R (New York City Subway service)

Template:NYCS logo The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow on the route sign (either on the front and/or side - depending on equipment used) and on station signs and the NYC Subway map, as it represents a service provided on the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan. Normal service is local from 71st–Continental Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens, to 95th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn; during late nights it operates as a shuttle within Brooklyn from 36th Street to 95th Street. The R is one of only two services that have two or more stations with the same name (the other being the B); it serves two 36th Street stations (one in Queens on the IND Queens Boulevard Line and one in Brooklyn on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line).

The R fleet currently consists of R46s and some R32s.

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The following lines are used by the R service:

Line	Tracks	When
IND Queens Boulevard Line from 71st–Continental Avenue to Queens Plaza	local	all but late nights
BMT 60th Street Tunnel Connection	N/A	all but late nights
60th Street Tunnel	N/A	all but late nights
BMT Broadway Line	local	all but late nights
Montague Street Tunnel	N/A	all but late nights
BMT Fourth Avenue Line to 36th Street	local	all but late nights
BMT Fourth Avenue Line from 36th Street to 95th Street	local	all (late nights, skips 53rd Street and 45th Street northbound)

History

2 4TH AVENUE

R1 end rollsign

RR BWAY-4TH AVE

R27 end rollsign (later said just BROADWAY[1])

RR	RJ
1967-1979 bullets (in a circle)

• The line that later became the R was the BMT 2. In its very early days, it ran between Chambers Street on the BMT Nassau Street Line and 86th Street, using the Manhattan Bridge to cross the East River. The Montague Street Tunnel opened on October 1, 1920, and at that time it took its current shape, running local from Queensboro Plaza to 86th Street. Bay Ridge–95th Street station opened on October 31, 1925. During this time, rush-hour specials to Chambers Street were added and later removed, only to be added again. At one time, including 1931, additional midday service operated local between 57th Street and Whitehall Street–South Ferry. The 2 also used the Nassau Street Loop during rush hours, entering Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge or Montague Street Tunnel and leaving via the other.

• On October 17, 1949, the platforms on the BMT Astoria Line had been shaved, and the BMT's Astoria Shuttle was replaced with through service from the Fourth Avenue Line. On January 1, 1961, the northern terminal was relocated to its current location at 71st–Continental Avenue–Forest Hills, via the BMT 60th Street Tunnel Connection.

• In winter 1960–61, letters started to appear on the RR, which was known as the "Fourth Avenue Local via Tunnel", from 71st–Continental Avenue to 95th Street, like current R service. On November 27, 1967, the day after the IND Chrystie Street Connection opened, the RR was moved back to Ditmars Boulevard–Astoria on the BMT Astoria Line. (EE service began at Whitehall Street–South Ferry and used the former route to 71st Avenue). The Nassau Street specials were through-routed from 95th Street to 168th Street in Jamaica as RJ. Under the first color scheme, RR was colored green and RJ was red.

• The RJ service only lasted a few months before it was cut back to Chambers Street and renamed as additional RR rush-hour "diamond" service. In 1986, when double letters were eliminated, RR service became R. R service was assigned the color yellow (because it used the BMT Broadway Line), and special Chambers Street rush-hour service was brown (using the Nassau Street Line). In 1986 or 1987, the special rush-hour service was removed.

• Effective May 24, 1987, the north terminals of the N and R were swapped, taking the R along the IND Queens Boulevard Line to Continental Avenue. The change was made to give the R access to a repair facility.

• When the IND Archer Avenue Line opened on December 11, 1988, E service was rerouted along to Jamaica Center–Parsons Boulevard, and the R was extended to replace the E to 179th Street. This was short-lived, and the R was cut back to 71st–Continental Avenue in favor of an extension of the F, which runs express west of 71st Avenue.

• On September 30, 1990, R service became a shuttle between 36th Street and 95th Street in Brooklyn. In the late '90s, northbound late-night trains began skipping 53rd Street and 45th Street.

• On September 11, 2001, after the attack on the World Trade Center, the BMT Broadway Line was damaged, and the R service was cut back to run only south of Court Street. On September 17, R service was totally suspended, replaced with J service in Brooklyn and Q service in Manhattan and Queens [2]. All three lines returned to normal service on October 28.[3]

• On September 8, 2002, Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue was closed for reconstruction. Late night R service was extended to Pacific Street, running express between that station and 36th Street. Service was cut back to 36th Street when the north side of the Manhattan Bridge reopened on February 22, 2004.

Station listing

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

	Station	When	Services
Queens
	Forest Hills–71st Avenue	all but late nights	E  ​F  <F> ​M  ​R  LIRR
	67th Avenue	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	63rd Drive–Rego Park	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	Woodhaven Boulevard	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	Grand Avenue–Newtown	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	Elmhurst Avenue	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	Roosevelt Avenue–Jackson Heights	all but late nights	E  ​F  <F> ​M  ​R  7  <7> ​
	65th Street	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	Northern Boulevard	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	46th Street	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	Steinway Street	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	36th Street	all but late nights	E  ​F  ​M  ​R
	Queens Plaza	all but late nights	E  ​M  ​R
Manhattan
	Lexington Avenue–59th Street	all but late nights	N  ​R  ​W  4  ​5  ​6  <6> F  <F> (MetroCard)
	Fifth Avenue	all but late nights	N  ​R  ​W
	57th Street	all but late nights	N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
*	49th Street	all but late nights	N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
	Times Square–42nd Street	all but late nights	1  ​2  ​3 ​ 7  <7> ​​ N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  S  Port Authority Bus Terminal
	34th Street	all but late nights	N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  B  ​D  ​F  <F> ​M  PATH
	28th Street	all but late nights	N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
	23rd Street	all but late nights	N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
	14th Street–Union Square	all but late nights	N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  L  4  ​5  ​6  <6>
	Eighth Street	all but late nights	N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
	Prince Street	all but late nights	N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
	Canal Street	all but late nights	N  ​R  ​W  N  ​Q  4  ​6  <6> J  ​Z
	City Hall	all but late nights	N  ​R  ​W
*	Cortlandt Street	closed until Spring 2007	N  ​R  ​W
	Rector Street	all but late nights	N  ​R  ​W
	Whitehall Street–South Ferry	all but late nights	N  ​R  ​W
Brooklyn
	Court Street	all but late nights	N  R  ​W
	Lawrence Street–MetroTech	all but late nights	N  R  ​W
	DeKalb Avenue	all but late nights	N  R  ​W  B  ​Q
	Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street	all but late nights	D  ​N  ​R  ​W  B  ​Q  2  ​3  ​4  ​5  LIRR
	Union Street	all but late nights	D  ​N  ​R  ​W
	Ninth Street	all but late nights	D  ​N  ​R  ​W  F  <F> ​
	Prospect Avenue	all but late nights	D  ​N  ​R  ​W
	25th Street	all but late nights	D  ​N  ​R  ​W
	36th Street	always	D  ​N  ​R  ​W
	45th Street	always (southbound) all but late nights (northbound)	N  ​R  ​W
	53rd Street	always (southbound) all but late nights (northbound)	N  ​R  ​W
	59th Street	always	N  ​R  ​W
	Bay Ridge Avenue	always	R
	77th Street	always	R
	86th Street	always	R
	Bay Ridge-95th Street	always	R

^*49th Street is accessible in the northbound direction only. Cortlandt Street is accessible in the southbound direction only.

References

• Line By Line History
• NYCsubway.org - Historical Maps

External links

• MTA New York City Transit - R Broadway Local
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