F (New York City Subway service)

Queens Boulevard Express/ Sixth Avenue Local
Manhattan-bound F local train of R160s arriving at Avenue P
Coney Island-bound F express train of R160s passing Fourth Avenue
Northern end	Jamaica–179th Street
Southern end	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue or Kings Highway (limited)
Stations	55 (overnight) 45 (local service) 39 (express service)
Rolling stock	R160[1][2] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
Depot	Jamaica Yard
Started service	December 15, 1940; 83 years ago (1940-12-15)
Route map Legend  F   <F>  ( E  rush hours) Jamaica–179th Street 169th Street Parsons Boulevard Sutphin Boulevard Jamaica Center via Archer Avenue Briarwood Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike 75th Avenue switches to local tracks during late nights  M  ​ R  Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street ​​ Manhattan & Brooklyn via Queens Boulevard 21st Street–Queensbridge Queens Manhattan Roosevelt Island ​ 96th Street via 2nd Avenue Lexington Avenue–63rd Street ​ Downtown & Brooklyn via Broadway 57th Street East Side & Queens via 53rd Street ​ Uptown & the Bronx via 8th Avenue 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street ​ Brooklyn via Manhattan Bridge Brooklyn via Williamsburg Bridge Second Avenue Delancey Street East Broadway Manhattan Brooklyn York Street ​ Manhattan via 8th Avenue Jay Street–MetroTech ​ Euclid Avenue & The Rockaways via Fulton Street Queens via Crosstown Bergen Street Carroll Street Smith–Ninth Streets Fourth Avenue Seventh Avenue 15th Street–Prospect Park Fort Hamilton Parkway Church Avenue  G  Ditmas Avenue 18th Avenue Avenue I Bay Parkway Avenue N Avenue P Rush hour short turns Kings Highway Avenue U Avenue X Manhattan & Queens via Sea Beach Manhattan & the Bronx via West End Neptune Avenue Manhattan via Brighton West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue  F   <F>   D   N   Q  Legend Lines used by the Other services sharing tracks with the Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  F  Termini of services Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels This diagram: view talk edit

The F and <F> Queens Boulevard Express/Sixth Avenue Local^[3] are two rapid transit services in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Their route bullets are colored orange, since they use and are part of the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan.^[4]

The F operates at all times between 179th Street in Jamaica, Queens and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn. During rush hours, most alternate trains originate and terminate at Kings Highway in Gravesend, Brooklyn instead of Stillwell Avenue. During the daytime, the F runs express in Queens between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and 21st Street–Queensbridge; during the nighttime, it makes all stops in-between both stations. Two scheduled trips in the peak direction during rush hours run express in Brooklyn between Jay Street–MetroTech and Church Avenue, making one intermediate stop at Seventh Avenue. This express service was introduced in September 2019. In Brooklyn, local service is denoted as (F) in a circle-shaped bullet while express service is denoted as <F> in a diamond-shaped bullet.

From 1968 to 1976, the F ran express along the IND Culver Line in Brooklyn. The F also ran via the 53rd Street Tunnel until moving to the 63rd Street Tunnel in 2001, except between August 2023 and March 2024 when service between Queens and Manhattan was rerouted to the 53rd Street Tunnel due to track replacement. Since the 1990s, there have been calls to restore partial express service in Brooklyn from Jay Street–MetroTech to Church Avenue, although this has been controversial. The limited express <F> service between Jay Street and Church Avenue started on September 16, 2019, with two trains in the peak direction during rush hours.^[5] The F has a weekday ridership of 600,000.^[6]