D (New York City Subway service)

Template:NYCS logo The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. Its logo is colored orange since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line through Manhattan. Its normal service pattern is from Norwood–205th Street in the Bronx to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue, running local in the Bronx and express in Manhattan and northern Brooklyn. During rush hours, Bronx service is express in the peak direction (and the Template:NYCS B is extended to serve local stops), and during late nights, only Manhattan service is express.

The following lines are used by the Template:NYCS D:

Line	Tracks	When
IND Concourse Line (full line)	local (express rush hours in peak direction)	always
IND Eighth Avenue Line from 145th Street to 59th Street–Columbus Circle	express	always
IND Sixth Avenue Line from 59th Street to Broadway–Lafayette Street	express	always
IND Chrystie Street Connection (full line)	express	always
BMT Manhattan Bridge north tracks (full line)	N/A	always
BMT Fourth Avenue Line north of 36th Street	express (local late nights)	always
BMT West End Line (full line)	local	always

Service history

D 6TH AVE   D 6THAV-HOUSTON   DD 6TH AVE R1 end rollsigns

D 1967-1979 bullet (in a circle)

The DD designation was only used once, in December 1962, during a water main break at Sixth Avenue and 18th Street. It ran local between 205th Street and Stillwell Avenue, making all stops, and using the IND Eighth Avenue Line north of West Fourth Street but the IND Sixth Avenue Line south.

On December 15 1940, the local tracks of the Sixth Avenue Line open. D service begins from 205th Street to the Hudson Terminal in Manhattan, switching from the Sixth Avenue Line to the Eighth Avenue Line (running under Sixth Avenue) south of West Fourth Street.

A 1948 map shows the D running to Church Avenue on the IND Culver Line, but sometime afterwards, it returned to Hudson Terminal.

On December 30 1954, it was extended for first time to Stillwell Avenue when the IND Culver Line was connected to the BMT Culver Line north of Ditmas Avenue.

On November 26 1967, the IND Chrystie Street Connection opens, adding express service on the Sixth Avenue Line and connecting it with the Manhattan Bridge. D service is switched over to BMT Brighton Line via this new connector and becomes the express on weekdays to Brighton Beach and the local to Stillwell Avenue other times. In Manhattan it ran express from West Fourth Street to 34th Street rush hours only (the Template:NYCS B used the express tracks to terminate there at other times).

On July 1 1968, when non-rush hour Template:NYCS B service is extended to 57th Street on the IND 63rd Street Line, the Template:NYCS D becomes the Sixth Avenue Express at all times.

When the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was closed in 1986, Template:NYCS D service ran in two sections, one between the Bronx and 34th Street while the other ran from 57th Street on the BMT Broadway Line, then express along the Broadway Line to Canal Street, then over the south side of the Manhattan Bridge into Brooklyn, and then along the Brighton Line to Stillwell Avenue. At this time, Template:NYCS D/Template:NYCS Q skip-stop service ran in Brooklyn on weekdays.

In 1988, the north side reopened and the two sections joined. The Template:NYCS D now ran as the full time Brighton Local to Stillwell Avenue.

In May 1995, the north side was closed during midday and weekends and D service was cut south of 34th Street. On July 22 2001, it was closed at all times and D service was cut again. In Brooklyn, it was replaced by Template:NYCS Q local service.

After September 11, 2001, Template:NYCS C service was suspended. On weekends, the Template:NYCS D ran local on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street to fill in the gap caused by the suspension.

On February 22 2004, the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was reopened, and Template:NYCS D trains were extended via the north side of the bridge to Brooklyn, replacing the Template:NYCS W as the Fourth Avenue Express (late nights local) and West End Local to Stillwell Avenue.

From mid- to late 2004, construction on the IND Concourse Line suspended Template:NYCS D express service in the Bronx, but the Template:NYCS B still traveled to Bedford Park Boulevard during rush hours.

The Eighth Avenue fire in January 2005 caused Template:NYCS D trains to run local on the Eighth Avenue Line north of 59th Street on weekday evenings until Template:NYCS C service was restored on February 2.

Starting In September 9 2006 D Trains Runs local on the Entire Route via Brighton Local All Times. The Last Stops Remains The Same.

Station listing

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

Station	When	Services	Accessible
Bronx
Norwood–205th Street	always	D
Bedford Park Boulevard	always	B and ​D
Kingsbridge Road	always	B and ​D
Fordham Road	always	B and ​D
182nd–183rd Streets	all but rush hours in peak direction	B and ​D
Tremont Avenue	always	B and ​D
174th–175th Streets	all but rush hours in peak direction	B and ​D
170th Street	all but rush hours in peak direction	B and ​D
167th Street	all but rush hours in peak direction	B and ​D
161st Street–River Avenue	all but rush hours in peak direction	B and ​D
Manhattan
155th Street–Eighth Avenue	all but rush hours in peak direction	B and ​D
145th Street	always	B and ​D A and ​C
125th Street	always	A, ​B, ​C, and ​D
59th Street–Columbus Circle	always	A, ​B, ​C, and ​D 1 and ​2
Seventh Avenue	always	B and ​D E
47th-50th Streets–Rockefeller Center	always	B, ​D, ​F, <F>, and ​M
42nd Street–Bryant Park	always	B, ​D, ​F, <F>, and ​M 7 and <7>​
34th Street–Herald Square	always	B, ​D, ​F, <F>, and ​M N, ​Q, ​R, and ​W
West Fourth Street–Washington Square	always	B, ​D, ​F, <F>, and ​M A, ​C, and ​E
Broadway–Lafayette Street	always	B, ​D, ​F, <F>, and ​M 4, ​6, and <6> southbound
Grand Street	always	B and ​D
Brooklyn
DeKalb Avenue	late nights only	B, ​D, ​N, ​Q, ​R, and ​W
Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street	always	D, ​N, ​R, and ​W B and ​Q 2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
Union Street	late nights only	D, ​N, ​R, and ​W
Ninth Street	late nights only	D, ​N, ​R, and ​W F and <F>​
Prospect Avenue	late nights only	D, ​N, ​R, and ​W
25th Street	late nights only	D, ​N, ​R, and ​W
36th Street	always	D, ​N, ​R, and ​W
Ninth Avenue	always	D
Fort Hamilton Parkway	always	D
50th Street	always	D
55th Street	always	D
62nd Street	always	D N and ​W
71st Street	always	D
79th Street	always	D
18th Avenue	always	D
20th Avenue	always	D
Bay Parkway	always	D
25th Avenue	always	D
Bay 50th Street	always	D
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue	always	D F and <F>​ N Q

External links

• MTA NYC Transit - D Sixth Avenue Express
• MTA NYC Transit - D schedule (PDF)

References

• Line By Line History
• New Routes Listed in IND Emergency Caused by Flooding, New York Times December 8, 1962 page 33