street | G | July 1, 1937[14] | |||
Downtown Brooklyn | Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets | G | July 1, 1937[14] | IND Fulton Street Line (A C ) | ||
Merges with the IND Culver Line (G ) |
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- ^ a b "New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000" (PDF). The New York Times. March 21, 1925. p. 1.
- ^ "Bids for Test Boring in L. I. City For Crosstown Line Due May 22". Queens Daily Star. May 6, 1925. Retrieved May 1, 2016 – via Fulton History.
- ^ "SUBWAY EXTENSIONS FOR LONG ISLAND; Three Contracts for Work in the Greenpoint Section for Over Five Miles of Track. WILL COST-OVER $15,000,000 The New Fifty-third Street Terminal Under East River Now 45Per Cent. Completed". The New York Times. January 22, 1928. Retrieved April 17, 2018.
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- ^ "MTA 2022 Adopted Budget February Financial Plan 2022 – 2025 February 2022". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 18, 2022. p. V-3. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Solicitation Title: S48012 Design-Build Services for Communication Based Train Control Crosstown Line "B" Division in Brooklyn and Queens". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. May 16, 2022. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ Brachfeld, Ben (December 20, 2022). "MTA set to award $368 million contract to modernize G line signals". amNewYork. Retrieved December 21, 2022.
- ^ a b "Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting December 2022". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 19, 2022. pp. 99–101. Retrieved July 14, 2022.
- ^ "Crosstown Partners awarded New York Subway CBTC contract". Railway Gazette International. March 7, 2023. Retrieved January 16, 2024.
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