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The 2 Seventh Avenue Express[1] is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored Template:NYCS const since it uses the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line through most of Manhattan.

The 2 operates at all times between 241st Street in Wakefield, Bronx, and Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College in Flatbush, Brooklyn; limited rush hour service in the reverse-peak direction originates and terminates at New Lots Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn instead of Flatbush Avenue.[2][3]Template:Efn Daytime service makes express stops in Manhattan and all stops elsewhere; late night service makes all stops.

Historically, 2 trains have also run to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue. They ran exclusively on the IRT New Lots Line until 1983, when the 2 was routed to Flatbush Avenue. This is still the case with some rush-hour trains, albeit just to New Lots Avenue.

Service history[]

Early history[]

The first section of what became the current 2 entered service on November 26, 1904, from the temporary 180th Street–Bronx Park terminal via the West Farms El to 149th Street–3rd Avenue. On July 10, 1905, the connection between the IRT Lenox Avenue Line and IRT White Plains Road Line (which was previously served by the Third Avenue El) opened, allowing subway service from Manhattan to the Bronx.[4][5][6]

On January 9, 1908, the Joralemon Street Tunnel opened, connecting the current IRT Lexington Avenue Line to Brooklyn. At this time, trains ran from East 180th Street to Borough Hall.[7] On May 1, 1908, trains were extended to Nevins Street and Atlantic Avenue.[8][9]

On March 3, 1917, the IRT White Plains Road Line was extended to 219th Street.[10][11] On March 31, 1917, the IRT White Plains Road Line was extended to 238th Street–Nereid Avenue,[12] and to Wakefield–241st Street on December 13, 1920.[13][14] On August 1, 1918, the entire IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line was completed.[15] On April 15, 1919, the Clark Street Tunnel, connecting the line to Brooklyn, opened as well.[16]

Beginning on December 19, 1919, trains ran to South Ferry with some rush hour trains to Atlantic Avenue.[13] In 1923, during rush hours, 2 trains alternated between South Ferry and Utica Avenue.[13] Beginning December 1, 1924, 2 trains that had ended at South Ferry were extended to New Lots Avenue.[13]

On January 16, 1928, the New York State Transit Commission announced that it had reached an agreement with the IRT to increase service on its lines by 8,000,000 car miles a year–the greatest increase since 1922. As part of the changes, on January 30, all West Farms trains were extended from Atlantic Avenue to Flatbush Avenue during middays.[17]

As of 1934, 2 trains ran from 180th Street-Bronx Park to Flatbush Avenue weekdays and Saturday during daytime and to South Ferry evenings and Sundays, express in Manhattan. Late-night service was from 241st St to South Ferry, making all stops. There were occasional lay-up/put-ins from New Lots. Four weekday evening trains turned at Atlantic.[13] On September 5, 1937, some evening rush hour trains started running to Flatbush Avenue.[13]

As of July 1, 1938, weekday and Saturday evening service was extended to Flatbush Avenue from South Ferry.[18]

Sunday service was extended to Flatbush Avenue on March 5, 1950.

Beginning on December 26, 1950, alternate weekday rush trains were extended to 241st Street in the peak direction, but PM rush service to 241st Street was discontinued on June 26, 1952. Beginning on August 4, 1952, the 180th Street—Bronx Park station was closed, with trains rerouted to East 180th Street.

Under the New York City Transit Authority[]

Morning rush hour service to 241st Street was cut back to Gun Hill Road on October 2, 1953. On March 19, 1954, weekend service was rerouted to New Lots Avenue at all times except late nights. On May 4, 1957, a track connection to the IRT Dyre Avenue Line was completed and daytime 2 trains were rerouted to Dyre Avenue.[13] Evening service remained a shuttle between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street, and morning rush service from Gun Hill Road was discontinued.

On December 20, 1957, weekday trains were rerouted to New Lots Avenue at all times except late nights. On June 26, 1958, late night service began between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street. Beginning on December 12, 1958, late night service was extended to Flatbush Avenue, and the 2 began running express at all times. Beginning February 6, 1959, trains ran between Wakefield–241st Street and Flatbush Avenue at all times except late nights, when they ran between East 180th Street and New Lots Avenue.[13]

Beginning on April 8, 1960, daytime service was rerouted from Dyre Avenue to 241st Street, and service in Brooklyn was rerouted from New Lots Avenue to Flatbush Avenue. At the same time, late night service was rerouted from Flatbush Avenue to New Lots Avenue.

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Better Subway Service For Bronx IRT Riders

Beginning on April 18, 1965, evening service was extended from East 180th Street to 241st Street, and daytime service was rerouted from Flatbush Avenue to New Lots Avenue.

On July 10, 1983, the 2 and 3 trains swapped terminals in Brooklyn, with 2 trains terminating at Flatbush Avenue and 3 trains terminating at New Lots Avenue. 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 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.[19][20]

In Spring 1995, rush hour 5 service to 241st Street was cut back to Nereid Avenue. 241st Street had insufficient capacity to terminate all 2 and 5 trains during rush hours, requiring some 2 and 5 trips to terminate at Nereid Avenue. To ease passenger confusion regarding which trips terminate where and to provide more reliable service, it was decided to have all 2 trips terminate at 241st Street and have all 5 trains terminate at Nereid Avenue. This recommendation was made in response to comments made as part of the Northeast Bronx Comprehensive Study.[21]

Recent history[]

From March 2[22] to October 12, 1998, the IRT Lenox Avenue Line was rehabilitated. On weekdays, 2 trains ran via the IRT Lexington Avenue Line between 149th Street–Grand Concourse and Nevins Street uptown from 5:00 a.m. to midnight and downtown from midnight to 5:00 a.m.[23] On October 3, 1999, the 2 began running local in Manhattan during late night hours so local stations would receive service every ten minutes.[24]

On December 9, 1999, New York City Transit released a proposal, revising 2 and 5 service in the Bronx to eliminate a merge north of the East 180th Street station, increasing capacity and reducing delays, to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board. Dyre Avenue-bound 5 trains would start running local along the White Plains Road Line, while 2 trains would run express. Nereid Avenue-bound 5 trains would continue to run express in the Bronx. As part of the change, the frequency of service at White Plains Road Line local station would decrease from 12 trains per hour to 7 trains per hour. Market research showed that riders at these stations preferred Lexington Avenue Line service. In addition, riders on the line north of East 180th Street would gain express service. This change would have been revenue neutral.[25]

Shortly after the proposal was more widely announced in April 2000, Assemblyman Jeffrey Klein collected 2,000 signatures for a petition opposing the change.[26] The MTA delayed the change's planned implementation by a month after receiving the petition.[27] Opponents of the change also argued that it would have increased subway crowding on the 2 train, especially at the 72nd Street station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. The change was also opposed by State Senator Eric Schneiderman, Assemblyman Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Mark Green. New York City Transit expected the passenger volume of downtown 2 trains in the morning rush hour to increase from 92% of capacity to 108% at 72nd Street.[28] After Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver put pressure on the MTA, the change was pushed back for an additional three months in May 2000.[29] On September 24, 2000, a spokesperson for New York City Transit said that MTA Chairman E. Virgil Conway told planners to drop the change until service on the 5 was increased with the arrival of new R142 subway cars by early 2002.[30]

After September 11, 2001, 2 trains ran local in Manhattan at all times so they would not be delayed behind 3 trains terminating at 14th Street. Daytime express service resumed on September 15, 2002.[13]

Due to repairs to Hurricane Sandy-related damage on the Clark Street Tube, on weekends between June 17, 2017 and June 24, 2018, the 2 ran between Eastchester–Dyre Avenue in the Bronx and South Ferry in Lower Manhattan, with 5 trains replacing it in Brooklyn and the Bronx north of East 180th Street. Trains ran express only between 96th Street and Times Square–42nd Street during the daytime.[31][32]

Route[]

Service pattern[]

The following table shows the lines used by the 2, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:[33][2][3][34]

Line From To Tracks Times
all Template:Abbr nights late nights rush hours
IRT White Plains Road Line (full line) Wakefield–241st Street 149th Street–Grand Concourse local      
IRT Lenox Avenue Line 135th Street Central Park North–110th Street all
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line 96th Street Chambers Street express  
local      
IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line,
Brooklyn Branch
Park Place Borough Hall all    
IRT Eastern Parkway Line Hoyt Street Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College local
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line) President Street–Medgar Evers College Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College all Most trains
IRT Eastern Parkway Line Nostrand Avenue Crown Heights–Utica Avenue local     Limited service
IRT New Lots Line (full line) Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road New Lots Avenue all

Stations[]

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.[1]

Station service legend
Black dot Stops all times
Period dot Stops all times except late nights
Crescent dot Stops late nights only
Circle dot Stops weekdays only
Cross dot Stops weekends only
Half dot Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
Black diamond Stops rush hours only
Half diamond Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Gray dot Station closed
File:Rushreversepeak Stops rush hours in the reverse-peak direction only (limited service)
2 service to Flatbush Avenue
Template:Abbr
2 service to New Lots Avenue during rush hours only
Template:Abbr
Stations Handicapped/disabled access Subway transfers Connections
The Bronx
White Plains Road Line
Stops all times   Wakefield–241st Street Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Wakefield
Stops all times   Nereid Avenue Template:NYCS White Plains north local Originating point for some southbound a.m. rush hour trains
Stops all times   233rd Street Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS White Plains north local Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Woodlawn
Stops all times   225th Street Template:NYCS White Plains north local
Stops all times   219th Street Template:NYCS White Plains north local
Stops all times   Gun Hill Road Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS White Plains north Bx41 Select Bus Service
Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Williams Bridge
Stops all times   Burke Avenue Template:NYCS White Plains north local
Stops all times   Allerton Avenue Template:NYCS White Plains north local
Stops all times   Pelham Parkway Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS White Plains north local Bx12 Select Bus Service
Stops all times   Bronx Park East Template:NYCS White Plains north local
Stops all times   East 180th Street Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS White Plains 180th
Stops all times   West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue Template:NYCS White Plains local Q44 Select Bus Service
Stops all times   174th Street Template:NYCS White Plains local
Stops all times   Freeman Street Template:NYCS White Plains local
Stops all times   Simpson Street Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS White Plains local
Stops all times   Intervale Avenue Template:NYCS White Plains local Bx6 Select Bus Service
Stops all times   Prospect Avenue Template:NYCS White Plains local
Stops all times   Jackson Avenue Template:NYCS White Plains local
Stops all times   Third Avenue–149th Street Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS White Plains Bx41 Select Bus Service
Stops all times   149th Street–Grand Concourse Template:NYCS White Plains
Template:NYCS Jerome (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
Manhattan
Lenox Avenue Line
Stops all times   135th Street Handicapped/disabled access 2 3

 

Stops all times   125th Street 2 3

 

M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport
Stops all times   116th Street 2 3

 

Stops all times   Central Park North–110th Street 2 3

 

Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Stops all times   96th Street Handicapped/disabled access 1 2 3

 

Stops late nights only | 86th Street 1 M86 Select Bus Service
Stops late nights only | 79th Street 1 M79 Select Bus Service
Stops all times   72nd Street Handicapped/disabled access 1 2 3

 

Stops late nights only | 66th Street–Lincoln Center Handicapped/disabled access 1
Stops late nights only | 59th Street–Columbus Circle Handicapped/disabled access 1
Template:NYCS Eighth center night (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Stops late nights only | 50th Street 1
Stops all times   Times Square–42nd Street Handicapped/disabled access 1 2 3

 
Template:NYCS Flushing south (IRT Flushing Line)
A C    E (IND Eighth Avenue Line at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal)
N Q R   W   (BMT Broadway Line)
S   (42nd Street Shuttle)
B   D F ''M   (IND Sixth Avenue Line at 42nd Street–Bryant Park, daytime only)

Port Authority Bus Terminal
M34A Select Bus Service
Stops all times   34th Street–Penn Station Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south M34 / M34A Select Bus Service
Amtrak, LIRR and NJ Transit at Pennsylvania Station
Stops late nights only | 28th Street Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south local
Stops late nights only | 23rd Street Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south local M23 Select Bus Service
Stops late nights only | 18th Street Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south local
Stops all times   14th Street Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south
F M

  (IND Sixth Avenue Line at 14th Street)
L (BMT Canarsie Line at Sixth Avenue)

PATH at 14th Street
M14A/D Select Bus Service
Stops late nights only | Christopher Street–Sheridan Square Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south local PATH at Christopher Street
Stops late nights only | Houston Street Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south local
Stops late nights only | Canal Street Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south local
Stops late nights only | Franklin Street Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south local
Stops all times   Chambers Street Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS Broadway-Seventh south
Brooklyn Branch
Stops all times   Park Place File:Aiga elevator.svg 2 3 (1234)
A C

  (IND Eighth Avenue Line at Chambers Street)
E (IND Eighth Avenue Line at World Trade Center)
N (5) R (1234) W (123a) (BMT Broadway Line at Cortlandt Street)

PATH at World Trade Center
Stops all times   Fulton Street Handicapped/disabled access 2 3 (1234)
4 5

  (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
A C   (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
J     Z   (BMT Nassau Street Line)

PATH at World Trade Center
Stops all times   Wall Street 2 3 (1234) M15 Select Bus Service
Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal
Brooklyn
Stops all times   Clark Street File:Aiga elevator.svg 2 3 (1234) Template:Ferry icon NYC Ferry: East River and South Brooklyn routes (at Old Fulton Street and Furman Street)
Stops all times   Borough Hall Handicapped/disabled access 2 3 (1234)
4 5

  (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)
M   N   R   (BMT Fourth Avenue Line at Court Street)

Eastern Parkway Line
Stops all times   Hoyt Street Template:NYCS Eastern far west local
Stops all times   Nevins Street 2 3

  4 5  

Stops all times   Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Handicapped/disabled access 2 3

  4 5  
B   Q (BMT Brighton Line)
Template:NYCS Fourth center (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)

LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal
Stops all times   Bergen Street Template:NYCS Eastern west local weekday
Stops all times   Grand Army Plaza Template:NYCS Eastern west local weekday
Stops all times   Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS Eastern west local weekday
Stops all times   Franklin Avenue–Medgar Evers College 2 3

  4 5  
S (BMT Franklin Avenue Line at Botanic Garden)

Services to Flatbush Avenue and New Lots Avenue split
Nostrand Avenue Line
Stops all times rowspan=7 Template:N/A President Street–Medgar Evers College Template:NYCS Nostrand
Stops all times Sterling Street Template:NYCS Nostrand B44 Select Bus Service
Stops all times Winthrop Street Template:NYCS Nostrand B44 Select Bus Service
Stops all times Church Avenue Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS Nostrand B44 Select Bus Service
Stops all times Beverly Road Template:NYCS Nostrand
Stops all times Newkirk Avenue–Little Haiti Template:NYCS Nostrand B44 Select Bus Service
Stops all times Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS Nostrand B44 Select Bus Service
Eastern Parkway Line (limited rush hour service only)
rowspan=3 Template:N/A   Nostrand Avenue Template:NYCS Eastern center local day B44 Select Bus Service
  Kingston Avenue Template:NYCS Eastern center local day
  Crown Heights–Utica Avenue Handicapped/disabled access Template:NYCS Eastern center B46 Select Bus Service
New Lots Line (limited rush hour service only)
rowspan=7 Template:N/A   Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road Template:NYCS New Lots day B15 bus to JFK Int'l Airport
  Saratoga Avenue Template:NYCS New Lots day
  Rockaway Avenue Template:NYCS New Lots day
  Junius Street Template:NYCS New Lots day
Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard:
L (BMT Canarsie Line at Livonia Avenue)
  Pennsylvania Avenue Template:NYCS New Lots day
  Van Siclen Avenue Template:NYCS New Lots day
  New Lots Avenue Template:NYCS New Lots day B15 bus to JFK Int'l Airport

Notes[]

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References[]

  1. 1.0 1.1 Template:NYCS const
  2. 2.0 2.1 7:40 AM - 9:35 AM New Lots Av – OpenMobilityData (August 8, 2021).
  3. 3.0 3.1 3:42 PM - 5:30 PM Wakefield-241 St – OpenMobilityData (August 8, 2021).
  4. "Discuss Subway Signs in 18th St. Station – Engineer Parsons and Mr. Hedley Inspect Advertising Scheme – Bronx Viaduct Works Well – Delays There Only Those of Newness – Lenox Avenue Service Makes Fuss Below Ninety-sixth Street", New York Times, November 27, 1904.
  5. Kahn, Alan Paul (January 1, 1973). Tracks of New York /. New York: Electric Railroaders' Association. 
  6. "Subway Trains Running from Bronx to Battery – West Farms and South Ferry Stations Open at Midnight – Start Without a Hitch – Bowling Green Station Also Opened – Lenox Avenue Locals Take City Hall Loop Hereafter", New York Times, July 10, 1905.
  7. "Brooklyn Tunnel to be Opened for Operation to Borough Hall Thursday", The Wall Street Journal, January 7, 1908.
  8. "Bronx to Montauk; One Change of Cars — This Trip Made Possible by the Opening of Brooklyn Subway Extension Friday — Official Opening Trip — And the Public Can Go Through to Long Island Railroad Station To-night After Midnight", April 30, 1908, p. 4.
  9. "Trains To Atlantic Ave.: New Subway Schedule For Extension Announced.", New-York Tribune, April 30, 1908.
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  11. "White Plains Road Extension of Subway Opened to the Public – New Branch, Which Runs from 177th to 219th Street, Gives the Williamsbridge and Wakefield Sections of the East Bronx Rapid Transit for the First Time", The New York Times, March 4, 1917.
  12. "New Subway Line Opened: White Plains Extension is Now Running to 238th Street", New York Times, April 1, 1917.
  13. 13.0 13.1 13.2 13.3 13.4 13.5 13.6 13.7 13.8 Line by Line History: White Plains-7th Av. Express.
  14. "Subway Line Extended: White Plains Avenue Branch Opens to 241st Street Tomorrow", New York Times, December 12, 1920.
  15. Whitney, Travis (Public Service Commissioner) (March 10, 1918). The Seventh and Lexington Avenue Subways Will Revive Dormant Sections – Change in Operation That Will Transform Original Four-Tracked Subway Into Two Four-Tracked Systems and Double Present Capacity of the Interborough.
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  17. "IRT Adds More Cars And Extends Lines: Delays at Atlantic Ave. Reduced—South Ferry Trains to Run to Brooklyn", The Brooklyn Citizen, January 16, 1928.
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  21. * (September 10, 1994) NYC Transit Committee Agenda September 1994. New York City Transit, D.65. 
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  25. "No. 5 express still a go: Dyre Ave. line shift to local service nixed", New York Daily News, 2000-09-26, pp. 535.
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