SUBWAY OPENING DATES
| Line Name | Opened | Closed | Between | Chaining |
|
Brighton |
1907 |
Prospect Park-Ocean Parkway |
A |
|
|
Broadway Subway |
1917 |
14th-Canal (B) |
A |
|
|
Broadway Subway |
1918 |
49th-14th |
A |
|
|
Brighton |
1920 |
Ocean Parkway-Stillwell |
A |
|
|
Broadway Subway |
1918 |
Canal-Whitehall |
B |
|
|
Tunnel |
1920 |
Whitehall-DeKalb |
B |
|
|
Culver |
1919 |
Ditmas-West 8th |
C |
|
|
Culver |
1919 |
1975 |
Ditmas-9th Ave |
C |
|
West End |
1916 |
9th-25th |
D |
|
|
West End |
1917 |
25th-Stillwell |
D |
|
|
Sea Beach |
1915 |
8th-Stillwell |
E |
|
|
Fourth Ave |
1915 |
Pacific-86th |
F |
|
|
Fourth Ave |
1925 |
86th-95th |
F |
|
|
Astoria |
1917 |
Ditmars-Queensboro Plz |
G |
|
|
Astoria |
1920 |
Queensboro Plz-57/7 |
G |
|
|
Manhattan Bridge (s) |
1915 |
DeKalb-Chambers |
H |
|
|
Broadway |
1885 |
Manhattan Jct-Myrtle |
J |
|
|
Broadway |
1888 |
Myrtle-Broadway Ferry |
J |
|
|
Jamaica |
1893 |
Cyprus-Manhattan Jct |
J |
|
|
Jamaica |
1917 |
111th-Cyprus Hills |
J |
|
|
Jamaica |
1918 |
1977 |
168th-Sutphin |
J |
|
Jamaica |
1918 |
1985 |
Sutphin-Metropolitan |
J |
|
Jamaica |
1918 |
Metropolitan-Cyprus |
J |
|
|
Fulton St |
1888 |
1940 |
Fulton Ferry-Rockaway Ave |
K |
|
Fulton St |
1889 |
1940 |
Rockaway Ave-Atlantic |
K |
|
Fulton St |
1890 |
1940 |
Atlantic-Van Sicklen |
K |
|
Fulton St |
1892 |
1956 |
Van Sicklen-Montauk |
K |
|
Fulton St |
1894 |
1956 |
Montauk-Grant |
K |
|
Lexington |
1885 |
Reid-Broadway (Gates Ave) |
L |
|
|
Myrtle |
1888 |
Bridge-Grand |
M |
|
|
Myrtle |
1889 |
Grand-Wycoff |
M |
|
|
Myrtle |
1915 |
Wycoff-Metropolitan |
M |
|
|
Fifth Ave |
1888 |
1940 |
Fulton-Atlantic |
N |
|
Fifth Ave |
1889 |
1940 |
Atlantic-23rd |
N |
|
Fifth Ave |
1890 |
1940 |
23rd-36th |
N |
|
Fifth Ave-3rd Ave |
1893 |
1940 |
36th-65th |
N |
|
Franklin Ave |
1899 |
Fulton-Prospect Park |
O |
|
|
Canarsie |
1906 |
Broadway Jct-Canarsie |
P |
|
|
14th St |
1924 |
Montrose-6th |
Q |
|
|
14th St |
1928 |
Broadway Jct-Montrose |
Q |
|
|
14th St |
1931 |
6th-8th |
QW |
|
|
Nassau St |
1931 |
Chambers-Broad |
R |
|
|
63rd St |
1989 |
57th-21st/Queensbridge |
T |
| Line Name | Opened | Closed | Between | Chaining |
|
Washington Heights-8th Ave |
1932 |
207th-Chambers |
A |
|
|
8th Ave-Brooklyn |
1933 |
Chambers-Jay St |
A |
|
|
Fulton St |
1936 |
Court-Rockaway Ave |
A |
|
|
Fulton St |
1946 |
Rockaway Ave-East NY |
A |
|
|
Fulton St |
1948 |
East New York-Euclid |
A |
|
|
Houston St |
1933 |
West 4th-Jay St |
B |
|
|
Sixth Ave |
1940 |
7th Ave-West 4th |
B |
|
|
Sixth Ave |
1968 |
50th-57th |
B |
|
|
Concourse |
1933 |
145th-205th |
C |
|
|
Jamaica |
1933 |
7th Ave-Roosevelt |
D |
|
|
Jamaica |
1936 |
Roosevelt-Union Tpke |
D |
|
|
Jamaica |
1937 |
Union Tpke-169th St |
D |
|
|
Jamaica |
1953 |
169th-179th |
D |
|
|
World's Fair |
1939 |
1940 |
Continental-WF |
WF |
|
Archer Ave |
1988 |
Van Wyck-Jamaica Center |
D |
|
|
Crosstown |
1933 |
Queens Plz-Nassau Ave |
E |
|
|
Crosstown |
1937 |
Nassau Ave-Hoyt/Schermerhorn |
E |
|
|
Rockaways |
1956 |
Rockaway Blvd-Rock Park & Wavecrest |
F |
|
|
Rockaways |
1956 |
Wavecrest-Mott Ave Far Rock |
F |
|
|
Fulton St |
1956 |
Euclid-Lefferts |
K |
|
|
63rd St |
1989 |
57th-21st/Queensbridge |
T |
| Line Name | Opened | Closed | Between | Chaining |
|
Broadway |
1904 |
Times Sq-96th |
B |
|
|
Broadway |
1904 |
96th-145th |
BB |
|
|
Broadway |
1906 1911 |
157th-215th 191st St |
BB |
|
|
Broadway |
1907 |
215th-231st |
BB |
|
|
Broadway |
1908 |
231st-242nd |
BB |
|
|
Flushing |
1915 |
Times Sq-Vernon/Jackson |
C |
|
|
Flushing |
1916 |
Vernon/Jackson-Queensboro Plz |
C |
|
|
Flushing |
1917 |
Queensboro Plz-103rd |
C |
|
|
Flushing |
1925 |
103rd-111th |
C |
|
|
Flushing |
1927 |
111th-Willet's Point |
C |
|
|
Flushing |
1928 |
Willet's Point-Main St |
C |
|
|
Flatbush |
1920 |
President-Flatbush |
D |
|
|
Brooklyn |
1908 |
Boro Hall-Atlantic |
E |
|
|
New Lots |
1920 |
Atlantic-Pennsylvania Ave |
E |
|
|
New Lots |
1922 |
Pennsylvania-New Lots |
E |
|
|
Lenox - White Plains |
1904 |
96th-145th |
F |
|
|
Lenox - White Plains |
1905 |
142nd-Tremont Ave |
F |
|
|
Jerome Ave |
1917 |
Woodlawn-149th |
J |
|
|
Seventh Ave - Brooklyn |
1918 |
Wall-Clark |
K |
|
|
Lexington |
1918 |
Grand Central-138th |
L |
|
|
Lexington |
1905 |
Fulton-Bowling Green |
M |
|
|
Lexington |
1904 |
City Hall-Grand Central-Times Square |
MM |
|
|
South Ferry |
1918 |
Rector/Bowling Green-South Ferry |
MV |
|
|
Ninth Ave |
1870 |
1940 |
Rector-30th |
N |
|
Ninth Ave |
1873 |
1940 |
30th-34th |
N |
|
Ninth Ave |
1875 |
1940 |
34th-42nd |
N |
|
Ninth Ave |
1879 |
1940 |
42nd-155th |
N |
|
Ninth Ave |
1918 |
1958 |
155th-Anderson/Jerome |
N |
|
Pelham |
1919 |
3rd Ave-Hunt's Point |
P |
|
|
Pelham |
1920 |
Hunt's Point-Pelham Bay Park |
P |
|
|
Second Ave |
1880 |
129th-Canal St |
S |
|
|
Second Ave |
1880 |
1940 |
129th-67th |
S |
|
Second Ave |
1880 |
1942 |
Hanover Sq-67th |
S |
|
Third Ave |
1878 |
1955 |
129th-Hanover Sq |
T |
|
Third Ave-Bronx |
1891 |
1973 |
167th-174th |
T |
|
Third Ave-Bronx |
1901 |
1973 |
174th-190th |
T |
|
Third Ave-Bronx |
1917 |
1973 |
190th-210th |
T |
|
Seventh Ave |
1918 |
42nd-Rector |
V |
|
|
White Plains Rd |
1917 |
177th-238th |
W |
|
|
White Plains Rd |
1920 |
238th-241st |
W |
|
|
Sixth Ave |
1878 |
1938 |
Rector-53rd/9th Av |
X |
|
Sixth Ave |
1878 |
1924 |
53rd-58th |
X |
|
Dyre Ave |
1940 |
E 180th-Dyre Ave |
Y |
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