The Brooklyn Manhattan Transit (BMT) has a history all its own. Originally known as the BRT (Brooklyn Rapid Transit), they originally used numbers to designate their trains from 1 to 16. There was also an unofficial #17 train linking the 14 st Canarsie line with the Fulton St el using the Atlantic Ave station on the train as the connection. The number system became a problem for the BMT because the IRT numbers were starting to overlap. For example, the Flushing line on the IRT was getting confused with the Franklyn Ave shuttle which had been called the #7 train from the 1930s until 1967. Eventually, as the IND company started recapturing BMT properties, the numbering system of the trains were gradually assimilated into the IND letter system. For example, the Culver #5 of yesterday became part of the train once the IND connected the Culver el along McDonald Ave with the Church Ave station.

BMT LINES INDIVIDUALLY

J	THE BROOKLYN ELEVATED RAILROAD	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD IN 1885	SERVICE BEGAN AT DRIGGS AVE ALONG BROADWAY PAST MARCY TO THE FERRY 1885	THE BRT BROADWAY, FULTON, AND JAMAICA ELS TO LIRR ATLANTIC AVE LINE ALLOWED EL TRAINS TO GO TO THE ROCKAWAYS 1896 - 1916	RENAMED THE BROOKLYN UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD 1899 - 1900	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER JULY 1, 1900	(BRT) RENAMED LINE THE JAMAICA EL AND ELECTRIFIED ON JULY 1, 1900	SOME OCCASIONAL SERVICE TO 168ST PROVIDED BY A RAMP AT CYPRESS HILLS TO THE STREETCAR TRACKS 1903	EXTENDED OVER THE WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE TO ESSEX ST AND ON THE OTHER END TO CRESCENT ST 9/16/1908	ESSEX ST WAS ALSO AN UNDERGROUND TROLLY TERMINAL AS WELL IN 1908	CHAMBERS ST TERMINAL OPENED AUG 4, 1913	LINE WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO 168ST JAMAICA 1913	CHAMBERS ST TERMINAL USED TO HANDLE TRAINS COMING OFF THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE PRIOR TO THE SIXTH AVE SUBWAY 1913 - 1967	CHAMBERS STREET TERMINAL ALSO SERVED BRIEFLY AS THE LIRR ROUTE OUT TO THE ROCKAWAYS 1913 - 1916	PLANS WERE MADE TO CONNECT CHAMBERS STREET TERMINAL WITH AN EL SERVICE FROM THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE BUT NEVER MATERIALIZED	A THIRD TRACK ADDED FOR EXPRESS SERVICE 1915 - 1916	ACCESS TO THE ROCKAWAYS LIRR BRANCH WAS PERMANENTLY SEVERED IN 1916	TRACES OF THIS LIRR CONNECTION CAN BE SEEN TODAY UNDER THE JAMAICA EL AS CROSSBEAMS ALONG FULTON ST IN EAST NEW YORK	BROADWAY FERRY TERMINAL CLOSED IN 1917	EXTENDED TO 111ST MAY 28, 1917	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER NOV 1, 1918	LINE CONVERTED TO STEEL CAR (BMT STANDARD) OPERATIONS 1918	ELEVATED LINE EXTENDED TO 168ST ON JULY 3, 1918	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	JAMAICA EL RENAMED 15 TRAIN IN 1924	15 TRAIN WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO 168ST IN 1924	THERE WAS ALSO A 14 TRAIN IN 1924	14 TRAIN WENT FROM CANAL TO ROCKAWAY PARKWAY 1924	THE 14ST SEGMENT OF LINE WAS CONNECTED TO CANARSIE LINE ON JULY 14, 1928	THIS SEGMENT OF TRACK EXTENDED THE 16 TRAIN 1928	WHEN 14ST SEGMENT CONNECTED, 14 TRAIN WAS RENAMED THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN 1928	THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN 14 TRAIN WAS DIMINISHED WHEN 14ST SEGMENT CONNECTED TO CANARSIE LINE IN 1928	MANHATTAN END OF LINE EXTENDED TO BROAD ST 5/30/1931	TROLLY SERVICE PHASED OUT FROM ESSEX ST STATION DEC 1948	THE 14 TRAIN WAS KNOWN AS THE BROADWAY SHORTLINE IN 1948	SATURDAY EXPRESS SERVICE ENDED 12/1/1951	THE JAMAICA EXPRESS 15 TRAIN WENT FROM CANAL TO 168ST 1959	THE JAMAICA LOCAL 15 TRAIN WENT FROM BROAD TO 168ST IN  1959	14 TRAIN WAS KNOWN AS THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN LOCAL IN 1959	SKIP STOP SERVICE BEGINS FROM EASTERN PARKWAY TO JAMAICA WITH THE 14 TRAIN ON 6/18/1959	15 TRAIN RENAMED J TRAIN IN 1960	THE J WENT FROM BROAD TO 168ST 1960 - 1967	THE CHRYSTIE ST CONNECTON ALLOWED IND TRAINS TO RIDE ON BMT TRACKS ON NOV 26, 1967	AFTER THIS OCCURRED, CHAMBERS STREET TERMINAL WAS NO LONGER CONNECTED WITH THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE 11/27/1967	J TRAIN RENAMED QJ TRAIN AND THROUGH ROUTED OVER THE BRIGHTEN LINE TO CONEY ISLAND ON 11/ 27/1967	THE QJ WENT FROM 168ST TO STILLWELL AVE 1967 - 1972	14 TRAIN PHASED OUT DUE TO SEVERED TRACK CONNECTIONS AT ATLANTIC AVE BETWEEN THE JAMAICA EL AND CANARSIE LINE 11/27/1967	THE JJ SERVICE BECAME THE LOCAL SKIP STOP SERVICE ALONG THE JAMAICA EL 11/27/1967	THE JJ WENT FROM CANAL TO 168ST OR CRESCENT 11/27/67	RJ SERVICE WAS ADDED 1967 - 1968	RJ WENT FROM 95ST  BAY RIDGE TO 168ST IN 1967	THE RJ DISCONTINUED 6/28/1968	THE LOCAL JJ SERVICE WAS DISCONTINUED 6/30/1968	THE KK SERVICE WAS IMPLEMENTED EXTENDING THE JAMAICA EL WITH THE SIXTH AVE SUBWAY ON JULY 1, 1968	KK WENT FROM 57ST/SIXTH AVE TO 168ST 1968 - 1973	QJ WAS CUT BACK TO BROAD ST AND RENAMED J ONCE AGAIN 12/30/1972	J WENT FROM BROAD TO 168ST 12/30/72	KK RENAMED K 1/2/1973	K WENT FROM 57ST TO BROADWAY JUNCTION 1973	JAMAICA EL DISCONTINUED NORTH OF QUEENS BLVD 6/14/1974	K DISCONTINUED 8/27/1976 BECAUSE OF TA's FINANCIAL TROUBLES	JAMAICA EL CLOSED FROM QUEENS BLVD TO 168ST 10/10/1977	THE J WENT FROM BROAD TO 121ST 1977 TO 1988	PRESENT DAY J TRAINS EXTENDED TO THE NEW ARCHER AVE LINE 12/10/88	J WENT FROM BROAD TO JAMAICA CENTER 12/10/88	Z TRAIN SKIP STOP SERVICE WITH THE J TRAIN WAS IMPLEMENTED 12/12/1988	THEY COULDN'T USE THE LETTER K BECAUSE THE AA TRAIN WAS RENAMED THE K THREE YEARS EARLIER	Z WENT FROM BROAD TO JAMAICA CENTER 12/12/88	WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE CLOSED FOR TOTAL REBUILDING ON 4/30/99	J WAS CUTBACK TO EASTERN PARKWAY DURING WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE CLOSING ON MAY 1, 1999	WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE RESTORED ON  SEPT 1, 1999	THE STATIONS CANAL ST, CITY HALL, CORTLANDT, RECTOR, AND WHITEHALL WERE OFF LIMITS FOR THE N AND R TRAINS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	BECAUSE THE N AND R COULDN'T TRAVEL TO THOSE FIVE STATIONS, THE J ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE R ROUTE FROM ARCHER AVE TO 95ST BROOKLYN ALONG THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY ROUTE 9/11/01	IN ADDITION, THE Z TRAIN WAS CLOSED ON 9/11/01	THE J AND Z WENT BACK TO THEIR NORMAL SERVICE PATTERNS 47 DAYS LATER FROM JAMAICA CENTER TO BROAD WHEN THE R AND N WERE RESTORED 10/28/01	ALABAMA AVE CLOSED FOR MODERNIZATION UNTIL DEC 2005	CHAMBERS STREET STATION HAS DEFERRED MAINTAINANCE FOR SEVERAL DECADES SINCE THE J AND Z DON'T SERVE MANHATTAN PRIMARILY
L	THE BROOKLYN AND ROCKAWAY BEACH RAILROAD	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD OCT 21, 1865	SERVICE BEGAN FROM EAST NEW YORK TO CANARSIE LANDING ON OCT 21, 1865	IT RAN DOWN VAN SINDEREN AVE TO LINDEN BLVD THEN THRU A PRIVATE RIGHT OF WAY TO ROCKAWAY PARKWAY BETWEEN E93ST AND E94ST TO CANARSIE LANDING	IT WAS DOUBLE TRACKED IN 1865	THIS WAS THE ORIGINAL SERVICE TO CANARSIE BEFORE THE 14ST SEGMENT WAS BUILT	THE BRT BROADWAY, FULTON, AND JAMAICA ELS TO LIRR ATLANTIC AVE LINE ALLOWED EL TRAINS TO GO TO THE ROCKAWAYS 1896 - 1916	THE CANARSIE RAILROAD COMPANY LEASED TO THE BROOKLYN UNION ELEVATED COMPANY BY THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) MAY 1906	LINE WAS ELEVATED FROM EAST NEW YORK TO NEW LOTS AVE AND RELOCATED PART OF LINE ADJACENT TO LIRR BRANCH 1906	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT TOOK OVER (BRT) JULY 28, 1906	(BRT) RENAMED THE CANARSIE LINE AND ELECTRIFIED JULY 28, 1906	IT RAN FROM BROADWAY FERRY TO CANARSIE SHORE IN 1906	IT OPENED FOR BRT SERVICE AS ANOTHER SERVICE FROM ROCKAWAY PARKWAY TO WILLIAMSBURG VIA THE BROADWAY EL WEST OF ATLANTIC AVE 1906	LINE EXTENDED OVER WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE TO CANAL ST 8/14/1913	CANARSIE LINE CUTBACK TO ROCKAWAY PKWAY 10/17/1913	AT ROCKAWAY PARKWAY, THERE WAS A TRANSFER TO STREETCARS THE REST OF THE WAY TO CANARSIE VIA THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN LINE (J, Z) AND CANARSIE LINE (L)	SURFACE TRACKS TO CANARSIE SHORE BECAME A STREET CAR LINE, LATER THE B42 BUS 10/17/1913	ACCESS TO THE ROCKAWAYS LIRR BRANCH WAS PERMANENTLY SEVERED IN 1916	ATLANTIC AVE STATION REBUILT UNDER THE DUAL CONTRACTS PART OF SUBWAY DEVELOPMENT IN 1916	BROADWAY FERRY TERMINAL CLOSED IN 1917	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER NOV 1, 1918	RUSH HOUR BROADWAY SHORTLINE SERVICE WENT FROM EASTERN PARKWAY TO ESSEX 1920s	LOCALS RAN FROM ATLANTIC OR EASTERN PARKWAY TO ESSEX DURING THE 1920s	THE (BRT) REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	THE 14ST SEGMENT WAS BUILT FROM SIXTH AVE TO MONTROSE JUNE 30, 1924	THIS SECTION OF TRACK WAS KNOWN AS THE 14st EASTERN DISTRICT 1924	EASTERN DISTRICT LINE KNOWN AS THE 16 TRAIN IN 1924	BROADWAY SHORTLINE RENAMED 14 TRAIN 1924 - 1967	14 TRAIN WENT FROM CANAL TO ROCKAWAY PKWAY 1924 UNTIL 1967	THE 14ST SEGMENT OF LINE WAS CONNECTED TO CANARSIE LINE ON JULY 14, 1928	THIS SEGMENT OF TRACK EXTENDED THE 16 TRAIN 1928	16 TRAIN WENT FROM 14ST/SIXTH AVE TO ROCKAWAY PKWAY 1928	WHEN 14ST SEGMENT CONNECTED, 14 TRAIN WAS RENAMED THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN 1928	THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN 14 TRAIN WAS DIMINISHED WHEN 14ST SEGMENT CONNECTED TO CANARSIE LINE IN 1928	14ST/8TH AVE TERMINAL OPENED ON 5/30/1931	16 TRAIN WENT FROM 14ST/8TH AVE TO ROCKAWAY PKWAY 1931	16 TRAIN EXPRESS WENT NONSTOP TO LORIMER-MYRTLE/WYKOFF AND LOCALS RAN 14ST/8TH TO MYRTLE OR ATLANTIC 5/30/1931	THE 14ST FULTON WAS UNOFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE 17 TRAIN 9/23/1936	17 TRAIN EXPRESS RAN FROM 14ST/8TH AVE TO LEFFERTS VIA CONNECTION WITH FULTON ST EL AT ATLANTIC AVE BEGAN 9/23/1936	THE 14 TRAIN WAS RENAMED THE BROADWAY SHORTLINE IN 1948	THE SATURDAY SERVICE ENDED ON 12/1/1951	SOME TRAINS RAN TO CRESCENT ON THE JAMAICA LINE 8/26/1956	17 TRAIN TO LEFFERTS VIA ATLANTIC AVE SEVERED FROM CANARSIE LINE 4/30/1956	THE 14 TRAIN WAS KNOWN AS THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN LOCAL IN 1959	SKIP STOP SERVICE WAS REDUCED TO A FEW PUT IN AND OUTS 6/18/59	14 TRAIN PHASED OUT DUE TO SEVERED CONNECTIONS AT ATLANTIC AVE BETWEEN THE JAMAICA EL AND CANARSIE LINE 11/27/1967	16 TRAIN RENAMED LL TRAIN 1967	LL WENT FROM 14ST/8TH TO ROCKAWAY PARKWAY 1967	THE LL TRAIN BECAME THE SOLE SERVICE FOR THE CANARSIE LINE 1967	LL TRAIN RENAMED L TRAIN 5/5/86	L WENT FROM 14ST/8TH AVE TO ROCKAWAY PARKWAY 1986 - PRESENT	ATLANTIC AVE BEING TORN DOWN FOR A MORE SIMPLISTIC EL IN 2001	REMNANTS OF THE FULTON ST EL ARE BEING USED AFTER MORE THAN 40 YEARS IN 2003	IT NOW CONNECTS WITH THE CANARSIE LINE FOR THE L TRAIN 2003 - PRESENT	THE REMAINS OF THE FULTON ST CONNECTION SOUTH OF ATLANTIC AVE WAS DEMOLISHED 2004
M	THE MYRTLE AVE - QUEENS BLVD SUBWAY	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD 4/10/1888	SERVICE BEGAN FROM METROPOLITAN TO PARK ROW 4/10/1888	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER AND ELECTRIFIED LINE ON 7/1/1900	THE SURFACE ROUTE WAS TRANSFERRED TO TROLLEY SERVICES WHEN THE MYRTLE LINE WAS ELEVATED IN 1913	THE SURFACE ROUTE TROLLEY SERVICE LASTED FROM 1913 - 1940s	TRAINS RAN FROM METROPOLITAN TO CHAMBERS AND CALLED THE MYRTLE/CHAMBERS SUBWAY 7/29/1914	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	THE (BRT) REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	THE MYRTLE AVE EL NAMED THE 11 TRAIN  1924	11 TRAIN WENT FROM SANDS TO METROPOLITAN 1924 - 1944	THE MYRTLE AVE EL CONNECTED TO THE NASSAU LOOP 5/30/1931	MYRTLE/CHAMBERS SUBWAY WAS NAMED THE 10 TRAIN 5/30/1931	10 TRAIN WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO METROPOLITAN 1931 - 1967	11 TRAIN WENT FROM SANDS TO METROPOLITAN 1931 - 1944	THE 11 TRAIN DISCONTINUED SERVICE TO PARK ROW AND WENT FROM JAY ST TO METROPOLITAN 1944	THE TROLLEY SERVICE UNDER THE MYRTLE AVE EL ENDED IN THE 1940s	TROLLEY SERVICE PHASED OUT FROM ESSEX ST STATION DEC 1948	THE LETTER M WAS USED FOR RUSH HOUR NASSAU ST SPECIALS FROM THE BRIGHTON LINE 1960	A SOUTHERN DIVISION SPECIAL ALSO RAN FROM 95ST TO  CHAMBERS VIA A NOW SEVERED CONNECTION WITH THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE 1960	THE NASSAU ST AND SOUTHERN DIVISION SPECIALS PHASED OUT 1962	10 TRAIN WAS RENAMED M TRAIN ON 11/27/1967	M WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO METROPOLITAN 1967 - 1968	11 TRAIN WAS RENAMED MJ TRAIN ON 11/27/1967	MJ WENT FROM BRIDGE/JAY ST TO METROPOLITAN 1967 - 1969	M WENT FROM BROAD TO METROPOLITAN 7/1/1968 - 1974	THE MJ SERVICE ENDED AND OFF HOUR SHUTTLE SERVICE TO MYRTLE BEGAN ON 10/3/1969	M TRAIN BRIDGES MYRTLE AVE EL WITH BRIGHTON LINE 1/2/1973	M WENT FROM STILLWELL TO METROPOLITAN 1974 - 1986	M TRAIN TAKEN FROM BRIGHTON LINE AND WENT FROM 95st BAY RIDGE TO METROPOLITAN 4/26/1986 - 1987	M TRAIN ROUTE TAKEN AWAY FROM BAY RIDGE AND PUT ON THE WEST END LINE 1987 - PRESENT	M TRAIN BECAME LOCAL ON 4TH AVE TO ALLOW N TRAIN TO GO EXPRESS 1994	MIDDAY SERVICE TO 9TH AVE DISCONTINUED APRIL 1995	THE FIRST M WENT FROM BAY PARKWAY TO CHAMBERS, THE SECOND M WENT FROM METROPOLITAN TO MARCEY 4/30/1999	THE STATIONS CANAL ST, CITY HALL, CORTLANDT, RECTOR, AND WHITEHALL WERE OFF LIMITS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS FOR THE N AND R TRAINS ON 9/11/01	THE M TRAIN ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE N ROUTE FROM METROPOLITAN TO STILLWELL VIA THE SEA BEACH LINE 9/11/01	THE M WENT BACK TO NORMAL SERVICES 47 DAYS LATER FROM JAMAICA CENTER TO BROAD WHEN THE N AND R WERE RESTORED 10/28/01 - PRESENT	THE TROLLEY TRACKS ARE STILL VISIBLE ON WOODBINE ST BETWEEN ONDERDUNK AND WOODWARD AVE IN BROOKLYN 1888 - PRESENT	IT SHADOWS MYRTLE AVE AND PALMETTO ST BUT DETOURS BETWEEN STREETS UNTIL DESCENDING TO GRADE LEVEL TERMINATING AT METROPOLITAN AVE 1888 - PRESENT	M TRAIN MOVED AWAY FROM WEST END LINE 6/25/2010	THE M TRAIN MERGED WITH THE V LINE IN 6/25/2010	M NOW SERVES SIXTH AVE AND QUEENS BLVD SUBWAYS 6/25/2010	IT'S NOW KNOWN AS AN EXTENDED M TRAIN AND THE V IS PHASED OUT	THE M IS ORANGE AS OF JUNE 25, 2010 TO SHOW ITS PART OF THE SIXTH AVE SUBWAY AND QUEENS BLVD LINE
N	THE NEW YORK AND SEA BEACH RAILROAD	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD JULY 18, 1877	SERVICE BEGAN FROM THE 64ST PIER TO BATH JUNCTION ON JUL 18, 1877	IT REACHED SEA BEACH PALACE HOTEL AND TERMINATED AT SEA BEACH DEPOT IN 1879	SEA BEACH DEPOT WAS LOCATED BETWEEN W 8 ST AND W 11 ST NEAR THE WORLD'S FIRST ROLLERCOASTER CALLED THE SWITCHBACK 1879	THE NY&SB WENT BANKRUPT BEING JUST A SEASONAL RAILROAD FROM MAY TO SEPTEMBER IN 1881	IT WAS REORGANIZED INTO THE NEW YORK AND SEA BEACH RAILWAY IN 1883	THE SEASON WAS GOOD THAT YEAR AND THEY RAN UNTIL OCTOBER 22, 1883	THE SEASON RESUMED APRIL 11 AND THEY STARTED RUNNING YEAR ROUND IN 1884	THE ENTIRE LINE WAS DOUBLE TRACKED THRU MOSTLY UNPOPULATED GRAVESEND AND BENSONHURST IN 1885	THE NY&SB LEASED ANOTHER LINE CALLED THE SEA BEACH AND BRIGHTEN RAILROAD FROM 86ST AND AVE W ALONG TODAY'S BOYNTON PLACE TO BRIGHTEN BEACH IN 1886	TRAINS NEVER RAN ON THIS MINOR BRANCH BECAUSE OF QUESTIONABLE BRIDGE CONDITIONS FROM THE START 1886	RAILS WERE RIPPED UP BUT USED AS SPARE PARTS FOR THE NEW YORK AND SEA BEACH RAILWAY IN 1886	PORTIONS OF THIS MINOR RAILROAD BETWEEN McDONALD AVE AND BRIGHTEN BEACH BECAME THE EXPERIMENTAL BOYNTON BICYCLE RAILROAD 1886	THE BOYNTON BICLYCLE RAILWAY WAS A VERY EARLY MONORAIL SYSTEM SHUNNED BY THE PUBLIC IN THOSE YEARS 1886	LESS THAN 100 YEARS LATER, THIS TECHNOLOGY WAS USED IN DISNEY WORLD AND FOR THE NEW JFK MONORAIL TO KENNEDY AIRPORT	THE NY&SB OPENED A LINE INTO THE BROOKLYN JOCKEY CLUB RACETRACK FROM KINGS HWY TO AVE S IN 1889	THIS SPUR OF TRACK WASN'T SUCCESSFUL AND CLOSED THE SAME YEAR 1889	RENAMED THE SEA BEACH RAILWAY COMPANY 1896 TO 1900	THE SEA BEACH RAILWAY WAS LEASED TO THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RAILROAD COMPANY (THIRD AVE EL) IN 1897	THE SEA BEACH RAILWAY WAS ELECTRIFIED WITH TROLLY WIRE IN 1897	IT CONNECTED TO 3RD AVE AND 65ST WITH THE THIRD AVE EL 1897 - 1898	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER LINE 1900	RENAMED THE SEA BEACH LINE IN 1900	IT WENT FROM SEA BEACH DEPOT TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN IN 1903	SEA BEACH TRAINS STARTED TERMINATING AT WEST END DEPOT IN 1910	THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE 3 CENT TROLLY LINE RAN A SERVICE TEMPORARILY UNTIL THE (BRT) CONNECTED ITS TRACKS TO THE BRIDGE 1912	SEA BEACH LINE SEVERED FROM THIRD AVE EL 1913	THE OLD SURFACE SEA BEACH RAILROAD TRACKS WERE DISMANTLED 1913	THE JUNCTION WITH THE WEST END LINE WAS BROKEN AT BATH JUNCTION SO TODAY'S SEA BEACH LINE COULD PASS UNDERNEATH IN 1913	THE PRESENT DAY SEA BEACH LINE WAS REBUILT IN BROOKLYN 1913 TO 1915	THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE 3 CENT TROLLY MOVED TO THE UPPER ROADWAY ON THE BRIDGE IN 1915	SEA BEACH LINE CONNECTED WITH FOURTH AVE SUBWAY TO CHAMBERS 8/23/1915	EXTENDED TO UNION SQUARE ON 4/14/1918	EXTENDED TO TIMES SQUARE ON 4/14/1918	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER ON NOV 1, 1918	SEA BEACH TRAINS BEGAN GOING TO THE STILLWELL AVE TERMINAL ON 6/13/1919	THE (BRT) REORGANIZED AND BECAME THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	SEA BEACH LINE RENAMED 4 TRAIN IN 1924	4 TRAIN WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO STILLWELL 1924	SEA BEACH LINE WAS UNIFIED INTO NYC TRANSIT SYSTEM JUNE, 1, 1940	4 TRAIN RENAMED N TRAIN 1951	N WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO STILLWELL 1951 - 1957	EXTENDED N WENT FROM 57st/7TH AVE TO STILLWELL 5/2/1957 - 1976	N TRAIN BRIDGES SEA BEACH LINE WITH IND QUEENS BLVD LINE FROM 71ST CONTINENTAL TO STILLWELL 8/27/1976	BECAME PERMANENT LOCAL VIA MONTAGUE TUNNEL DUE TO MANHATTAN BRIDGE REROUTE 4/26/1986	WEST END AND BRIGHTON SERVICE MOVED TO BROADWAY SIDE OF BRIDGE 4/26/1986	N TRAIN TAKEN FROM QUEENS BLVD LINE AND PUT ON ASTORIA EL MAY 1987	N WENT FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL 1987	FULL SERVICE ON MANHATTAN BRIDGE BRIEFLY RESTORED 1990	MANHATTAN BRIDGE OUT OF SERVICE AGAIN DUE TO A CRACKED BEAM 1990	N TRAIN CAME BACK TO STILLWELL AVE 1996	THE STATIONS CANAL ST, CITY HALL, CORTLANDT, RECTOR, AND WHITEHALL WERE OFF LIMITS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	BECAUSE N AND R COULDN'T TRAVEL TO THOSE FIVE STATIONS, THE M TRAIN ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE N ROUTE FROM METROPOLITAN TO STILLWELL VIA THE SEA BEACH LINE 9/11/01	N TRAIN RETURNED TO NORMAL SERVICES FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL AFTER 47 DAYS ON 10/28/01	THE ONLY STATION IN TERRIBLE SHAPE WAS CORTLANDT ON THE N AND R SO IT REMAINED CLOSED A WHILE LONGER SINCE THE ATTACKS	THE SUBSTITUTE M SERVICE WENT BACK TO NORMAL FROM METROPOLITAN TO BAY PARKWAY WHEN THE N CAME BACK ON 10/28/01 - PRESENT	N TRAIN ENDS AT 86 ST ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE OF THE STILLWELL, WEST 8 ST, NEPTUNE, AND OCEAN PARKWAY RESTORATIONS 11/5/01	N TRAIN PLATFORM IS GONE FROM STILLWELL AVE EARLY 2002	CORTLANDT WAS REOPENED ALMOST A YEAR LATER FOR THE N, R, AND W TRAINS ON 9/8/02	THE SEA BEACH LINE IN BROOKLYN TURNED 90 YEARS OLD IN 2004	IT NEEDS MORE T.L.C. AND A FACELIFT SIMILAR TO THE FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE	ALL FOUR TRACKS ON THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE BACK IN SERVICE ON 2/22/04	N TRAIN RETURNED TO STILLWELL AVE 5/29/2005	CORTLANDT CLOSED ONCE AGAIN FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2005 UNTIL APRIL 2007	CORTLANDT REOPENED ONCE AGAIN FOR N,R,W TRAINS ON 11/25/2009
Q	THE BROOKLYN, FLATBUSH, AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD 7/2/1878	SERVICE WENT FROM FLATBUSH AND OCEAN AVES TO BRIGHTON BEACH HOTEL 7/2/1878	PLANS WERE MADE TO EXTEND THE LINE TO FLATBUSH AND ATLANTIC AVES TO INTERSECT THE LIRR IN 1878	THE LIRR ALLOWED THE BF&CI TO END AT ITS TERMINAL BUT THE RELATIONSHIP WASN'T LONG LASTING 8/19/1878	TWO YEARS EARLIER, AUSTIN CORBIN BUILT THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILROAD STARTED RUNNING TRAINS TO MANHATTAN BEACH HOTEL	THE TRACKS WERE ALONG TODAY'S EAST 17 ST FROM AVE H TO SHEEPSHEAD BAY	AUSTIN TOOK CONTROL OF THE LIRR IN 1880	THROUGH A SERIES OF MERGERS, THE LIRR OWNED THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILROAD WHICH WAS COMPETITIVE TO THE BRIGHTEN LINE IN 1882	THE MANHATTAN BEACH LINE WAS A YEAR ROUND OPERATION WHILE THE BRIGHTON WAS SEASONAL 1882	THE LIRR TERMINATED THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BF&CI AND NO LONGER ENDED AT FLATBUSH AND ATLANTIC AVES DECEMBER 1883	THE BF&CI NOW TERMINATED AT BEDFORD TERMINAL AT FRANKLYN AND ATLANTIC AVES IN 1883	THE BF&CI WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY WITHOUT THE PROFITS GENERATED FROM THE LIRR CONNECTION 1883	THE BF&CI WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN AND BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD 1887	THE B&BB MADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE KINGS COUNTY ELEVATED COMPANY TO ROUTE ITS TRAINS TO DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN USING THE FULTON ST EL 1894	THE LIRR SAW THIS AS A THREAT AND TRIED TO AVOID THIS CONNECTION FROM HAPPENING IN 1894	LIGHTWEIGHT ELEVATED STRUCTURE INCLINE WAS BUILT INCLUDING DEAN ST STATION TO ALLOW FULTON ST EL SERVICE TO BRIGHTEN BEACH RAILROAD 1894 TO 1896	THE BROOKLYN AND BRIGHTEN BEACH RAILROAD CONNECTED WITH FULTON ST EL 8/15/1896	THE BRIGHTON LINE WAS ELECTRIFIED USING TROLLEY WIRE IN 1896	TROLLEY WIRE WENT FROM FULTON ST AND FRANKLYN TO NEWKIRK AVE IN 1896	LATER THE TROLLY WIRE EXTENDED FROM NEWKIRK TO BRIGHTON BEACH IN 1899	THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILROAD GOT COMPETITIVE AND CONNECTED TO THE FIFTH AVE EL AT 36ST AND 5TH AVE IN 1896	NASSAU ELECTRIC COMPANY TOOK OVER 1899	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER THE LINE ON 7/1/1900	THE BRIGHTON WENT FROM PARK ROW TO BRIGHTON BEACH HOTEL 7/9/1900	ELECTRIFICATION ENABLED STREETCAR COMPANIES ABSORBED BY THE (BRT) TO USE THE BRIGHTON LINE TO RUN TROLLIES TO CONEY ISLAND IN 1900	A RAMP WAS BUILT AT PROSPECT PARK TO ALLOW TROLLIES THIS CONNECTION FROM 1900 - 1905	AS PART OF THE (BRT) OWNERSHIP, THE LIRR MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH RECEIVED CONNECTING SERVICE AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY FROM THE BRIGHTON LINE 1905	THIS RESULTED IN A SIX TRACK EMBANKMENT SPUR ON THE CURRENT BRIGHTON LINE FROM AVE J TO AV X IN 1905	A STRONGER EMBANKMENT WAS BUILT BETWEEN THE FULTON ST EL AND BRIGHTON LINE IN 1907	THE MANHATTAN BEACH HOTEL WAS DEMOLISHED 1907	BRIGHTON BEACH RACE TRACKS CLOSED 1908	SHEEPSHEAD BAY RACE TRACKS CLOSED 1910	THE ORIENTAL HOTEL CLOSED 1916	THE SECTION FROM SHEEPSHEAD BAY AND OCEAN PARKWAY OPENED 4/22/17	IT EXTENDED TO W 8 ST 5/30/1917	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER ON 11/1/1918	A MAJOR UPGRADE WAS BUILT FOR THE BRIGHTON LINE FROM FRANKLYN TO SHEEPSHEAD BAY IN 1918	IT RAN IN AN OPEN CUT FROM PROSPECT PARK TO NEWKIRK AND THEN RAMPED TO AN EARTH EMBANKMENT TO SHEEPSHEAD BAY 1918	THE BRIGHTON LINE STARTED GOING TO STILLWELL AVE TERMINAL 5/29/1919	THE REMAINING SURFACE ROUTE OF BRIGHTON LINE WAS ELEVATED 1919	THE SECTION BETWEEN PROSPECT PARK AND CHURCH AVE WAS INCREASED TO FOUR TRACKS 9/26/1919	BRIGHTON LINE CUT OFF CONNECTION WITH FULTON ST EL AND REMNANT BECAME FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE 1920	BRIGHTON LINE CONNECTED WITH FOURTH AVE SUBWAY 8/1/1920	THE (BRT) REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	THE MANHATTAN BEACH RAILROAD CONNECTION TO THE BRIGHTON LINE CEASED OPERATIONS 5/14/1924	FROM AVE J TO AVE X, YOU CAN SEE WHERE THE MANHATTAN RAILROAD TRACKS USED TO BE ALONG TODAY'S BRIGHTON LINE SINCE 1924	1a TRAIN WENT FROM LEXINGTON AVE TO STILLWELL VIA BRIGHTON 1927 - 1949	AM RUSH HOUR SPECIALS BEGAN TO CHAMBERS VIA THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE 1930s	FREIGHT CONTINUED ON THE MANHATTAN BEACH SECTION OF TRACKS SINCE 1900 UNTIL IT WAS TORN UP TO BECOME EAST 17 STREET AFTER 1937	BRIGHTON LINE SERVICE BECAME KNOWN AS THE RENAMED 1b TRAIN 1948 - 1959	1b TRAIN WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO STILLWELL 1948 - 1959	1a RENAMED 1 TRAIN FROM QUEENSBORO PLAZA TO STILLWELL VIA BRIGHTON 1949	1 TRAIN, QT, AND RR WERE THRU ROUTED TO THE ASTORIA EL PHASING OUT BMT 8 TRAIN 10/17/1949	PM NASSAU ST SPECIALS INAUGURATED WEEKDAYS ON 6/29/1950	SATURDAY NASSAU SPECIALS END 6/21/1952	ALL 1b EXPRESSES WENT FROM 57ST/7TH TO STILLWELL ON 6/26/1952	WEEKDAY 1c LOCALS EXTENDED THROUGH NEW CONNECTION WITH IND QUEENS BLVD LINE TO 71ST CONTINENTAL 12/1/1955	1 EXPRESS ALSO EXTENDED TO ASTORIA EL TO REPLACE LOCALS WHICH RAN TO CHAMBERS VIA TUNNEL ON MAY 4, 1957	1b EXPRESSES MADE LOCAL STOPS IN BROOKLYN ON 5/28/1959	NASSAU SPECIALS RUN VIA TUNNEL IN PEAK DIRECTION, VIA MANHATTAN BRIDGE REVERSE PEAK DIRECTION 5/28/1959	LOCAL 1 TRAIN RAN TO FRANKLYN 6/6/1959	1b TRAIN RENAMED QB TRAIN IN 1959	QB WENT FROM 57ST TO STILLWELL 1959 TO 1964	EXPRESS TRAIN RENAMED Q TRAIN, LOCAL WAS CALLED QT VIA TUNNEL, AND LOCAL VIA BRIDGE WAS CALLED QB 11/15/1960	QT RAN FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL ON 11/15/60	SATURDAYS QT RAN TO FRANKLYN WHILE Q EXPRESS RAN TO ASTORIA 1/1/1961	Q RAN FROM 57ST TO BRIGHTEN BEACH 1/1/1961	QB RAN OTHER TIMES DURING THE WEEK 1/1/1961	SATURDAY Q DISCONTINUED, QB RAN TO ASTORIA MAKING LOCAL STOPS 4/2/1962	EXPRESS TRACKS OUT OF SERVICE FOR PLATFORM EXTENSIONS TO IND STANDARDS 2/10/64 TO 11/2/64	QT RAN FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL 1964 - 1967	Ic SERVICE PHASED OUT IN 1964	THE CHRYSTIE ST CONNECTION ALLOWED THE BMT TO CONNECT WITH THE IND TRACKS ON 11/26/1967	QT, Q, AND 1 TRAIN SERVICES WERE ELIMINATED 11/26/1967	THE D, QJ, AND NX TOOK THEIR PLACES BUT RIDERS OPPOSED THE LOSS OF BROADWAY SERVICE ON 11/26/1967	1 TRAIN PHASED OUT AS THE LAST OF THE NUMBERS ON THE BMT SYSTEM 11/26/1967	3 AM RUSH HOUR QJ TRAINS WERE DESIGNATED AS QB TO RUN LOCAL IN BROOKLYN OVER THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE AND BROADWAY TO 57ST AFTER PEOPLE COMPLAINED 1967	QB CUTBACK FROM ASTORIA EL AND ENDED AT 57ST 1967 - 1986	NX PHASED OUT OF SERVICE 4/12/1968	THE QJ PHASED OUT TO BECOME THE J 1972 - PRESENT	Q TRAIN CUT BACK TO BRIGHTEN BEACH DUE TO TRACK WORK AND RAN SKIP STOP SERVICE WITH THE D TRAIN APRIL 26, 1986	D TRAIN WAS SENT TO 57ST AND 7TH AVE DUE TO MANHATTAN BRIDGE WORK 4/26/1986	QB RENAMED Q TRAIN 5/5/86	BOTH PROJECTS ENDED AND Q TRAIN WAS ROUTED UP 6TH AVE INSTEAD OF BWAY 12/12/1988	Q TRAIN EXTENDED TO 207TH ST ON THE A AND C LINES DUE TO ASBESTOS FLOOD SEPTEMBER 1989	63RD STREET TUNNEL OPENED AND Q TRAIN EXTENDED TO 21ST QUEENSBRIDGE 10/30/1989	SOON AFTER, EVENING SERVICE TO 2ND AVE REPLACED BY THE B TRAIN 1989	MANHATTAN BRIDGE WAS FULLY CLOSED AND Q TRAIN WAS PUT BACK ON BROADWAY 4/30/95 UNTIL 11/12/95	Q TRAIN PUT BACK ON SIXTH AVE BECAUSE OF 63RD ST TRACK BED FAULTY DESIGN 1999 - 2000	Q TRAIN PUT BACK ON BROADWAY ROUTE BECAUSE OF MANHATTAN BRIDGE TROUBLES IN 2001	D TRAIN LEFT BRIGHTEN LINE AGAIN DUE TO MANHATTAN BRIDGE TROUBLES AND Q WAS BY ITSELF ALONG THE BRIGHTON ROUTE IN BROOKLYN 2001	THE Q TRAIN ENDED AT BRIGHTEN BEACH DUE TO THE STILLWELL, WEST 8 ST, NEPTUNE, AND OCEAN PARKWAY RESTORATIONS 9/7/2002	ALL FOUR TRACKS ON MANHATTAN BRIDGE BACK IN SERVICE ON 2/22/04	BRIGHTON LINE TAKEN OVER BY THE B TRAIN AND EXISTING Q TRAIN 2/22/04	THE B WENT FROM 168ST TO BRIGHTON BEACH 2/22/04	THE Q WENT FROM 57ST TO BRIGHTON BEACH 2/22/04	Q TRAIN RETURNED TO STILLWELL AVE USING BROADWAY ROUTE FROM 57ST TO STILLWELL 5/23/04 TO PRESENT	THE 1905 AVE H TRAIN STATION BECAME A LANDMARK 6/29/2004	ORIGINALLY BUILT AS A REAL ESTATE OFFICE IN 1905 TO SELL HOMES IN MIDWOOD	IT WAS CALLED FISKE TERRACE STATION IN 1907 AND TURNED INTO A RAILROAD HOUSE
R	THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY	CONNECTED TO THE SEA BEACH LINE 8/23/1915	SERVICE BEGAN FROM 86TH TO CHAMBERS VIA THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE 1/15/1916	CONNECTED TO THE WEST END LINE 9/15/1916	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	BROADWAY LOCAL SERVICE BEGAN FROM TIMES SQUARE TO WHITEHALL 4/14/1918	EXTENDED TO 57ST ON 6/19/1919	MONTAGUE ST TUNNEL OPENED ALLOWING SERVICE FROM 86ST TO LEXINGTON AVE ON 8/1/1920	CONNECTED TO THE BRIGHTON LINE 8/1/1920	CHAMBERS SERVICE WAS SUSPENDED FOR A FEW YEARS AFTER 8/1/1920	THE (BRT) REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	FOURTH AVE SUBWAY RENAMED 2 TRAIN IN 1924 - 1949	2 TRAIN WENT FROM 86TH BAY RIDGE - LEXINGTON AVE 1924 - 1949	THE 95ST STATION OPENED IN BAY RIDGE 10/27/1925	FOURTH AVE SUBWAY CONNECTED TO THE CULVER LINE 5/30/1931	NASSAU LOOP WAS COMPLETED ALLOWING NASSAU ST SPECIALS VIA THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE AM RUSH 1930s	FOURTH AVE SUBWAY CONNECTED TO ASTORIA EL 10/17/1949	8 TRAIN WAS PHASED OUT AND 2 TRAIN WENT FROM 95ST TO DITMARS 10/17/1949	PM NASSAU SPECIALS INAUGURATED WEEKDAYS ON 6/29/1950	SATURDAY NASSAU ST SPECIALS END 6/21/1952	NYC TRANSIT OPENS TRACK CONNECTION BETWEEN 60TH STREET TUNNEL AND QUEENS BLVD LINE TO LINK BMT WITH IND 12/1/1955	2 TRAIN RENAMED RR 1960	RR TRAIN WAS PUT ON QUEENS BLVD LINE INSTEAD OF ASTORIA EL 1/1/1961	RR WENT FROM 95ST TO FOREST HILLS 1964 -1966	RR TRAIN PUT BACK ON ASTORIA EL ONCE AGAIN SINCE THE EE WENT TO QUEENS BLVD LINE TO 71 CONTINENTAL AVE 11/27/1967	THE NASSAU ST SPECIAL CAME BACK ONCE AGAIN CALLED THE RJ BRIDGING THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY WITH THE JAMAICA EL 11/27/1967	RJ TRAIN WAS PHASED OUT AND THE RJ BECAME THE RR SPECIALS TO CHAMBERS 1968	THE RR NASSAU SPECIAL WAS ELIMINATED 1986	RR RENAMED R TRAIN 5/5/86	R WENT FROM 95ST TO DITMARS 1986	R TRAIN WAS PUT BACK ON QUEENS BLVD LINE TO 71 CONTINENTAL INSTEAD OF ASTORIA EL MAY 1987	R TRAIN EXTENDED TO 179ST TO REPLACE THE E TRAIN THAT MOVED TO ARCHER AVE 12/11/1988	R WENT FROM 95ST - 179ST 12/11/1988	SOON AFTER, THE R TRAIN ENDED AT 71 CONTINENTAL ONCE AGAIN BECAUSE LOCAL RIDERS PAST CONTINENTAL WANTED THE F TRAIN 1989	THE R TRAIN WAS EXTENDED TO JAMAICA CENTER TO REPLACE THE E TRAIN DUE TO 53st TUNNEL WORK FROM MAY TO AUG 2000	THE R TRAIN RETURNED TO ITS 95ST TO 71 CONTINENTAL AVE PATTERN SEPT 2000	NO R TRAIN AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	THE STATIONS CANAL ST, CITY HALL, CORTLANDT, RECTOR, AND WHITEHALL WERE OFF LIMITS AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	BECAUSE R AND N COULDN'T TRAVEL TO THOSE FIVE STATIONS, THE J ASSUMED CONTROL OF THE R TRAIN FROM ARCHER AVE TO 95ST BROOKLYN ALONG THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY ROUTE 9/11/01	THE R TRAIN REOPENED 47 DAYS LATER WITH NORMAL SERVICES FROM 179ST TO 95ST BROOKLYN ON 10/28/01 - PRESENT	THE J WENT BACK TO NORMAL AS WELL FROM JAMAICA CENTER TO BROAD ON 10/28/01 - PRESENT	CORTLANDT WAS REOPENED ALMOST A YEAR LATER FOR THE R, N, AND W TRAINS 9/8/02	CORTLANDT CLOSED ONCE AGAIN FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2005 UNTIL APRIL 2007	CORTLANDT REOPENED ONCE AGAIN FOR R,N,W TRAINS ON 11/25/2009
S	THE BROOKLYN, FLATBUSH, AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD 7/2/1878	SERVICE WENT FROM FLATBUSH AND OCEAN AVES TO BRIGHTON BEACH HOTEL 7/2/1878	PLANS WERE MADE TO EXTEND THE LINE TO FLATBUSH AND ATLANTIC AVES TO INTERSECT THE LIRR IN 1878	THE LIRR ALLOWED THE BF&CI TO END AT ITS TERMINAL BUT THE RELATIONSHIP WASN'T LONG LASTING 8/19/1878	TWO YEARS EARLIER, AUSTIN CORBIN BUILT THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILROAD STARTED RUNNING TRAINS TO MANHATTAN BEACH HOTEL	THE TRACKS WERE ALONG TODAY'S EAST 17 ST FROM AVE H TO SHEEPSHEAD BAY	AUSTIN TOOK CONTROL OF THE LIRR IN 1880	THROUGH A SERIES OF MERGERS, THE LIRR OWNED THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILROAD WHICH WAS COMPETITIVE TO THE BRIGHTON LINE IN 1882	THE MANHATTAN BEACH LINE WAS A YEAR ROUND OPERATION WHILE THE BRIGHTON WAS SEASONAL 1882	THE LIRR TERMINATED THE AGREEMENT WITH THE BF&CI AND NO LONGER ENDED AT FLATBUSH AND ATLANTIC AVES DECEMBER 1883	THE BF&CI NOW TERMINATED AT BEDFORD TERMINAL AT FRANKLYN AND ATLANTIC AVES IN 1883	THE BF&CI WENT INTO BANKRUPTCY WITHOUT THE PROFITS GENERATED FROM THE LIRR CONNECTION 1883	THE BF&CI WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN AND BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD 1887	RENAMED THE BROOKLYN AND BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD 1887	LIGHTWEIGHT ELEVATED INCLINE WAS BUILT INCLUDING DEAN ST STATION TO ALLOW FULTON ST EL SERVICE TO BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD 1894 - 1896	THE B&BB MADE NEGOTIATIONS WITH THE KINGS COUNTY ELEVATED COMPANY TO ROUTE ITS TRAINS TO DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN USING THE FULTON ST EL 1894	THE LIRR SAW THIS AS A THREAT AND TRIED TO AVOID THIS CONNECTION FROM HAPPENING IN 1894	THE BROOKLYN AND BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD CONNECTED WITH FULTON ST EL TO MANHATTAN OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO PARK ROW 8/15/1896	THE BRIGHTON - FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE USED TO BE A STEAM RAILROAD BRIDGING THE BRIGHTON LINE WITH THE FULTON ST EL 1896 - 1900	THE BRIGHTON LINE WAS ELECTRIFIED USING TROLLEY WIRE IN 1896	THE BROOKLYN AND BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD CONNECTED WITH FULTON ST EL 8/15/1896	THE BRIGHTON LINE WAS ELECTRIFIED USING TROLLEY WIRE IN 1896	TROLLY WIRE WENT FROM FULTON ST AND FRANKLYN TO NEWKIRK AVE IN 1896	THE NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILROAD GOT COMPETITIVE AND CONNECTED TO THE FIFTH AVE EL AT 36ST AND 5TH AVE IN 1896	LATER THE TROLLEY WIRE EXTENDED FROM NEWKIRK TO BRIGHTON BEACH IN 1899	NASSAU ELECTRIC COMPANY TOOKOVER 1899	ELECTRIFICATION ENABLED STREETCAR COMPANIES ABSORBED BY THE (BRT) TO USE THE BRIGHTON LINE TO RUN TROLLIES TO CONEY ISLAND IN 1900	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER LINE 7/1/1900	THE BRIGHTON WENT FROM PARK ROW TO BRIGHTEN BEACH HOTEL 7/9/1900	A RAMP WAS BUILT AT PROSPECT PARK TO ALLOW TROLLIES THIS CONNECTION FROM 1900 - 1905	AS PART OF THE (BRT) OWNERSHIP, THE LIRR MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH RECEIVED CONNECTING SERVICE AT SHEEPSHEAD BAY FROM THE BRIGHTON LINE 1905	A STRONGER EMBANKMENT WAS BUILT BETWEEN THE FULTON ST EL AND BRIGHTON LINE IN 1907	THE SECTION FROM SHEEPSHEAD BAY AND OCEAN PARKWAY OPENED 4/22/17	IT EXTENDED TO W 8 ST 5/30/1917	A MAJOR UPGRADE WAS BUILT FOR THE BRIGHTON LINE FROM FRANKLYN TO SHEEPSHEAD BAY IN 1918	IT RAN IN AN OPEN CUT FROM PROSPECT PARK TO NEWKIRK AND THEN RAMPED TO AN EARTH EMBANKMENT TO SHEEPSHEAD BAY 1918	THE (BRT) WENT BANRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER ON TODAY'S FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE 11/1/1918	THE BRIGHTON LINE STARTED GOING TO STILLWELL AVE TERMINAL 5/29/1919	THE REMAINING SURFACE ROUTE OF BRIGHTON LINE WAS ELEVATED 1919	THE SECTION BETWEEN PROSPECT PARK AND CHURCH AVE WAS INCREASED TO FOUR TRACKS 9/26/1919	BRIGHTON LINE CUT OFF CONNECTION WITH FULTON ST EL AND REMNANT BECAME FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE 8/1/1920	BRIGHTON LINE CONNECTED WITH FOURTH AVE SUBWAY 8/1/1920	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	THE MANHATTAN BEACH RAILROAD CONNECTION TO THE BRIGHTON LINE CEASED OPERATIONS 5/14/1924	FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE RENAMED 7 TRAIN 1934	7 TRAIN WENT FROM FRANKLYN TO PROSPECT PARK 1934	FREIGHT CONTINUED ON THE MANHATTAN BEACH SECTION OF TRACKS FROM 1900 - 1937 UNTIL IT WAS TORN UP TO BECOME EAST 17 STREET	1 EXPRESS ALSO EXTENDED TO ASTORIA EL TO REPLACE LOCALS WHICH RAN TO CHAMBERS VIA TUNNEL ON 5/4/1957	LOCAL 1 TRAIN RAN TO FRANKLYN 6/6/1959	QT RAN FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL ON 11/15/60	SATURDAYS QT RAN TO FRANKLYN WHILE Q EXPRESS RAN TO ASTORIA 1/1/1961	7 TRAIN RENAMED SS TRAIN 11/1/1965	SS WENT FROM FRANKLYN TO PROSPECT PARK 1965 - 1986	THE CHRYSTIE ST CONNECTION ALLOWED THE BMT TO CONNECT WITH THE IND TRACKS ON 11/26/1967	QT, Q, AND 1 TRAIN SERVICES WERE ELIMINATED 11/26/1967	1 TRAIN PHASED OUT AS THE LAST OF THE NUMBERS ON THE BMT SYSTEM 11/27/1967	SS RENAMED S TRAIN 5/5/86	S WENT FROM FRANKLYN TO PROSPECT PARK 1986 - PRESENT	FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE EXTENDED OVER BRIGHTON LINE TO CONEY ISLAND DURING THE 1990's	THE FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE WAS IN A BAD STATE OF NEGLECT FOR OVER 30 YEARS	IT TURNED ALMOST 120 YEARS OLD AND WAS CLOSED FOR REBUILDING 4/1998 - 10/1999	DEAN ST STATION WAS NOT INCLUDED WITH THE NEWER DESIGN 4/1998 TO 10/1999	THE FRANKLYN AVE SHUTTLE WAS ENTIRELY REBUILT TO EXCELLENT STANDARDS OCTOBER 1999 TO PRESENT
W	THE ASTORIA EL BROADWAY SUBWAY	WEST END LINE SERVED BY THE W TRAIN AND EXISTING M TRAIN IN 7/22/2001	THE W WENT FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL 2001 - 2004	CORTLANDT WAS REOPENED ALMOST A YEAR LATER FOR THE W, N, AND R TRAINS 9/8/02	THE W WAS CUTBACK FROM WEST END LINE AND TAKEN OVER BY THE D TRAIN WITH EXISTING M TRAIN 2/22/04	THE W ROUTE CHANGED TO DITMARS TO WHITEHALL 2/22/04 - PRESENT	THE D WENT FROM 205ST TO STILLWELL 2/22/04 - PRESENT	B TRAIN RETURNED TO CONEY ISLAND BUT THIS TIME ON THE BRIGHTON LINE FROM BEDFORD PARK BLVD TO BRIGHTON BEACH ON 2/22/04 - PRESENT	CORTLANDT CLOSED ONCE AGAIN FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2005 UNTIL APRIL 2007	CORTLANDT REOPENED ONCE AGAIN FOR W,N,R TRAINS ON 11/25/2009	W TRAIN ALMOST CUT FROM SERVICE ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS IN 2009	UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAST DAY OF SERVICE FOR THE W TRAIN WAS 6/25/2010	THE W WILL BECOME AN EXTENDED Q ALONG THE ASTORIA EL 6/25/2010	W COULD POSSIBLY COME BACK ONCE SECOND AVE SUBWAY IS FINISHED BEING BUILT
Z	THE JAMAICA EL SKIP STOP SERVICE	Z BECAME THE SKIP STOP SERVICE WITH THE J TRAIN 12/12/1988	Z WENT FROM BROAD TO JAMAICA CENTER 12/12/1988	CUTBACK TO EASTERN PARKWAY DURING WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE CLOSING ON 5/1/1999	THE Z WAS CLOSED AFTER THE WTC ATTACKS ON 9/11/01	THE Z AND J WENT BACK TO THEIR NORMAL SERVICE PATTERNS 47 DAYS LATER FROM JAMAICA CENTER TO BROAD WHEN THE R AND N WERE RESTORED 10/28/01	ALABAMA AVE CLOSED FOR MODERNIZATION UNTIL DEC 2005	Z TRAIN ALMOST CUT FROM SERVICE IN 2009 BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS, BUT WAS SPARED





ABANDONED BMT EL SERVICES

5B	THE CULVER - FIFTH AVE EL	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD CALLED THE PROSPECT PARK AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD 6/19/1875	THIS RAILROAD WENT FROM PROSPECT PARK (9TH AVE AND 20TH) TO NECK ROAD AND McDONALD AVE ON 6/19/1875	THIS RAILROAD WAS BUILT BY ANDREW CULVER IN 1875	IT REACHED CABLES HOTEL IN BRIGHTON BEACH TO CULVER TERMINAL 7/27/1875	CULVER TERMINAL WAS ON W 5 ST AND SURF AVE WHERE TODAY'S BRIGHTWATER TOWERS STANDS 1875	THE LINE WAS DOUBLE TRACKED AND BUILT TO SERVE THE VILLAGES IT PASSED THROUGH APRIL 1878	THE PROSPECT PARK AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD BEGAN AN ADDITIONAL SERVICE FROM CULVER TERMINAL TO NORTONS POINT IN SEA GATE 1879	THE WEST END RAILROAD SHARED UNION TERMINAL AT 36ST AND 5TH AVE WITH THE PROSPECT PARK AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD WITH A STAIRWAY TO THE FIFTH AVE EL 8/1890	{CULVER} LINE CONNECTED TO FIFTH AVE EL 1890	THE CULVER WENT FROM SANDS TO CULVER TERMINAL IN 1890	THE LONG ISLAND RAILROAD BOUGHT THE PP&CI AND STARTED RUNNING TRAINS ON ITS TRACKS IN 1893	A TRACKAGE AGREEMENT ENABLED IT TO USE THE LIRR FROM PARKVILLE (AVE I) TO A FERRY LANDING IN BAY RIDGE IN 1893	THE LIRR OWNED AND OPERATED THE CULVER LINE AS ITS NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH DIVISION 1893	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT LEASED THE PP&CI FROM THE LIRR AND ALSO OPERATED LINE 1893	LIRR STEAM RAILROAD SERVICE ENDED ALONG THE {CULVER} ROUTE ON McDONALD AVE 1899	THE LIRR WAS LOSING MONEY WITH THE CULVER AND SOLD IT TO THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT 4/1/1899	THE CULVER WAS ELECTRIFIED USING TROLLY WIRE IN 1899	THE NORTONS POINT RAILROAD WAS ELECTRIFIED IN 1899	EL CARS WERE USED TO TRANSPORT PASSENGERS FROM THE STEAMBOATS TO CULVER TERMINAL IN 1899	STREETCARS REPLACED EL CARS ALONG THE NORTONS POINT RAILROAD IN 1910	THE BRT CONTROL OF THE PP&CI WAS PASSED TO THE SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY IN 1912	AS PART OF THE CREATION OF THE BMT, THE SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY BECAME A SUBSIDIARY AND HAD A FREIGHT OPERATION ALONG THE PP&CI TRACKS 1912 TO THE 1980s	ELEVATED CULVER LINE OF TODAY WAS BUILT ALONG McDONALD AVE, BROOKLYN IN 1916	THE REMAINING TRACKS OF THE ORIGINAL PP&CI RAILROAD BECAME A TROLLY LINE, ROUTE #50 1916	THE REMAINING TRACKS WERE ALSO OPERATED BY THE SOUTH BROOKLYN RAILWAY AS A FREIGHT LINE IN 1916	THE FREIGHT OPERATED FROM THE 39th WATERFRONT TO THE CONEY ISLAND TRAIN YARD IN 1916	THE NORTONS POINT RAILROAD TERMINATED AT THE NEW STILLWELL AVE TERMINAL USING EL CARS IN MAY 1918	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	NORTONS POINT RAILROAD WENT BACK TO STREETCARS ONCE AGAIN TO STILLWELL AVE IN 1919	THE CULVER EL AS WE KNOW TODAY OPERATED OVER THE EXISTING (PP&CI) TRACKS IN 1919	THE NORTONS POINT RAILROAD WENT BACK TO STREETCARS ONCE AGAIN TO STILLWELL AVE IN 1919	9TH AVE TO KINGS HWY OPENED 3/16/1919	EXTENDED TO AVE X 5/10/1919	EXTENDED TO DOUBLE DECKER EL AT W 8 ST 5/1/1920	THE CULVER LINE REACHED STILLWELL AVE TERMINAL 5/1/1920	THE (BRT) REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	LIRR STEAM SERVICE ENDED AND SOME (BRT) SURFACE ROUTES STARTED USING THE (PP&CI) TRACKS WHILE THE NEWLY BUILT CULVER OPERATED SIMULTANEOUSLY IN 1923	CULVER/FIFTH AVE LINE NAMED THE 5 TRAIN IN 1924	THE 5 WENT FROM SANDS TO STILLWELL IN 1924	{CULVER} LINE CONNECTED TO FOURTH AVE SUBWAY 5/30/1931	CULVER/FOURTH AVE SUBWAY NAMED THE 5a TRAIN 5/30/1931	THE 5A WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO STILLWELL 5/30/1931	CULVER /FIFTH AVE LINE RENAMED 5b TRAIN 5/30/1931	THE 5b WENT FROM SANDS VIA FIFTH AVE EL TO STILLWELL VIA THE CULVER EL 5/30/1931	DURING NON RUSH HOURS, FIFTH AVE EL WENT FROM SANDS TO STILLWELL WHILE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO KINGS HWY 1931 - 1940	DURING RUSH HOURS, FIFTH AVE EL WENT FROM SANDS TO STILLWELL WHILE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO KINGS HWY 1931 - 1940	CULVER/FIFTH AVE 5b LINE PHASED OUT SERVICE WHEN FIFTH AVE EL WAS ABANDONED 6/1/1940	5a SUBWAY SERVICE RENAMED 5 TRAIN 6/1/1940	5 WENT FROM 9TH AVE TO STILLWELL 6/1/1940	THE CULVER LINE WAS UNIFIED AS PART OF THE NYC SUBWAY SYSTEM 6/1/1940	WHEN FIFTH AVE EL WAS TORN DOWN, RUSH HOUR SUBWAY 5 TRAIN STILL WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO KINGS HWY AND LOCAL SHUTTLE SERVICE WENT FROM 9TH AVE TO STILLWELL 1940 - 1954	THE NORTONS POINT TROLLY CEASED OPERATIONS 11/7/1948	A RAMP WAS COMPLETED CONNECTING CHURCH AVE WITH THE CULVER EL TO ALLOW D TRAIN TO GO FROM 205ST - CONEY ISLAND 10/30/1954	THE CULVER 5 SHUTTLE WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO DITMAS IN 1954 - 1959	THE PROSPECT PARK AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD TRACKS CEASED OPERATIONS AS A TROLLEY ON 10/31/1956	THE CULVER 5 WAS REDUCED TO 9TH AVE TO DITMAS AND USED ONLY THE CONEY ISLAND BOUND TRACK 1959 - 1967	F TRAIN REPLACED D FROM 179ST TO STILLWELL VIA CULVER EL 11/26/1967	CULVER 5 TRAIN COEXISTED AND RENAMED SS AS CULVER SHUTTLE 1967 - 1975	THE SS WENT FROM 9TH AVE TO DITMAS 1967 - 1975	SS PHASED OUT WHEN CULVER SHUTTLE WAS ABANDONED 5/11/1975	THE PROSPECT PARK AND CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD TRACKS CEASED FREIGHT OPERATIONS IN THE 1980s	THE RAILROAD TRACKS WERE PAVED OVER ALONG McDONALD AVE IN THE LATE 1980s
6	THE FIFTH AVE EL	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD 11/5/1888	THE FIFTH AVE EL WENT FROM SANDS TO ATLANTIC AVE 1888	MYRTLE AVE EL CONNECTED TO FIFTH AVE EL FOR ACCESS ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN 4/10/1888	LEXINGTON AVE EL CONNECTED TO FIFTH AVE EL FOR ACCESS ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN 4/10/1888	IT WAS EXTENDED FROM ATLANTIC AVE TO 23RD ST IN 1889	CONNECTED WITH THE {CULVER} LINE 1890	THE {CULVER} WENT FROM CULVER TERMINAL TO SANDS ST IN 1890	IT WAS EXTENDED FROM 23RD ST TO 36TH ST IN 1890	IT CONTINUED ONTO THE THIRD AVE EL FROM 38TH TO 65TH ST IN 1893	BRIGHTEN LINE CONNECTED WITH FULTON ST EL TO UTILIZE FIFTH AVE EL ACCESS YEARS LATER 8/15/1896	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER AND ELECTRIFIED LINE 7/3/1899	FULTON ST EL CONNECTED TO FULTON FERRY TO SANDS ST ALLOWING TRAINS ACROSS BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN 7/9/1900	BRIGHTON LINE WENT FROM BRIGHTON BEACH HOTEL TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN 7/9/1900	CONNECTED WITH THE WEST END LINE 1901	THE WEST END LINE WENT FROM WEST END TERMINAL TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN IN 1901	CONNECTED WITH THE SEA BEACH LINE 1903	THE SEA BEACH LINE WENT FROM SEA BEACH DEPOT TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN IN 1903	THE FIFTH AVE EL WAS THE MAIN ARTERY FOR THE CULVER, WEST END, AND SEA BEACH LINES OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE INTO MANHATTAN TO PARK ROW	IT ALSO BROUGHT THE FULTON, MYRTLE, LEXINGTON, AND BRIGHTON INTO MANHATTAN OVER THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE AS WELL	SEVERED FROM THE WEST END LINE 1913	SEVERED FROM THE SEA BEACH LINE 1913	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	SEVERED FROM THE {CULVER} LINE 1919	RECONNECTED WITH THE PRESENT DAY CULVER EL 1919	BRIGHTEN LINE SEVERED FROM FULTON ST EL CONNECTION TO FIFTH AVE EL TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN 8/1/1920	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	FIFTH AVE EL RENAMED 6 TRAIN 1924 - 1940	6 TRAIN WENT FROM SANDS TO 65ST VIA THE THIRD AVE EL 1924 TO 1940	SEVERED CONNECTIONS WITH THE PRESENT DAY CULVER EL 6/1/1940	SEVERED CONNECTIONS FROM FULTON FERRY TO PARK ROW DISCONTINUING FULTON ST SERVICE ACROSS BROOKLYN BRIDGE 6/1/1940	FIFTH AVE EL ABANDONED 6/1/1940	THIRD AVE PORTION OF EL BECAME PART OF THE GOWANUS EXPRESSWAY 1940s - PRESENT	THE LAST REMNANT OF FIFTH AVE EL WAS ABANDONED FOR THE MYRTLE AVE EL ACROSS THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE IN 1944
12	THE LEXINGTON AVE EL	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD IN 1888	THE LINE WENT FROM EASTERN PARKWAY ON TODAY'S J LINE TO PARK ROW 1888	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER AND ELECTRIFIED LINE 7/1/1900	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORBE ST DISASTER NOV 1, 1918	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	LEXINGTON AVE EL RENAMED 12 TRAIN 1924	12 TRAIN WENT EASTERN PARKWAY ON TODAY'S J LINE TO PARK ROW VIA THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE 1924	THE STATIONS EASTERN PARKWAY, CHAUNCEY STREET, HALSEY ST, AND GATES ON THE J LINE WERE CONNECTED TO THE LEXINGTON AVE EL	THE LINE CONTINUED ALONG THE LEXINGTON AVE EL TO REID AVE, SUMNER AVE, TOMPKINS, NOSTRAND AVE, FRANKLYN AVE, GREENE AVE, DEKALB AVE, THEN TO MYTLE AVE	IT THEN PROCEEDED TO AN ABANDONED PART OF THE MYRTLE AVE EL TO WASHINGTON AVE, VANDERBILT AVE, THEN NAVY ST	THEN IT WENT TO THE FIFTH AVE EL TO BRIDGE ST, ADAMS ST, AND SANDS ST	THEN IT CROSSED THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND TERMINATED AT PARK ROW	LEXINGTON AVE EL WAS ABANDONED 10/13/1950





REMNANTS OF BMT ELS USED FOR CURRENT BMT SERVICES

MJ	THE MYRTLE AVE EL	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD 4/10/1888	THE MYRTLE AVE EL WENT FROM METROPOLITAN TO PARK ROW 4/10/1888	THE ROUTE WAS METROPOLITAN, FRESH POND RD, FOREST AVE, SENECA AVE, AND WYKOFF	THEN IT PROCEEDED ON AN ABANDONED SECTION OF MYRTLE AVE EL TO KNICKERBOCKER, CENTRAL AVE, BROADWAY, SUMNER, TOMPKINS AVE, NOSTRAND AVE, FRANKLYN AVE, GRAND AVE, WASHINGTON AVE, VANDERBILT AVE, AND NAVY ST	IT THEN WENT ALONG THE FIFTH AVE EL TO BRIDGE ST, ADAMS ST, AND SANDS	IT THEN CROSSED THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE AND TERMINATED AT PARK ROW	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER AND ELECTRIFIED LINE 7/1/1900	THE SURFACE ROUTE WAS TRANSFERRED TO TROLLY SERVICES WHEN THE MYRTLE LINE WAS ELEVATED IN 1913	THE SURFACE ROUTE TROLLY SERVICE LASTED FROM 1913 - 1940s	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	MYRTLE AVE EL RENAMED 11 TRAIN 1924 - 1944	11 TRAIN WENT FROM METROPOLITAN TO SANDS 1924 - 1944	SERVICE DISCONTINUED FROM PARK ROW AND CUTBACK TO JAY STREET 1944	11 TRAIN WENT FROM METROPOLITAN TO BRIDGE/JAY ST 1944 - 1967	11 TRAIN RENAMED MJ TRAIN ON 11/26/1967	MJ WENT FROM METROPOLITAN TO BRIDGE/JAY 1967 - 1969	MYRTLE AVE EL ABANDONED KNICKERBOCKER, CENTRAL AVE, BROADWAY, SUMNER, TOMPKINS AVE, NOSTRAND AVE, FRANKLYN AVE, GRAND AVE, WASHINGTON AVE, VANDERBILT AVE, AND BRIDGE ST 10/4/1969	REMAINING STATIONS METROPOLITAN, FRESH POND ROAD, FOREST AVE, SENECA AVE, AND WYKOFF ARE PART OF TODAY'S M TRAIN
17	THE 14ST-FULTON LINE	THE 14ST FULTON WAS UNOFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE 17 TRAIN 9/23/1936	17 TRAIN WENT FROM 14ST/8TH AVE TO LEFFERTS via CANARSIE LINE TO FULTON EL 9/23/1936	SERVICE PHASED OUT DUE TO SEVERED TRACKS AT ATLANTIC AVE ON CANARSIE LINE 4/30/56	ATLANTIC AVE WAS ABANDONED IN FAVOR OF A MORE SIMPLISTIC STRUCTURE FOR THE L TRAIN IN 2001	THE ABANDONED TRACKWAYS OF THE EL WERE TORN DOWN IN 2003	A REMNANT OF THE FULTON EL BECAME THE NEW ATLANTIC AVE STATION FOR THE CANARSIE LINE 2003	THE REMAINS OF THE FULTON ST EL SOUTH OF ATLANTIC AVE WAS DEMOLISHED 2004
8	THE ASTORIA LINE	ASTORIA EL CONNECTED WITH IRT SECOND AVE EL VIA QUEENSBORO BRIDGE 4/23/1917	THE SECOND AVE EL #3 TRAIN WENT FROM SOUTH FERRY TO DITMARS 7/23/1917	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	ADDITIONALLY, BMT LINE SERVED ASTORIA LINE FROM QUEENSBORO PLAZA TO DITMARS 1924	BMT ASTORIA LINE SERVICE WAS NAMED THE 8 TRAIN 1924 - 1949	8 TRAIN WENT FROM QUEENSBORO PLAZA TO DITMARS 1924 - 1949	8 TRAIN USED IRT TYPE CARS EVEN THOUGH IT WAS A BMT COMPANY 1924	QUEENSBORO BRIDGE CEASED TRAIN OPERATION 6/13/1942	60ST TUNNEL WAS BUILT TO LINK THE BMT WITH QUEENS 10/17/1949	BMT 8 TRAIN PHASED OUT 1949	ASTORIA EL PLATFORMS WERE SHAVED TO ACCOMODATE THE WIDER BMT STYLE TRAINS 1949	THE 1, QT, AND RR TRAINS WERE THRU ROUTED TO THE ASTORIA EL 1949 - 1964	LATER, THE 1, QT, RR, AND T TRAINS TOOK OVER ROUTE 1964 - 1966	LATER, THE QB, QT, RR, AND T TRAINS TOOK OVER ROUTE 1966 - 1967	LATER, THE RR TRAIN TOOK OVER ROUTE 1967  TO 1978	LATER, THE N TRAIN DOMINATED THE ROUTE 1978 TO 1985	THE B TRAIN RAN ON THE ASTORIA EL DURING THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE TROUBLES 1985	THE N TRAIN RAN ON THE ASTORIA EL 1986 - PRESENT	W TRAIN ALMOST CUT FROM SERVICE ALTOGETHER BECAUSE OF BUDGET CUTS IN 2009	UNFORTUNATELY, THE LAST DAY OF SERVICE FOR THE W TRAIN WAS 6/25/2010	ASTORIA EL USES THE N TRAIN 1986 - PRESENT
THE PARK AVE EL	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD IN 1885	THIS SECTION OF RAILROAD WAS ABANDONED 12/30/1890	REMNANTS OF THE STRUCTURE WERE KEPT AND ELECTRIFIED 7/1/1900	THE STATIONS CYPRESS HILLS, CRESCENT ST, NORWOOD AVE, CLEVELAND ST, VAN SICLEN AVE, AND ALABAMA AVE ARE THE SURVIVING STATIONS ON TODAY'S J AND Z LINES 1885 - PRESENT





REMNANTS OF BMT ELS USED FOR CURRENT IND LINES

5A	THE CULVER - FOURTH AVE SUBWAY	{CULVER} LINE CONNECTED TO FOURTH AVE SUBWAY 5/30/1931	CULVER/FOURTH AVE SUBWAY NAMED THE 5a TRAIN 5/30/1931	THE 5a SUBWAY WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO STILLWELL 5/30/1931	CULVER/FIFTH AVE LINE RENAMED 5b TRAIN 5/30/1931	THE 5b WENT FROM SANDS VIA FIFTH AVE EL TO STILLWELL VIA CULVER EL 5/30/1931	DURING NON RUSH HOURS, FIFTH AVE EL WENT FROM SANDS TO STILLWELL WHILE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY WENT CHAMBERS TO KINGS HWY 1931 - 1940	DURING RUSH HOURS, FIFTH AVE EL WENT FROM SANDS TO STILLWELL WHILE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY WENT CHAMBERS TO KINGS HWY 1931 - 1940	CULVER/FIFTH AVE 5b LINE PHASED OUT SERVICE WHEN FIFTH AVE EL WAS ABANDONED 6/1/1940	5a SUBWAY SERVICE RENAMED THE 5 TRAIN ON 6/1/1940	5 WENT FROM 9TH AVE TO STILLWELL 6/1/1940	WHEN FIFTH AVE EL WAS TORN DOWN, RUSH HOUR SUBWAY 5 TRAIN STILL WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO KINGS HWY AND LOCAL SHUTTLE SERVICE WENT FROM 9TH AVE TO STILLWELL 1940 TO 1954	STATIONS STILLWELL TO DITMAS AVE WERE CONNECTED TO CHURCH AVE via THE D TRAIN 10/30/1954	THE CULVER 5 WENT FROM CHAMBERS TO DITMAS 1954 - 1959	THE 5 WAS REDUCED TO 9TH AVE TO DITMAS IN 1959 - 1967	D TRAIN WAS CHANGED TO THE F TRAIN ALONG THE CULVER ROUTE 11/26/1967 - PRESENT	5 TRAIN COEXISTED AND RENAMED SS AS CULVER SHUTTLE 1967 - 1975	THE SS WENT FROM 9th AVE TO DITMAS 1967 - 1975	SS PHASED OUT WHEN CULVER SHUTTLE EL WAS ABANDONED 5/11/1975
13	THE KINGS COUNTY ELECTRIC RAILWAY	THIS WAS A STEAM RAILROAD IN 1885	THE KINGS COUNTY ELECTRIC RAILWAY WENT FROM FULTON FERRY AND BROOKLYN BRIDGE THRU PITKIN AND LIBERTY AVES TO EAST NEW YORK IN 1885	KINGS COUNTY EL BUILT A STATION AT ATLANTIC AVE AND SNEDIKER AVE IN 1889	LIGHTWEIGHT ELEVATED INCLINE WAS BUILT INCLUDING DEAN ST STATION TO ALLOW FULTON ST EL SERVICE TO BRIGHTON BEACH RAILROAD 1894 - 1896	THE BRT BROADWAY, FULTON, AND JAMAICA ELS TO LIRR ATLANTIC AVE LINE ALLOWED EL TRAINS TO GO TO THE ROCKAWAYS 1896 - 1916	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT (BRT) TOOK OVER RAILROAD AND ELECTRIFIED LINE IN 1899	A CONNECTION MADE FROM FULTON FERRY TO SANDS ST ALLOWING TRAINS TO CROSS BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO PARK ROW, MANHATTAN 1900	KNOWN AS THE FULTON STEET EL 1900	A STRONGER EMBANKMENT WAS BUILT BETWEEN THE FULTON ST EL AND BRIGHTON LINE IN 1907	ACCESS TO THE ROCKAWAYS LIRR BRANCH WAS SEVERED IN 1916	MANY YEARS LATER, IT WOULD BE CONNECTED AGAIN WITH A NEWER CONNECTION FROM THE IND COMPANY	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	THE STATIONS GRANT AVE TO LEFFERTS BLVD WAS THE EXTENTION OF THE FULTON ST EL DURING THE 1920s	THE (BRT) REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	FULTON STREET EL RENAMED 13 TRAIN 1924 - 1940	13 TRAIN WENT FROM PARK ROW TO LEFFERTS via BROOKLYN BRIDGE TO FIFTH AVE EL 1924 - 1940	FULTON ST EL MOSTLY DEMOLISHED BECAUSE IND BUILT SUBWAY DIRECTLY BENEATH 1936	IT HAD BEEN DUPLICATED BY THE IND FULTON ST SUBWAY SERVICE SINCE 1936	A TRAIN EXTENDED TO ROCKAWAY PKWAY 4/9/1936	14ST FULTON UNOFFICIALLY KNOWN AS THE 17 TRAIN 9/23/1936	17 TRAIN WENT FROM 14ST/8TH AVE TO LEFFERTS via CANARSIE LINE TO FULTON EL 9/23/1936	SERVICE FROM FULTON FERRY AND PARK ROW TO ROCKAWAY AVE WAS ABANDONED 6/1/1940	13 TRAIN SERVICE REMAINED FROM ROCKAWAY AVE TO LEFFERTS 6/1/1940 - 4/26/1956	A TRAIN EXTENDED TO BROADWAY JUNCTION 12/30/1946	A TRAIN EXTENDED TO EUCLID ON 11/28/1948	THE SECTION OF EL FROM ROCKAWAY AVE TO CRESCENT ST WAS ABANDONED 4/26/1956	THE STATIONS GRANT AVE TO LEFFERTS BLVD WERE KEPT FROM BEING DEMOLISHED 4/29/1956	GRANT AVE OPENED AND A TRAIN EXTENDED OVER EXISTING BMT FULTON ST EL TO LEFFERTS 4/29/56	17 TRAIN PHASED OUT DUE TO SEVERED TRACKS AT ATLANTIC AVE ON CANARSIE LINE 4/30/1956	THE CONNECTION FROM ROCKAWAY BLVD TO THE OLD LIRR ROCKAWAY BRANCH OPENED IND SERVICE TO THE ROCKAWAYS 6/28/56 - PRESENT	LIRR CONNECTION SEVERED, NEW TERMINAL IS MOTT AVE, FAR ROCKAWAY JAN 16, 1958	MORE REMNANTS OF FULTON ST EL USED FOR THE FIRST TIME IN OVER 40 YEARS IN 2003	ATLANTIC AVE WAS THE REMNANT OF THE FULTON EL	ATLANTIC AVE NOW CONNECTS WITH THE L TRAIN IN 2003 - PRESENT	THE REMAINS OF THE FULTON ST EL CONNECTION SOUTH OF ATLANTIC AVE WAS DEMOLISHED 2004





REMNANTS OF BMT/IRT ELS NOW USED ONLY FOR THE IRT #7 LINE

9	THE EAST RIVER TUNNELS WERE BUILT TO CONNECT L.I.R.R. FEB 25, 1885	PROJECT FELL THROUGH BECAUSE OF MISHAPS AND STAYED UNFINISHED UNTIL 1902	RENAMED THE STEINWAY TUNNELS FROM AUGUST BELMONT IN 1902	MORE RED TAPE KEPT THE TUNNEL IDLE FOR MORE YEARS	TUNNELS WERE PURCHASED FROM THE CITY AND PLACED UNDER IRT OPERATION 4/3/1913	THE FIRST TEST TRIP AS AN IRT TRAIN WAS MADE 6/13/15	SERVICE WENT FROM GRAND CENTRAL TO VERNON JACKSON 6/13/15	THE WOODSIDE AND CORONA SUBWAY SERVICE WENT FROM GRAND CENTRAL TO QUEENSBORO PLAZA 6/22/1915	EXTENDED TO HUNTERS POINT 2/15/16	THE SUBWAY SERVICE EXTENDED TO TIMES SQUARE 4/21/1917	EXTENDED TO 103RD ST 4/21/1917	THE FLUSHING EL CONNECTED WITH THE IRT SECOND AVE EL VIA QUEENSBORO BRIDGE 4/23/1917	THE IRT SECOND AVE EL #4 TRAIN WENT FROM SOUTH FERRY TO WILLETS POINT 7/23/1917	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER NOV 1, 1918	THE (BRT) REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	ADDITIONALLY, THE BMT LINE SERVED CORONA LINE FROM MAIN STREET TO QUEENSBORO PLAZA 1924	BMT LINE NAMED 9 TRAIN 1924	9 TRAIN WENT FROM QUEENSBORO PLAZA TO WILLETS POINT 1924	EXTENDED TO 111ST 10/13/25	THE SUBWAY SERVICE EXTENDED TO MAIN STREET FLUSHING 1/21/1928	THE CORONA SHOPS OPENED 1928	THE WORLD'S FAIR IRT CARS MADE THEIR DEBUT 4/24/1939	QUEENSBORO BRIDGE CEASED CONNECTIONS WITH SECOND AVE EL 6/13/1942	THE SUBWAY SERVICE BECAME THE MAIN ROUTE ON THE EL 1948	SUBWAY SERVICE WAS LATER KNOWN AS THE 7 TRAIN IN 1948	7 TRAIN WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO MAIN ST 1948 - PRESENT	ROUTES THRU QUEENSBORO PLAZA WERE CONSOLIDATED, NORTHERN PORTION OF STRUCTURE TORN DOWN 1949	BMT 9 TRAIN PHASED OUT. THE SUBWAY SERVICE BECAME THE SOLE ROUTE ON THE EL 1949	STEINWAY TUNNEL WAS SUPPOSED TO RUN TO APPROXIMATELY 42st AND 10th AVE BACK IN 1887	7 TRAIN WILL BE EXTENDED TO ELEVENTH AVE TERMINATING AT THE JACOB JAVETTS CONVENTION CENTER BY 2014





BMT SERVICES PHASED OUT THROUGH THE YEARS

T	THE WEST END LINE	THE WEST END LINE CONNECTED WITH THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY ON 6/24/1916	SERVICE BEGAN FROM 18TH AVE TO CHAMBERS 6/24/1916	SERVICE EXTENDED TO 25TH AVE ON 7/29/1916	BROADWAY SERVICE EXTENDED TO 14ST 9/4/1917	CHAMBERS ST SERVICE WAS SUSPENDED UNTIL REST OF NASSAU ST LOOP WAS COMPLETED 9/4/1917	STEEL CARS REPLACED WOODEN 5TH AVE EL CARS FROM CHAMBERS IN 1917	SERVICE RAN TO UNION SQUARE IN 1917	EXTENDED TO TIMES SQUARE ON 1/15/1918	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER ON 11/1/1918	THE WEST END STARTED GOING TO STILLWELL AVE TERMINAL IN 1919	WOODEN CAR SHUTTLES RAN FROM BAY PARKWAY TO CONEY ISLAND AT RUSH HOURS BECAUSE OF STEEL CAR SHORTAGE 1919 TO 1953	PART TIME SERVICE TO 57ST ELIMINATED IN 1920	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	WEST END LINE NORMAL OPERATION OVER THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE RENAMED 3a TRAIN IN 1928	3a TRAIN WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO STILLWELL 1928	WEST END LINE WAS UNIFIED INTO THE NYC TRANSIT SYSTEM ON 6/1/1940	THE ORIGINAL WEST END RAILROAD TRACKS PHASED OUT ITS TROLLY SERVICE ON HARWAY AVE, BROOKLYN IN 1947	3a TRAIN RENAMED T TRAIN 1951	T TRAIN WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO STILLWELL VIA WEST END EL 1951 TO 1967	ALL EXPRESS T TRAINS WENT FROM 57ST TO STILLWELL AVE 5/2/1957	EXPRESS SERVICE T ELIMINATED MIDDAYS REPLACED BY THE EXTENDED TT LOCALS TO STILLWELL 5/28/1959	T TRAIN BRIDGED THE WEST END EL WITH THE ASTORIA EL 1961	T WENT FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL 1961 - 1967	RUSH HOUR T EXPRESS TO ASTORIA WAS USED 1/1/1961	RUSH HOUR SATURDAY T EXPRESS WAS USED UNTIL 4/2/1962	T TRAIN BRIDGED THE WEST END WITH THE ASTORIA EL 1964 - 1967	T WENT FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL AVE 1964 - 1967	THE CHRYSTIE ST CONNECTON ALLOWED IND TRAINS TO CONNECT WITH THE BMT TRACKS 11/26/1967	T PHASED OUT OF SERVICE REPLACED BY THE B TRAIN ON 11/26/67 - 2001
TT	THE WEST END SHORTLINE	THE WEST END LINE CONNECTED WITH THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY 6/24/1916	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	THE WEST END MOVED TO THE NEW STILLWELL AVE TERMINAL IN 1919	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	THE WEST END ADDITIONAL RUSH HOUR SERVICE WAS RENAMED THE 3b TRAIN ON 5/30/1931	NASSAU ST LOOP COMPLETED ALLOWING 3b LOCALS TO RESUME FROM BAY PARKWAY TO CHAMBERS VIA THE MONTEGUE ST TUNNEL AND RETURNING OVER THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE ON 5/30/1931	3b TRAIN RENAMED TT TRAIN 1949 - 1959	TT WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO STILLWELL 1949 - 1959	SATURDAY LOCAL TT TRAIN TO CHAMBERS DISCONTINUED 6/24/1950	LATE NIGHT SERVICE REPLACED BY LOCAL TT TO CHAMBERS TUNNELING BOTH DIRECTIONS TO CONEY ISLAND ON 10/24/1957	ALL LOCAL TT TRAINS TO CHAMBERS WENT VIA TUNNEL BOTH DIRECTIONS 5/28/1959	TT TRAIN WAS PUT IN THE NASSAU ST LOOP INSTEAD OF THE BROADWAY SUBWAY 1959	TT LOCAL SERVICE FROM BAY PARKWAY TO CHAMBERS USED ON 1/1/1961	MIDDAY TT RAN LOCAL FROM CONEY ISLAND TO CHAMBERS 1/1/1961	EVENING AND SATURDAY TT SERVICE FROM CONEY ISLAND TO 57ST UNTIL AFTER 4/2/1962	NIGHTS AND SUNDAY TT SERVICE TO 36ST 4/2/1962	THE TT TRAIN CONTINUED FOR A WHILE LONGER UNTIL 6/30/68
QT	THE BRIGHTON LINE CONNECTED WITH THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY ON 8/1/1920	THIS LINE WAS USED BY 1a, 1b, AND 1c TRAINS 1927 TO 1960	QT RAN FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL 11/15/60	SATURDAYS, QT RAN TO FRANKLYN WHILE Q EXPRESS TO ASTORIA 1/1/1961	Q RAN FROM 57ST TO BRIGHTON BEACH 1/1/61	QB RAN OTHER TIMES DURING THE WEEK 1/1/61	EXPRESS TRACKS OUT OF SERVICE FOR PLATFORM EXTENSIONS TO IND STANDARDS 2/10/64 TO 11/2/64	QT WENT FROM DITMARS TO STILLWELL 1964 - 1967	QT PHASED OUT ON 11/26/1967
RJ	THE JAMAICA EL FOURTH AVE SUBWAY	THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY CONNECTED WITH THE JAMAICA EL 1967	KNOWN AS THE RJ TRAIN 1967 - 1968	RJ WENT FROM 95ST BAY RIDGE TO 168ST 1967 - 1968	RJ RENAMED THE RR NASSAU STREET SPECIAL TO CHAMBERS 6/28/1968	THE RR NASSAU STREET SPECIAL PHASED OUT IN 1986
JJ	THE JAMAICA LOCAL	THE JJ LINE BECAME THE LOCAL SERVICE ALONG THE JAMAICA EL 11/27/1967	THE JJ WENT FROM CANAL TO 168ST OR CRESCENT 11/27/67	JJ WAS USED AS A SKIP STOP SERVICE 11/27/1967	THE LOCAL JJ SERVICE WAS DISCONTINUED 6/30/1968
14	THE BROADWAY - BROOKLYN SHORTLINE	THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT TOOK OVER (BRT) JULY 28, 1906	(BRT) RENAMED THE CANARSIE LINE AND ELECTRIFIED JULY 28, 1906	IT RAN FROM BROADWAY FERRY TO CANARSIE SHORE IN 1906	IT OPENED FOR BRT SERVICE AS ANOTHER SERVICE FROM ROCKAWAY PARKWAY TO WILLIAMSBURG VIA THE BROADWAY EL WEST OF ATLANTIC AVE 1906	LINE EXTENDED OVER WILLIAMSBURG BRIDGE TO ESSEX 9/16/1908	IT REACHED CANAL STREET 8/14/1913	CANARSIE LINE CUTBACK TO ROCKAWAY PKWAY 10/17/1913	AT ROCKAWAY PARKWAY, THERE WAS A TRANSFER TO STREETCARS THE REST OF THE WAY TO CANARSIE VIA THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN LINE (J, Z) AND CANARSIE LINE (L)	SURFACE TRACKS TO CANARSIE SHORE BECAME A STREET CAR LINE, LATER THE B42 BUS 10/17/1913	ACCESS TO THE ROCKAWAYS LIRR BRANCH WAS PERMANENTLY SEVERED IN 1916	BROADWAY FERRY TERMINAL CLOSED IN 1917	(BRT) WENT BANKRUPT BECAUSE OF MALBORNE ST DISASTER 11/1/1918	RUSH HOUR BROADWAY SHORTLINE SERVICE WENT FROM EASTERN PARKWAY TO ESSEX 1920s	LOCALS RAN FROM ATLANTIC OR EASTERN PKWAY TO ESSEX 1920s	THE (BRT) WAS REORGANIZED AS THE BROOKLYN MANHATTAN TRANSIT IN 1923	THE 14ST SEGMENT WAS BUILT FROM SIXTH AVE TO MONTROSE 6/30/1924	BROADWAY SHORTLINE RENAMED 14 TRAIN 1924 - 1967	14 TRAIN WENT FROM CANAL TO ROCKAWAY PKWAY 1924 UNTIL 1967	THE 14ST SEGMENT OF LINE WAS CONNECTED TO CANARSIE LINE ON 7/14/1928	THIS SEGMENT OF TRACK EXTENDED THE 16 TRAIN 1928	WHEN 14ST SEGMENT CONNECTED, 14 TRAIN WAS RENAMED THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN 1928	THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN SERVICE WAS DIMINISHED WHEN 14ST LINE CONNECTED TO CANARSIE LINE IN 1928	TROLLY SERVICE PHASED OUT FROM ESSEX ST STATION DEC 1948	THE 14 TRAIN WAS RENAMED THE BROADWAY SHORTLINE IN 1948	THE SATURDAY SERVICE ENDED ON 12/1/1951	SOME TRAINS RAN TO CRESCENT ON THE JAMAICA LINE 8/26/1956	THE 14 TRAIN WAS KNOWN AS THE BROADWAY BROOKLYN LOCAL IN 1959	SKIP STOP SERVICE WAS REDUCED TO A FEW PUT IN AND OUTS 6/18/59	14 TRAIN PHASED OUT DUE TO SEVERED TRACK CONNECTIONS AT ATLANTIC AVE BETWEEN THE JAMAICA EL AND CANARSIE LINE 11/27/1967	THE JJ LINE BECAME THE LOCAL SERVICE ALONG THE JAMAICA EL 11/27/1967	THE JJ WENT FROM CANAL TO 168ST OR CRESCENT 11/27/67	JJ WAS USED AS A SKIP STOP SERVICE 11/27/1967	THE LOCAL JJ SERVICE WAS DISCONTINUED 6/30/1968
KK	THE SIXTH AVE SUBWAY JAMAICA EL	THE CHRYSTIE STREET CONNECTION ALLOWED THE IND SIXTH AVE SUBWAY TO RIDE ALONG THE BMT TRACKS 7/1/1968	THE KK SERVICE WAS IMPLEMENTED EXTENDING THE SIXTH AVE SUBWAY WITH THE JAMAICA EL 7/1/1968	KK WENT FROM 57ST/SIXTH AVE TO 168ST 1968 - 1973	KK RENAMED K 1/2/1973	K WENT FROM 57ST TO EASTERN PARKWAY 1973	JAMAICA EL DISCONTINUED NORTH OF QUEENS BLVD 6/14/1974	K DISCONTINUED BECAUSE OF TA'S FINANCIAL PROBLEMS 8/27/1976	THE CHRYSTIE STREET CONNECTION HASN'T BEEN USED FOR PASSENGER SERVICE ON THE JAMAICA EL SINCE 1976
EE	THE BROADWAY - QUEENS BLVD LINE	THE BROADWAY SUBWAY CONNECTED WITH THE IND QUEENS BLVD SUBWAY 12/5/1955	THIS WAS A SMALL CONNECTION BETWEEN THE 60TH STREET TUNNEL AND QUEENS BLVD LINE 12/5/1955	THIS ALLOWED THE BMT BROADWAY SUBWAY ACCESS TO THE IND TRACKS 12/5/1955	KNOWN AS THE EE 1967 - 1976	EE WENT FROM WHITEHALL TO 71ST/ CONTINENTAL 1967 - 1976	EE PHASED OUT OF SERVICE 8/27/1976	BECAME AN EXTENDED N SERVICE 1976 - 1989	SWITCHED ROUTES WITH THE N AND BECAME AN EXTENDED R SERVICE 1989 TO PRESENT
1A	THE BRIGHTON LINE - ASTORIA EL	THE BRIGHTON LINE CONNECTED WITH THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY 8/1/1920	BRIGHTON LINE NORMAL OPERATION OF LOCAL SERVICE RENAMED 1a TRAIN IN 1927 - 1949	1a WENT VIA THE MONTAGUE ST TUNNEL 1927 - 1949	1a WENT FROM LEXINGTON AVE TO STILLWELL VIA BRIGHTON 1927 - 1949	AM RUSH HOUR SPECIALS BEGAN TO CHAMBERS VIA THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE 1930s	1a TRAIN RENAMED 1 TRAIN 1949 - 1967	1 TRAIN WENT FROM QUEENSBORO PLAZA TO STILLWELL 1949 - 1967	1 TRAIN WAS THRU ROUTED TO THE ASTORIA EL PHASING OUT BMT 8 TRAIN 10/17/1949	1 TRAIN WAS EXTENDED TO THE ASTORIA EL UPON CONVERSION OF LINE TO FULL BMT USE 10/17/49	SATURDAY 1 EXPRESS ALSO EXTENDED TO ASTORIA TO REPLACE LOCALS WHICH THEN RAN TO CHAMBERS VIA TUNNEL ON 5/4/1957	LOCAL 1 TRAIN RAN TO FRANKLYN 6/6/1959	EXPRESS TRACKS OUT OF SERVICE FOR PLATFORM EXTENSIONS TO IND STANDARDS 2/10/64 TO 11/2/64	1 TRAIN PHASED OUT AS THE LAST OF THE NUMBERS ON THE BMT 11/27/1967
1C	THE BRIGHTON LINE - QUEENS BLVD SUBWAY	THE BRIGHTON LINE CONNECTED WITH THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY 8/1/1920	BRIGHTON LINE EXPRESS SERVICE VIA MANHATTAN BRIDGE RENAMED 1c TRAIN  1927	1c WENT FROM TIMES SQUARE TO BRIGHTON BEACH VIA MONTEGUE TUNNEL 1927 - 1957	THIS WAS AN EXPRESS SERVICE VIA THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE ON WEEKDAYS IN 1927	WEEKDAY 1c LOCALS EXTENDED THROUGH NEW CONNECTION WITH IND QUEENS BLVD LINE 12/1/1955	1c WENT FROM STILLWELL TO FOREST HILLS 12/1/1955	1c LOCAL VIA MANHATTAN BRIDGE SWITCHED TO LOCAL TRACK AT PRINCE ST AND NIGHT SERVICE MOVED FROM TUNNEL TO BRIDGE 10/24/1957	EXPRESS TRACKS OUT OF SERVICE FOR PLATFORM EXTENSIONS TO IND STANDARDS 2/10/64 TO 11/2/64	1c SERVICE PHASED OUT IN 1964
NX	THE SEA BEACH - BRIGHTON EXPRESS	THE NX TRAIN WENT FROM BRIGHTON BEACH TO 57ST MANHATTAN 11/27/1967	IT WENT FROM BRIGHTON BEACH, STOPPING AT OCEAN PKWAY, W8ST, THEN STILLWELL TO 59ST BROOKLYN, ALONG THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY ACROSS MANHATTAN BRIDGE TO BROADWAY LINE TO 57ST 11/27/1967	THE TA WANTED TO ADD STOPS AT 86ST, AVE U AND KINGS HWAY ALONG THE SEA BEACH LINE TO GET MORE PASSENGERS BUT NO LUCK	NX PHASED OUT SERVICE DUE TO LACK OF RIDERSHIP 4/12/1968	MIDDLE TRACKS OF SEA BEACH LINE NOW USED FOR TEST TRAINS 1968 - PRESENT
THE SUNNY SUMMER SUNDAY SPECIAL	IT WENT FROM CHAMBERS, OVER THE MANHATTAN BRIDGE TO THE FOURTH AVE SUBWAY, THEN THE MIDDLE TRACKS OF THE SEA BEACH LINE TO STILLWELL AVE	THEN IT CONTINUED ON THE MIDDLE TRACKS OF THE BRIGHTON LINE EXPRESS TO PROSPECT PARK, THEN ALONG THE FRANKLYN SHUTTLE TO FULTON ST MAY 1924	DURING THE WEEK, IT WENT FROM STILLWELL AVE LOCAL TO KINGS HWAY ALONG THE SEA BEACH LINE, THEN NON-STOP TO 59ST BROOKLYN 8/1/1924	PHASED OUT SERVICE DUE TO LOW RIDERSHIP SEPT 1952





LINES WORTH MENTIONING HERE

THE ATLANTIC AVE TUNNEL	BUILT TO RELIEVE CONGESTION IN DOWNTOWN BROOKLYN IN 1844	IT WAS PART OF THE LIRR AS A RAIL NETWORK LEADING TO BOSTON	LINE CLOSED FOR POLITICAL REASONS IN 1859	TUNNEL WAS SEALED NEVER TO BE USED AGAIN IN 1861
THE BEACH PNEUMATIC TUBE SYSTEM	BUILT A SUBWAY UNDER BROADWAY BETWEEN WARREN AND MURRAY STREETS IN DOWNTOWN MANHATTAN 1869	ALFRED E. BEACH DESIGNED A PNEUMATIC SYSTEM WHICH HE FELT WOULD BE VIABLE FOR UNDERGROUND TUNNELS	HE APPLIED FOR A PERMIT FROM TAMMANY HALL BUT WAS DENIED. ELEVATED TRANSIT WAS CONSIDERED THE BETTER WAY AT THAT TIME	HIS ONE BLOCK SUBWAY OPENED 2/26/1870 UNTIL 1873 BUT WASN'T PRACTICAL FOR A LARGER SYSTEM USING PNEUMATIC POWER
THE SEA BEACH AND BRIGHTON RAILROAD	TRACKS WENT FROM AVE X AND W 7 ST TO BRIGHTON BEACH, BROOKLYN 1886	TRAINS NEVER RAN ON THIS BRANCH BECAUSE OF QUESTIONABLE BRIDGE CONDITIONS FROM THE START	PORTIONS OF THIS RAILROAD WERE USED AS THE EXPERIMENTAL BOYNTON BICYCLE RAILROAD FROM BOYNTON PLACE TO BRIGHTON BEACH 1886	THIS WAS THE FIRST RAILROAD TO EXPERIMENT WITH MONORAIL TECHNOLOGY BUT SHUNNED BY THE PUBLIC IN 1886







TRANSFER HERE TO LEARN ABOUT THESE BMT LINES

THE CULVER EL - (BMT #5a and #5b)	THE SEA BEACH LINE (BMT #4)	THE BRIGHTON LINE - (BMT #1a, #1b)	THE WEST END EL - (BMT #3a, #3b)	FOURTH AVE SUBWAY (BMT #2)
FRANKLYN SHUTTLE (BMT #7)	THE JAMAICA EL - (BMT #15)	MYRTLE-CHAMBERS SUBWAY (BMT #10)	JAMAICA EL SKIP STOP SERVICE	THE CANARSIE LINE (BMT #16)
THE ASTORIA EL - BROADWAY SUBWAY	ASTORIA EL SHUTTLE - (BMT #8)	FLUSHING EL SHUTTLE - (BMT #9)	BROADWAY - QUEENS BLVD LINE	THE BRIGHTON EXPRESS
THE LEXINGTON EL (BMT #12)	THE FULTON ST EL - (BMT #13)	BROOKLYN SHORTLINE (BMT #14)	THE SIXTH AVE SUBWAY-JAMAICA EL	THE 14TH -FULTON EL (BMT #17)
THE FIFTH AVENUE EL - (BMT #6)	THE JAMAICA / 4TH AV SUBWAY	THE MYRTLE AVE EL - (BMT #11)	THE SEA BEACH - BRIGHTON EXPRESS	THE SUNNY SUMMER SUNDAY SPECIAL
	BRIGHTON LINE VIA TUNNEL	THE BROADWAY - WEST END LINE	THE BROADWAY - WEST END SHORTLINE


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