R (New York City Subway service)

Broadway Local
A Manhattan-bound R train of R160s enters 53rd Street.
Note: Dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to 96th Street.
Northern end	Forest Hills–71st Avenue (all times except late nights) Whitehall Street–South Ferry (late nights) 96th Street (one northbound AM trip)
Southern end	Bay Ridge–95th Street
Stations	45 34 (limited service) 17 (late night service)
Rolling stock	R160 (one a.m. trainset is used in both Q and R service, but is shown in the R assignment)[1][2] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
Depot	Jamaica Yard
Started service	January 15, 1916; 108 years ago (1916-01-15)
Route map Legend ​ Jamaica Center or 179th Street via Queens Boulevard  M  ​ R  Forest Hills–71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street Manhattan & Brooklyn via 63rd Street Queens Plaza no regular service via Crosstown ​ Ditmars Boulevard via Astoria ​ Manhattan & Brooklyn via 53rd Street Queens Manhattan planned Second Avenue Subway  Q  ( N   R  rush hours) 96th Street northbound only 86th Street northbound only 72nd Street northbound only planned Second Avenue Subway Lexington Avenue–59th Street Jamaica via 63rd Street Lexington Avenue–63rd Street n'bound only Fifth Avenue–59th Street Downtown & Brooklyn via 6th Avenue 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street northbound only Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street–Union Square Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street ​ trains via Manhattan Bridge City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street no regular service trains continue Nassau St Line ( R  late nights) Whitehall Street–South Ferry ( W  weekdays) Manhattan Brooklyn Court Street Jay Street–MetroTech ​ trains via Manhattan Bridge ​ Uptown & the Bronx via 6th Avenue DeKalb Avenue ​ Brighton Beach & Coney Island via Brighton Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street Ninth Street Prospect Avenue 25th Street 36th Street Coney Island via West End 45th Street 53rd Street 59th Street Coney Island via Sea Beach Bay Ridge Avenue 77th Street 86th Street Bay Ridge–95th Street  R  Legend Lines used by the Other services sharing tracks with the Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  R  Termini of services Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels This diagram: view talk edit

The R Broadway Local^[3] is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored yellow since it uses the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.^[4]

The R operates local between 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens, and 95th Street in Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, at all times except nights, when it short turns at Whitehall Street–South Ferry in Lower Manhattan from Brooklyn. The R runs via Queens Boulevard in Queens, Broadway in Manhattan, and Fourth Avenue in Brooklyn. One northbound a.m. rush hour trip terminates at 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan instead of 71st Avenue in Queens.

The R was originally the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation's 2 service, running along the BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn then traveling through the Montague Street Tunnel to Manhattan, then running local on the BMT Broadway Line. The 2 became the RR in 1961. The RR ran local along the BMT Astoria Line in Queens, terminating at Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard until it switched terminals with the N in 1987. The RR became the R in 1985. After 1987, the R ran via the IND Queens Boulevard Line to Forest Hills, Queens. A variant of the RR/R, from Bay Ridge to Chambers Street in Lower Manhattan via the BMT Nassau Street Line, ran from 1967 until 1987.