W (New York City Subway service)

Broadway Local
A Whitehall Street-bound W train of R46s leaving 30th Avenue
Note: Dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to/from Gravesend–86th Street.
Northern end	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard
Southern end	Whitehall Street–South Ferry 86th Street (limited service)
Stations	23 44 (limited service)
Rolling stock	R46 R68 R68A (fleet shared with the )[1][2] (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
Depot	Coney Island Yard
Started service	July 22, 2001; 22 years ago (2001-07-22)
Discontinued	June 25, 2010; 13 years ago (2010-06-25)
Reinstated	November 7, 2016; 7 years ago (2016-11-07)
Route map Legend  N  ​ W  Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Astoria Boulevard 30th Avenue Broadway 36th Avenue 39th Avenue ​ Main Street via Flushing Queensboro Plaza ​ Hudson Yards via Flushing Forest Hills via Queens Boulevard Queens Manhattan Lexington Avenue–59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street planned Second Avenue Subway  Q  ( N   R  limited rush) 96th Street 86th Street 72nd Street planned Second Avenue Subway Jamaica via 63rd Street Lexington Avenue–63rd Street Downtown & Brooklyn via 6th Avenue 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street ( northbound) Times Square–42nd Street switches to express tracks during weekdays 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street–Union Square Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street daytime via Manhattan Bridge late nights via Lower Manhattan Canal Street ​ Uptown & the Bronx via 6th Avenue City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street Whitehall Street–South Ferry  W  weekdays (  R  late nights) no regular service via Nassau Street Montague Tunnel Manhattan Brooklyn Court Street Jay Street–MetroTech Myrtle 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 Bay Ridge via 4th Avenue Eighth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway New Utrecht Avenue 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway Kings Highway Avenue U 86th Street  W  (limited rush hours) Manhattan & the Bronx via West End ​ Manhattan & Queens via Culver or Brighton Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue  N   D   F   <F>   Q  Legend Lines used by the and Other services sharing tracks with the and Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  N  Termini of services Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels This diagram: view talk edit

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

The W operates weekdays only except late nights between Ditmars Boulevard in Astoria, Queens and Whitehall Street in Lower Manhattan, making local stops along its entire route; limited rush hour service is extended beyond Whitehall Street to and from 86th Street in Gravesend, Brooklyn, making local stops in Brooklyn.^[5] The W is internally staffed and scheduled as part of the N.^[6][7]

Introduced on July 22, 2001, the W originally ran at all times on the BMT West End Line and BMT Fourth Avenue Line in Brooklyn to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue across the Manhattan Bridge, running express on the Broadway Line. It was truncated in 2004 to its current service pattern, running local on the Broadway Line to Whitehall Street until June 25, 2010, when it was eliminated due to the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s financial crisis. The route was later restored on November 7, 2016, using its original emblem and 2004–2010 routing, as part of the updated service pattern related to the opening of the Second Avenue Subway.^{[7][8][9][10][11]}