95-405: [REDACTED] The Junius Street station is a station on the IRT New Lots Line of the New York City Subway . Located at the intersection of Junius Street and Livonia Avenue in Brownsville, Brooklyn , it is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional 2 , 4 and 5 trains also stop here. The New Lots Line
190-541: A Mass Transportation Facilities Grant Application from the United States Department of Transportation (USDOT) to fund four improvement projects, including the replacement of wooden platforms with concrete platforms at Rockaway Avenue, Junius Street, Pennsylvania Avenue, and Van Siclen Avenue. This project was estimated to cost $ 1,451,000. The four projects part of this application, combined, were estimated to cost $ 13,801,000, with $ 9,661,000 to be funded by
285-706: A block from the station entrance, an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over the Long Island Rail Road's open-cut Bay Ridge Branch. This overpass leads to the main entrance of the Livonia Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line. Despite the station name, there are no actual entrances to this station on Junius Street; they were removed many years ago. The two street stairs to
380-528: A car wash used by the entire A Division. The Westchester Yard was expanded between 1946 and 1949 and the scope of the project included a new signal tower, signal installations, and the elimination of the grade crossings between the yard and the Pelham Line north of the Westchester Square station. All of these projects would allow for sped up main line service and train movements in and out of
475-547: A four-track subway line, and then along East 98th Street and Livonia Avenue to New Lots Avenue as an elevated two-track line, with provisions for the addition of a third track. In addition, a two-track branch line along Nostrand Avenue branching off east of the Franklin Avenue station was to be constructed. The underground portion of the line became known as the Eastern Parkway Line, or Route 12, while
570-413: A quarter of the work that needed to be done before the erection of the steel was completed by September 1917. Work on the column footings for the elevated structure were completed by the end of the year. Construction on the line was 17% complete at the end of Fiscal Year 1917, and was 25% complete at the end of Fiscal Year 1918. Drainage work on the line was 35% complete, and station work was underway at
665-515: A single track, or shuttle trains ran. 4 trains terminated at Atlantic Avenue when shuttle or single-track trains were in operation. As part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s 2010–2014 Capital Program, funding was provided for a 25-station Station Renewal program, which focused on renovating stations with a high concentration of components rated 3.5 or worse on a five-point scale, with 5 being
760-511: A year. Formerly extending between 147th and 150th Streets, in the 1960s the yard was downsized from 26 acres to seven acres, which eliminated the repair shops and NYCT offices. The land was sold to a developer. Around that time, a public school building (currently housing Frederick Douglass Academy ) and the Esplanade Gardens apartment complex were constructed on pilotis above the formerly open-air yard. Two tracks were taken from
855-619: Is an underground rail yard on the IND Culver Line that is used to store trains for G service. It is composed of four tracks directly under the four main line tracks above. This yard is directly connected through the line's Church Avenue station which is the southern terminus for G service. At least one of the yard's four tracks is in continuous use to reverse equipment to the opposite direction. There are two ramps between each local and express track south of Church Avenue station for access. Each track can hold one full-length train between
950-554: Is an underground rail yard on the IND Eighth Avenue Line that is used to store C trains. The yard has five tracks to the east of the two mainline passenger service tracks. The yard is located six blocks north of 168th Street and adjacent to 175th Street . The inner tracks at 168th Street lead towards the yard and are used by terminating C trains. This yard can hold only four trains of ten 60-foot cars or eight 75-foot cars and one four-car train of 60-foot cars among
1045-431: Is associated with the nearby East 180th Street Yard , and is used primarily as a lay-up facility for 2 and 5 trains. It is named after Unionport Road, which lies just east of the yard. There are no shop or wash facilities at this yard, which was expanded in the 1990s from five tracks to its present 19. All but one track ends at bumper blocks. The newly expanded yard became fully operational in 1997. The yard connects to
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#17327724489211140-717: Is bisected by the Long Island Rail Road Bay Ridge Branch as well as the Linden Shops , both of which run between Junius Street and Van Sinderen Avenue, the latter of which is flanked by the BMT Canarsie Line , also an elevated line, but runs underneath the New Lots Line. The last station on the line is New Lots Avenue , which is actually two blocks west of its namesake street, where Livonia Avenue ends. The New Lots Line crosses over New Lots Avenue and then Elton Street, curving to
1235-524: Is carried out. Of these yards, rolling stock are assigned to seven A Division yards and seven B Division yards. Within the yards are 14 maintenance facilities, whereas two yards (207th Street and Coney Island) perform major overhaul and car rebuilding work. Download coordinates as: The A Division 's yards consist of the 239th Street, 240th Street, Corona, East 180th Street, Jerome, Livonia, and Westchester maintenance yards, plus three other non-maintenance storage yards. A total of 2892 cars are assigned to
1330-570: Is home to the R142s and R142As for the 4 . It is one of the three yards in the system to be under a housing complex (Pitkin Yard and Lenox Yard are the others). Rail access to the yard is by a pair of tracks that branch off of the elevated IRT Jerome Avenue Line just north of Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College station. The riveted steel pylons that support the elevated branch tracks give way to stone pylons just north of 205th Street before they enter
1425-649: Is located on the south end of the BMT Canarsie Line adjacent to Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway . Opened on October 26, 1917, it is the primary layup yard for the R160s and R143s on the L train and hosts the only car wash for the BMT Eastern Division. New signals were installed in 2003 in conjunction with the BMT Canarsie Line automation project. 40°38′48″N 73°54′05″W / 40.64667°N 73.90139°W / 40.64667; -73.90139 ( Canarsie Yard ) The Church Avenue Yard
1520-616: Is no car washer at this yard; the trains occasionally go to the 239th Street or Westchester Yard to be washed, but they usually go to the nearby 207th Street Yard instead. Ten cars undergo 10,000 mile SMS inspections per day, since their entire fleet has been unitized into five-car sets. As part of the 2020–2024 Capital Plan, the shop will be rebuilt with more space in between track and the replacement of pits with elevated tracks. 40°53′18″N 73°54′05″W / 40.88833°N 73.90139°W / 40.88833; -73.90139 ( 240th Street Yard ) Corona Yard serves as
1615-425: Is one of the oldest yards in the system. Ten cars are inspected each day as part of preventative scheduled maintenance. A wheel truing machine was installed here to minimize damage to rail cars and tracks caused by flat wheels. This shop was also used as a facility to retrofit all R26s, R28s, R29s, R33s (except single unit Worlds Fair cars) and R36s (both Mainline and Worlds Fair types) married pairs IRT type cars with
1710-661: Is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. During rush hours, occasional 2 , 4, and 5 trains also serve the line. The New Lots Line was built as a part of Contract 3 of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company . The first portion of the line between Utica Avenue and Junius Street opened on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route. The line opened one more stop farther to
1805-633: Is served by the 3 train at all times except late nights, when the 4 train takes over service. Some rush hour 2 and 5 trains also run on this line because of capacity issues at their usual terminal at Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line . The New Lots Line is the only elevated structure on the Brooklyn IRT. The line begins just east of Utica Avenue in Crown Heights , branching off from
1900-607: Is situated at 1145 East 180th Street in the West Farms neighborhood of the Bronx , just east of the Bronx Zoo . The yard consists of seven storage tracks (numbered 4 thru 10) and an adjacent 6-track (numbered 11 thru 16) shop building with a connection to the nearby 19-track Unionport Yard, which lies to the northeast of East 180th Street Yard. Additionally, there are two storage tracks (identified as A and B) immediately north of
1995-531: Is the northernmost rail yard in the system, located at 4570 Furman Avenue in the Wakefield section of the North Bronx, and is home to the R142s assigned to the 2 . There is also considerable fleet interoperability with the 5 , as 5 trains are based out of the nearby East 180th Street Yard and share a similarly-sized fleet. 5 trains use the upper portion of the yard for off-peak storage. Opened in 1916, it
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#17327724489212090-586: Is used to store some 1 trains outside of rush hours. Each track can hold two full-length trains, so a total of 10 trains can be stored there at any given time. Because the tracks are on a 1% downgrade in the southbound direction, each of the layup tracks are equipped with a derail to protect the main line from a runaway train in the event a train placed on any one the storage tracks is not properly secured. 40°49′22″N 73°57′11″W / 40.82278°N 73.95306°W / 40.82278; -73.95306 ( 137th Street Yard ) The 239th Street Yard
2185-487: The 1 , 3 , 4 and 5 routes. The yard consists of a seven-track inspection shop and 38 layup tracks. The layup tracks are arranged on two levels; the only other yard in the system to share this trait is the East New York Yard. Access to the yard is provided to and from Nereid Avenue only. On February 3, 1998, two out-of-service trains collided at the yard lead after the motorman of one train passed out at
2280-729: The Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 . However, in the April 2018 revision to the Capital Program, funding for the project, with the exception of funding already used to design the connection, was removed. A free MetroCard -only transfer between the two stations was also provided during weekends and late nights as part of the reconstruction of the 14th Street Tunnel starting in April 2019 and introduced permanently in February 2020. The 2020–2024 Capital Program added back funding for
2375-611: The Bronx and has 45 layup tracks. The yard maintains and stores the R62As used on the 6 , as well as Maintenance of Way diesel trains for both the A Division and B Division . It is connected to the IRT Pelham Line in both directions between Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue and Middletown Road stations. There is a four-track inspection shed for electric trains and a two-track diesel repair shop. Pelham Yard also has
2470-593: The Casey Stengel Bus Depot . Because the Flushing Line is isolated from the rest of the A Division and its only track connection to the rest of the system is via the B Division, cars that need to undergo or are returning from heavy maintenance are escorted on and off the line by suitably-equipped lead cars via the sole connection to the rest of the system just east (railroad north) of the upper level Queensboro Plaza station. On August 16, 2006,
2565-624: The IRT Eastern Parkway Line near Buffalo Avenue. The line then emerges from a tunnel on the southeast corner along the eastern edge of Lincoln Terrace Park, the IRT New Lots Line then crosses a bridge over East New York Avenue and then runs over East 98th Street with only one station, until it approaches the intersection with Livonia Avenue, where the line curves over that avenue and continues as such until its terminus. Right after Junius Street station, Livonia Avenue
2660-537: The IRT Nostrand Avenue Line , and the front half would travel to New Lots Avenue on the New Lots Avenue Line. This sometimes caused disputes when customers did not realize that the different portions of each train would go to different destinations. With the change in service, West Farms trains (later labeled 2 trains) were extended from Atlantic Avenue to Flatbush Avenue, and all Van Cortlandt Park trains were extended to New Lots Avenue. In July 1937,
2755-639: The IRT White Plains Road Line to the south and the IRT Dyre Avenue Line (track 22 connecting to track Y2) to the north. 40°50′42″N 73°52′12″W / 40.84500°N 73.87000°W / 40.84500; -73.87000 ( Unionport Yard ) The West Farms Yard was an elevated rail yard that was located adjacently to the West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue station, at
2850-530: The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) reached an agreement, known as the Dual Contracts , to drastically expand subway service across New York City. As part of Contract 3 of the agreement, between New York City and the IRT, the original subway opened by the IRT in 1904 to City Hall , and extended to Atlantic Avenue in 1908, was to be extended eastward into Brooklyn. The line was to be extended along Flatbush Avenue and Eastern Parkway to Buffalo Street as
2945-520: The Livonia Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line ( L train) directly to the east of this station and there is a free-transfer between the two stations, which can only be accessed by walking outside the stations and using a MetroCard or OMNY . Passengers originally transferred between the two stations for an additional fare by using an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line which allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over
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3040-502: The Long Island Rail Road 's open-cut Bay Ridge Branch . In 2015, there were proposals to convert the overpass into a free-transfer passage between the two stations, due to increasing ridership and plans for additional housing in the area. Money was allocated in the 2015–2019 Capital Program to build this transfer. Both stations would also have been upgraded to become compliant with mobility accessibility guidelines under
3135-636: The New York City Subway system and one for the Staten Island Railway . There are 10 active A Division yards and 11 active B Division yards, two of which are shared between divisions for storage and car washing. In addition, there is one yard for the Staten Island Railway and three non-revenue (Maintenance of Way, or MoW) Division-independent yards. Many of the system's yards are used for off-peak storage, whereas some have inspection facilities where basic routine maintenance
3230-513: The Saratoga Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue stations were closed for renovation. The Pennsylvania Avenue station was closed once again from October 27, 2016, to March 3, 2017, due to a truck accident which damaged the station's mezzanine. In the third phase, Junius Street and Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road stations were closed for renovations from October 5, 2016, to June 19, 2017. In the fourth phase, which occurred simultaneously with
3325-620: The bumper blocks and the crossovers. 40°38′31″N 73°58′45″W / 40.64194°N 73.97917°W / 40.64194; -73.97917 ( Church Avenue Yard ) The Coney Island Rapid Transit Car Overhaul Shop , often shortened to Coney Island Complex , is the largest rapid transit yard in the state of New York, and one of the largest in North America. Located in Brooklyn , New York , it covers 74 acres (300,000 m ) and operates 24/7 . The complex
3420-455: The 207th Street, Concourse, Coney Island, East New York, Jamaica and Pitkin maintenance yards, plus five other non-maintenance storage yards. The six maintenance shops are responsible for performing daily subway car maintenance and inspection of 3,523 subway cars. The 207th Street and Concourse yards are shared with the A Division and are listed in Yards in both divisions. The 174th Street Yard
3515-599: The Dual Contracts, of which 15,100 tons of the steel were for the Livonia Avenue extension. The PSC put this contract out to determine whether it was possible to let separate contracts for the steel by line, given that the price of steel was rapidly increasing. Three bids were submitted, but the Chief Engineer recommended that they all be rejected, because he anticipated that the price of steel would stop rising rapidly and instead start decreasing, and because
3610-552: The Junius Street station. In a scene from the 1992 movie Just Another Girl on the IRT , the main character is seen walking up the stairs, then is later seen on the elevated platform of this station. IRT New Lots Line The IRT New Lots Line or Livonia Avenue Line is a rapid transit line in the A Division of the New York City Subway . Located in the New York City borough of Brooklyn ,
3705-627: The Lenox Avenue Shops, is located near 148th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem . This 22 track yard is only used for storage of the R62s that operate on the 3 service, and has no maintenance facility, although the yard had been the first overhaul shop for the IRT when it opened with the rest of the new subway in 1904. The original IRT subway cars were lowered from the street via inclines into
3800-588: The Livonia shop and 15 layup tracks. A signal tower is located at the northwest corner of the yard. Many 3 trains are stored in the Lenox Yard in Upper Manhattan , as Livonia is not very large. Livonia, along with 240th Street Yard, are on entirely elevated structures and are in need of rehabilitation due to not meeting the configuration standards for "current industry practices". An extension of
3895-469: The New Lots Line has been proposed up to the end of the yard, or through the yard right-of-way to Flatlands Avenue , to serve the developing Spring Creek area. Additionally, a large amount of space within Livonia is used for the storage of some R142s and R142As for the 2 , 4 and 5 trains. 40°39′51″N 73°52′45″W / 40.66417°N 73.87917°W / 40.66417; -73.87917 ( Livonia Yard ) Unionport Yard
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3990-407: The center track; this goes through the station and turns south, crossing the southbound track at grade. The track joins with one from the BMT Canarsie Line and heads to the Linden Shops . Both platforms have beige windscreens and green canopies that run for the entire length. This station is the highest point on the New Lots Line, which rises here to pass over the BMT Canarsie Line. At Junius Street,
4085-461: The city had found a cheaper way to procure steel. On June 8, the award of the construction of the line to Conners was rescinded. Conners sent a letter to the PSC on June 20, agreeing to reduce his bid for steel by $ 20,000. The PSC subsequently rejected the three bids; it readvertised bids for the steel work and its erection, or just for the erection of the steel at the end of 1916. A new contract for
4180-421: The construction of the line was awarded by the PSC on January 17, 1917, in two parts. The contract for the steel was awarded to American Bridge Company for $ 1,431,755, and the contract for the erection of the structure was awarded to W.G. Cooper for $ 257,164. The cost of these two contracts was $ 1,688,919, and work on the line had to be completed in fifteen months. Construction on the line began in spring 1917, and
4275-520: The east to Pennsylvania Avenue on December 24, 1920. Service was extended to New Lots Avenue on October 16, 1922. In 1968, as part of the proposed Program for Action , the IRT New Lots Line would have been extended past New Lots Avenue toward Spring Creek , but the plan was never completed. Stations on the line were rebuilt several times throughout the years. In 1913, New York City, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company , and
4370-493: The elevated portion became known as the New Lots Line. This section was constructed as an elevated line because the ground in this area is right above the water table, and as a result the construction of a subway would have been prohibitively expensive. This line was constructed as Route 31, the Livonia Avenue Route. In 1914, several studies of the line had been completed. At the end of 1916, contract drawings for
4465-437: The elevators under a public-private partnership. There are two side platforms and three tracks. It is the only station on the line with a center track, which was installed sometime before 1987. However, it does not have a third rail and thus can only be used by diesel trains or other non-electric equipment. Just west ( railroad north ) of the station, tracks split from both the northbound and southbound tracks, merging to form
4560-547: The end of Fiscal Year 1918. In August 1919, work on the line was suspended because W.G. Cooper broke his contract due to the high cost of material and labor. In February 1920, a contract for the unfinished portion of the line was awarded to George W. McNulty and the Holbrook, Cabot and Rollins Company. The contract for the completion of stations was awarded in July 1920, and was expected to take six months to complete. That month, it
4655-720: The entrances to Livonia Yard, was submitted to the New York City Board of Estimate . On May 26, 1921, the contract for the installation of tracks in Livonia Yard was awarded to B.T. & J.J. Mack, and was sent to the Board of Estimate for approval. However, the contract was returned to the New York State Transit Commission (NYSTC) on August 2, 1921, because the contract did not receive the number of votes needed for approval. The contract
4750-687: The five tracks. The northern end of the yard is against a concrete wall and a cinder-block wall adjacent to the Trans-Manhattan Expressway , as the line was originally intended to go over the George Washington Bridge 's lower level as a part of a possible extension to Fort Lee, New Jersey. 40°50′45″N 73°56′23″W / 40.84583°N 73.93972°W / 40.84583; -73.93972 ( 174th Street Yard ) The Canarsie Yard (also known as AY or Atlantic Yard from its telegraphy letters)
4845-412: The free transfer. In addition, both stations would also have been upgraded to become compliant with mobility accessibility guidelines under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 . However, in the April 2018 revision to the Capital Program, funding for the project, with the exception of funding already used to design the connection, was removed. A free MetroCard-only transfer between the two stations
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#17327724489214940-732: The grant, which the city requested to be reallocated from funding for urban highways. The remainder was to be funded from New York City and New York State. The grant request was approved by the USDOT, and NYCTA invited contractors to bid on the platform replacement project in November 1976. From 2000 to August 2001, 3 train service was split into two sections to allow for the line to be rebuilt, with transfers available at Utica Avenue. Work took place on weekday middays between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., and service operated in one of three ways: shuttle buses replaced trains, all trains operated in both directions on
5035-536: The helm and his train crashed into the one in front of it. 40°54′03″N 73°50′58″W / 40.90083°N 73.84944°W / 40.90083; -73.84944 ( 239th Street Yard ) The 240th Street Yard , also known as Van Cortlandt Yard (or VC Yard), is located at 5911 Broadway in the Riverdale section of the Bronx , serving the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line near
5130-404: The highest. All of the stations on the line, except for New Lots Avenue, were among the priority candidates to be among the 25 stations selected for the program. Between 41% and 58% of components at these six stations were rated 3.5 or worse. A $ 45.7 million contract was awarded to renovate the line's seven stations in 2014. The project was completed between January 2015 and October 2017. As part of
5225-604: The home yard of the IRT Flushing Line ( 7 and <7> trains). It is located south of Mets–Willets Point , at Flushing Meadows–Corona Park near Citi Field , the National Tennis Center , and the site of the 1939 and 1964 World's Fairs. Corona Yard opened in 1928 and maintains the R188s used on the 7 and <7> services. It is adjacent to
5320-461: The installation of new Stone-Safety 10 ton Air Conditioning systems between 1976 and 1981. Also, during this period, all cars assigned to the 2 were inspected and maintained at the East 180th Street Yard shared with the 5 . It re-opened as an inspection and maintenance facility for the 2 in 1982. A car wash operates at this yard facility to serve cars assigned to the 2, in addition to cars assigned to
5415-414: The line became fully signaled for the first time. On March 1, 1951, the New York City Board of Transportation announced that it would conduct an engineering study for the construction of a third track between Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue using the unused trackbed in the center of the elevated structure. In 1961, work to extend the platforms at stations along the line to accommodate ten-car trains
5510-401: The line between Utica Avenue and Junius Street opened on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route. This extended service on the Eastern Parkway Line, which had opened from Atlantic Avenue to Utica Avenue on August 23, 1920. The New Lots Line opened one more stop farther to the east to Pennsylvania Avenue on December 24, 1920. At that date, only the southbound platform
5605-771: The line runs from the Crown Heights–Utica Avenue station in Crown Heights and continues to the New Lots Avenue station in East New York . The New Lots Line is entirely elevated and consists of seven stations; most of the line has two tracks, except for Junius Street station , which has three tracks. It runs mostly above Livonia Avenue in Brownsville and East New York, except for a short section above East 98th Street in Brownsville. The line
5700-528: The line were completed, and the working drawings were being prepared. While preliminary studies for the construction of a yard along the line were completed, its locations were not yet decided upon. On April 16, 1916, the New York State Public Service Commission (PSC) denied a request by the Chief Engineer of the IRT for the installation of a third track on the line to provide necessary space for train storage. The request
5795-608: The line's northern terminus. The yard consists of six inspection tracks in the shop and 15 additional layup tracks. The yard is home to the R62A subway cars assigned to the 1 . The shop was built in 1906 to support the original IRT subway. Work constructing the yard and inspection shed was 60 percent complete in June 1910, and was estimated to be completed by January 1, 1911. The inspection shed went into service on May 1, 1911. The yard and shops are entirely on an elevated structure. There
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#17327724489215890-487: The line's terminal when the line opened one more stop farther to the east to Pennsylvania Avenue on December 24, 1920, using its southbound platform. The line was completed to New Lots Avenue on October 16, 1922, with a two-car train running on the northbound track. On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue was begun. From October 5, 2016, to June 19, 2017, this station and Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road were closed for renovations. The New Lots Line passes over
5985-478: The line. Bids were opened for the construction of the line on May 23, 1916. Six bids on the project were received, and, on June 1, 1916, the contract was awarded to Dennis E. Conners, who submitted the low bid of $ 1,376,122. The high bid to build the line was for $ 1,467,000. Work on the project had to be completed by June 1, 1917. On June 5, the PSC accepted bids for 52,756 tons of structural steel to be used on multiple subway extensions to be completed as part of
6080-493: The middle track of the line between East 177th Street and Pelham Bay Park, and it would allow for full day express service. The construction of substations would improve voltage conditions and allow for longer trains to be operated on the line. The work was projected to cost $ 6,387,000 and be completed in 1950. 40°50′38″N 73°50′31″W / 40.84389°N 73.84194°W / 40.84389; -73.84194 ( Westchester Yard ) The B Division 's yards are
6175-456: The operation of through service to New Lots Avenue were completed on July 18, 1922. Shuttles started operating between Pennsylvania Avenue and New Lots Avenue on October 16, 1922, with a two-car train operating back and forth along on the northbound track. Trains ran every eight minutes during rush hours, and ten minutes during middays, and made close connections with main line service at Pennsylvania Avenue. The implementation of shuttle service
6270-670: The original 1928 shop building was demolished and replaced by a new, modern shop. With more track mileage to cover and tighter spacing between trains as part of CBTC implementation on the Flushing Line, the MTA announced plans to expand the yard with a second loop and six layup tracks, which would be located on the former right of way of the Long Island Rail Road's Whitestone Branch. Plans for this expansion are on an indefinite hold, however. 40°45′10″N 73°50′46″W / 40.75278°N 73.84611°W / 40.75278; -73.84611 ( Corona Yard ) The East 180th Street Yard
6365-523: The other phases, the New Lots Avenue station was renovated without being closed from December 2014 to December 2017. The fare control area at New Lots Avenue was reconfigured. Funding for the construction of a free transfer between the Junius Street station and the nearby Livonia Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line , which is directly to the east of the station, was included in the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program. Passengers can transfer between
6460-592: The project, station drainage, doors, windows, railings, platform rubbing boards, structural steel, panels and signage were replaced. In addition, detectable warning strips, bird deterrent systems, track lubrication systems and artwork were installed. The project was completed in four phases, and each phase was supposed to take five months. For the first phase, the Van Siclen Avenue and Rockaway Avenue stations were closed from April 20, 2015, to March 28, 2016. Next, from April 11, 2016, until September 19, 2016,
6555-493: The project, with an allocation of $ 38.4 million; by January 2020, only $ 400,000 of that amount had been spent on "pre-design" activities. In February 2020, the MTA awarded a design–build contract to construct the free transfer and associated elevator upgrades. In November 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $ 965 million contract for the installation of 21 elevators across eight stations, including Junius Street. A joint venture of ASTM and Halmar International would construct
6650-566: The rerouting of 3 trains, train lengths along the New Lots Line were reduced from 10 cars to 9 cars, within acceptable crowding levels, and train lengths along the Nostrand Avenue Line were increased from 9 to 10 cars, reducing crowding. 4 trains were added on December 20, 1946, and 5 trains were gradually added between 1938 and 1950. In 1975, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) applied for
6745-421: The seven maintenance yards. The 137th Street Yard is an underground rail yard located between 145th Street and 137th Street–City College on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line , the latter of which is the yard's namesake. The yard has five tracks surrounding the three mainline tracks, with three tracks located on the west (southbound side) and two tracks located on the east (northbound side). The yard
6840-644: The shop building. Track A ends in a bumper block and track B is accessible from the southbound track of the White Plains Road line. The yard is the home of the R142s for the 5 . There is considerable fleet interchange with the 2 . All engineering acceptance testing for newly delivered IRT-type cars is performed here. A new shop building replacing the original 1918 vintage shop building opened in 1999, just in time for acceptance testing of new R142s, which Bombardier started delivering to this facility on November 16, 1999. On October 11, 1923, additional tracks in
6935-538: The south and terminating within the Livonia Yard . There is a provision for a future extension from New Lots Avenue in the elevated structure at Linwood Avenue. The line includes an unused trackway in the middle that was built as a provision for a third track. On the roof of the mezzanines at each station are cross ties but no rails. In some areas, the space is used for mechanical and signal rooms. A center track exists only at Junius Street , where it crosses
7030-582: The southbound track at grade towards the Linden Shops . This un-electrified track is one of only two connections to the national rail system. The BMT West End Line is the other connection, via the New York Connecting Railroad ; the Linden Shops are connected to the Long Island Rail Road and from there to the rest of the national network. Linden Shops The New York City Transit Authority operates 24 rail yards for
7125-403: The station's only mezzanine are a block away on the south side of Livonia Avenue between Powell and Sackman Streets. The small, elevated mezzanine/station house beneath the tracks has a token booth, turnstile bank, and two staircases to the center of each of the two side platforms. A scene in the 2010 movie Brooklyn's Finest shows Ethan Hawke 's character chasing a man up to the stairs of
7220-678: The then-growing community of Spring Creek . This extension would have been completed at the cost of $ 12 million. The extension was canceled in the mid-1970s, largely due to the city's fiscal crisis at the time. As of 2022 , a potential extension of the IRT New Lots Line through Livonia Yard is being evaluated as part of the 2025–2044 20-Year Needs Assessment. 2 and 3 trains kept on switching their southern terminals until July 10, 1983, when 2 trains began terminating at Flatbush Avenue and 3 trains began terminating at New Lots Avenue. In addition, rush hour 4 trains were rerouted from Flatbush Avenue to Utica Avenue, and late evening and late night service
7315-472: The time called 177th Street. It had eight storage tracks and five inspection barn tracks. It was demolished in 1950; the redundant 180th Street–Bronx Park station was closed down and demolished two years later. In addition to serving Manhattan Elevated Railway cars, it was also used to service cars assigned to the 2 and 5 routes. The Westchester Yard , also known as the Pelham Yard, is located in
7410-464: The tower. Work on Livonia Yard was completed on December 31, 1922, and the yard was opened for service on July 28, 1923. On October 31, 1924, through service to New Lots Avenue was begun. Until January 23, 1928, it was custom to split full-length trains from Van Cortlandt Park (later labeled 1 trains) at Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum on the IRT Eastern Parkway Line . The back half of each train would travel to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College on
7505-405: The two stations for free by using an overpass running parallel to the New Lots Line, which allows pedestrians on Livonia Avenue to cross over the Long Island Rail Road 's open-cut Bay Ridge Branch , and using a MetroCard or OMNY . At the request of Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams , and due to increasing ridership and plans for additional housing in the area, funding was provided to build
7600-404: The yard extends from Hegeman Avenue south to Stanley Avenue, passing over Linden Boulevard . One of the smallest maintenance yards in the system, it is where the R62s on the 3 and the R62As on the 42nd Street shuttle are inspected and maintained. The yard, built in 1922 and opened in 1923, Livonia Yard is the only IRT yard in Brooklyn . Livonia Yard consists of 4 inspection tracks inside
7695-590: The yard for the Harlem–148th Street station , which opened in 1968 as the current northern terminal for the 3. 40°49′22″N 73°56′07″W / 40.82278°N 73.93528°W / 40.82278; -73.93528 ( Lenox Yard ) The Livonia Yard is located at 900 Hegeman Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn on an entirely elevated structure at the east end of the IRT New Lots Line . Located between Elton and Linwood Streets,
7790-466: The yard went into service. 40°50′33″N 73°52′22″W / 40.84250°N 73.87278°W / 40.84250; -73.87278 ( East 180th Street Yard ) The Jerome Yard , or Mosholu Yard, is located at 3191 Jerome Avenue in the Jerome Park neighborhood of the Bronx . The yard was built in 1925. Five tracks went into service in the yard on February 7, 1923. This yard
7885-598: The yard, where they continued into the West Side Main Line . The inspection shed was lengthened to fit ten-car trains in Fiscal Year 1910. On September 9, 1958 the Transit Authority announced that it was planning to abandon the Lenox Avenue Shops. All IRT and IND repairs would then be done at the 207th Street Shops by June 1959. The TA estimated that this would result in a saving of $ 1 million
7980-439: The yard. The grade separation allowed trains to enter Westchester Yard without crossing the express track or the downtown local track and it allowed for the possibility of the extension of express service to Pelham Bay Park , which would save four more minutes. The increased capacity of the yard allowed the yard to store 358 additional subway cars. With the additional storage space, it would no longer be required to lay up trains on
8075-486: The yard. The yard is surrounded by a wall and covered by a parking deck used by residents of the Tracey Towers housing complex. The yard has four inspection tracks, one utility track and 18 layup tracks. Trains are washed at the nearby Concourse Yard. 40°52′44″N 73°53′16″W / 40.87889°N 73.88778°W / 40.87889; -73.88778 ( Jerome Yard ) Lenox Yard , formerly
8170-405: Was announced that the line would not be ready to open for an additional eight months. During 1919, the city purchased an area of land bounded by Hegeman and Lawrence Avenues, and Elton and Linwood Streets for the construction of a storage yard. Contracts for the yard were awarded in 1920. The yard was to be built with inspection facilities and the ability to store 250 cars. The first portion of
8265-508: Was built as a part of Contract 3 of the Dual Contracts between New York City and the Interborough Rapid Transit Company , including this station. It was built as an elevated line because the ground in this area is right above the water table, and as a result the construction of a subway would have been prohibitively expensive. This station opened along with the first portion of the line from Utica Avenue on November 22, 1920, with shuttle trains operating over this route. This station ceased to be
8360-426: Was built in 1926 on former marshlands that, along with Coney Island Creek , used to separate Coney Island from the main body of Brooklyn. Much of this land had originally been proposed for use as a ship canal and port facility. A car washing machine was installed in the yard at the end of 1964. Regular scheduled maintenance is performed here for a fleet of nearly 800 cars of R46s , R68s , R68As , serving
8455-531: Was completed. As part of an 18-month capital budget that took effect on January 1, 1963, the New Lots Avenue station was reconstructed. In 1968, as part of the proposed Program for Action , the IRT New Lots Line in East New York, would be extended southerly through the Livonia Yard to Flatlands Avenue to a modern terminal at Flatlands Avenue and Linwood Street. This two-track line would have run at ground level and it would have provided better access to
8550-451: Was done at the request of the NYSTC, which urged the IRT to start service as soon as it could safely be operated. Though work on the tower was not yet finished at the time, enough was completed to allow for the shuttle service. The use of shuttle service accelerated the opening of this portion of the line by a month, when through service was estimated to be inaugurated with the completion of
8645-482: Was provided during weekends and late nights as part of the reconstruction of the 14th Street Tunnel starting in April 2019. Funding for the free transfer connection was added back in the 2020–2024 Capital Program. In February 2020, the out-of-system transfer was made permanent until the in-system transfer was completed. The following services use part or all of the IRT New Lots Line: The line
8740-436: Was rerouted from Flatbush Avenue to New Lots Avenue. 5 trains were rerouted from Utica Avenue to Flatbush Avenue during rush hours. These changes were made to reduce non-revenue subway car mileage, to provide a dedicated fleet for each service, and to provide an easily accessible inspection yard for each service. The change allowed the 2 to be dedicated to 239th Street Yard and allowed the 3 to be assigned to Livonia Yard . With
8835-467: Was returned to the Board of Estimate on April 5, 1922, and was approved on April 28, 1922. The contract for the completion of the signal tower was rebid and was resubmitted to the Board of Estimate on May 15, 1922. On May 18, 1922, work began on the installation of tracks in Livonia Yard, and on June 9, 1922, the signal tower contract was approved. On June 19, 1922, work began on the tracks, signal tower and compressor room. The approach tracks needed for
8930-410: Was turned down because it would have required the acquisition of additional steel and because the legal routing of Route 31 did not specify the construction of a third track along the line. On May 9, 1916, title was acquired to sixteen parcels of land between the intersection of Eastern Parkway and Buffalo Street and East New York Avenue opposite of East 98th Street in condemnation proceedings to complete
9025-406: Was used. In 1921, the stations at Van Siclen Avenue and New Lots Avenue were practically completed, but they were not opened yet because trains could not run to the terminal until track work, the signal tower, and the compressor room were in service. On March 15, 1921, a contract for the completion of a signal tower to control train movements at the terminal crossovers at New Lots Avenue, and at
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