Canarsie Line

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The Canarsie Line is a New York City Subway route, now designated as the L train, running primarily through Brooklyn and into Manhattan.

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Canarsie Line canonical 3
Canarsie Line (BMT) 1
Canarsie subway corridor 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway line
alsoRunsIn Manhattan
becamePartOf city-owned IND/BMT system
connectsToRiverCrossing 14th Street Tunnel
crossesUnder East River
electrification 600 V DC third rail
fareSystem Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system
followsStreetCorridor 14th Street in Manhattan
Broadway Junction area in Brooklyn
Livonia Avenue in Brooklyn
hasColorOnMap light gray
hasDirectionNames Brooklyn-bound
Manhattan-bound
hasInterchangeAt 6th Avenue–14th Street
8th Avenue–14th Street
Broadway Junction
Lorimer Street–Metropolitan Avenue
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
Union Square–14th Street
hasNotableTechnology communications-based train control
hasRollingStock R143
R160
linked to: R160 (historically)

R179
hasServiceDesignation L
hasServiceFrequency 24/7
hasServiceLetterSince 1967
hasServicePattern local
hasTerminalStation 8th Avenue
linked to: Eighth Avenue

Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
laterOwnedBy Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation
locatedIn Brooklyn
Manhattan
New York City
openedInStages early 20th century
operatedBy Metropolitan Transportation Authority
New York City Transit Authority
originallyBuiltBy Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
partOfNetwork B Division (New York City Subway)
primaryBorough Brooklyn
runsFrom Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway
runsTo 8th Avenue
linked to: Eighth Avenue
trackGauge 1,435 mm standard gauge
usesFareMedium MetroCard
OMNY contactless system
linked to: OMNY
usesServiceLabel L train
wasAffectedBy 2019–2020 14th Street Tunnel repairs
wasFirstNYCLineWith full-line CBTC operation

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (6)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Manhattan–Brooklyn hasTransitCorridor Canarsie subway corridor
linked to: Canarsie Line
Livonia Avenue (BMT Canarsie Line) hasDirectionLabels Canarsie-bound
linked to: Canarsie Line
R143 usedOn Canarsie Line
Broadway Junction connectsLineGroup Canarsie Line (BMT)
linked to: Canarsie Line
14th Street Tunnel servesLine Canarsie Line