60th Street Tunnel Connection

60th Street Tunnel Connection
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Queens Plaza
Queensboro Plaza
Court Square–23rd Street
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other lines (elevated│underground)

The 60th Street Tunnel Connection[1][2] or 11th Street Cut[3] is a short rapid transit line of the New York City Subway connecting the 60th Street Tunnel under the East River (which connects to the BMT Broadway Line) with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of Queens Plaza in Long Island City, Queens, New York City, United States. The 11th Street Connection name comes from the street above the split from the 60th Street Tunnel. The line does not have any stations, and carries R trains at all times but late nights.

  1. ^ New York City Transit Authority, Rapid Transit Construction Program, Map, File No. 72, Dwg. No. 699, dated June 14, 1954
  2. ^ Bennett, Charles G. (October 13, 1952). "Tunnel in Queens to Speed Transit". The New York Times. p. 23. Retrieved February 13, 2010.
  3. ^ Gene Sansone, New York Subways: An Illustrated History of New York City's Transit Cars, ISBN 0-8018-6886-6, pp. 184 and 292