5 (New York City Subway service)

The 5 Lexington Avenue Express[2] is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored apple green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.[3]

For the former Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation 5 service, see Culver Shuttle.

Lexington Avenue Express
Flatbush Avenue-bound 5 train of R142s at Morris Park
Note: Dark dashed line indicates weekday rush hour service to Nereid Avenue and weekday service to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College. Dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue
Northern end	Dyre Avenue (All times) Nereid Avenue (weekday rush hour service)
Southern end	East 180th Street (late nights) Bowling Green (weekday evenings and weekends) Flatbush Avenue (weekdays) Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue (limited rush hour service)
Stations	45 53 (limited services) 6 (late night service)
Rolling stock	350 to 360 R142s (35 to 36 trains)[1] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
Depot	East 180th Street Yard (fleet interchange with at 239th Street Yard)
Started service	October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)
Route map to Wakefield via White Plains  5  (limited rush) Nereid Avenue 233rd Street 225th Street 219th Street Gun Hill Road Burke Avenue Allerton Avenue Pelham Parkway Bronx Park East  5  Eastchester–Dyre Avenue Baychester Avenue Gun Hill Road Pelham Parkway Morris Park  5  (nights) East 180th Street West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue 174th Street Freeman Street Simpson Street Intervale Avenue Prospect Avenue Jackson Avenue 3rd Avenue–149th Street 149th Street–Grand Concourse to Woodlawn via Jerome Avenue Manhattan & Brooklyn via Lenox Avenue 138th Street–Grand Concourse ​ to Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester via Pelham The Bronx Manhattan 125th Street bypassed local section 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street bypassed local section 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street bypassed local section 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street bypassed local section 33rd Street 28th Street ( southbound) 23rd Street 18th Street 14th Street–Union Square bypassed local section Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Worth Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall  6   <6> ​ City Hall Fulton Street Wall Street Bowling Green  5  (late evenings & weekends) Uptown & the Bronx via Broadway-7th Avenue South Ferry loops South Ferry  1  Manhattan Brooklyn ​ Manhattan & Bronx via Broadway-7th Avenue Borough Hall northbound only for 4 and ​5 services bypassed local section Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center bypassed local section Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue Nostrand Avenue Kingston Avenue Crown Heights–Utica Avenue  4  ( 5  limited) Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road Saratoga Avenue Rockaway Avenue Junius Street Pennsylvania Avenue Van Siclen Avenue New Lots Avenue  3  ( 2  ​​ 4  ​ 5  limited) President Street Sterling Street Winthrop Street Church Avenue Beverly Road Newkirk Avenue Brooklyn College–Flatbush Avenue  2  ( 5  weekdays) Legend Lines used by the Other services sharing tracks with the Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  5  Termini of services Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels

The 5 operates at all times. Rush hour and midday service operates between Dyre Avenue in Eastchester, Bronx and Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College in Midwood, Brooklyn, making local stops in the Bronx and express stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn; during rush hours in the peak direction, 5 trains operate express in the Bronx between East 180th Street and Third Avenue–149th Street; limited rush hour service originates and terminates at Nereid Avenue[lower-alpha 1] or Gun Hill Road/White Plains Road[lower-alpha 2] in the Bronx instead of Dyre Avenue, as well as either at Utica[lower-alpha 3] or New Lots Avenues[lower-alpha 4] in Brooklyn instead of Flatbush Avenue. The 5 short turns at Bowling Green in Financial District, Manhattan during weekday evenings and weekends, and operates as a shuttle between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street during late nights.

Historically, 5 trains have run south to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue. Its northern terminal was originally Wakefield–241st Street or East 180th Street. The section between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street, acquired from the defunct New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, started operating as a shuttle in 1941, was connected to the rest of the subway in 1957, and became part of the 5 in 1965. Since 1983, most trains run only to Bowling Green or Flatbush Avenue, although some rush-hour trains still run to Utica or New Lots Avenues. Peak service on White Plains Road was cut from 241st Street to 238th Street. During many weekends in 2017, 2018 and 2019, service ran between 241st Street and Flatbush Avenue to replace 2 service.

Service history

Early history

The section from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue was once part of the mainline of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, a standard gauge electric commuter railroad built by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Upon its closure in 1937, the entire property was put up for sale.

On December 21, 1925, the number of Manhattan-bound through trains in the morning rush hour, from the White Plains Road Line was doubled with the addition of two more through trips, and service was considerably increase in the evening rush hour toward the Bronx, with through trains running every 11 minutes.[4]

Rush hour service was designated with a diamond bullet until May 27, 2005.

Beginning on April 28, 1930, Saturday 5 service to Crown Heights–Utica Avenue began.

As of 1934, trains normally ran from Wakefield–241st Street or East 180th Street to Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center. During weekday rush hours and weekend afternoons they were extended to Utica Avenue.[5] Late-night service was not operated.

From July 24, 1938, to September 18, 1938, there was Sunday daytime 5 service to New Lots Avenue. Beginning on July 10, 1939, Sunday afternoon 5 service to New Lots began.[5]

1940s through 1960s

Main service

On December 22, 1946, alternate Sunday morning 5 service to New Lots began.[5] However, on March 5, 1950, 5 service was cut back to Utica Avenue all day on Sundays.[5]

Express service on the IRT White Plains Road Line began on April 23, 1953 with alternate 5 trains using the middle track between East 180th Street and 149th Street during the weekday rush in the peak direction.[6] Starting on October 2, 1953, 5 Thru-Express began running express between East 180th Street and Gun Hill Road using the middle track in order to encourage passengers who changed at Gun Hill Road for Third Avenue Elevated service to stay on subway trains.[7][8][9] On June 7, 1954, to speed up service, thru-expresses began skipping 138th Street, allowing for one more train per hour.[10] On June 16, 1958, these 5 trains resumed stopping at 138th, with 4 trains skipping the station during rush hours.

Beginning on May 3, 1957, limited rush hour 5 service ran to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College replacing the 4 service. Evening, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday trains were cut back to South Ferry.

Beginning on March 1, 1960, evening trains began making all stops in Manhattan.[5] Beginning on April 8, 1960, weekday evening service was discontinued, as was weekday rush service to Flatbush Avenue.[5]

This was a brochure given out to passengers by the New York City Transit Authority in anticipation of the April 18, 1965 changes in IRT service.

Starting on April 18, 1965, most daytime service was rerouted to Eastchester–Dyre Avenue (see § Dyre Avenue Shuttle), replacing 2 daytime service to Dyre Avenue except evenings and late nights when shuttle service served Dyre Avenue. Some weekday rush peak-direction service to 241st Street was retained, while Saturday and Sunday evening trains were cut back from 241st Street to East 180th Street. Also, Saturday morning trains were cut back from Atlantic Avenue to South Ferry.[5][11][12][13] Starting on May 3, 1965, trains to or from 241st Street began making all stops between Gun Hill Road and East 180th Street.[5]

Dyre Avenue Shuttle

In 1940, the City of New York purchased the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, and began integrating the line into the system.[14]^:59–60 Plans were made for restoring the old line north into Westchester County, but ultimately failed,[15] and the superfluous track and overhead catenary on the old NYW&B were scrapped by 1943.[16] The section below East 180th Street to Greens Farm Junction was once used to interchange with the New Haven (and later Penn Central and Conrail) to bring subway cars and other equipment on and off the system. That section was removed in the 1970s, isolating this part of the subway from the interchange.[16]

The East 180th Street–Dyre Avenue Shuttle or Dyre Avenue Shuttle was established as a new subway service and full-time shuttle along this section on May 15, 1941, between the former East 180th Street station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway and Eastchester–Dyre Avenue, the northernmost station on the NYW&B within New York City.[15][17] There was a paper transfer to the IRT White Plains Road Line at East 180th Street, since there were no track connections between the lines.[18] The shuttle was run with trains consisting of two cars, and there was no late night service when the line opened in 1941. The fares were collected in the stations during rush hours, and by conductors on the trains when ridership was light.[17][18]

In 1957, a flyover connection opened between the East 180th Street station of the White Plains Road Line and the Dyre Avenue Line, enabling through service by trains from the 2 route from Manhattan to Dyre Avenue.[19] At the same time, the former NYW&B station was closed and the off-hours Dyre Avenue Shuttle rerouted to the White Plains Road Line station. These shuttles were initially labeled 2 like the full-time service but were later signed as 9. Effective April 18, 1965, the Dyre Avenue Line was instead served by 5 trains at all times.[11][12][13] The line is still operated as a shuttle late nights, labeled as part of the 5 route.[2]

1970s and 1980s

Beginning on May 23, 1976, 5 service began starting late on Sunday mornings. As of May 24, 1976, weekday midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green from Atlantic Avenue.[5][20] In 1979, with the color coding of subway routes based on their trunk line in Manhattan, the 5 service's color was changed to apple green, as it goes via the Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.[21][22] On January 13, 1980, all 5 service to/from Dyre Avenue and Wakefield–241st Street during rush hours in the peak direction began running express in the Bronx.[23] 5 service was re-extended May 15, 1980, to Atlantic Avenue.[5]

On July 10, 1983 rush hour 5 trains were rerouted from Utica Avenue to Flatbush Avenue with limited service to/from Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue.[24][25] Beginning on January 18, 1988, all midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green, to allow 4 service to operate to Utica.[5]

1990s

In Spring 1995, rush hour service to 241st Street was cut back to Nereid Avenue. 241st Street had insufficient capacity to terminate all 2 and 5 trains during rush hours, requiring some 2 and 5 trips to terminate at Nereid Avenue. To ease passenger confusion regarding which trips terminate where and to provide more reliable service, it was decided to have all 2 trips terminate at 241st Street and have all 5 trains terminate at 238th Street. In addition, the span of 5 peak period Bronx express service to Dyre Avenue was expanded by 45 minutes in each rush hour. These two recommendations were made in response to comments made as party of the Northeast Bronx Comprehensive Study. New York City Transit decided against operating all 5 trains via the Dyre Avenue Line because it would reduce the attractiveness of the White Plains Road Line as it would force passengers using the Lexington Avenue Line to transfer. However, this would have simplified operations.[26]

On December 9, 1999, New York City Transit released a proposal, revising 2 and 5 service in the Bronx to eliminate a merge north of the East 180th Street station, increasing capacity and reducing delays, to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) Board. Dyre Avenue-bound 5 trains would start running local along the White Plains Road Line, while 2 trains would run express. Nereid Avenue-bound 5 trains would continue to run express in the Bronx. As part of the change, the frequency of service at White Plains Road Line local station would decrease from 12 trains per hour to 7 trains per hour. Market research showed that riders at these stations preferred Lexington Avenue Line service. In addition, riders on the line north of East 180th Street would gain express service. This change would have been revenue neutral.[27]

Shortly after the proposal was more widely announced in April 2000, Assemblyman Jeffrey Klein collected 2,000 signatures for a petition opposing the change.[28] The MTA delayed the change's planned implementation by a month after receiving the petition.[29] Opponents of the change also argued that it would have increased subway crowding on the 2 train, especially at the 72nd Street station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line. The change was also opposed by State Senator Eric Schneiderman, Assemblyman Scott Stringer and Public Advocate Mark Green. New York City Transit expected the passenger volume of downtown 2 trains in the morning rush hour to increase from 92% of capacity to 108% at 72nd Street.[30] After Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver put pressure on the MTA, the change was pushed back for an additional three months in May 2000.[31] On September 24, 2000, a spokesperson for New York City Transit said that MTA Chairman E. Virgil Conway told planners to drop the change until service on the 5 was increased with the arrival of new R142 subway cars by early 2002.[32]

Recent history

On May 27, 2005, use of the 5 diamond to indicate peak direction service to Nereid Avenue was discontinued.

On June 29, 2009, 5 trains were extended from Bowling Green to Flatbush Avenue during midday hours, from 10:30 a.m. to 3 p.m., following a successful pilot run in fall 2008.[33][34]

From March 29 to September 3, 2010, rush hour peak direction 5 express service was suspended due to rehabilitation of East 180th Street and signal replacements along the IRT White Plains Road Line. PM northbound express service was suspended again on March 28, 2011, to allow for the second phase of the signal replacement project. This time, service was restored on August 8.

Due to repairs to Hurricane Sandy-related damage in the Clark Street Tunnel, which carries the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line into Brooklyn, between June 17, 2017 and June 23, 2018, the 5 was extended to Flatbush Avenue on weekends, running local in Brooklyn. In the Bronx, the 5 ran to 241st Street instead of Dyre Avenue in place of the 2.[35][36]

On November 17, 2019, New York City Transit cut weekday evening 3, 4 and 5 service in order to accommodate planned subway work. This change, which was approved by the MTA Board on June 27, 2019, reduced the span of 5 service between Dyre Avenue and Bowling Green by one hour, from 11 p.m.. to 10 p.m.., with Dyre Avenue Shuttle service beginning an hour earlier. These changes in service were expected to save the agency $0.9 million annually.[37][38] In addition, on this date, two reverse-peak 5 trains to Wakefield–241st Street began terminating at Gun Hill Road, running express north of East 180th Street.

Route

Service pattern

The following table shows the lines used by the 5, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:[39]

Line	From	To	Tracks	Times
				week­days	eves & weekends	late nights	rush peak	rush reverse peak
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (full line)	Eastchester–Dyre Avenue	Morris Park	all				Most trains	Most trains
IRT White Plains Road Line	Nereid Avenue	219th Street	local	N/A	N/A	N/A	Limited service	N/A
	Gun Hill Road	Bronx Park East
			express				N/A	Very limited service (NB only)
	East 180th Street		all
	West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue	Jackson Avenue	local
			express
	Third Avenue–149th Street	149th Street–Grand Concourse	all
IRT Jerome Avenue Line	138th Street–Grand Concourse		local
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (full line)	125th Street	Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall	express
	Fulton Street	Bowling Green	all
Joralemon Street Tunnel
IRT Eastern Parkway Line	Borough Hall	Franklin Avenue	express
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line)	President Street	Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College	all				Most trains	Most trains
IRT Eastern Parkway Line	Franklin Avenue	Crown Heights–Utica Avenue	express	N/A	N/A	N/A	Limited service	Very limited service
IRT New Lots Line (full line)	Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road	New Lots Avenue	all				Very limited service	N/A

Stations

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.[2]

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the reverse peak direction only
	Station closed
	Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only (including limited service)
Time period details
	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
↑	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only
↓
	Elevator access to mezzanine only

Dyre	Ner.	GHR	180	Stations		Subway transfers	Connections
The Bronx
Dyre Avenue Line
	N/A	N/A	N/A	Eastchester–Dyre Avenue
				Baychester Avenue
				Gun Hill Road/Seymour Avenue
				Pelham Parkway/Esplanade			Bx12 Select Bus Service
				Morris Park
White Plains Road Line (peak-direction rush hour trips and limited reverse-peak midday trips only)
N/A		N/A	N/A	Nereid Avenue		2	Northern terminal for most rush hour peak direction trips to/from Manhattan and Brooklyn
				233rd Street		2	Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Woodlawn
				225th Street		2
				219th Street		2
		↑		Gun Hill Road/White Plains Road		2	Bx41 Select Bus Service Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Williams Bridge Northern terminal for limited a.m. rush hour service in the northbound direction only
				Burke Avenue		2
				Allerton Avenue		2
				Pelham Parkway/White Plains Road		2	Bx12 Select Bus Service
				Bronx Park East		2
		↑	↑	East 180th Street		2	Some southbound rush hour trips begin at this station Some northbound a.m. rush hour trips terminate at this station Southern terminal for late night service
				West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue		2	Q44 Select Bus Service
				174th Street		2
				Freeman Street		2
				Simpson Street		2
				Intervale Avenue		2	Bx6 Select Bus Service
				Prospect Avenue		2
				Jackson Avenue		2
		↑	↑	Third Avenue–149th Street		2	Bx41 Select Bus Service
		↑	↑	149th Street–Grand Concourse		2  4  (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
Jerome Avenue Line
		↑	↑	138th Street–Grand Concourse		4
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue Line
		↑	↑	125th Street		4  ​​6  <6>	Metro-North Railroad at Harlem–125th Street M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport
		↑	↑	86th Street	↑	4  ​​6  <6>	M86 Select Bus Service
		↑	↑	59th Street		4  ​​6  <6> N  ​R  ​W  (BMT Broadway Line) Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard: F and <F>​ N  ​Q  ​R  (63rd Street Lines at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street)	Roosevelt Island Tramway
		↑	↑	Grand Central–42nd Street		4  ​​6  <6> 7  <7> ​ (IRT Flushing Line) S  (42nd Street Shuttle)	Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal
		↑	↑	14th Street–Union Square		4  ​​6  <6> L  (BMT Canarsie Line) N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  (BMT Broadway Line)	M14A / M14D Select Bus Service
		↑	↑	Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall		4  ​​6  <6> J  ​Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street)
		↑	↑	Fulton Street		4  2  ​3  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) A  ​C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line) J  ​Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line)	Connection to N  ​R  ​W  (BMT Broadway Line) at Cortlandt Street via Dey Street Passageway PATH at World Trade Center
		↑	↑	Wall Street		4
		↑	↑	Bowling Green		4	M15 Select Bus Service Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal Southern terminal for evening and weekend service, as well as some rush hour service
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway Line
		N/A	↑	Borough Hall	↑	4  2  ​3  (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) R  ​W  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only
			↑	Nevins Street		2  ​3  ​4  ​
			↑	Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center		2  ​3  ​4  ​ B  ​Q  (BMT Brighton Line) D  ​N  ​R  ​W  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal
			↑	Franklin Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​ S  (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)
Nostrand Avenue Line
		N/A	N/A	President Street		2
				Sterling Street		2	B44 Select Bus Service
				Winthrop Street		2	B44 Select Bus Service
				Church Avenue		2	B44 Select Bus Service
				Beverly Road		2
				Newkirk Avenue		2	B44 Select Bus Service
				Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College		2	B44 Select Bus Service
Eastern Parkway Line (limited rush hour service only)
↑		N/A		Nostrand Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​	One rush-hour train to the Bronx stops here
↑				Kingston Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​	One rush-hour train to the Bronx stops here
				Crown Heights–Utica Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​	B46 Select Bus Service Southern terminal for some rush hour service
New Lots Line (limited rush hour service only)
		N/A	N/A	Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road		2  ​3  ​4  ​	B15 bus to JFK Int'l Airport
				Saratoga Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​
				Rockaway Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​
				Junius Street		2  ​3  ​4  ​
				Pennsylvania Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​
				Van Siclen Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​
				New Lots Avenue		2  ​3  ​4  ​	B15 bus to JFK Int'l Airport Southern terminal for some northbound a.m. rush hour service

Notes

1. Limited rush hour service to Manhattan and Brooklyn originates at Nereid Avenue during a.m. rush hours; service from Brooklyn and Manhattan terminates at Nereid Avenue during p.m. rush hours.
2. Limited a.m. reverse-peak midday service from Manhattan terminate at Gun Hill Road/White Plains Road in the northbound direction only; these trains make express stops in the Bronx.
3. A handful of rush hour trains also originate and terminate at Crown Heights–Utica Avenue, operating between the Bronx and Brooklyn.
4. Limited a.m. rush hour service to Manhattan and the Bronx originates at New Lots Avenue only.

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External links

• MTA NYC Transit – 5 Lexington Avenue Express (normal circle service)
• MTA NYC Transit – 5 Eastern Parkway/Lexington Avenue/Bronx Thru Express (rush hour diamond service)
• MTA Subway Time – 5 Train
• "5 Subway Timetable, Effective November 17, 2019". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved January 16, 2020.