Because of the complexity of the New York streetcar and subway network, there are four maps showing the routes:
A |
Westchester Av. |
The Hub - Westchester Av. - Westchester Sq. |
Ba* |
Bailey Av. |
Kingsbridge - Bailey Av. - Fordham Rd. - Fordham |
BR* |
Boston Rd. |
Mott Haven - The Hub - Boston Rd. - West Farms Sq. - Morris Park Av. - Morris Park |
C |
Bronx & Van Cortlandt Parks Crosstown |
West Farms Sq. - E 180th St. - Southern Blvd. - Fordham Rd. - Kingsbridge Rd. -
Broadway - Riverdale (City Line) |
L |
St. Ann's Ave. |
Mott Haven - St. Ann's Ave. - E 161st St. |
O |
Ogden Av. |
Amsterdam Av. - W 155th St. - Ogden Av. - Washington Br. - Broadway |
SB* |
Southern Blvd. |
Mott Haven - Southern Blvd. - Belmont |
Se* |
Sedgwick Av. |
Sedgwick Av. - Burnside Av. - Tremont Av. - 3rd Av. |
Tr* |
Tremont Av. |
University Av. - Burnside Av. - Tremont Av. - West Farms Sq. - Tremont Av. - Throgs Neck |
U |
University Av. |
Broadway - Washington Br. - University Av. - Kingsbridge Rd. - Sedgwick Av. - 238th St. - Kingsbridge |
VS* |
Sound View Av. |
Hunts Point - Westchester Av. - Sound View Av. - Clason Point |
VW* |
Williamsbridge |
3rd Av. - Tremont Av. - West Farms Sq. - Morris Park Av. - White Plains Rd. - E Gun Hill Rd. |
W |
Webster & White Plains Avenues |
The Hub - Melrose Av. - Webster Av. - White Plains Rd. - Wakefield (City Line) |
X138** |
138th St. Crosstown |
8th Av. (Manhattan) - W 135th St. - Madison Av. - E 138th St. (Bronx) - Port Morris |
* Some lines shared their letter designations (B, S, T, V). In these cases, I added a second letter for clarity.
** There was one crosstown line designated with the letter X. For clarity, I added 138 to it (since it was also known as
the 138th Street line).
2 |
Bergen St. |
Sackett St. - Smith St. - Bergen St. - St. Johns Pl. - Liberty Av. - Sheridan Av. |
3 |
Sumner Ave. |
Williamsburg Plaza - Broadway - Sumner Av. (Marcus Garvey Blvd.) - St. Johns Pl. - Hegeman Av. |
5 |
St Johns Place |
Borough Hall - Livingston St. - Atlantic Av. - Washington Av. - St Johns Place - Rockaway Ave. - Hegeman Av. |
7 |
Tompkins Av. |
Delancey Underground (Manhattan) - Williamsburg Bridge - Williamsburg Plaza - Tompkins Av. -
Kingston Av. - Empire Blvd. - Prospect Park
|
8 |
Church Av. |
39th St. Ferry - 39th St. - Church Av. - Hegeman Av. |
9 |
Rockaway Parkway |
Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway - Canarsie Pier |
10 |
Ralph & Rockaway Avenues |
Delancey Underground (Manhattan) - Williamsburg Bridge - Williamsburg Plaza - Broadway -
Ralph Av. - E New York Av. - Rockaway Ave. - Hegeman Av. |
13 |
Gravesend & Church Avenues |
Long Island RR Interchange - MacDonald Av. - Church Av. - Hegeman Av. |
14 |
Wilson Av. |
Williamsburg Plaza - Meserole St. [back: Johnson Av. - Broadway] - Johnson Av. - Wilson Av. - Cooper St. - Rockaway Ave. - Hegeman Av. |
14S |
Wilson Av. Shuttle |
Hegeman Av. - Rockaway Ave. - Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
|
15 |
Crosstown |
Greenpoint - Manhattan Av. - Bedford Av. [back: Driggs Av.] - Broadway Ferry - Wythe Av. -
Flushing Av. - Vanderbilt Av. - Myrtle Av. - Willoughby St. - Court St. - Atlantic Av. - Columbia St. - Red Hook |
16 |
Graham Av. |
Hunters Point (Queens) - Manhattan Av. - Flushing Av. - Brooklyn Bridge - Park Row (Manhattan) |
21 |
DeKalb Av. |
Park Row (Manhattan) - Brooklyn Bridge - Adams St. - Willoughby St. - DeKalb Av. - Stanhope St. / Seneca Av.
(to Myrtle Av.) |
24 |
Broadway |
Williamsburg Plaza - Broadway - Fulton St. - Crescent St. - Cypress Hills |
26 |
Putnam Av. |
Borough Hall - Livingston St. - Lafayette Av. - Fulton St. - Putnam Av. - Nostrand Av. - Halsey St. -
Cypress Av. - Ridgewood (Queens) |
27 |
Jamaica Av. |
Hopkinson Av. (Thomas S. Boyland St.) - Fulton St. - Jamaica Av. - 168th St. (Queens) |
30 |
Eighth Av. |
39th St. Ferry - 39th St. - 8th Av. - Bay Ridge Av. |
31 |
86th St. |
Bay Ridge - Bay Ridge Av. - 5th Av. - 86th St. - 14th Av. - Bath Av. - 25th Av. - Ulmer Park -
Stillwell Av. - Coney Island |
32 |
5th Av. |
South Ferry - Atlantic Av. - 5th Av. - Fort Hamilton |
34 |
Bay Ridge Av. |
Bay Ridge - Bay Ridge Av. - 13th Av. - 86th St. - 25th Av. - Ulmer Park |
36 |
Sea Gate (Surf Ave.) |
Coney Island (W 36th St. - Surf Av. - W 8th St. - Neptune Av. - Sheepshead Bay) |
38 |
West End (Utrecht Av.) |
Greenwood Cemetary - New Utrecht Av. - Bath Av. - Ulmer Park |
41 |
Flatbush Av. |
Court St. - Livingston St. - Flatbush Av. - Marine Park [Branch: Flatbush Av. - Av. N - Bergen Beach] |
42 |
Holy Cross Cemetery |
Nostrand Av. - Tilden Av. - Holy Cross Cemetery |
44 |
Nostrand Av. |
Delancey Underground (Manhattan) - Williamsburg Bridge - Williamsburg Plaza - Lee Av. -
Nostrand Av. - Av. U |
46 |
Utica & Reid Avenues |
Williamsburg Plaza - Broadway - Reid Av. (Malcolm X Blvd.) - Utica Av. - Av. N |
48 |
Lorimer St. |
Varick Av. - Nassau Av. - Lorimer St. - Flushing Av. - Franklin Av. - Prospect Park - Church Av. |
49 |
Ocean Av. |
Bergen St. - Rogers Av. - Ocean Av. - Sheepshead Bay |
50 |
Bushwick Av. |
Williamsburg Plaza - Meserole St. [back: Johnson Av. - Broadway] - Bushwick Av. - Myrtle Av. - Ridgewood (Queens) |
53 |
Metropolitan Av. |
Williamsburg Plaza - Grand St. - Metropolitan Av. - Jamaica Av. |
54 |
Myrtle Av. & Court St. |
Red Hook - Court St. - Myrtle Av. - Ridgewood (Queens) |
55 |
Richmond Hill |
Ridgewood (Queens) - Myrtle Av. - Jamaica Av. |
57 |
Flushing Av. |
Park Row (Manhattan) - Brooklyn Bridge - Flushing Av. - Grand Av. - Maspeth |
58 |
Flushing - Ridgwood |
Ridgewood (Queens) - Palmetto St. - Fresh Pond Rd. - Grand Av. - Corona Ave. - Horace Hardin Blv. - Flushing |
59 |
Grand St. |
Williamsburg (Broadway) - Driggs Av. [back: Bedford Av.] - Grand St. - Grand Av. - Maspeth |
63 |
Coney Island Ave. |
Church Av. - Coney Island Ave. - Coney Island |
67 |
Seventh Av. |
Park Row (Manhattan) - Brooklyn Bridge - Joyce St. - Livingston St. - Flatbush Av. - 7th Av. - Greenwood Cem. |
69 |
MacDonald - Vanderbilt Avenues |
Park Row (Manhattan) - Brooklyn Bridge - Flushing Av. - Vanderbilt Av. - Prospect Park W. -
MacDonald Av. - Coney Island |
72 |
Smith St. |
Brooklyn Bridge - Joyce St. - Smith St. - 9th St. - Prospect Park W. - Greenwood Cem. |
73 |
Norton's Point |
Sea Gate - Coney Island (Stillwell Av.) |
D |
Cypress Hills Cemetery |
Ridgewood - Cypress Av. - Cypress Hills Cemetery |
H |
Junction Blvd. |
Elmhurst (Queens) - Junction Blvd. - New York Municipal (La Guardia) Airport |
Q |
Williamsburg Bridge Local |
Delancey Underground (Manhattan) - Williamsburg Bridge - Williamsburg Plaza |
Note: Crosstown routes were simply designated as X. The designations X42, X59 and X125 are used for clarity.
Note: The QB designation above is for clarity, and was not used by the operator.
Note: Subway routes in New York City sometimes varied in function of the day of the week, time of day and other factors. In the
list below, I tried to present the normal weekday operation for each route.
1 |
Q |
Brighton Beach Line |
Queensboro Plaza (Queens) - Times Square (Manhattan) - Manhattan Bridge - Stillwell Av. (Brooklyn) |
2 |
R |
Fourth Ave. Line |
Queensboro Plaza (Queens) - Times Square (Manhattan) - Montague St. Tunnel - 4th Ave. (Brooklyn) - Bay Ridge 95th St. (Brooklyn) |
3 |
T |
West End Line |
Times Square (Manhattan) - Manhattan Bridge - 4ht Ave. (Brooklyn) - New Utrecht Av. - 86th St. - Stillwell Av. (Brooklyn) |
4 |
N |
Sea Beach Line |
Times Square (Manhattan) - Manhattan Bridge - 4th Av. (Brooklyn) - Fort Hamilton Park - Stillwell Av. (Brooklyn) |
5 |
SS |
Culver Line |
Chambers Street (Manhattan) - Montague St. Tunnel - 4th Av. (Brooklyn) - MacDonald Av. - Stillwell Av. (Brooklyn) |
7 |
SS |
Franklin Ave. Shuttle |
Franklin Av. Station (Brooklyn) - Prospect Park (Brooklyn) |
8 |
- - |
Astoria Line |
Queensboro Plaza (Queens) - Ditmars Blvd. (Queens) |
9 |
7 |
Flushing Line |
Queensboro Plaza (Queens) - Flushing (Queens) |
10 |
M |
Myrtle Av. - Chambers St. Line |
Chambers Street (Manhattan) - Williamsburg Bridge - Broadway (Brooklyn) - Myrtle Av. - Metropolitan Av. (Queens) |
11 |
MJ |
Myrtle Av. Line |
Downtown Brooklyn (Bridge / Jay Streets) - Myrtle Av. - Metropolitan Av. (Queens) |
12 |
- - |
Lexington Av. Line |
Downtown Brooklyn (Bridge / Jay Streets) - Myrtle Av. - Lexington Av. - Broadway - Eastern Parkway (Brooklyn) |
13 |
- - |
Fulton St. Line |
Rockaway Av. (Brooklyn) - Lefferts Av. (Queens) |
14 |
K |
Broadway (Brooklyn) Line |
Canal Street (Manhattan) - Williamsburg Bridge - Broadway (Brooklyn) - Canarsie Rockaway Parkway |
15 |
J |
Jamaica Line |
Broad Street (Manhattan) - Williamsburg Bridge - Broadway (Brooklyn) - Jamaica Av. - 168th St. (Queens) |
16 |
L |
14th St. Canarsie Line |
14th St. 8th Av. (Manhattan) - 14th St. Tunnel - Eastern Parkway (Brooklyn) - Canarsie Rockaway Parkway |
Line numbers (in the first column) are those used by the operator in 1946. Letters (in the second column) indicate
the letters used today for the same (or similar) route in the New York City transit system.
Single-lettered lines were express (at least partly), while double-lettered lines were always local
(i.e. stopping at all stations).
I1 |
1 |
Broadway - 7th Ave. - Brooklyn (Local & Express) |
242nd St. (Bronx) - Broadway - 7th Ave. (Manhattan) - Joralemon St. Tunnel - Flatbush Av. (Brooklyn) -
Eastern Parkway - New Lots Ave. (Brooklyn) / Flatbush Av. (Brooklyn) |
I2 |
2 |
7th Ave. Express |
241st St. (Bronx) - White Plains Rd. (Bronx) - Westchester Av. (Bronx) - Lenox Av. (Malcolm X Blvd.) (Manhattan) -
Broadway - 7th Ave. (Manhattan) - Clark St. Tunnel - Flatbush Av. (Brooklyn) - Eastern Parkway - Flatbush Av. (Brooklyn) |
I3 |
3 |
7th Ave. Express |
145th St. (Bronx) - Lenox Av. (Malcolm X Blvd.) (Manhattan) -
Broadway - 7th Ave. (Manhattan) - South Ferry |
I4 |
4 |
Jerome Av. - Lexington Av. Express |
Woodlawn (Bronx) - Jerome Av. (Bronx) - Lexington Av. (Manhattan) - Joralemon St. Tunnel - Flatbush Av. (Brooklyn) -
Eastern Parkway - Utica Av. (Brooklyn) |
I5 |
5 |
Dyre Av. - Lexington Av. Express |
Dyre Av. (Bronx) - Esplanade (Bronx) - Westchester Av. (Bronx) - Lexington Av. (Manhattan) -
Joralemon St. Tunnel - Flatbush Av. (Brooklyn) - Atlantic Av. (Brooklyn) |
I6 |
6 |
Lexington Av. Pelham (Local & Express) |
Pelham Bay Park (Bronx) - Westchester Av. (Bronx) - Lexington Av. (Manhattan) - Brooklyn Bridge City Hall |
I7 |
7 |
Flushing (Local & Express) |
Hudson Yards (Manhattan) - Times Square - Grand Central - Hunters Point (Queens) - Queensboro Plaza (Queens) - Flushing (Queens) |
I8 |
S |
42nd St. Shuttle |
Times Square (Manhattan) - Grand Central (Manhattan) |
IRT Line indicators (I1 etc.) as given above are for clarity, and were not used by the operator. The number part tends to correspond to their number designation today, which are
given in the second column.