6 (New York City Subway service)

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For the former BMT service, see BMT 6.

The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the 6 service run at all times. The usual pattern is local service on the whole route. Some midday and rush hour trips run express in the peak direction in the Bronx, and are designated with a diamond rather than the standard circle. During those times, local 6 trains terminate at Parkchester. Express trains switch to the local tracks north of there and continue to Pelham Bay Park.

The following lines are used by the 6 service:
Line Tracks When
IRT Pelham Line (full line) local (some rush hour trains run express south of Parkchester in the peak direction) always
IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall local always

Line	Tracks	When
IRT Pelham Line (full line)	local (some rush hour trains run express south of Parkchester in the peak direction)	always
IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall	local	always

Contents

1 Service history
2 Cultural references
3 Station listing
4 External links
5 References

Service history


R12 end rollsign	1967-1979 bullet (in a circle)

On October 27, 1904, local and express service opened on the original subway in Manhattan, following the route of the present IRT Lexington Avenue Line from City Hall to 42nd Street–Grand Central. From there, the service traveled west on 42nd Street on the route of the present 42nd Street Shuttle, and then north on the present Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, and then the Lenox Avenue Line to 145th Street.

The current "H" configuration — with separate services along Lexington Avenue and Broadway–Seventh Avenues — was introduced in 1917. Full Lexington Avenue local service from City Hall to 125th Street opened on July 17, 1918.

On August 1, 1918, Third Avenue–138th Street opened.

On January 8, 1919, service was extended to Hunts Point Avenue.

On May 30, 1920, service was extended to Parkchester.

Five months later, service was extended to Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue.

Two months later, the entire IRT Pelham Line was completed.

On December 31, 1945, City Hall station closed, making the former Brooklyn Bridge station (renamed Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall the new southern terminal.

Service ran pretty much the same throughout the years: rush hour expresses from Pelham Bay Park and locals from Parkchester, and all stops other times to Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall. Until the 1970's, rush hour trains were extended to South Ferry (shuttle from Bowling Green on outer track, other times).

In 1980, late night service was cut back to 125th Street. (4 became local in Manhattan).

From March 4, 1985 until the following summer, there was a 6 leaving Third Avenue-138th Street bound for Brooklyn, turned at Atlantic Avenue, and returned to Pelham Bay Park. This was the only 6 service scheduled to operate to Brooklyn.

In the mid 1990s, express service in The Bronx was extended to middays (to Manhattan until about noon, then to Pelham Bay Park).

In 1999, late-night service was re-extended to Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall (the 4 train remained as a late-night local).

Cultural references

In the 1974 film The Taking of Pelham One Two Three, a 6 train was hijacked, and hostages were held inside a subway car.

Jennifer López rode a 6 train into Manhattan to go to her dance studio. Her 1999 album is called On the 6, a reference to the train.

Mark Wahlberg rides the 6 (R29/36 cars) in the The Yards.

On January 22, 2006, eight members of the Improv Everywhere comedy troup were arrested on a 6 train after participating in a city-wide prank dubbed "No Pants".

Station listing

For a more detailed station listing, see the lines in the table above.

Station	When	Services
The Bronx
Pelham Bay Park	always	6 ^(1b2b345) <6> ^(1a2a)
Buhre Avenue	always	6 ^(1b2b345) <6> ^(1a2a)
Middletown Road	always	6 ^(1b2b345) <6> ^(1a2a)
Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue	always	6 ^(1b2b345) <6> ^(1a2a)
Zerega Avenue	always	6 ^(1b2b345) <6> ^(1a2a)
Castle Hill Avenue	always	6 ^(1b2b345) <6> ^(1a2a)
Parkchester	always
St. Lawrence Avenue	always
Morrison-Sound View Avenues	always
Elder Avenue	always
Whitlock Avenue	always
Hunts Point Avenue	always
Longwood Avenue	always
East 149th Street	always
East 143rd Street–St. Mary's Street	always
Cypress Avenue	always
Brook Avenue	always
Third Avenue–138th Street	always
Manhattan
125th Street	always	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ Metro-North Railroad
116th Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
110th Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
103rd Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
96th Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
86th Street	always	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
77th Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
68th Street–Hunter College	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
59th Street	always	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ N R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) (MetroCard) Roosevelt Island Tramway
51st Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ E V ⁽¹²³⁾
42nd Street–Grand Central	always	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ 7 <7> ^(1a2a3c) S ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ Metro-North Railroad
33rd Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
28th Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
23rd Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
14th Street–Union Square	always	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ L N Q R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a)
Astor Place	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
Bleecker Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ B ^(123a) D F V ⁽¹²³⁾ (from southbound platform only)
Spring Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
Canal Street	always	4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ N ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ Q N ⁽⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ W ^(123a) J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a)
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall	always	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ J M ⁽¹²⁾ Z ^(1a)

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References

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[http://encycl.opentopia.com/ edit ] New York City Subway ([official site])
Services	1 2 3 4 5 6 7 A B C D E F G J L M N Q R V W Z
Shuttles (S)	42nd Street • Franklin Avenue • Rockaway Park
Unused/defunct	8 9 10 11 12 13 H K NX P T U X Y • JFK Express BMT: 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Shuttles: 63rd Street • Bowling Green • Culver • Grand Street • Other
Divisions	IRT • BMT • IND (Second System)
Lists	Inter-division connections • Inter-division transfers • Lines • Services • Stations • Terminals • Yards
Miscellaneous	Accessibility • Chaining • Dual Contracts • History • Nomenclature • Rolling stock
Other transit in NYC	AirTrain JFK • Amtrak • LIRR • Metro-North • NJ Transit • PATH • Roosevelt Island Tramway • Staten Island Railway