Clark Street Tunnel
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The Clark Street Tunnel is a New York City Subway tunnel under the East River that carries IRT trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Clark Street Tunnel canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13532118 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clark Street Tunnel Context triple: [IRT West Side Lines, hasBranch, Clark Street Tunnel]
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A.
53rd Street Tunnel
The 53rd Street Tunnel is a New York City Subway tunnel under the East River that carries IND Queens Boulevard Line trains between Manhattan and Queens.
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B.
Queensway Tunnel
The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel in northwest England that carries vehicular traffic beneath the River Mersey between Liverpool and the Wirral Peninsula.
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C.
Howard Street Tunnel
The Howard Street Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland, that carries freight trains beneath the city’s downtown.
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D.
Midtown Tunnel
The Midtown Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel in the Hampton Roads region that carries traffic beneath the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.
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E.
63rd Street Tunnel
The 63rd Street Tunnel is a New York City subway tunnel under the East River that carries trains between Manhattan and Queens.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Clark Street Tunnel Target entity description: The Clark Street Tunnel is a New York City Subway tunnel under the East River that carries IRT trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
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A.
53rd Street Tunnel
The 53rd Street Tunnel is a New York City Subway tunnel under the East River that carries IND Queens Boulevard Line trains between Manhattan and Queens.
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B.
Queensway Tunnel
The Queensway Tunnel is a road tunnel in northwest England that carries vehicular traffic beneath the River Mersey between Liverpool and the Wirral Peninsula.
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C.
Howard Street Tunnel
The Howard Street Tunnel is a historic railroad tunnel in Baltimore, Maryland, that carries freight trains beneath the city’s downtown.
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D.
Midtown Tunnel
The Midtown Tunnel is a vehicular tunnel in the Hampton Roads region that carries traffic beneath the Elizabeth River between Norfolk and Portsmouth, Virginia.
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E.
63rd Street Tunnel
The 63rd Street Tunnel is a New York City subway tunnel under the East River that carries trains between Manhattan and Queens.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (44)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway tunnel
ⓘ
railway tunnel ⓘ underwater tunnel ⓘ |
| borough |
Brooklyn
ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ |
| builtBy | Interborough Rapid Transit Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| carries |
1 train
ⓘ
2 train NERFINISHED ⓘ 3 train ⓘ IRT trains ⓘ New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| connects |
Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| constructionStartDate | 1914 ⓘ |
| crosses | East River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| electrification | 600 V DC third rail ⓘ |
| hasEndpointStation |
Clark Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Wall Street station (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasLocale |
Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Financial District, Manhattan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasNumberOfTracks | 2 ⓘ |
| hasOperatorHistory |
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasOwnerHistory |
City of New York
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interborough Rapid Transit Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasStructureType | twin-tube tunnel ⓘ |
| hasSystem | New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hasTrackGauge |
1,435 mm
ⓘ
standard gauge ⓘ |
| isBelow | water level ⓘ |
| isPartOf | New York City Subway East River crossings NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| isUnder | East River NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
New York City
ⓘ
New York State NERFINISHED ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| maintainedBy | Metropolitan Transportation Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| opened | 1919 ⓘ |
| operator | New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| owner |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| partOf |
IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
NERFINISHED
ⓘ
Interborough Rapid Transit Company NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| partOfNetwork | A Division (IRT) of the New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servesLine | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| usedFor | rapid transit ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Clark Street Tunnel Description of subject: The Clark Street Tunnel is a New York City Subway tunnel under the East River that carries IRT trains between Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.