Lexington Avenue Line

E23112

New York City Subway line rapid transit line

The Lexington Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway route in Manhattan that carries the 4, 5, and 6 trains and is one of the system’s busiest and most important north–south corridors.

Aliases (8)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City Subway line → rapid transit line →
boroughServed	Brooklyn → Manhattan → The Bronx →
city	New York City →
color	dark green →
connectsTo	Dyre Avenue Line → Eastern Parkway Line → Jerome Avenue Line → New Lots Line → Nostrand Avenue Line → Pelham Line →
constructionType	underground →
country	United States →
dailyRidershipRank	highest among NYC Subway trunk lines →
division	IRT Division →
electrification	600 V DC third rail →
fareSystem	Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system →
hasExpressTracks	yes →
hasInterchange	14th Street–Union Square complex → Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall–Chambers Street complex → Grand Central–42nd Street complex →
hasLocalTracks	yes →
hasTerminal	125th Street → Bowling Green → Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall → Grand Central–42nd Street →
historicalOperator	Interborough Rapid Transit Company →
isBusiestInSystem	yes →
locale	Lexington Avenue, Manhattan →
manhattanTrunk	yes →
northSouthCorridor	yes →
opened	1918 →
operator	Metropolitan Transportation Authority → New York City Transit Authority →
passesThrough	Downtown Manhattan → East Midtown → Midtown Manhattan → Upper East Side →
services	4 → 5 → 6 → <6> → former 10 → former 12 → former 8 →
state	New York →
system	New York City Subway →
trackGauge	standard gauge →

Referenced by (31)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
42nd Street Shuttle ("Lexington Avenue Line at Grand Central–42nd Street") → BMT Broadway Line ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") → Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line → Eastern Parkway Line ("Lexington Avenue Line (IRT)") → Eighth Avenue Line (IND) ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	connectsWith
14th Street–Union Square ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") → Fulton Street station ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") → Grand Central–42nd Street station ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") → Lexington Avenue–53rd Street ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	servesLine
4 train ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") → 6 train ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	lineUsed
R11 ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	associatedWithLines
Second Avenue Subway →	connectsTo
Grand Central Terminal →	hasConnection
IRT Division →	hasMainTrunkLine
Turtle Bay →	hasNearbySubwayLine
5 train ("Lexington Avenue Line services") →	hasRouteColorFamily
Lexington Avenue–53rd Street ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	hasTransferTo
Turtle Bay ("Lexington Avenue Line (4 5 6 trains)") →	hasTransportation
6 train ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	manhattanTrunkLine
IND Sixth Avenue Line ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line at 42nd Street–Grand Central via passage from 42nd Street–Bryant Park") →	nearbyConnectionViaPassageways
Interborough Rapid Transit Company ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	openedLine
5 train ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	primaryManhattanLine
IRT East Side Lines ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	primaryManhattanTrunk
New York City Subway 4 line ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	primaryManhattanTrunkLine
6 train ("Lexington Avenue services") →	routeColorFamily
Lenox Hill →	servedBy
Fulton Street complex ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	servedByLine
Jerome Avenue Line ("IRT Lexington Avenue Line") →	southernConnection
Upper East Side →	traversedBy
5 train ("Lexington Avenue Line express tracks") →	trunkLineInManhattan