Q (New York City Subway service)

"Q" train symbol
Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local
A Coney Island-bound Q train of R46 cars at West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium
Map of the "Q" train
Northern end96th Street
Southern endConey Island–Stillwell Avenue
Stations29
34 (late night service)
Rolling stockR46
R68
R68A[1][2]
(Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
DepotConey Island Yard
Started service1878; 146 years ago (1878) (predecessor, along with current Franklin Avenue Shuttle)
August 1, 1920; 104 years ago (1920-08-01) (current Q service)
Route map

Down arrow  Q  ( N   R  rush hours)
96th Street
86th Street
72nd Street
"F" train"F" express train trains continue to Queens
Lexington Avenue–63rd Street
"F" train"F" express train trains continue south
"N" train"R" train"W" train trains continue to Queens
57th Street–Seventh Avenue
switches to local tracks
during late nights
49th Street
Disabled access
northbound
only
Times Square–42nd Street
34th Street–Herald Square Port Authority Trans-Hudson
28th Street
23rd Street
14th Street–Union Square
Eighth Street–New York University
Prince Street
switches to local tracks
during late nights
Canal Street
"B" train"D" train trains continue north
"W" train trains continue south
"R" train
trains via
Montague Street
Myrtle Avenue
DeKalb Avenue
"D" train​​"N" train​​"R" train
trains
continue south
Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center
Seventh Avenue
Franklin Avenue Shuttle trains continue north
Prospect Park Up arrow  S 
Parkside Avenue
Church Avenue
Beverley Road
Cortelyou Road
Newkirk Plaza
Avenue H
Avenue J
Avenue M
Kings Highway
Avenue U
Neck Road
Sheepshead Bay
Brighton Beach Up arrow  B 
Ocean Parkway
"N" train trains continue north
"F" train"F" express traintrains continue north
"D" train trains continue north
West Eighth Street–NY Aquarium
Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Up arrow  Q 
 D   F   <F>   N 
Legend

Lines used by the "Q" train
Other services sharing tracks with the "Q" train
Unused lines, connections, or service patterns
 Q 
Termini of services

Cross-platform interchange

Platforms on different levels

The Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local[3] is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored yellow since it is a part of the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.

The Q operates at all times between 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, via Second Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan, the south side of the Manhattan Bridge, and the BMT Brighton Line in Brooklyn. Daytime service in Manhattan runs express between 57th Street–Seventh Avenue and Canal Street; overnight service makes all stops in between these two stations.[3]

The Q was originally the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s 1 service; beginning in 1920, it ran along the Brighton Line in Brooklyn and Broadway Line in Manhattan. In the past, the Q has run many different service patterns in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, both local and express, including QB service on the Manhattan Bridge and QT service via the Montague Street Tunnel. From 1988 to 2001, Q service ran along the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, with a bullet colored orange. The Q also ran in Queens at various points, including along the BMT Astoria Line to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard on weekdays from 2010 to 2016, along the IND Queens Boulevard Line to Forest Hills–71st Avenue during temporary post-9/11 service reroutes, and along the IND 63rd Street Line to 21st Street–Queensbridge until 2001. There was also a <Q> variant from 2001 to 2004, which ran express on the Brighton Line and terminated at Brighton Beach due to construction on the north side of the Manhattan Bridge. On January 1, 2017, the Q was rerouted along the Second Avenue Subway.

  1. ^ 'Subdivision 'B' Car Assignment Effective December 19, 2021'. New York City Transit, Operations Planning. December 17, 2021.
  2. ^ "Subdivision 'B' Car Assignments: Cars Required November 1, 2021" (PDF). The Bulletin. 64 (12). Electric Railroaders' Association: 3. December 2021. Retrieved December 3, 2021.
  3. ^ a b "Q Subway Timetable, Effective June 30, 2024". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 28, 2024.