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The only subway line running between Midtown and Lower Manhattan was the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, which was overcrowded before the attacks and at crush density until the BMT Broadway Line reopened. Wall Street was closed until September 21.
The Broadway Line platforms opened on January 5, 1918, as part of the Broadway Line, which was built for the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) as part of the Dual Contracts. The Sixth Avenue Line platforms opened in 1940, completing construction of the first phase of the Independent Subway System (IND).
Mezzanine, entrance to 42nd Street and Broadway Basement 2 Broadway platforms Northbound local: ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (49th Street) ← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue (49th Street) ← toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard weekdays (49th Street) ← toward 96th Street late nights (49th Street) Island platform: Northbound express
In 1918, the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line opened south of Times Square–42nd Street, and the original line was divided into an H-shaped system. The original subway north of Times Square thus became part of the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. Local trains were sent to South Ferry, while express trains used the new Clark Street Tunnel to Brooklyn.
Local trains (Broadway and Lenox Avenue) were sent to South Ferry, while express trains (Broadway and West Farms) used the new Clark Street Tunnel to Brooklyn. [65] These services became 1 (Broadway express and local), 2 (West Farms express), and 3 (Lenox Avenue local) in 1948. The only major change to these patterns was made in 1959, when all ...
770 Broadway is a 1,200,000-square-foot (110,000 m 2) landmarked mixed-use commercial office building in NoHo, Manhattan, in Lower Manhattan, New York City, occupying an entire square block between 9th Street on the north, Fourth Avenue to the east, 8th Street to the south, and Broadway to the west.
Transit type: Buses, Bus rapid transit, Light rail, Paratransit: Number of lines: 4 light rail lines [1] 95 bus routes [1] Number of stations: 62 light rail stations [1] Daily ridership: 244,400 (weekdays, Q2 2024) [2] Annual ridership: 71,784,900 (2023) [3] Chief executive: Sharon Cooney [4] Headquarters: James R. Mills Building 1255 Imperial ...
The IRT Powerhouse An old IRT sign remains at Wall Street station.. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the private operator of New York City's original underground subway line that opened in 1904, as well as earlier elevated railways and additional rapid transit lines in New York City. [2]