New York City Subway

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metro system public transportation system rapid transit system

The New York City Subway is one of the world’s largest and busiest rapid transit systems, serving the five boroughs of New York City with extensive 24/7 underground and elevated rail service.

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Observed surface forms (24)

Surface form	Occurrences
MTA New York City Subway	3
BMT Division	2
New York City Subway A line	2
New York City Subway at Jamaica	2
New York City Subway numbered lines	2
New York City Subway services	2
New York City public transit system	2
Independent Subway System	1
Independent Subway System Division	1
MTA New York City Subway network	1
New York City Subway (at Grand Central)	1
New York City Subway (nearby stations)	1
New York City Subway (via connecting services)	1
New York City Subway 1 line	1
New York City Subway A Division	1
New York City Subway at Penn Station	1
New York City Subway at Woodside–61st Street	1
New York City Subway rapid transit network	1
New York City Subway shuttle	1
New York City Subway via Jamaica	1
New York City Transit subway stations	1
New York City subway	1
New York City subway via Grand Central Terminal	1
New York City subway via Penn Station	1

Statements (60)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	metro system ⓘ public transportation system ⓘ rapid transit system ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
electrification	600 V DC third rail ⓘ
fareControl	turnstiles ⓘ
fareSystem	MetroCard ⓘ MetroCard ⓘ surface form: OMNY
hasFeature	elevated sections ⓘ express tracks ⓘ local tracks ⓘ underground sections ⓘ
hasLine	1 train ⓘ 2 train ⓘ 3 train ⓘ 4 train ⓘ 5 train ⓘ 6 train ⓘ 7 train ⓘ A train ⓘ B train ⓘ C train ⓘ D train ⓘ E train ⓘ F train ⓘ G train ⓘ J train ⓘ L train ⓘ M train ⓘ N train ⓘ Q train ⓘ R train ⓘ W train ⓘ J train ⓘ surface form: Z train
hasPart	New York City Subway self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: BMT Division IND Division ⓘ IRT Division ⓘ
hasStation	Penn Station (New York City) ⓘ surface form: 34th Street–Penn Station Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center station ⓘ Fulton Street station ⓘ Grand Central–42nd Street station ⓘ Times Square ⓘ surface form: Times Square–42nd Street station
inception	1904-10-27 ⓘ
locatedIn	New York City ⓘ
notableEvent	Hurricane Sandy service disruption 2012 ⓘ
openingDate	1904-10-27 ⓘ
operator	Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ surface form: MTA New York City Transit Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
owner	New York City ⓘ surface form: City of New York
primaryLanguage	English ⓘ
safetyFeature	emergency intercoms on platforms ⓘ onboard emergency brake cords ⓘ
serves	Brooklyn ⓘ Manhattan ⓘ Queens ⓘ Staten Island ⓘ The Bronx ⓘ
servicePattern	24/7 service ⓘ
signageStandard	colored route bullets with letters and numbers ⓘ
trackGauge	1,435 mm standard gauge ⓘ

Referenced by (248)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Inwood neighborhood → hasPublicTransit → New York City Subway ⓘ

subject surface form: Inwood

this entity surface form: New York City Subway 1 line

Madison Square Garden → hasPublicTransitAccess → New York City Subway ⓘ

Manhattan → hasPublicTransitSystem → New York City Subway ⓘ

New York City → hasPublicTransitSystem → New York City Subway ⓘ

Bedford–Stuyvesant → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

Borough Park → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

East Side of Manhattan → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

Flatbush → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

Garment District → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

Lenox Hill → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

Midtown West → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

Turtle Bay → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

Turtle Bay neighborhood → hasTransportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

subject surface form: Turtle Bay

Bronx Park → hasTransportationAccess → New York City Subway ⓘ

United Nations Plaza → hasTransportationAccess → New York City Subway ⓘ

4 Pennsylvania Plaza, New York, NY 10001 → isAccessibleBy → New York City Subway ⓘ

34th Street–Herald Square station → isMajorHubFor → New York City Subway ⓘ

IRT Division → isOriginalDivisionOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

BMT Jamaica Line → isPartOfNetwork → New York City Subway ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Subway rapid transit network

Delancey Street–Essex Street station → isPartOfNetwork → New York City Subway ⓘ

Woodside station → isTransferStationFor → New York City Subway ⓘ

Transit Bureau → jurisdiction → New York City Subway ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City public transit system

R11 → locatedInSystem → New York City Subway ⓘ

Subway Series → namedAfter → New York City Subway ⓘ

IRT A Division subway cars → network → New York City Subway ⓘ

Jamaica Yard → network → New York City Subway ⓘ

this entity surface form: MTA New York City Subway

Sixth Avenue express service → network → New York City Subway ⓘ

Interborough Rapid Transit Company → operated → New York City Subway ⓘ

IRT → operates → New York City Subway ⓘ

this entity surface form: New York City Subway numbered lines

R160 subway cars → operatesOnSystem → New York City Subway ⓘ

Metropolitan Transportation Authority → oversees → New York City Subway ⓘ

BMT Division → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

BMT → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

subject surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation

D train → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

Eastern Parkway Line → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

Fulton Street complex → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

GG → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

Grand Central–42nd Street station → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

IND → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

IND Division → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

IND Rockaway Line (subway portion) → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

IND Subway → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

IRT → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

IRT Division → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

Independent Subway System (IND) → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

subject surface form: Independent Subway System

J train → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

Jamaica Line → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

Jamaica Yard → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ

Lexington Avenue–53rd Street → partOf → New York City Subway ⓘ