BMT Division Timeline
From nycsubway.org
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
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Queensborough Plaza to Ditmars Ave. | . | 2/3 | 1917 |
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
DeKalb to Prospect Park | 2.3 | 2 | 8/1/1920 |
Prospect Park to Church Ave | 0.8 | 4 | 9/25/1919 |
Church Ave to Newkirk Ave | 1.0 | 4 | 1907 |
Newkirk to Sheepshead Bay | 3.4 | 4 | 1907 |
Sheepshead Bay to Ocean Parkway | 1.1 | 4 | 4/22/1917 |
Ocean Parkway to W 8th | 0.4 | 4/2 | 5/30/1917 |
W 8th to Stillwell | 0.4 | 2 | 5/30/1919 |
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
Montague Tunnel to Chambers | 1.0 | 2 | 05/30/1931 |
Chambers to Canal | 0.4 | 2 | 08/04/1913 |
Canal to Essex | 0.8 | 4 | 08/04/1913 |
Essex to Marcy | 1.7 | 2 | 09/16/1908 |
Marcy to Broadway/Myrtle | 1.4 | 3 | 9/16/1888 (rebuilt 1/17/1916) |
Broadway/Myrtle to Broadway Jct. | 2.5 | 3 (2 past Eastern Pky) | 9/4/1885 (rebuilt 12/21/1916) |
Alabama Ave | .. | 2 | 2/2/1885 |
Van Siclen to Crescent | .. | 2 | 6/12/1893 (rebuilt 05/28/1917) |
Cypress to 111th | .. | 2 | 6/11/1917 |
121st to 168th | .. | 2 | 12/2/1918 (Sutphin, 160th, 168th closed 9/10/1977; Queens Blvd & Metropolitan Ave closed 4/15/1985) |
121 to Jamaica Ctr/Parsons-Archer | 2 | 12/11/1988 | |
Broadway/Myrtle to Central Ave | 0.6 | 2 | 12/19/1889 (rebuilt 07/29/1914) |
Central Ave to Wyckoff Ave | 0.7 | 2 | 12/19/1889 (rebuilt 07/01/1918) |
Wyckoff Ave to Metropolitan Ave. | 1.0 | 2 | 02/22/1915 (8/9/1915?) |
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
DeKalb to Whitehall | 2.0 | 8/6/2/3 | 1/1/1920 |
Whitehall to Prince | 1.8 | 2/4 | 1/5/1918 |
Prince to 14th Street | 0.8 | 4 | 9/4/1917 |
14th to Times Square | 1.4 | 4 | 1/5/1918 |
Times Square to 57th Street/7th Avenue | 0.8 | 4 | 7/10/1919 |
57th Street to Lexington Ave/60th Street Tunnel | 1.7 | 2 | 8/1/1920 |
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
6th Avenue - Montrose | 6/30/1924 | ||
Morgan Ave - Broadway Junction | 12/14/1928 | ||
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
Church to Ditmas | 0.3 | 4 | 10/30/1954 |
(9th Ave. to) Ditmas to Kings Hwy. | 2.3 | 3 | 3/16/1919 |
Kings Highway to Ave X | 1.0 | 3 | 5/10/1919 |
Ave X to Stillwell | 1.3 | 2 | 5/1/1920 |
9th Ave to Ditmas | Demolished 1975 | ||
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
59th/4th Av. to 86th | 4.4 | 4/3 | 6/22/1915, express 1/15/1916 |
86th to Stillwell | 1.1 | 2 | On or prior to 10/18/1920 |
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
36th to 9th Ave | 0.9 | varies | 6/24/1916 |
9th Av to 18th Ave | 2.7 | 3 | 6/24/1916 |
18th Ave to 25th Ave | 1.1 | 3 | 6/29/1916 |
25th Ave to Bay 50th | 0.7 | 3 | 7/21/1917 |
Bay 50th to Stillwell | 0.8 | 2 | 7/21/1917 |
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Section | Mileage | Tracks | Date Opened |
Myrtle to 59th | 4.4 | 4 | 6/22/1915 |
59th to 86th | 1.4 | 2 | 1/15/1916 |
86th to 95th | 0.4 | 2 | 10/31/1925 |