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The IND Second System was a plan for a major expansion of the city-owned Independent Subway System in New York, New York]. Very little of it was built, though provisions were made for future expansion on lines that intersect the proposals. The core lines of the system were the Second Avenue Line (with an extension into the Bronx) and the South Fourth Street Line (connecting to the Rockaways). The Rockaways were eventually served by the NYC subway (A train) via existing LIRR Rockaway Branch train service that was converted to subway service. The Second Avenue Subway is still being planned.

Provisions[]

The following provisions were made for connections and transfers to the Second System:

  • At Second Avenue on the IND Sixth Avenue Line, a large open space was built above for the four-track Second Avenue Line.
  • At East Broadway on the IND Sixth Avenue Line (under Rutgers Street here), part of a two-track station was built for the line under East Broadway, above the existing line. This is now part of the mezzanine.
  • At Broadway on the IND Crosstown Line, traces of stairways are visible going up to a six-track station on the line to the Rockaways.
  • At Utica Avenue on the IND Fulton Street Line, a four-track station above can be seen in the ceiling of the existing station. The existing mezzanine passes over the unused space.
  • At Roosevelt Avenue on the IND Queens Boulevard Line, a two-track upper level was built for the Winfield Spur towards the line to the Rockaways. Unlike the other stations, this one was completed, except for track.
  • A junction was built on the IND Queens Boulevard Line for the line under Van Wyck Boulevard; it has since been connected to the IND Archer Avenue Line.
  • The express tracks on the IND Sixth Avenue Line end at the curve into Essex Street; these were planned to continue towards the Rockaways.
  • A line to the Rockaways would have split from the IND Eighth Avenue Line (under Church Street here), east under Worth Street. The junction was built and is used by the local tracks to World Trade Center.
  • The tracks that the IND 63rd Street Line uses to split from the IND Sixth Avenue Line were built for a similar proposed line (under 61st Street) in the Second System.
  • The completed IND 63rd Street Line, which the F train uses to cross the East River, was designed and built with bellmouths to allow for the construction of connections to the planned Second Avenue Subway for service to/from the north and south along 2nd Avenue.

1929 plan details[]

The first plan was made on September 15, 1929 (before the IND even opened), and is detailed in the table below. Cost is only for construction, and doesn't include land acqusition or other items.

Line Streets From To Tracks Route miles Track miles Cost Notes
Manhattan
East Manhattan trunk line (Second Avenue Line) Water Street - New Bowery - Chrystie Street Pine Street Houston Street 2 from Pine Street to Chambers Street
4 to Houston Street
1.34 4.68 $11,300,000 subway
Second Avenue Houston Street Harlem River 4 to 61st Street
6 to 125th Street
4 to Harlem River
6.55 32.84 $87,600,000 subway
Sixth Avenue - 61st Street 52nd Street Second Avenue 2 1.1 2.2 $6,700,000 subway
(Rockaway Line) Worth Street - East Broadway - Grand Street Church Street East River 2 1.95 3.9 $13,300,000 subway
(Utica Avenue Line) Houston Street Essex Street East River 2 .93 1.86 $7,900,000 subway
Manhattan total 11.87 45.48 $126,800,000
Bronx
Bronx trunk line Alexander Avenue - Melrose Avenue - Boston Road Harlem River West Farms 4 3.97 15.88 $40,400,000 subway, with a portal between Vyse Avenue and 177th Street, then elevated into the existing IRT White Plains Road Line near 180th Street
Morris Park Avenue - Wilson Avenue Garfield Street Boston Road 2 3.5 7.9 $13,700,000 branching off the existing elevated IRT White Plains Road Line, and then going into subway
163rd Street - Hunts Point - Lafayette Avenue - 177th Street Washington Avenue at Brook Avenue East Tremont Avenue 2 5.02 10.04 $12,900,000 subway to near Edgewater Road and Seneca Avenue, then elevated
Burke Avenue - Boston Road Webster Avenue Baychester Avenue 2 2.15 4.3 $8,900,000 extension of the Concourse Line
Bronx subtotal 14.64 38.12 $75,900,000
White Plains Road Line 180th Street 241st Street 4.40 13.2 $2,100,000 owned by IRT, to be taken over ("recaptured") by IND
Bronx total 19.04 51.32 $77,000,000
Brooklyn
Broadway Branch Line (Rockaway Line) Broadway East River Havemeyer Street at South Fourth Street 2 3.16 13.5 $34,800,000 subway
Utica Avenue Line (and Rockaway Line from Havemeyer Street to Stuyvesant Avenue) Grand Street - South Fourth Street - Beaver Street East River Stuyvesant Avenue 2 to Driggs Avenue
4 to Union Avenue
8 to Bushwick Avenue
4 to Stuyvesant Avenue
subway
Stuyvesant Avenue - Utica Avenue Broadway Flatbush Avenue 4 5.85 23.4 $39,300,000 subway to Avenue J, then elevated
Avenue S Utica Avenue Nostrand Avenue 2 1.1 2.2 $2,000,000 elevated
Nostrand Avenue Avenue S Voorhies Avenue 4 1.3 5.2 $3,200,000 elevated
Rockaway Line Myrtle Avenue Bushwick Avenue Palmetto Avenue 4 1.34 5.36 $14,300,000 subway
Liberty Avenue Fulton Street and Eastern Parkway Grant Avenue 4 1.84 7.36 $13,500,000 subway extending the Fulton Street Line to a portal at Liberty Avenue and Crescent Street, then elevated to connect to the BMT Liberty Avenue Line (now part of the Fulton Street Line) at Grant Avenue
Brooklyn subtotal 14.59 57.02 $107,100,000
Nostrand Avenue Extension Flatbush Avenue Avenue S 2 2.25 4.5 $7,400,000 Extension of Nostrand Avenue Line as subway to Kings Highway, then elevated
Brooklyn total 16.84 61.52 $114,500,000
Queens
Rockaway Line Myrtle Avenue - Central Avenue Palmetto Avenue 78th Street 4 2.1 8.4 $17,300,000 subway to Central Avenue near 73rd Place, then along the surface or elevated
98th Street - 99th Street - Hawtree Street 78th Street Hammels Station 4 to Howard Beach
2 to Hammels
9.2 26.2 $20,200,000 along the surface or elevated
Rockaway Beach Boulevard Beach 116th Street Mott Avenue 2 5.0 10.0 $7,400,000 along the surface or elevated
Newport Avenue Beach 116th Street Beach 149th Street 2 1.6 3.2 $2,400,000 along the surface or elevated
Winfield Spur Garfield Avenue - 65th Place - Fresh Pond Road Broadway and 78th Street Central Avenue 2 3.34 6.68 $10,100,000 subway to 45th Avenue, then elevated to Fresh Pond Road, then subway
Liberty Avenue - 105th Avenue - Brinckerhoff Avenue - Hollis Avenue Lefferts Boulevard Springfield Boulevard 2 6.2 13.3 $10,700,000 elevated extension of the BMT Liberty Avenue Line (now part of the Fulton Street Line)
includes branch connection to Jamaica Avenue Elevated (BMT) at 168th Street, via 180th Street and Jamaica Avenue
Van Wyck Boulevard Line 137th Street - Van Wyck Boulevard 87th Avenue Rockaway Boulevard 2 2.3 4.6 $6,600,000 subway to about 166th Avenue, then elevated
120th Avenue Line 120th Avenue - Springfield Boulevard Hawtree Street near North Conduit Boulevard Foch Boulevard 4 to Van Wyck Boulevard
2 to Foch Boulevard
5.23 13.92 $9,500,000 elevated
Queens subtotal 34.97 88.30 $84,200,000
Roosevelt Avenue - First Street - Station Road - 38th Avenue Main Street 221st Street 3 to 147th Street
2 to 221st Street
3.6 7.78 $9,600,000 extends the BMT/IRT Flushing Line as a subway to 155th Street, then elevated
College Point and Whitestone Line Roosevelt Avenue and 147th Street 11th Avenue and 122nd Street 2 3.4 6.8 $6,000,000 subway to 35th Avenue, then elevated
Ditmars Avenue - Astoria Boulevard - 112th Street - Nassau Boulevard (Long Island Expressway) 2nd Avenue Cross Island Boulevard 2 to Astoria Boulevard
4 to Parsons Boulevard
2 to Cross Island Boulevard
8.1 26.71 $17,700,000 extends the BMT/IRT Astoria Line as an elevated, except that part of it may be depressed near Nassau Boulevard (Long Island Expressway)
Queens extensions subtotal 15.1 41.29 $33,300,000
Liberty Avenue Line Grant Avenue Lefferts Boulevard 3 2.3 6.9 $1,600,000 owned by BMT, to be taken over ("recaptured") by IND
now part of the Fulton Street Line
Queens total 52.37 136.49 $119,100,000
grand total 100.12 294.81 $438,400,000

Later plans[]

Later plans included the following:

  • (1931 plan) A line splitting from the Second Avenue Line north of Houston Street, running southeast, junctioning with the Houston Street line, and crossing the East River from Stanton Street towards the huge line under South Fourth Street.
  • (1931 plan) A line splitting from the Crosstown Line where it turns from Lafayette Avenue to Marcy Avenue, continuing under Lafayette Avenue and Stanhope Street to a junction with the line under Myrtle Avenue.
  • (1939 plan) A line splitting from the South Brooklyn (Culver) Line at Fort Hamilton Parkway, and running under Fort Hamilton Parkway to end at 86th Street. A branch would split to run under Ovington Avenue and Senator Street, with a tunnel under the Narrows to Staten Island at the St. George Ferry Terminal. The line would split, with the north branch ending at Westervelt Avenue around Hamilton Avenue, and the south branch ending at Grant Street around St. Pauls Street.
  • (unknown date) A third 2-track tunnel under the East River, from the north side of the South Fourth Street/Union Avenue station (as built for six tracks) west to Delancey Street.
  • (unknown date) A line splitting from the Stuyvesant Avenue line, going southeast under Broadway.
  • (unknown date) A line under Flushing Avenue from the huge line under Beaver Street to Horace Harding Boulevard (Long Island Expressway).
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References[]

  • 100 Miles of Subway in New City Project; 52 of them in Queens, New York Times September 16, 1929 page 1
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