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2nd Avenue (IND 6th Avenue)

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2nd Avenue Station · Opened 1/1/1936

Two island platforms and four tracks. Tile band is purple with dark purple border, and no name tablet. Columns are concrete. The center of the platform has a huge concrete column with built-in benches. There is evidence of a removed center exit. The north exit (Houston St./Second Ave.) and mezzanine are very dim and despite leading to the station's namesake avenue is only open on a part-time basis. The south mezzanine (to First Ave.) has an intermediate level, with the fare control 8 steps up from this level, and is open full time.

The four tracks at 2nd Avenue were originally, but not now, the same four as at Broadway-Lafayette. A view of the area track map will illustrate this point. The center tracks at Broadway-Lafayette were connected to the two tracks of the Chrystie Street Connection coming north from the Grand Street Station and the Manhattan Bridge. The local tracks continue unbroken between Broadway-Lafayette and 2nd Avenue. The track in between the uptown local and express, now used by the connection from the Williamsburg Bridge was original construction, formerly used as a layup track. Presently the stumps of the express tracks at 2nd Avenue are tied to the local tracks and has a crossover just west of 2nd Avenue. This makes 2nd Avenue into a terminal station for short runs and it is planned that one route from the upper section of the Second Avenue Subway line would end here. The center tracks continue behind the wall to about Avenue A. They would have continued to and under the East River as part of the IND Second System lines. Before the mid 1980s they were open and used for laying up trains from time to time, but they were quickly inundated by squatters who domiciled in the nooks and crannies of the tunnel. When they were cleared out by 1990 the tracks were closed off. Evidence of the provision for the Second Avenue Subway is found in a lower transverse ceiling across the platforms and the discontiguous mezzanines.


(image 104068) (305k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: V
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4550
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 8/11/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 155


(image 104069) (312k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: V
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4656
Photo by: Aliandro Brathwaite
Date: 8/11/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 155


(image 2750) (114k, 1024x768)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: V
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4665
Photo by: Emmanuel Robinson
Date: 8/7/2009
Notes: R42 4665/R40M 4460 mismate.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 187


(image 104093) (188k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: V
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4644
Photo by: Ian Dale
Date: 8/5/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 171


(image 103119) (185k, 1044x703)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: V
Car: R42 (St. Louis Car, 1969-1970) 4775
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 7/10/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 293


(image 103120) (168k, 1044x681)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 5804
Photo by: John Barnes
Date: 7/10/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 133


(image 102109) (276k, 1044x788)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: V
Car: R32 (Budd, 1964) 3520
Photo by: Christopher Henderson
Date: 7/1/2009
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 290


(image 95778) (255k, 1044x773)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: A reroute
Car: R44 (St. Louis Car Co., 1971-73)
Photo by: Oswaldo C.
Date: 1/17/2009
Notes: A reroute via the F
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 528


(image 94735) (228k, 930x601)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 6082
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 12/28/2008
Notes: F Line outbound.
Viewed (this week/total): 7 / 650


(image 94722) (195k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R4 (Independent Subway) (American Car & Foundry, 1932-1933) 401
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 12/28/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 543


(image 94699) (200k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R6-1 (Independent Subway) (Pressed Steel, 1936) 1300
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 12/28/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 550


(image 94700) (215k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R6-1 (Independent Subway) (Pressed Steel, 1936) 1300
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 12/28/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 572


(image 94707) (204k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R9 (Independent Subway) (Pressed Steel, 1940) 1802
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 12/28/2008
Notes: With R32 3775 on right, on F Line.
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 541


(image 94705) (222k, 930x618)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R9 (Independent Subway) (Pressed Steel, 1940) 1802
Photo by: Peter Ehrlich
Date: 12/28/2008
Notes: Fisheye view. With R6 1300.
Viewed (this week/total): 2 / 518


(image 93482) (121k, 820x620)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R1 (Independent Subway) (American Car & Foundry, 1930-1931) 100
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 11/30/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 489


(image 93483) (122k, 820x620)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: Museum Train Service (V)
Car: R9 (Independent Subway) (Pressed Steel, 1940) 1802
Photo by: Gary Chatterton
Date: 11/30/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 1 / 441


(image 85981) (160k, 820x620)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: D
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4491
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 6/1/2008
Notes: Note coupled to an R42
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 1209


(image 85982) (129k, 820x620)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: D
Car: R40 (St. Louis Car, 1968)
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 6/1/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 3 / 1103


(image 85980) (140k, 820x620)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: D
Car: R40M (St. Louis Car, 1969) 4517
Photo by: Bill E.
Date: 6/1/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 0 / 1213


(image 101641) (186k, 1044x699)
Country: United States
City: New York
System: New York City Transit
Line: IND 6th Avenue
Location: 2nd Avenue
Route: F
Car: R46 (Pullman-Standard, 1974-75) 6120
Photo by: Michael Hodurski
Date: 4/17/2008
Viewed (this week/total): 5 / 854


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