Chrystie Street Connection

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New York City Subway infrastructure project railway junction

The Chrystie Street Connection is a New York City Subway infrastructure project completed in the 1960s that linked the IND and BMT divisions in Lower Manhattan, enabling more flexible routing such as the current M train service.

Statements (39)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	New York City Subway infrastructure project → railway junction →
affectsServicePattern	Manhattan Bridge subway services → Nassau Street Line services →
allowsThroughRunningBetween	Brooklyn NERFINISHED → Manhattan →
connectsArea	Chrystie Street → Houston Street →
connectsLine	BMT Broadway Line → BMT Nassau Street Line → IND Sixth Avenue Line → Manhattan Bridge tracks →
connectsStationArea	Broadway–Lafayette Street NERFINISHED → Grand Street NERFINISHED →
constructionCompletedIn	1960s →
country	United States →
divisionLinked	BMT Division → IND Division →
enablesInteroperability	IND–BMT joint operations →
enablesService	B train → D train → M train →
engineeringFeature	multiple track connections between lines →
historicalEra	postwar subway expansion era →
infrastructureType	subway tunnel connection →
locatedIn	Manhattan → New York City → New York State →
location	Lower Manhattan →
networkRole	major trunk connection in Manhattan subway network →
openedForServiceDecade	1960s →
operator	Metropolitan Transportation Authority → New York City Transit Authority →
owner	City of New York →
partOf	Chrystie Street subway project →
purpose	to enable more flexible routing of subway services → to link IND and BMT subway divisions →
status	in operation →
system	New York City Subway →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
IND Sixth Avenue Line →	hasBranch
M train →	usesLine