Q (New York City Subway service)
The Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local[3] is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored yellow since it is a part of the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.
The Q operates at all times between
The Q was originally the
History
1878–1920: Original railroad
The predecessor to the subway service known as the Q today was the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway. On July 2, 1878, this
On August 19, 1878, service was extended north from Prospect Park along what is today the BMT Franklin Avenue Line used by the Franklin Avenue Shuttle, to Atlantic Avenue west of Franklin Avenue, a location known as Bedford station on what is today the Atlantic Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR).[5]: 11 A physical connection existed between the Brighton, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway and the LIRR. By mutual agreement trains of the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway ran on LIRR trackage west to its terminal at Flatbush Avenue and Atlantic Avenue, providing a connection to Downtown Brooklyn and ferries to Manhattan. LIRR trains also operated to Brighton Beach from Flatbush Avenue and from its own terminal in Long Island City, with ferry access to Midtown Manhattan. Initially, service operated during the summer season only. At the end of the 1882 summer season, the LIRR abrogated its agreement allowing Brighton Line trains to access its Flatbush Avenue terminal and beginning with the 1883 summer season, only Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island trains operated between Bedford Terminal and Brighton Beach.
In 1896, a short elevated extension of the Brighton Beach Line (since reorganized as the Brooklyn & Brighton Beach Railroad) opened to the corner of
In 1908, a massive grade crossing elimination project was completed with a 4-track line from south of Church Avenue station to Neptune Avenue near the
1920–1950: Subway service begins
On August 1, 1920, subway service on the
In 1921, PM rush hour express service was extended from Kings Highway to Brighton Beach. In 1923, Brighton express service operated via the Montague Tunnel and ran local on the Broadway Line. The BMT held a vote to see which route riders preferred on August 30, 1923. Passengers voted to have Brighton expresses run from Brighton Beach to Times Square via the Manhattan Bridge and the express tracks on the Broadway Line. This change took effect on about October 1, 1923. This subway service was labeled 1 by the BMT starting in 1924, with the remnant service to Franklin Avenue becoming the 7. 1 Brighton Express service operated during rush hours and Saturday afternoons. During the evening rush hour and on Saturday afternoons, trains skipped Canal Street.[8]
The span of express service was extended by 90 minutes until 8:27 p.m. leaving Times Square in 1929. Express service began operating between the AM rush hour and noon on Saturday mornings in April 1930. Express service began operating middays on May 30, 1931, replacing short-line local service. In September 1937, Brighton express service ran between Brighton Beach and Times Square rush hours, middays, and early evenings weekdays and Saturdays.
During the 1930s, limited morning rush hour service ran via the south side tracks of the Manhattan Bridge and the
On October 17, 1949, the
1950s
On April 27, 1950, 1 Local trains were extended to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard during middays.[9] On June 26, 1952, 1 Express trains were extended from Times Square to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue on weekdays after the morning rush hour, running local north of 34th Street. On June 28, 1952, special service from Brighton Beach to the Nassau Street Line was discontinued on Saturdays, and Saturday express service was extended to 57th Street.[10][8]
The
A December 1957 strike shut down much of the BMT Division. Brighton Local 1 trains ran in two sections, from Coney Island via tunnel to 57th Street-Seventh Avenue and from
On May 28, 1959, 1 Brighton Express trains midday on weekdays were cut back to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue and made local stops in Brooklyn midday. Multiple trains entered service at Queensboro Plaza in the evening rush hour.[8] Nassau Specials returned, running via the Montague Street tunnel during the morning rush and via the Manhattan Bridge during the evening rush. As part of the same service change, Brighton Local trains, beginning on June 6, ran to Franklin Avenue via the route of the 7 Shuttle on Saturdays. This was not seasonal and ran the entire day, being quite distinct from the Sunday service which still operated.
1960–1987: Lettered variants and Chrystie Street Connection
On November 15, 1960, with the arrival of the R27 subway cars, 1 service on the Brighton Line was relabeled. Brighton Express service was designated as Q, Brighton Local via the Montague St Tunnel as QT, and Brighton Local via the Manhattan Bridge as QB. Single letters were used to refer to express lines and double letters for local lines, a practice that began thirty years earlier with the Independent Subway System (IND), however, no QQ designation was ever used. Despite these new designations, subway communications continued to refer to the services as "Brighton Local" and "Brighton Express".
Effective January 1, 1961, Q Brighton Express service was cut back from Ditmars Boulevard to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue on weekdays, with trains skipping 49th Street.[8] Saturday daytime service continued to run to Ditmars Boulevard.[12] QT service ran to Ditmars Boulevard on weekdays; on Saturdays, it ran via the Franklin Avenue Line to Franklin Avenue in Brooklyn instead. The QB provided off-peak service between Coney Island and Astoria, via Brighton Local and the Manhattan Bridge. Sunday service between Franklin Avenue and Brighton Beach was discontinued on this date, with Sunday service now provided solely by the Franklin Avenue Shuttle (SS, formerly 7) between Prospect Park and Fulton Street.
Service between Brighton Beach and Franklin Avenue was merged into the Franklin Avenue Shuttle service on October 14, 1961, and all non-shuttle service between was discontinued in February 1963. The Fourth Avenue Local (RR) now provided Broadway Line service along the Queens Boulevard line on weekdays, and the West End Express (T) was extended from 57th Street to Ditmars Boulevard during rush hours. This service change essentially swapped the northern terminals of the Brighton Local and RR, and between the Brighton Express and T. Prior to this both Brighton Line–Broadway services had operated via the 60th Street Tunnel to Queens. By having the Brighton Express Q terminate at 57th Street, this change served to keep one Brighton Line service unaffected in the event of a massive delay in the 60th Street Tunnel.[12]
On April 21, 1962, Saturday express Q service was discontinued, and replaced by QB service.[13] All Saturday trains on the Brighton Line began running local, doubling the frequency of service and providing a one-seat ride to Manhattan for riders at local stations. With the arrival of new subway cars to the line, which provided improved running times, trains making local stops between Brighton Beach and Prospect Park did so in only 1+1⁄2 minutes longer than existing express service.[14]
From February 10 to November 2, 1964, the Brighton Express tracks were closed to permit platform extension work at Newkirk Avenue. Skip-stop service was instituted along the Brighton Line. Brighton Express service, which made A stops, ran express from Brighton Beach to Kings Highway, and then stopped at Avenue J, Newkirk Avenue, Cortelyou Road, Beverley Road, Church Avenue, Parkside Avenue, and Prospect Park.[8]
On November 26, 1967, the
On August 19, 1968, one AM rush hour QB train began running to Ditmars Boulevard. From January 2, 1973, no QB trains ran in service to Ditmars Boulevard, though two trains ran light to Ditmars Boulevard from 57th Street in the AM rush, and one train ran light to 57th Street in the PM rush. On January 19, 1976, morning rush hour QB trains began running in service to Ditmars Boulevard, and most evening rush hour trains entered service at Queensboro Plaza, with only one evening rush hour train running from Coney Island to 57th Street. All but the first QB morning QB trip, which entered RR service, were cut back from Ditmars Boulevard to 57th Street on August 30, 1976. Evening rush hour trains only ran in service between Coney Island and 57th Street. The last PM rush hour QB train started at Ditmars Boulevard, having previously made a trip in RR service. The first two morning rush hour QB trains ran to Ditmars Boulevard as of May 7, 1978, returning in service as RR trains to 36th Street. The last two evening rush hour QB trains entered service at Ditmars Boulevard, with the final trip having previously made an RR trip from 36th Street.[16][9]
In 1979, the MTA released a revised coloring scheme for subway routes based on trunk line; the QB service was assigned the color sunflower yellow, with black text, because it used the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. It now used a diamond-shaped bullet because it ran rush hours only.[17][18] On May 5, 1985, the double-letter naming scheme for local services was dropped; the QB was renamed the Q the next day.[19]
Starting on April 26, 1986, the Brighton Line's local tracks underwent reconstruction between Prospect Park and
The bridge's north side tracks (leading to the Sixth Avenue Line) closed. The Q now ran rush hours between 57th Street–Seventh Avenue and Brighton Beach, using a yellow diamond bullet. Because the Manhattan Bridge's north side tracks closed, the D and Q ran on the bridge's south side tracks, both running via Broadway Express to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue. To substitute for the suspended Brighton Line express service, the Q ran
1988–2004: Manhattan Bridge reconstruction
1988–2001: Sixth Avenue service
On December 11, 1988, the Bridge's north side tracks reopened and the south side tracks closed, and the reconstruction project on the Brighton Line ended. The Q became the weekday Brighton Express to Brighton Beach and was rerouted via the north side of the bridge and the
On October 29, 1989, the
On February 6, 1995, Q trains began running local south of Kings Highway due to rehabilitation work on the Brighton Line.
On February 22, 1998, construction on the
2001–2004: Brighton express variant
On July 22, 2001, the Manhattan Bridge's north side tracks closed and the south side tracks reopened. There were now two Q services, colored yellow as they now ran via Broadway. In Brooklyn, the circle Q (Q local) replaced the D as the full-time Brighton Local to Stillwell Avenue while the <Q> (Q express or Q diamond) replaced the Sixth Avenue Q as the weekday-only Brighton Express to Brighton Beach. Both Qs used the south side of the Manhattan Bridge to travel into Manhattan and then ran to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue via Broadway Express.[27] Service on the IND 63rd Street Line was replaced by a shuttle, which would be permanently replaced by the F in December 2001 once the 63rd Street's connection to the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened.
After the
From April 27[30] to November 2, 2003, the south side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed on weekends and Q service was rerouted via the Montague Street Tunnel.
On February 22, 2004, reconstruction of the Manhattan Bridge was completed and the north side tracks reopened. The <Q> express was discontinued and replaced with the B in Brooklyn and N in Manhattan to combine two weekday-only lines. The Q local remained unchanged.[31][32][33]
2005–present: Extensions to Astoria and Second Avenue
On June 28, 2010, the Q was extended from
On December 7, 2014, late night Q service began operating local in Manhattan between 57th Street and
On November 7, 2016, weekday Q service was cut back from Astoria to 57th Street–Seventh Avenue, skipping 49th Street, to provide a seamless transition for the opening of the Second Avenue Subway.[39][40] Service to Astoria and the 49th Street station was replaced by the restored W service.[41][42]
On January 1, 2017, the first phase of the
Future
The second phase of the Second Avenue Line will
Route
Service pattern
The following table shows the lines used by the Q, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:[49][50][51][52]
Line | From | To | Tracks | Times | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
rush hours |
all ex. nights |
late nights | ||||
IND Second Avenue Line
|
96th Street
|
72nd Street
|
all | |||
BMT 63rd Street Line (full line)
|
Lexington Avenue–63rd Street
|
all | ||||
BMT Broadway Line | 57th Street–Seventh Avenue
|
Canal Street
|
express | |||
local | ||||||
Manhattan Bridge | south | |||||
BMT Brighton Line (full line) | DeKalb Avenue
|
Prospect Park
|
all | |||
Parkside Avenue
|
Ocean Parkway
|
local | ||||
West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium
|
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
|
all |
Stations
For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.[3]
Station service legend | |
---|---|
Stops all times | |
Stops all times except late nights | |
Stops late nights only | |
Stops weekdays during the day | |
Stops rush hours in the peak direction only | |
Stops rush hours only (limited service) | |
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 |
Stations | Subway transfers | Connections and notes | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Manhattan | ||||
Second Avenue Line
| ||||
96th Street | N | M15 Select Bus Service | ||
86th Street | N R | M15 Select Bus Service M86 Select Bus Service | ||
72nd Street | N R | M15 Select Bus Service | ||
63rd Street Line
| ||||
Lexington Avenue–63rd Street | ) | |||
Broadway Line | ||||
57th Street–Seventh Avenue | N R W | |||
49th Street | ↑ | N | Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only | |
Times Square–42nd Street | , daytime only) | M34A Select Bus Service
| ||
34th Street–Herald Square | ) | Pennsylvania Station
| ||
28th Street | N | |||
23rd Street | N | M23 Select Bus Service
| ||
14th Street–Union Square | ) | M14A / M14D Select Bus Service | ||
Eighth Street–New York University | N | |||
Prince Street | N | |||
Manhattan Bridge branch | ||||
Canal Street | ) | Stops on the lower level. | ||
Brooklyn | ||||
Brighton Line | ||||
DeKalb Avenue | B D N R W | |||
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center | B D N R W (BMT Fourth Avenue Line) 2 3 4 5 (IRT Eastern Parkway Line) |
LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal | ||
Seventh Avenue | B | |||
Prospect Park | B S (BMT Franklin Avenue Line) |
|||
Parkside Avenue | ||||
Church Avenue | B | |||
Beverley Road | ||||
Cortelyou Road | ||||
Newkirk Plaza | B | |||
Avenue H | ||||
Avenue J | ||||
Avenue M | ||||
Kings Highway | B | B82 Select Bus Service | ||
Avenue U | ||||
Neck Road | ||||
Sheepshead Bay | B | |||
Brighton Beach | B | |||
Ocean Parkway | ||||
West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium | <F> (IND Culver Line )
|
|||
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue | <F> (IND Culver Line )
|
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