Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway

IND Second System

(This is an extension of the Independent City-Owned Subway System entry in the New York Subway article.

In the early 1920's, the then mayor of the City of New York, proposed a complex series of city-owned and operated rapid transit lines to compete with the BMT and IRT. His plans were called ridiculous, but some aspects couldn't be passed up. After some replanning by the Board of Transportation, there was to new lines by slightly different standards. These lines collectively are called the Independent City-owned Rapid Transit Railroad or the IND for short. Construction on the new lines would be done in three phases. Phase I is what is todays IND-two major trunk lines in Manhattan with one running under Eighth Av. and one under Sixth Av., a crosstown subway under 53 Street (connecting with the Eighth and Sixth Av. Subways) running under the East River to Queens Plaza, that meets with a Brooklyn-Queens crosstown line (Today's G line) and travels under Queens Blvd. to about Van Wyck Blvd., where it turns under Hillside Av. and runs to 179 St, and Grand Concourse Subway in The Bronx that branches off the Eighth Av. Subway In Manhattan at 145 St. and St. Nicholas Ave.

Phase I

Manhattan

Eighth Av. Subway-

Built To compete with IRT Ninth Av. Elevated-One block away.(Demolished)

Sixth Av. Subway-

Built to compete with IRT Sixth Av. Elevated-Directly overhead.(Demolished)

Brooklyn/Queens

Queens Blvd. Subway
Fulton St. Subway-

Built to compete with BMT Fulton St. Elevated-Directly overhead.(Demolished)

Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Subway

The Bronx

Grand Concourse Subway-

Built to compete with IRT Jerome Av. Elevated. Approximately two blocks away.(Plan did not work. Discussed Later.)

The Eighth Av. Subway

The Eighth Av. Subway starts at the intersection of Vesey and Church St.(The site of the northeastern corner of the future World Trade Center)At two different stations both named Chambers Street. Four tracks are present here two are for the terminus of 8 Av. Local trains, and the other two for trains going to Brooklyn. This line is four tracks from here to 168 St.-Washington Heights It runs in a northern direction under Church St. This thoroughfare becomes the 6 Av. (officialy Avenue of The Americas) Extension (Constructed because of subway) at Canal St. and continues North to Houston St. where it becomes 6 Av. proper (Avenue of The Americas). At Houston Street it meets the 6 Av. Subway which travels under it but has direct track connections to the 8 Av. line. They both have a transfer station at West 4 St.-Washington Square. They then split up and the 6 Av. Subway heads North under 6 Av. while the 8 Av. Subway heads West under Greenwich Av. and then turns North under 8 Av. It gives off the 2-tracked 53 St. Crosstown Subway and continues straight North under 8 Av. and Central Park West to St. Nicholaus Av. It thens continues under this thoroughfare to 145 St. where at a lower level the 3-tracked Grand Concourse Subway branches off and heads to The Bronx. The main first subway (8 Av.) continues along St. Nicholaus Av. and Broadway to its terminus at 207 St.