4 (New York City Subway service)

Lexington Avenue Express
A train made of R142 cars in 4 service entering 161st Street–Yankee Stadium, bound for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
A train made of R142A cars in 4 service, enters 161st Street–Yankee Stadium, bound for Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Note: dashed line shows limited rush hour and late night service to/from New Lots Avenue
Northern end	Woodlawn
Southern end	Crown Heights–Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue (late nights & limited rush hour service)
Stations	54
Rolling stock	220 R142s (22 trains) 130 R142As (13 trains)
Depot	Jerome Avenue Yard
Started service	June 2, 1917 (1917-06-02)

4 (New York City Subway service)
Legend
Woodlawn Mosholu Parkway Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 183rd Street Burnside Avenue 176th Street Mount Eden Avenue 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium IND Concourse Line IRT White Plains Road Line 149th Street–Grand Concourse IRT White Plains Road Line 138th Street–Grand Concourse IRT Pelham Line   Lexington Avenue Tunnel under Harlem River 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College IND 63rd Street Line 59th Street Roosevelt Island Tramway BMT Broadway Line IND Queens Boulevard Line 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street IRT Flushing Line   33rd Street 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street–Union Square BMT Canarsie Line Astor Place Bleecker Street IND Sixth Avenue Line Spring Street Canal Street BMT Broadway Line Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line Fulton Street Wall Street BMT Broadway Line Bowling Green BMT Broadway Line Joralemon Street Tunnel under East River IRT Broadway–7th Ave Line BMT 4th Ave Line Borough Hall BMT 4th Ave Line IND Culver Line IND Fulton Street Line / Nevins Street BMT Fourth Avenue Line Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center BMT Brighton Line Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza BMT Brighton Line Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue BMT Franklin Avenue Line IRT Nostrand Avenue Line Nostrand Avenue Kingston Avenue Crown Heights–Utica Avenue Regular service; express tracks dead-end at Ralph Avenue Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road Saratoga Avenue Rockaway Avenue Junius Street BMT Canarsie Line Pennsylvania Avenue Van Siclen Avenue New Lots Avenue Late-night service only

The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored apple green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.^[1] 4 trains operate between Woodlawn in the Bronx and Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn via Jerome Avenue Local in the Bronx and Eastern Parkway Express in Brooklyn at all times except nights. During nights, they serve all stops except Hoyt Street and are extended to/from New Lots Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn via Livonia Avenue as a replacement for the 3. During rush hours, 4 trains skip 138th Street–Grand Concourse in the peak direction, with some northbound 4 trains running express north of 167th Street and short turning at Burnside Avenue, as well as a limited number of them extending to/from New Lots Avenue for storage at Livonia Avenue Yard.

Service history

During the extension of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of 42nd Street–Grand Central Terminal, shuttle elevated trains served the IRT Jerome Avenue Line (which at the time was only between East 149th Street–Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road) starting June 2, 1917.^[2] On April 15, 1918, shuttles were extended to Woodlawn. A second shuttle, using subway cars, from 149th Street–Grand Concourse to Grand Central started on July 17, 1918.

On August 1, 1918, the entire Jerome and Lexington Avenue Lines were completed and the connection to the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line at 42nd Street was removed. Trains began running between Woodlawn and Bowling Green.^[2]

On December 11, 1921, Lexington Avenue–Jerome Avenue subway trains began running north of 167th Street at all times, replacing elevated trains, which ran to Woodlawn during rush hours, but from then on terminated at 167th Street during non-rush hours.^[3]

Beginning on November 4, 1925, rush hour 4 trains were extended from Atlantic Avenue to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue.^[4] Two years later, on December 5, 1927, weekday evening service was extended to Utica Avenue.^[2] The following year, midday 4 service also went to Utica Avenue.^[2]

As of 1934, 4 trains ran from Woodlawn to Utica Avenue weekday rush and Saturday morning peak and afternoon, to Atlantic Avenue weekday midday, Saturday morning after the peak, and late nights, and to South Ferry evenings and Sundays. Trains ran express in Manhattan except late nights, and in Brooklyn. This was the first time the 6 became the Pelham Shuttle between Pelham Bay Park and 125th Street–Lexington Avenue.

On August 20, 1938, Saturday morning after the peak service was extended to Utica Avenue.

Beginning on May 10, 1946, all 4 trains were made express during late nights running on 12 minute headways as the 6 went back to Brooklyn Bridge during that time. Previously 4 trains ran local from 12:30 to 5:30am. At this time 4 trains terminated at Atlantic Avenue.^[5][6]

Beginning on December 16, 1946, trains were extended from Atlantic Avenue to New Lots Avenue during late nights, running express between Atlantic and Franklin Avenues.^[7][8]

When the Board of Transportation began to replace the older subway cars starting with the R12 cars in 1948. With these cars, numbers were assigned to the IRT lines. The Lexington Avenue–Jerome Line trains were given the number 4. By 1964, all cars had the route numbers on them.^[9]

During 1950, Saturday morning service was cut back to South Ferry.

Starting on December 15, 1950, four 4 trains began operating during rush hours to Flatbush Avenue on the Nostrand Avenue Line.^[7][10] Also on that day, weekday midday service was cut back from Atlantic Avenue to South Ferry. Additionally, on January 18, 1952, 4 service to Atlantic Avenue during weekday middays was restored.^[11]

On March 19, 1954, late-night service in Brooklyn began making all stops, but resumed operating express between Atlantic Avenue and Franklin Avenue on June 29, 1956.

On May 3, 1957, the weekday rush trains to Flatbush Avenue were discontinued, while at the same time evening, Saturday and Sunday afternoon trains were extended to Utica Avenue, while Sunday morning trains were extended to Atlantic Avenue.

Starting on March 1, 1960, late-night 4 trains resumed making all stops in Manhattan; this was the first time the 4 and 6 ran local in Manhattan together late nights. This arrangement ended on October 17, 1965 when the 4 went back express in Manhattan late nights.

Beginning on April 8, 1960, nearly all AM rush hour 4 trains ran to Flatbush Avenue, and PM rush hour 4 trains alternated between Flatbush and Utica Avenues. During weekday evenings and late nights 4 trains also went to Flatbush Avenue, making all stops in Brooklyn.^[2]

By 1972, the 4 began to skip 138th Street weekdays during rush hours in the peak direction which it continues to do (AM to Manhattan and PM from there). At that time, the 4 went to Atlantic Avenue at all times, but was extended to Utica Avenue rush hours running express in Brooklyn along Eastern Parkway. Select 4 trains also ran to Flatbush Avenue rush hours as well running express between Atlantic and Franklin Avenues, and late night service was still all stops in Brooklyn to Flatbush Avenue.^[12]

On May 23, 1976, Sunday morning trains were extended to Utica Avenue, express in Brooklyn.

Beginning on January 13, 1980, all 4 trains resumed operating local in Manhattan during late night hours to replace the 6, which again became the Pelham Shuttle between 125th Street and Pelham Bay Park.^[2]

Starting on July 10, 1983, all 4 trains ran to Utica Avenue, but weekday midday trains ran only to Atlantic Avenue, and late-night trains ran local during late nights and Sunday morning operating to New Lots Avenue. On August 29, 1988, the current service pattern began with weekday midday 4 trains also going to Utica Avenue, and the 5 terminating at Bowling Green to make room for this (the 5 has since been extended to Flatbush Avenue with the 2 weekdays until 8:45pm).^[2]

For a short time in 1990 starting January 21, late-night express service in Manhattan was restored, as the 6 train was extended back to Brooklyn Bridge late nights, but then late-night express service was permanently discontinued on October 5, 1990 when the 6 for the last time was cut back as the Pelham Shuttle to 125th Street–Lexington Avenue.

Beginning on October 3, 1999, the 4 and 6 trains once again began to operate local together in Manhattan when the 6 permanently went back to Brooklyn Bridge late nights.

From June 8, 2009, to June 26, 2009, New York City Transit conducted a pilot program for express Jerome Avenue Line service. Four morning weekday rush hour trains from Woodlawn stopped at Mosholu Parkway, Burnside Avenue and 149th Street–Grand Concourse before they resumed regular service in Manhattan and Brooklyn.^[2][13][14]

Beginning on July 6, 2009, select 4 trains from Utica Avenue began running express between 167th Street and Burnside Avenue to turn there rush hours. When it first started, the stop program for the Woodlawn or Bedford Park bound service on the R142/R142A (the current cars running on the 4) was used until 2011, when a new stop program was introduced on the cars specifically for the 4 to Burnside Avenue.

On October 26, 2009, another 4 express pilot program was implemented based on the success of the first and ran until December 11, 2009. This program was the same as the one in June except that express trains stopped at Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College.^[2][15]

Route

Service pattern

The following table shows the lines used by the 4, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:

Stations

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

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops weekdays in the peak direction only
	Station closed
	Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only
Time period details

		Stations		Subway transfers	Connections/Notes
The Bronx
Jerome Avenue Line
		Woodlawn
		Mosholu Parkway
		Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College
		Kingsbridge Road
		Fordham Road			Bx12 Select Bus Service
		183rd Street
		Burnside Avenue			Northern terminal for select rush hour trains
		176th Street			Skipped by trains terminating at Burnside Avenue
		Mount Eden Avenue			Skipped by trains terminating at Burnside Avenue
		170th Street			Skipped by trains terminating at Burnside Avenue
		167th Street
		161st Street–Yankee Stadium		B  D  (IND Concourse Line)
		149th Street–Grand Concourse		2  5  (IRT White Plains Road Line)
		138th Street–Grand Concourse		5
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue Line
		125th Street		5  6  <6>	Metro-North Railroad at Harlem–125th Street M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport
		116th Street		6
		110th Street		6
		103rd Street		6
		96th Street		6
		86th Street		5  6  <6>	M86 Select Bus Service
		77th Street		6
		68th Street–Hunter College		6
		59th Street		5  6  <6> N  R  W  (BMT Broadway Line) Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard: F  (IND 63rd Street Line at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street)	Roosevelt Island Tramway
		51st Street		6  E  (IND Queens Boulevard Line at Lexington Avenue–53rd Street)
		Grand Central–42nd Street		5  6  <6> 7  <7> (IRT Flushing Line) S  (42nd Street Shuttle)	Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal
		33rd Street		6
		28th Street		6
		23rd Street		6	M23 Select Bus Service
		14th Street–Union Square		5  6  <6> L  (BMT Canarsie Line) N  Q  R  W  (BMT Broadway Line)
		Astor Place		6
		Bleecker Street		6  D  F  (IND Sixth Avenue Line at Broadway–Lafayette Street)
		Spring Street		6
		Canal Street		6  N  Q  (BMT Broadway Line) J  (BMT Nassau Street Line)
		Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall		5  6  <6> J  Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street)	Elevators are out of service for repairs until May 2017.
		Fulton Street		5  2  3  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) A  C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line) J  Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line) Connection to N  R  W  (BMT Broadway Line) at Cortlandt Street via Dey Street Passageway
		Wall Street		5
		Bowling Green		5	Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway Line
		Borough Hall		5  2  3  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) N  R  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only.
		Nevins Street		2  3  5
		Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center		2  3  5  B  Q  (BMT Brighton Line) D  N  R  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal
		Bergen Street		2
		Grand Army Plaza		2
		Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum		2
		Franklin Avenue		2  3  5  S  (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)
		Nostrand Avenue			B44 Select Bus Service
		Kingston Avenue
		Crown Heights–Utica Avenue		2  3  5	B46 Select Bus Service
New Lots Line (late nights and select rush hour trips)
		Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road		2  3  5	B15 bus to JFK Airport Station is closed during renovations until Spring of 2017.
		Saratoga Avenue		2  3  5
		Rockaway Avenue		2  3  5
		Junius Street		2  3  5	Station is closed during renovations until Spring of 2017.
		Pennsylvania Avenue		2  3  5
		Van Siclen Avenue		2  3  5
		New Lots Avenue		2  3  5	B15 bus to JFK Airport

References

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 4 (New York City Subway service).

• MTA NYC Transit – 4 Lexington Avenue Express
• "4 Subway Timetable, Effective November 7, 2016" (PDF). New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved November 7, 2016. 

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