The Ultimate G (New York City Subway service) - American History Information Guide and Reference

The G Brooklyn-Queens Crosstown Local is a service of the New York City Subway, and it is the only full line (excluding the Franklin Avenue and Rockaway shuttles) that does not provide service to Manhattan. It is colored light green since it uses the IND Crosstown Line. The runs 24 hours per day, 7 days per week. During rush hours and middays, it runs from Long Island City-Court Square south to Smith-Ninth Streets ; it extends north and east along the Queens Boulevard Line local tracks at other times, ending at Forest Hills-71st Avenue .

Residents along the G say that they have been shortchanged, for instance when the came along and the G was cut back.

The following lines are used by the G:

Line	Tracks	When
IND Queens Boulevard Line from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to Queens Plaza	local	evenings, late nights and weekends
IND Crosstown Line north of Long Island City-Court Square	N/A	evenings, late nights and weekends
IND Crosstown Line south of Long Island City-Court Square	N/A	always
IND Culver Line from Bergen Street to Smith-Ninth Streets	local	always

Contents

Service history

GG

B^'KLYNQ^UEENS

R1 end rollsign
(later said
BROOKLYN
QUEENS
on two lines[1])

1967-1979 bullet
(in a circle)

Station listing

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

Station	When	Services
Queens
Forest Hills-71st Avenue	evenings, late nights and weekends
67th Avenue	evenings, late nights and weekends
63rd Drive-Rego Park	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Woodhaven Boulevard	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Grand Avenue-Newtown	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Elmhurst Avenue	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights	evenings, late nights and weekends	E F G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
65th Street	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Northern Boulevard	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
46th Street	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Steinway Street	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
36th Street	evenings, late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Queens Plaza	evenings, late nights and weekends
Long Island City-Court Square	always	(MetroCard)
21st Street	always	G
Brooklyn
Greenpoint Avenue	always	G
Nassau Avenue	always	G
Metropolitan Avenue	always	G
Broadway	always	G
Flushing Avenue	always	G
Myrtle-Willoughby Avenues	always	G
Bedford-Nostrand Avenues	always	G
Classon Avenue	always	G
Clinton-Washington Avenues	always	G
Fulton Street	always	G
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Street	always	G
Bergen Street	always
Carroll Street	always
Smith-Ninth Streets	always	F G

External links

References

Line By Line History

Categories: New York City Subway services

Last updated: 06-03-2005 02:39:06

Your American History Reference Guide! - G (New York City Subway service)

G (New York City Subway service)

Service history

Station listing

External links

References

Your American History Reference Guide!
- G (New York City Subway service)