N (New York City Subway service)

The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored yellow since it uses the BMT Broadway Line through midtown Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue. It runs local in Queens and express in Manhattan and northern Brooklyn. On weekends, it runs local in Manhattan; during late nights it runs local everywhere, and goes between Manhattan and Brooklyn in the Montague Street Tunnel rather than the south tracks of the Manhattan Bridge, to fill the gap caused by R service becoming a short shuttle.

For several years until May 29, 2005, the N stopped one block short of Coney Island at Gravesend-86th Street due to reconstruction.

The following lines are used by the N:

Line	Tracks	When
BMT Astoria Line (full line)	local	always
BMT Broadway Line north of 34th Street	local	always
BMT Broadway Line from 34th Street to Prince Street	express (local late nights and weekends)	always
BMT Broadway Line south of Prince Street	local	late nights only
BMT Manhattan Bridge Line (full line)	N/A	all but late nights
BMT Fourth Avenue Line north of Pacific Street	N/A	late nights only
BMT Fourth Avenue Line from Pacific Street to 59th Street	express (local late nights)	always
BMT Sea Beach Line (full line)	local	always

1 Service history
2 Station listing
3 External links
4 References

Service history

4

SEA BEACH

R1 end rollsign

N

BROADWAY
SEA BEACH

R27 end rollsign
(later said just
BROADWAY[1])

1967–1979 bullets (in a circle)

The route that is now the N was originally BMT service 4, known as the Sea Beach Line or Sea Beach Express. Over the years it stayed constant, with trains running over the Manhattan Bridge and ending at Times Square, running express through Manhattan and northern Brooklyn.

On May 2, 1957, service was extended north to 57th Street, using the express tracks all the way. When the BMT Southern Division routes were given letters in 1960, the 4 became the N, with a single letter because it ran express; it was given the color yellow (which it managed to keep in the 1979 revisions).

The light blue NX designation was used for a short-lived "super-express" service along the express tracks of Sea Beach Line, beginning several stations east of Coney Island at Brighton Beach, and also ending at 57th Street. This service was only provided from November 27, 1967 to 1968.

On August 27, 1976, N service was extended north over the 60th Street Tunnel Connection to Forest Hills-71st Avenue, to replace the discontinued EE. Some local N trains went from Whitehall Street in lower Manhattan to Forest Hills, which was the exact EE route; others stayed with the Manhattan Bridge route and were simply extended to Forest Hills.

On April 26, 1986, the Manhattan Bridge north tracks were closed for rebuilding, and services that had used the north tracks were moved to the south side. This caused N trains to be sent via lower Manhattan and the Montague Street Tunnel, running fully local, though evening, night and weekend trains continued to use the bridge and express tracks, ending at 57th Street.

In May 1987, the north terminal was swapped with the R, now ending at Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard, in order to give the R access to the Jamaica Yard.

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Station listing

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.

Station	When	Services
Queens
Astoria-Ditmars Boulevard	always	N W ^(123a)
Astoria Boulevard	always	N W ^(123a)
30th Avenue	always	N W ^(123a)
Broadway	always	N W ^(123a)
36th Avenue	always	N W ^(123a)
39th Avenue	always	N W ^(123a)
Queensboro Plaza	always	N W ^(123a) 7 <7> ^(1a2a3b)
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue-59th Street	always	N R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) 4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a) 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ F (MetroCard) Roosevelt Island Tramway
Fifth Avenue-59th Street	always	N R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
57th Street	always	N Q R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
49th Street	always	N R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
42nd Street-Times Square	always	N Q R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) 7 <7> ^(1a2a3b) S ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 1 2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ A C ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ E Port Authority Bus Terminal
34th Street-Herald Square	always	N Q R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) B ^(123a) D F V ⁽¹²³⁾ PATH
28th Street	late nights and weekends only	N ⁽⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
23rd Street	late nights and weekends only	N ⁽⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
14th Street-Union Square	always	N Q R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) L 4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a) 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
Eighth Street-NYU	late nights and weekends only	N ⁽⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
Prince Street	late nights and weekends only	N ⁽⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
trains via lower Manhattan (night service) leave here
Canal Street	all but late nights	N ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ Q N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) 4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a)
Brooklyn
trains via lower Manhattan (night service) enter here
DeKalb Avenue	late nights only	M ⁽¹⁾ N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ B ^(123a) Q
Pacific Street	always	D M ⁽¹⁾ N R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ B ^(123a) Q 2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a) LIRR
Union Street	late nights only	D ⁽⁵⁾ M ⁽¹⁾ N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
Ninth Street	late nights only	D ⁽⁵⁾ M ⁽¹⁾ N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ F
Prospect Avenue	late nights only	D ⁽⁵⁾ M ⁽¹⁾ N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
25th Street	late nights only	D ⁽⁵⁾ M ⁽¹⁾ N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
36th Street	always	D M ⁽¹⁾ N R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾
45th Street	late nights only	N ⁽⁵⁾ R ^(12345b)
53rd Street	late nights only	N ⁽⁵⁾ R ^(12345b)
59th Street	always	N R
Eighth Avenue	always	N
Fort Hamilton Parkway	always	N
New Utrecht Avenue	always	N D M ⁽¹⁾
18th Avenue	always	N
20th Avenue	always	N
Bay Parkway	always	N
Kings Highway	always	N
Avenue U	always	N
Gravesend-86th Street	always	N
Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue	always	N Q F D
via lower Manhattan (night service) (Manhattan)
Canal Street	late nights only	N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) N ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ Q 4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a)
City Hall	late nights only	N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
Cortlandt Street	late nights only	N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) PATH
Rector Street	late nights only	N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
Whitehall Street	late nights only	N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) Staten Island Ferry
Brooklyn
Court Street-Borough Hall	late nights only	M ⁽¹⁾ N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Lawrence Street	late nights only	M ⁽¹⁾ N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾

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