5 (New York City Subway Service)
The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored apple green on station signs, route signs, and the official subway map, since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.
Rush hour and midday service operates between Dyre Avenue in Eastchester, Bronx and Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College in Midwood, Brooklyn, operating local in the Bronx, express in Manhattan and Brooklyn. During rush hours in the peak direction, the 5 operates express in the Bronx between East 180th Street and Third Avenue – 149th Street with some trains originating/terminating at Nereid Avenue in Wakefield, Bronx. During evenings and weekends, the 5 begins/terminates at Bowling Green in Financial District, Manhattan instead of Brooklyn. During late nights, the 5 operates as a shuttle between Dyre Avenue and East 180th Street, with passengers using the 2 and 4 trains for service to the rest of the Bronx, Manhattan and Brooklyn.
Limited rush hour service also operates between either Dyre Avenue or Nereid Avenue in the Bronx and either Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn or New Lots Avenue in New Lots, Brooklyn instead of Flatbush Avenue due to space limitations along the Nostrand Avenue segment south of Franklin Avenue, and to allow trains to lay up at the Livonia Yard in East New York.
Read more about 5 (New York City Subway Service): Dyre Avenue Shuttle, Service History
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