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F-V (New York City Subway service)

The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. They are colored orange since they use the IND Sixth Avenue Line through midtown Manhattan. The runs all the time, from Jamaica-179th Street to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, running express through most of Queens and local through Manhattan and Brooklyn. The provides additional local service over part of the line except during late nights and weekends; it uses the 53rd Street Tunnel rather than the new 63rd Street Tunnel . During late nights and weekends, local service is provided by the east of and the west of Queens Plaza .

The following lines are used by the F and V (the latter of which has no late night or weekend service):

Line Tracks When
IND Queens Boulevard Line north of Forest Hills-71st Avenue local always (F only}
IND Queens Boulevard Line from Forest Hills-71st Avenue to 36th Street F express
V local
always
IND Queens Boulevard Line from 36th Street to Fifth Avenue-53rd Street N/A all but late nights and weekends (V only)
IND 63rd Street Line (full line) N/A always (F only)
IND Sixth Avenue Line from 47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center to Lower East Side-Second Avenue local always
IND Sixth Avenue Line south of Lower East Side-Second Avenue N/A always (F only)
IND Culver Line (full line) local always (F only)
BMT Culver Line (full line) local always (F only)
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Service history

 
F

6TH AVE
 
F

6THAV-HOUSTON
 
FF

6TH AVE
R1 end rollsigns
F
1967-1979 bullet
(in a circle)

Station listing

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

Station When Services
Queens
Jamaica-179th Street always
169th Street always
Parsons Boulevard always E (1) F
Sutphin Boulevard always F
Briarwood-Van Wyck Boulevard always
Kew Gardens-Union Turnpike always
75th Avenue always E (45) F
Forest Hills-71st Avenue always
67th Avenue V all but late nights and weekends
63rd Drive-Rego Park V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
Woodhaven Boulevard V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
Grand Avenue-Newtown V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
Elmhurst Avenue V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights always E F G (345) R (1234) V (123)
65th Street V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
Northern Boulevard V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
46th Street V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
Steinway Street V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
36th Street V all but late nights and weekends E (5) G (345) R (1234) V (123)
express (F) trains leave here
Queens Plaza V all but late nights and weekends
23rd Street-Ely Avenue V all but late nights and weekends
(MetroCard)
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue-53rd Street V all but late nights and weekends E V (123)
Roosevelt Island Tramway
Fifth Avenue-53rd Street V all but late nights and weekends E V (123)
express (F) trains enter here
47th-50th Streets-Rockefeller Center always
42nd Street always B (123a) D F V (123) 7 <7> (1a2a3b)
34th Street-Herald Square always B (123a) D F V (123)
23rd Street always
PATH
14th Street always F V (123)
PATH
West Fourth Street-Washington Square always B (123a) D F V (123)
Broadway-Lafayette Street always B (123a) D F V (123)
4 (5) 6 <6> (12) southbound
Lower East Side-Second Avenue always
Delancey Street always
East Broadway always F
Brooklyn
York Street always
Jay Street-Borough Hall always
Bergen Street always
Carroll Street always
Smith-Ninth Streets always F G
Fourth Avenue always
Seventh Avenue-Park Slope always
15th Street always F
Fort Hamilton Parkway always F
Church Avenue always F
Ditmas Avenue always F
18th Avenue always F
Avenue I always F
Bay Parkway always F
Avenue N always F
Avenue P always F
Kings Highway always F
Avenue U always F
Avenue X always F
Neptune Avenue always F
West Eighth Street-New York Aquarium always F
Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue always F Q
express (F) service (Queens)
21st Street-Queensbridge always
Manhattan
Roosevelt Island always F
Lexington Avenue-63rd Street always F
(MetroCard)
Roosevelt Island Tramway
57th Street always


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