5 (New York City Subway service)

For the former Template:BMT service, see BMT 5.

Template:NYCS logo The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green, since it uses the Lexington Avenue Line through Manhattan. Trains of the 5 service run at all times, though the service is significantly cut back during late nights. The usual pattern is express through Manhattan and local elsewhere. The service only enters Brooklyn during rush hours; standard rush-hour service operates express to Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College, with some special trips to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue. During rush hours, trains run express in the Bronx in the peak direction; about half the trains in the peak direction run to Nereid Avenue–238th Street. (Those trips were signed with a diamond until the end of May 2005. [1]) Limited rush hour service operates on the IRT Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line—two trains heading to Brooklyn during morning rush hours and four trains heading to the Bronx via the entire IRT White Plains Road Line to Wakefield-241st Street during evening rush hours—to clear congestion. During late nights, the service is cut back to its northernmost section in the Bronx, north of East 180th Street; service over the rest of the route is provided by the Template:NYCS 2 and Template:NYCS 4. This service pattern, however, is being disrupted during off-peak hours due to work at South Ferry station and track replacement on the Lexington Avenue Line.

The section from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue was once 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. In 1940, the City of New York purchased the section and began integrating the line into the system. The railroad north of the city line to White Plains and Port Chester was quickly dismantled. 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. This section has since been removed, isolating this part of the subway from interchange.

Much of the 5's car fleet was made up of Redbird cars built in the mid 1950s and very early 1960s; these cars were retired by 2002. The trains included rollsigns with the numbers 8, 10 and 12 to possibly replace the diamond <5> express route. Today, the entire fleet is composed of the Bombardier-built R142s which feature digital signs, though space for only one digit is possible. However, there are no plans to change the line's nomenclature.

The following lines are used by the Template:NYCS 5:

Line	Tracks	When
IRT White Plains Road Line from Nereid Avenue–238th Street to East 180th Street	local	rush hours in peak direction only
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (full line)	N/A	always
IRT White Plains Road Line from East 180th Street to 149th Street–Grand Concourse	local (express rush hours in peak direction)	all but late nights
IRT Jerome Avenue Line south of 149th Street–Grand Concourse	local	all but late nights
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (full line)	express	all but late nights
IRT Joralemon Street Tunnel	N/A	rush hours only
IRT Eastern Parkway Line north of Franklin Avenue	express	rush hours only
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line)	N/A	rush hours only
IRT Eastern Parkway Line south of Franklin Avenue	express	some rush-hour trips

Service history

5 LEX-W.P. RD R12 end rollsign

5 1967-1979 bullet (in a circle)

Rush hour service, designated with a diamond bullet, ended in May 2005.

The connection between the IRT White Plains Road Line and the IRT Jerome Avenue Line opened around the same time as that stretch of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line (1918).

As of 1934: From 241st Street or East 180th Street to Atlantic Avenue middays and weekend mornings. Other times except midnights, to Utica Avenue.

From July 24-September 18, 1918, Sunday service ran to New Lots Avenue.

On April 28, 1930, Saturday service began running to Utica Avenue.

On July 10,1939, Sunday afternoon service began to run to New Lots Avenue.

On December 22, 1946, every other trains began to run to New Lots Avenue on Sunday mornings.

On March 5, 1950, trains began to run to Utica Avenue all day Sunday.

On May 3, 1957 several rush hour trains began to run to Flatbush Avenue (replacing the Template:NYCS 4). This was reversed on April 8, 1960. At this time, the 5 began running on the Dyre Avenue Line.

On May 24, 1976 midday service was cut from Atlantic Avenue to Bowling Green, and reextended to Atlantic Avenue in 1980.

On July 10, 1983 Most rush hour trains began to operate to Flatbush Avenue. Some put-ins/layups (includes most early evening and special rush hour trips) run to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue.

On January 18, 1988, midday service was cut back to Bowling Green again, to allow the Template:NYCS 4 to run to Utica Avenue.

In 1994, rush hour service to 241st Street is cut back to Nereid Avenue.

Station listing

For a more detailed station listing, see the lines in the table above.

Station	When	Services
from Nereid Avenue (The Bronx)
Nereid Avenue–238th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
233rd Street	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
225th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
219th Street	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
Gun Hill Road	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
Burke Avenue	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
Allerton Avenue	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
Pelham Parkway	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
Bronx Park East	rush hours in peak direction only	2 and ​5
The Bronx
Eastchester–Dyre Avenue	always	5
Baychester Avenue	always	5
Gun Hill Road	always	5
Pelham Parkway	always	5
Morris Park	always	5
trains from Nereid Avenue enter here
East 180th Street	always	2 and ​5 5
West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 and ​5
174th Street	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 and ​5
Freeman Street	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 and ​5
Simpson Street	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 and ​5
Intervale Avenue	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 and ​5
Prospect Avenue	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 and ​5
Jackson Avenue	all but late nights and rush hours in peak direction	2 and ​5
Third Avenue–149th Street	all but late nights	2 and ​5
149th Street–Grand Concourse	all but late nights	2 and ​5 4
138th Street–Grand Concourse	all but late nights	4 and ​5
125th Street	all but late nights	4, ​5, ​6, and <6>
86th Street	all but late nights	4, ​5, ​6, and <6>
59th Street	all but late nights	4, ​5, ​6, and <6> N, ​R, and ​W F and <F> (MetroCard) Roosevelt Island Tramway
42nd Street–Grand Central	all but late nights	4, ​5, ​6, and <6> 7 and <7>​ S
14th Street–Union Square	all but late nights	4, ​5, ​6, and <6> L N, ​Q, ​R, and ​W
Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall	all but late nights	4, ​5, ​6, and <6> J and ​Z
Fulton Street	all but late nights	4 and ​5 A and ​C J and ​Z 2 and ​3
Wall Street	all but late nights	4 and ​5
Bowling Green	all but late nights	4 and ​5
Brooklyn
Borough Hall	rush hours only	4 and ​5 2 and ​3 N, R, and ​W
Nevins Street	rush hours only	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
Atlantic Avenue	rush hours only	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5 B and ​Q D, ​N, ​R, and ​W
Franklin Avenue	rush hours only	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5 S
trains to New Lots Avenue leave here
President Street	rush hours only	2 and ​5
Sterling Street	rush hours only	2 and ​5
Winthrop Street	rush hours only	2 and ​5
Church Avenue	rush hours only	2 and ​5
Beverly Road	rush hours only	2 and ​5
Newkirk Avenue	rush hours only	2 and ​5
Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College	rush hours only	2 and ​5
to New Lots Avenue (Brooklyn)
Crown Heights–Utica Avenue	some rush hour trips	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road	some rush hour trips	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
Saratoga Avenue	some rush hour trips	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
Rockaway Avenue	some rush hour trips	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
Junius Street	some rush hour trips	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
Pennsylvania Avenue	some rush hour trips	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
Van Siclen Avenue	some rush hour trips	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5
New Lots Avenue	some rush hour trips	2, ​3, ​4, and ​5

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 NYC Transit - 5 schedule (PDF)
• New York, Westchester & Boston Railway history

References

• Line By Line History