cars - 5 (New York City Subway service)

For the former service, see BMT 5.

The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through midtown. Trains of the service run all the time, though they are majorly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and local elsewhere. The service only enters Brooklyn during rush hours; standard rush-hour service operates express to Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College and some special trips run to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue. During rush hours, trains run express in the Bronx in the peak direction; about half the trains in the peak direction run to Nereid Avenue-238th Street (those trips are signed with a diamond). During late nights, the service is cut back to its northernmost section in the Bronx, north of East 180th Street; service over the rest of the route is provided by the and .

Much of the 5's car fleet was made up of Redbird cars built in the mid 1950s and very early 1960s; these cars were retired by 2002.

The following lines are used by the 5:

Line	Tracks	When
White Plains Road Line from Nereid Avenue-238th Street to East 180th Street	local	rush hours in peak direction only
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (full line)	N/A	always
IRT White Plains Road Line from East 180th Street to 149th Street-Grand Concourse	local (express rush hours in peak direction)	all but late nights
IRT Jerome Avenue Line south of 149th Street-Grand Concourse	local	all but late nights
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (full line)	express	all but late nights
IRT Joralemon Street Tunnel	N/A	rush hours only
IRT Eastern Parkway Line north of	express	rush hours only
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line)	N/A	rush hours only
IRT Eastern Parkway Line south of Franklin Avenue	express	some rush-hour trips

Contents

Service history

5

LEX-W.P. RD

R12 end rollsign

1967-1979 bullet
(in a circle)

Station listing

For a more detailed station listing, see the lines in the table above.

Station	When	Services
from Nereid Avenue (The Bronx)
Nereid Avenue-238th Street	rush hours in peak direction only
233rd Street	rush hours in peak direction only	2 <5> ^(1a)
225th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	2 <5> ^(1a)
219th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	2 <5> ^(1a)
Gun Hill Road	rush hours in peak direction only
Burke Avenue	rush hours in peak direction only	2 <5> ^(1a)
Allerton Avenue	rush hours in peak direction only	2 <5> ^(1a)
Pelham Parkway	rush hours in peak direction only	2 <5> ^(1a)
Bronx Park East	rush hours in peak direction only	2 <5> ^(1a)
The Bronx
Eastchester-Dyre Avenue	always
Baychester Avenue	always	5
Gun Hill Road	always	5
Pelham Parkway	always	5
Morris Park	always	5
trains from Nereid Avenue enter here
East 180th Street	always	2 <5> ^(1a) 5
West Farms Square-East Tremont Avenue	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction
174th Street	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 5 ^(1b234)
Freeman Street	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 5 ^(1b234)
Simpson Street	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 5 ^(1b234)
Intervale Avenue	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 5 ^(1b234)
Prospect Avenue	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 5 ^(1b234)
Jackson Avenue	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 5 ^(1b234)
Third Avenue-149th Street	all but late nights
149th Street-Grand Concourse	all but late nights	2 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a)
138th Street-Grand Concourse	all but late nights
125th Street	all but late nights
86th Street	all but late nights	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a) 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
59th Street	all but late nights	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a) 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ (MetroCard) Roosevelt Island Tramway
42nd Street-Grand Central	all but late nights	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a) 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾ Metro-North
14th Street-Union Square	all but late nights	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a) 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall	all but late nights	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a) 6 <6> ⁽¹²⁾
Fulton Street	all but late nights
Wall Street	all but late nights	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Bowling Green	all but late nights	4 5 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Brooklyn
Borough Hall	rush hours only
Nevins Street	rush hours only
Atlantic Avenue	rush hours only	2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Franklin Avenue	rush hours only	2 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
trains to New Lots Avenue leave here
President Street	rush hours only
Sterling Street	rush hours only	2 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Winthrop Street	rush hours only	2 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Church Avenue	rush hours only	2 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Beverly Road	rush hours only	2 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Newkirk Avenue	rush hours only	2 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Flatbush Avenue-Brooklyn College	rush hours only	2 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
to New Lots Avenue (Brooklyn)
Utica Avenue	some rush hour trips
Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road	some rush hour trips
Saratoga Avenue	some rush hour trips	2 ⁽¹⁾ 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 ^(1a5) 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Rockaway Avenue	some rush hour trips	2 ⁽¹⁾ 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 ^(1a5) 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Junius Street	some rush hour trips	2 ⁽¹⁾ 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 ^(1a5) 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Pennsylvania Avenue	some rush hour trips	2 ⁽¹⁾ 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 ^(1a5) 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
Van Siclen Avenue	some rush hour trips	2 ⁽¹⁾ 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 ^(1a5) 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)
New Lots Avenue	some rush hour trips	2 ⁽¹⁾ 3 ⁽¹²³⁴⁾ 4 ^(1a5) 5 ⁽¹⁾ <5> ^(1a)

External links

MTA NYC Transit - 5 Broadway Express (normal circle service)
MTA NYC Transit - 5 Broadway Express (rush-hour diamond service)
MTA NYC Transit - 5 schedule (PDF)

References

Line By Line History

Categories: New York City Subway services