“BMT astoria line”

ASTORIA-DITMARS BOULEVARD

QUEENSBORO PLAZA

(the Astoria Line is a rapid transit line of the ‘BMT Division’ of the ‘New York City Subway’, serving the Queens neighborhood of ‘Astoria’)

(it runs south from ‘Ditmars Boulevard’ in Astoria to 39th Avenue in ‘Long Island City’ above 31st Street)

(it then turns west and serves ‘Queensboro Plaza’ over ‘Queens Plaza’)

(the entire line is served by the N train at all times, joined by the W on weekdays)

(it was built as part of the ‘Dual Contracts’ and jointly operated by the IRT and BMT using IRT-sized cars until 1949, when the platforms were shaved to accept the wider BMT cars and joint service was discontinued)

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