Q (New York City Subway service)

Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton Local
A Coney Island-bound Q train of R46 cars at West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium
Northern end	96th Street
Southern end	Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Stations	29 34 (late night service)
Rolling stock	R46 8 R68/R68As (1 train, p.m. only— used on the B for a.m. service) (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	Coney Island Yard
Started service	1878; 146 years ago (1878) (predecessor, along with current Franklin Avenue Shuttle) August 1, 1920; 103 years ago (1920-08-01) (current Q service)
Route map Legend  Q  ( N   R  rush hours) planned Second Avenue Subway 96th Street 86th Street 72nd Street planned Second Avenue Subway trains continue to Queens Lexington Avenue–63rd Street trains continue south ​​ trains continue to Queens 57th Street–Seventh Avenue switches to local tracks during late nights 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 switches to local tracks during late nights Canal Street ​ trains continue north trains continue south Manhattan Brooklyn trains via Montague Street Myrtle Avenue DeKalb Avenue ​​​​ trains continue south Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Seventh Avenue trains continue north Prospect Park  S  Parkside Avenue Church Avenue Beverley Road Cortelyou Road Newkirk Plaza Avenue H Avenue J Avenue M Kings Highway Avenue U Neck Road Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach  B  Ocean Parkway trains continue north ​ trains continue north trains continue north West Eighth Street–NY Aquarium Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue  Q   D   F   <F>   N  Legend Lines used by the Other services sharing tracks with the Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  Q  Termini of services Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels This diagram: view talk edit

The Q Second Avenue/Broadway Express/Brighton 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 is a part of the BMT Broadway Line in Manhattan.

The Q operates at all times between 96th Street on the Upper East Side of Manhattan and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn, via Second Avenue and Broadway in Manhattan, the south side of the Manhattan Bridge, and the BMT Brighton Line in Brooklyn. Daytime service in Manhattan runs express between 57th Street–Seventh Avenue and Canal Street; overnight service makes all stops inbetween these two stations.^[3]

The Q was originally the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)'s 1 service; beginning in 1920, it ran along the Brighton Line in Brooklyn and Broadway Line in Manhattan. In the past, the Q has run many different service patterns in Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens, both local and express, including QB service on the Manhattan Bridge and QT service via the Montague Street Tunnel. From 1988 to 2001, Q service ran along the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, with a bullet colored orange. The Q also ran in Queens at various points, including along the BMT Astoria Line to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard on weekdays from 2010 to 2016, along the IND Queens Boulevard Line to Forest Hills–71st Avenue during temporary post-9/11 service reroutes, and along the IND 63rd Street Line to 21st Street–Queensbridge until 2001. There was also a <Q> variant from 2001 to 2004, which ran express on the Brighton Line and terminated at Brighton Beach due to construction on the north side of the Manhattan Bridge. On January 1, 2017, the Q was rerouted along the Second Avenue Subway.