Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT) lines

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The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT) lines were a major division of New York City's early subway system, originally operated by the BMT company and now forming part of the modern B Division of the NYC Subway.

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Label	Occurrences
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation lines	2
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT) lines canonical	1
New York City Subway B Division lines	1
New York City Subway B Division routes	1
Southern Division BMT lines	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T13864567 — 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: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT) lines
Context triple: [BMT Franklin Avenue Line, isPartOf, Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT) lines]

A. Brooklyn IRT lines
The Brooklyn IRT lines are a group of New York City Subway routes in Brooklyn that were originally built and operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company as part of its early rapid transit network.
B. BMT Fourth Avenue Line
The BMT Fourth Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway trunk line in Brooklyn, running beneath Fourth Avenue and serving as a key corridor for multiple services.
C. BMT Broadway Line
The BMT Broadway Line is a major New York City Subway trunk line in Manhattan, carrying N, Q, R, and W trains through Midtown and Lower Manhattan via Broadway.
D. BMT Nassau Street Line
The BMT Nassau Street Line is a New York City Subway line in Lower Manhattan that primarily carries J and Z trains through the Financial District.
E. BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
The BMT Myrtle Avenue Line is a New York City Subway line in Brooklyn and Queens that primarily carries the M train along an elevated route.
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: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT) lines
Target entity description: The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit (BMT) lines were a major division of New York City's early subway system, originally operated by the BMT company and now forming part of the modern B Division of the NYC Subway.

A. Brooklyn IRT lines
The Brooklyn IRT lines are a group of New York City Subway routes in Brooklyn that were originally built and operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company as part of its early rapid transit network.
B. BMT Fourth Avenue Line
The BMT Fourth Avenue Line is a major New York City Subway trunk line in Brooklyn, running beneath Fourth Avenue and serving as a key corridor for multiple services.
C. BMT Broadway Line
The BMT Broadway Line is a major New York City Subway trunk line in Manhattan, carrying N, Q, R, and W trains through Midtown and Lower Manhattan via Broadway.
D. BMT Nassau Street Line
The BMT Nassau Street Line is a New York City Subway line in Lower Manhattan that primarily carries J and Z trains through the Financial District.
E. BMT Myrtle Avenue Line
The BMT Myrtle Avenue Line is a New York City Subway line in Brooklyn and Queens that primarily carries the M train along an elevated route.
F. None of above. chosen