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After some opposition from the City Railroad, [20] the route was changed in April to turn off on Washington Street after passing City Hall. [21] Despite objections from Washington Street residents, [22] the new route, using Washington Street north to Front and Water Streets, [23] was opened on September 4, 1872. [24]
A closed entrance to the 45th Street station in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.. The 2005 New York City transit strike, held from December 20 through 22, 2005, was the third strike ever by the Transport Workers Union Local 100 against New York City's Transit Authority and involved between 32,000 and 34,000 strikers.
From September 8, 2002, until February 22, 2004, this service was extended northward to Pacific Street, due to reconstruction of the Coney Island station, running express north of 36th Street. On November 5, 2016, late night R trains were extended to Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan.
The 42nd Street Crosstown Line is a public transit line in Manhattan, running primarily along 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan.Originally a streetcar line, it is now the M42 bus route, operated by the MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit Authority brand.
The New York City Subway system differs from other railroad chaining systems in that it uses the engineer's chain of 100 feet (30.48 m) rather than the surveyor's chain of 66 feet (20.12 m). Chaining is used in the New York City Subway system in conjunction with train radios, in order to ascertain a train's location on a given line. [33]
A 2011 Nova Bus LFS (8056) on the Cambria Heights-bound Q27 at Main Street/39th Avenue. The Q27 begins at the New York City Subway's Flushing–Main Street station at Main Street and 39th Avenue.
On March 15, 1960, the New York City Transit Authority tested a new cleaning process on the walls of the Court Street station, which had been stained after years without use. [16] There were also plans to convert the abandoned station into a bowling alley in 1961, but these were not carried out. [ 17 ]
The Q10 bus route constitutes a public transit line in Queens, New York City, running primarily along Lefferts Boulevard between a transfer with the New York City Subway in Kew Gardens to the AirTrain JFK's Lefferts Boulevard station at John F. Kennedy International Airport.