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.

L train → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Lenox Avenue Line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Lexington Avenue Line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

M train → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Myrtle Avenue Line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

N → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

N train → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

New Lots Line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

New York City Subway 4 line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

New York City Subway B line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

New York City Subway C line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

New York City Subway D line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Nostrand Avenue Line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Pelham Line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Q → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Q train → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Queens Boulevard Line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

R (New York City Subway service) → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

R → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

subject surface form: R (New York City Subway service)

R train → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

R179 subway cars → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

R46 subway cars → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

R68 subway car → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

S (historical map designation) → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

South Ferry → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

W → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

W train → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

White Plains Road Line → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Z train → system → New York City Subway ⓘ

Chelsea, Manhattan → transport → New York City Subway ⓘ

Sunset Park → transport → New York City Subway ⓘ

Prospect Park → transportAccess → New York City Subway ⓘ

Atlantic Yards redevelopment project → transportConnection → New York City Subway ⓘ

Foley Square → transportConnection → New York City Subway ⓘ

Manhattan Island → transportHubFor → New York City Subway ⓘ

New York metropolitan area → transportNetwork → New York City Subway ⓘ

Flatiron District → transportServedBy → New York City Subway ⓘ

Harlem → transportServedBy → New York City Subway ⓘ

Murray Hill → transportServedBy → New York City Subway ⓘ

SoHo → transportServedBy → New York City Subway ⓘ

Tribeca → transportServedBy → New York City Subway ⓘ

Diamond District → transportation → New York City Subway ⓘ

Corona Park → transportationAccess → New York City Subway ⓘ

Brooklyn → transportationSystem → New York City Subway ⓘ

third rail (New York City area) → usedBy → New York City Subway ⓘ

Uptown → usedInSystem → New York City Subway ⓘ

subject surface form: Uptown (NYC Subway Direction)

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

this entity surface form: New York City Subway A Division

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

this entity surface form: New York City Subway numbered lines