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34th Street–Herald Square Station (BMT Broadway Line)
The 34th Street–Herald Square station (also signed as 34th Street) is an underground metro station, station complex on the BMT Broadway Line and the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan where 34th Street (Manhattan), 34th Street, Broadway (Manhattan), Broadway and Sixth Avenue (Manhattan), Sixth Avenue (Avenue of the Americas) intersect, and is served by the D (New York City Subway service), D, F (New York City Subway service), F, N (New York City Subway service), N, and Q (New York City Subway service), Q trains at all times; the R (New York City Subway service), R train at all times except late nights; the B (New York City Subway service), B, M (New York City Subway service), M, and W (New York City Subway service), W trains on weekdays; and the Fd (New York City Subway service), <F> train during rush hours in the peak direction. The Broadway Line platforms opened on January 5, 1918, as part of the Broad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan
Manhattan ( ) is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the Boroughs of New York City, five boroughs of New York City. Coextensive with New York County, Manhattan is the County statistics of the United States#Smallest, largest, and average area per state and territory, smallest county by area in the U.S. state of New York (state), New York. Located almost entirely on Manhattan Island near the southern tip of the state, Manhattan constitutes the center of the Northeast megalopolis and the urban core of the New York metropolitan area. Manhattan serves as New York City's Economy of New York City, economic and Government of New York City, administrative center and has been described as the cultural, financial, Media in New York City, media, and show business, entertainment capital of the world. Present-day Manhattan was originally part of Lenape territory. European settlement began with the establishment of a trading post by Dutch colonization of the Americas, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Metro Station
A metro station or subway station is a train station for a rapid transit system, which as a whole is usually called a "metro" or "subway". A station provides a means for passengers to purchase tickets, board trains, and evacuate the system in the case of an emergency. In the United Kingdom, they are known as underground stations, most commonly used in reference to the London Underground. Location The location of metro stations are carefully planned to provide easy access to important urban facilities such as roads, commercial centers, major buildings and other transport nodes important areas. Most stations are located underground, with entrances and exits leading up to ground or street level. The bulk of the station is typically positioned under land reserved for public thoroughfares or parks. Placing the station underground reduces the outside area occupied by the station, allowing vehicles and pedestrians to continue using the ground-level area in a similar way as be ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fd (New York City Subway Service)
The F and <F> Queens Boulevard Express/Sixth Avenue Local are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Their route bullets are colored , since they use and are part of the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The F operates 24 hours daily between 179th Street in Jamaica, Queens and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Daytime service makes express stops in Queens (between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and 21st Street–Queensbridge) and all stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn; overnight service makes all stops along the full route. Limited rush hour service operates along the full route and makes express stops between Jay Street and Church Avenue in the peak direction only, making one intermediate stop at Seventh Avenue; this express service was introduced in September 2019. In Brooklyn, local service is denoted as (F) in a circle-shaped bullet while express service is denoted as <F> in a diamond-shaped bullet. From 1968 to 197 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
W (New York City Subway Service)
The W Broadway Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway's B Division. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. The W operates weekdays during daytime hours only between Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, Queens and Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan, making all stops along the full route; limited rush hour service is extended beyond Whitehall Street to and from 86th Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn, making all stops in Brooklyn. The W is internally staffed and scheduled as part of the . Introduced on July 22, 2001, the W originally ran at all times on the BMT West End Line and BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue across the Manhattan Bridge, running express on the Broadway Line. It was truncated in 2004 to its current service pattern, running local on the Broadway Line to Whitehall Street until June 25, 2010, when it was eliminated due to the Metropolitan Transportation A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
M (New York City Subway Service)
The M Queens Boulevard/Sixth Avenue Local is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it is a part of the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The M operates 24 hours daily, although service patterns vary based on the time of day. Weekday rush hour and midday service operates between 71st Avenue in Forest Hills and Metropolitan Avenue in Middle Village, Queens and makes all stops along the full route through Manhattan and Brooklyn; weekday evening and weekend daytime service short turns at Essex Street on the Lower East Side of Manhattan and does not operate to or from 71st Avenue. Overnight service operates as a shuttle between Metropolitan Avenue in Queens and Myrtle Avenue–Broadway in Brooklyn. The M is the only service that travels in the same borough via two different and unconnected lines. Additionally, the M is the only non-shuttle service that has both of its full-run terminals in the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
B (New York City Subway Service)
The B Sixth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division (New York City Subway), B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored , since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Midtown Manhattan. The B operates weekdays during daytime hours only. Weekday rush hour and midday service operates between Bedford Park Boulevard (IND Concourse Line), Bedford Park Boulevard in the Bronx and Brighton Beach (BMT Brighton Line), Brighton Beach in Brooklyn. The route makes all stops in the Bronx and Upper Manhattan, and express stops in Midtown Manhattan (between 34th Street–Herald Square (IND Sixth Avenue Line), 34th and West Fourth Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line), West Fourth Streets) and in Brooklyn. Limited midday and all evening service short turns at 145th Street (IND Concourse Line), 145th Street in Manhattan, rather than operating all the way to Bedford Park Boulevard. From the opening of the IND Sixth Avenue Line in 1940 until Novembe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
R (New York City Subway Service)
The R Broadway Local is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. The R operates 24 hours daily, although service patterns vary based on the time of day. Daytime service operates between 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens, and 95th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, making all stops along the full route; one northbound a.m. rush hour trip terminates at 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan instead of 71st Avenue in Queens. Overnight service short turns at Whitehall Street–South Ferry in Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn and does not operate to and from 71st Avenue. The R was originally the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation's 2 service, running along the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn then traveling through the Montague Street Tunnel to Manhattan, then running local on the BMT Broadway Line. The 2 became the RR in 1961. The RR ran lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q (New York City Subway Service)
The Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored since it is a part of the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. The Q operates 24 hours daily between 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Daytime service makes express stops in Manhattan (between 57th Street–Seventh Avenue and Canal Street) and all stops in Brooklyn; overnight service makes all stops along the full route. The Q was originally the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s 1 service; beginning in 1920, it ran along the Brighton Line in Brooklyn and Broadway Line in Manhattan. In the past, the Q has run many different service patterns in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, both local and express, including QB service on the Manhattan Bridge and QT service via the Montague Street Tunnel. From 1988 to 2001, Q service ran along the IND ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
N (New York City Subway Service)
The N Broadway Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet," is colored , since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. The N operates 24 hours daily between Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, Queens, and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn; limited rush hour service originates and terminates at 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan instead of Ditmars Boulevard. Weekday daytime service makes all stops in Queens and express stops in Manhattan, and in Brooklyn (between Atlantic Avenue and 59th Street), bypasses DeKalb Avenue and operates via the Manhattan Bridge, bypassing the Financial District of Lower Manhattan. Weekend daytime service is the same as weekday daytime service, except trains make all stops in Manhattan between 34th and Canal Streets. Overnight service makes all stops along the full route, serves the Financial District and uses the Montague Street Tunnel to travel betw ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
F (New York City Subway Service)
The F and <F> Queens Boulevard Express/Sixth Avenue Local are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Their route bullets are colored , since they use and are part of the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The F operates 24 hours daily between 179th Street in Jamaica, Queens and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Daytime service makes express stops in Queens (between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and 21st Street–Queensbridge) and all stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn; overnight service makes all stops along the full route. Limited rush hour service operates along the full route and makes express stops between Jay Street and Church Avenue in the peak direction only, making one intermediate stop at Seventh Avenue; this express service was introduced in September 2019. In Brooklyn, local service is denoted as (F) in a circle-shaped bullet while express service is denoted as <F> in a diamond-shaped bullet. From 1968 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
D (New York City Subway Service)
The D Sixth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored , since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The D operates 24 hours daily between 205th Street in Norwood, Bronx, and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. Daytime service makes express stops in the Bronx and Manhattan, and in Brooklyn (between Atlantic Avenue and 36th Street) and also bypasses DeKalb Avenue. During rush hours in the peak direction, D service makes express stops between Fordham Road in the Bronx and 145th Street in Manhattan. Overnight service is the same as daytime service, except all trains make all stops in Brooklyn and stops at DeKalb Avenue. In its early years, the D ran to Chambers Street/Hudson Terminal in Lower Manhattan via the lower IND Eighth Avenue Line south of West 4th Street. From 1954 to 1967, the D ran via the IND Culver Line to Coney Island. With the completion of the Chryst ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sixth Avenue (Manhattan)
Sixth Avenue, also known as Avenue of the Americas, is a major thoroughfare in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The avenue is commercial for much of its length, and traffic runs northbound, or uptown. Sixth Avenue begins four blocks below Canal Street, at Franklin Street in Tribeca, where the northbound Church Street divides into Sixth Avenue to the left and the local continuation of Church Street to the right, which then ends at Canal Street. From this beginning, Sixth Avenue traverses SoHo and Greenwich Village, roughly divides Chelsea from the Flatiron District and NoMad, passes through the Garment District and skirts the edge of the Theater District while passing through Midtown Manhattan. Although it is officially named "Avenue of the Americas", this name is seldom used by New Yorkers., p.24 Sixth Avenue's northern end is at Central Park South, adjacent to the Artists' Gate entrance to Central Park via Center Drive. Historically, Sixth Avenue was also the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
