- City:
- Brooklyn, New York City, NY
- Site Type:
- Infrastructure and Utilities, Mass Transportation
- New Deal Agencies:
- Public Works Funding, Public Works Administration (PWA)
- Completed:
- 1936
Description
The Sixth Avenue trunk line of New York City’s Independent Subway (IND) was constructed during the 1930s with the aid of federal Public Works Administration (PWA) funds. In January 1936, four subway stations opened in southern Manhattan, part of a $17.3 million project that extended the subway from Washington Square to the Lower East Side. Construction of the Rutgers Street tunnel enabled further extension of the line to York Street in Brooklyn. The York Street subway station opened April 9, 1936.
Source notes
"La Guardia Opens New Subway Link"; The New York Times, January 2, 1936. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IND_Sixth_Avenue_LineSite originally submitted by Evan Kalish on November 27, 2014.
At this Location:
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Old Elevated Line Demolition - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway Line - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Broadway–Lafayette Street Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Second Avenue [Houston Street] Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Delancey Street Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: East Broadway Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Rutgers Street Tunnel - New York to Brooklyn NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: West Fourth Street Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 14th Street Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 23rd Street Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 34th Street Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 42nd Street Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 47th–50th Streets Station - New York NY
At this Location:
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Broadway–Lafayette Street Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Old Elevated Line Demolition - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Second Avenue [Houston Street] Station - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway Line - New York NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Delancey Street Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Van Wyck Boulevard Station - Jamaica NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: East Broadway Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Sutphin Boulevard [Hillside Avenue] Station - Jamaica NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: Rutgers Street Tunnel - New York to Brooklyn NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Parsons Boulevard Station - Jamaica NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: West Fourth Street Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: 169th Street Station - Jamaica NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 14th Street Station - New York NY
- IND Subway Queens Branch: Elmhurst Avenue Station - Elmhurst NY
- IND Sixth Avenue Subway: 23rd Street Station - New York NY
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