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The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored orange since they use the IND Sixth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The runs all the time, from Jamaica-179th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, running express through most of Queens and local through Manhattan and Brooklyn. The provides additional local service over part of the line except during late nights and weekends; it uses the 53rd Street Tunnel rather than the new 63rd Street Tunnel . During late nights and weekends, local service is provided by the east of and the west of Queens Plaza .

The following lines are used by the F and V (the latter of which has no late night or weekend service):

Line	Tracks	When
IND Queens Boulevard Line north of Forest Hills-71st Avenue	local	always (F only}
IND Queens Boulevard Line from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to 36th Street	F express V local	always
IND Queens Boulevard Line from 36th Street to Fifth Avenue-53rd Street	N/A	all but late nights and weekends (V only)
IND 63rd Street Line (full line)	N/A	always (F only)
IND Sixth Avenue Line from 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center to Lower East Side-Second Avenue	local	always
IND Sixth Avenue Line south of Lower East Side-Second Avenue	N/A	always (F only)
IND Culver Line (full line)	local	always (F only)
BMT Culver Line (full line)	local	always (F only)

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Service history

F

6^TH AVE

F

6^THAV-HOUSTON

FF

6^TH AVE

R1 end rollsigns

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
Jamaica-179th Street	always
169th Street	always
Parsons Boulevard	always	E ⁽¹⁾ F
Sutphin Boulevard	always	F
Briarwood-Van Wyck Boulevard	always
Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike	always
75th Avenue	always	E ⁽⁴⁵⁾ F
Forest Hills-71st Avenue	always
67th Avenue	V all but late nights and weekends
63rd Drive-Rego Park	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Woodhaven Boulevard	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Grand Avenue-Newtown	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Elmhurst Avenue	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights	always	E F G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
65th Street	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Northern Boulevard	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
46th Street	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
Steinway Street	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
36th Street	V all but late nights and weekends	E ⁽⁵⁾ G ⁽³⁴⁵⁾ R ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ V ⁽¹²³⁾
express (F) trains leave here
Queens Plaza	V all but late nights and weekends
23rd Street-Ely Avenue	V all but late nights and weekends	(MetroCard)
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue-53rd Street	V all but late nights and weekends	E V ⁽¹²³⁾ Roosevelt Island Tramway
Fifth Avenue-53rd Street	V all but late nights and weekends	E V ⁽¹²³⁾
express (F) trains enter here
47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center	always
42nd Street	always	B ^(123a) D F V ⁽¹²³⁾ 7 <7> ^(1a2a3b)
34th Street-Herald Square	always	B ^(123a) D F V ⁽¹²³⁾
23rd Street	always	PATH
14th Street	always	F V ⁽¹²³⁾ PATH
West Fourth Street-Washington Square	always	B ^(123a) D F V ⁽¹²³⁾
Broadway-Lafayette Street	always	B ^(123a) D F V ⁽¹²³⁾ 4 ⁽⁵⁾ 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ southbound
Lower East Side-Second Avenue	always
Delancey Street	always
East Broadway	always	F
Brooklyn
York Street	always
Jay Street-Borough Hall	always
Bergen Street	always
Carroll Street	always
Smith-Ninth Streets	always	F G
Fourth Avenue	always
Seventh Avenue-Park Slope	always
15th Street	always	F
Fort Hamilton Parkway	always	F
Church Avenue	always	F
Ditmas Avenue	always	F
18th Avenue	always	F
Avenue I	always	F
Bay Parkway	always	F
Avenue N	always	F
Avenue P	always	F
Kings Highway	always	F
Avenue U	always	F
Avenue X	always	F
Neptune Avenue	always	F
West Eighth Street-New York Aquarium	always	F
Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue	always	F Q
express (F) service (Queens)
21st Street-Queensbridge	always
Manhattan
Roosevelt Island	always	F
Lexington Avenue-63rd Street	always	F (MetroCard) Roosevelt Island Tramway
57th Street	always

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Categories: New York City Subway services

Last updated: 06-03-2005 02:39:28

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

F-V (New York City Subway service)

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