The B started using the Brighton Line in 2004 after work on the north side of the Manhattan Bridge was completed. Weekday service was rerouted to the Concourse Line in 1998, while off-peak service along 63rd Street ceased in 2000. Late night service ran as a shuttle on the West End Line. After 1989, the B north of 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center used the IND Eighth Avenue Line to 168th Street on weekdays, and the IND 63rd Street Line on evenings and weekends. A short-lived yellow B service ran via the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan and the BMT West End Line in Brooklyn from 1986 to 1988 due to Manhattan Bridge renovation, while orange B service traveled the pre-1967 route between 168th and 34th Streets. Upon the opening of the Chrystie Street Connection, the B started running via the BMT West End Line (local) and BMT Fourth Avenue Line (express) in Brooklyn. Prior to November 1967 ( 1967-11) the B ran almost exclusively in Manhattan, as the BB, from 168th Street in Washington Heights during rush hours to 34th Street–Herald Square in Midtown Manhattan. During rush hours, the B is extended beyond 145th Street to and from Bedford Park Boulevard in the Bronx, making local stops along Grand Concourse. The B operates only on weekdays between Brighton Beach in Brooklyn and 145th Street in Harlem, Manhattan, making express stops in Brooklyn along the BMT Brighton Line and in Manhattan along Sixth Avenue, and making local stops along Central Park West. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored orange, since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. St.The B Sixth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Nicholas Avenuesĩ6th to 141st Streets (east), 110th to 155th Streets (central), and Nicholas Avenue to the Hudson Riverġ10th to 125th Streets/ Morningside to Riverside Drivesġ10th to 155th Streets/ Park to St. Nicholas Avenue to Broadwayġ35th to 155th Streets/ Broadway to the Hudson Riverġ25th to 135th Streets/ St. Hudson Heights (belonging to Washington Heights)ġ81st Street to Fort Tryon Park west of Broadwayġ25th to 155th Streets/ St. Marble Hill is physically located on the mainlandįort George (belonging to Washington Heights)Įast of Broadway between 181st Street and Dyckman Street Limits or Parameters running South to North / East to West East Side is defined the area east of Fifth Avenue.West Side is defined as the area west of Fifth Avenue. Midtown Manhattan is defined as the area between 34th Street and 59th Street.
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