#ind second system

Image of Queensboro Plaza, twice as large as it is today, before unification. Undated. Image of Queensboro Plaza, twice as large as it is today, before unification. Undated. Image of Queensboro Plaza, twice as large as it is today, before unification. Undated. The New York City subway is famously made up of three formerly private railroads; three distinct networks that were planned to be…

IND Service Guide: 1953

If you are reading this blog it’s probably because you have an interest in subways and maps (I can’t imagine any other reason to be here since I stopped posting music recommendations a decade ago.) If you aren’t familiar with him, Peter Lloyd is an author and map nut who has a fantastic blog looking into the evolution of the designs for the New York subway map., http://nycsubwaymap.org/ Map of…

A Tunnel Too Far, Part 1: Staten Island’s Failed Pipe Dream

In the annals of New York infrastructure history, projects like the 2nd Ave Subway loom large. But while 2nd Ave has progressed, and other projects like an Utica Ave Line or Rockaway Beach Branch get their cans kicked down the road once a generation, one unrealized dream looms like a mountain beyond the horizon: a tunnel to Staten Island. Staten Island is the southernmost point in both New York…

A detailed look at every official subway expansion proposal from 1929 until the present.

IND Second System Track Map. Click for PDF. Quick Index How to read this mapBackground 2nd Ave SubwaySouth 4th SubwayUtica Ave SubwayNostrand Ave LineMyrtle-Central Aves Trunk LineRockaway Branch and Winfield Spur3rd Ave El Replacement9th Ave El ConnectionVan Wyck Blvd Line and Archer Ave LinesIND Fulton St Line ExtensionIND Ft Hamilton Line and Staten Island TunnelFlushing Line ExtensionsLong…

WNYC has put up a great piece on some of the unfinished portions of the New York City subway. The map above gives approximations of where some line expansions would have gone.