5 (New York City Subway service)

For the former Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation 5 service, see Culver Shuttle.

Lexington Avenue Express
250px An R142 train at West Farms Square-East Tremont Avenue, bound for Eastchester-Dyre Avenue.
5 map Note: Dark dotted line indicates rush hour service to Nereid Avenue and weekday service to Flatbush Avenue. Dashed pink line shows limited rush hour service to Utica Avenue or New Lots Avenue
Northern end	Dyre Avenue Nereid Avenue (rush hour)
Southern end	East 180th Street (late nights) Bowling Green (evenings & weekends) Flatbush Avenue (weekdays) Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue (limited rush hour service)
Stations	45 53 (including limited rush hour service to Utica Avenue and New Lots Avenue)
Rolling stock	R142
Depot	East 180th Street Yard

The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the A Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", is colored apple green since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan. The 5 operates between Dyre Avenue in Eastchester, Bronx and Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College in Flatbush, Brooklyn, making all stops in the Bronx and running express elsewhere on weekdays except evenings and weekends. It also runs express in the Bronx between East 180th Street and Third Avenue – 149th Street in the peak direction during rush hours, with alternated trains originating and terminating at Nereid Avenue in Wakefield, Bronx. The 5 short turns at Bowling Green in Financial District, Manhattan on evenings and weekends, and at East 180th Street during nights. Limited rush hour service also operates between either Dyre or Nereid Avenues and either Utica or New Lots Avenues in Brooklyn due to capacity issues at Flatbush Avenue.

Service history

The section from East 180th Street to Dyre Avenue was once the mainline of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, a standard gauge electric commuter railroad built by the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad. Upon its closure in 1937, the entire property was put up for sale.

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Rush hour service, designated with a diamond bullet until May 27, 2005

Beginning on April 28, 1930, Saturday 5 service to Utica Avenue began.

As of 1934, trains normally ran from 241st Street or East 180th Street to Atlantic Avenue. During weekday rush hours and weekend afternoons they were extended to Utica Avenue. Late-night service was not operated.

From July 24, 1938 to September 18, 1938 there was Sunday daytime 5 service to New Lots Avenue. Beginning on July 10, 1939, Sunday afternoon 5 service to New Lots began.

On December 22, 1946, alternate Sunday morning 5 service to New Lots began. However, on March 5, 1950, 5 service was cut back to Utica Avenue all day on Sundays.

Starting on April 23, 1953, 5 trains began using the middle express track between East 180th Street and 149th Street weekday rush in the peak direction. Starting on October 2, 1953, the middle track was used by peak trains south of Gun Hill Road.

Beginning on May 3, 1957, limited rush hour 5 service ran to Flatbush Avenue replacing the 4 service. Evening, Saturday afternoon, and Sunday trains were cut back to South Ferry.

Beginning on March 1, 1960 evening trains began making all stops in Manhattan. Beginning on April 8, 1960, weekday evening service was discontinued, as was weekday rush service to Flatbush Avenue.

Starting on April 18, 1965, most daytime service was rerouted to Dyre Avenue, replacing Dyre Shuttle except evenings and late nights. Some weekday rush peak-direction service to 241st Street was retained, while Saturday and Sunday evening trains were cut back from 241st St to East 180th Street. Also, Saturday morning trains were cut back from Atlantic Avenue to South Ferry. Starting on May 3, 1965, trains to or from 241st Street began making all stops between Gun Hill Road and East 180th Street.

Beginning on May 23, 1976, 5 service began starting late on Sunday mornings. As of May 24, 1976, weekday midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green from Atlantic Avenue. 5 service was re-extended May 15, 1980 to Atlantic Avenue. On July 10, 1983, all rush hour service ran to Flatbush Avenue, with limited service to/from Utica or New Lots Avenue. Beginning on January 18, 1988, all midday 5 service was cut back to Bowling Green, to allow 4 service to operate to Utica.

In 1995, rush hour service to 241st Street was cut back to Nereid Avenue. Five years later, 2000, there was a plan to switch the peak direction rush hour express service between East 180th Street and 149th Street – Grand Concourse by having the 2 run express and the 5 run local. This plan was canceled due to complaints of possible delays on both services. On May 27, 2005, use of the 5 diamond to indicate peak direction service to Nereid Avenue was discontinued.

On June 29, 2009, 5 trains were extended to Flatbush Avenue during midday hours.

From March 29 to September 3, 2010, rush hour peak direction 5 express service was suspended due to rehabilitation of East 180th Street and signal replacements along the IRT White Plains Road Line. PM northbound express service was suspended again on March 28, 2011 to allow for the second phase of the signal replacement project. This time, service was restored on August 8.

Dyre Avenue Shuttle

In 1940, the City of New York purchased the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, and began integrating the line into the system. The railroad north of the city line to White Plains and Port Chester was quickly dismantled. The section below East 180th Street to Greens Farm Junction was once used to interchange with the New Haven (and later Penn Central and Conrail) to bring subway cars and other equipment on and off the system. That section has since been removed, isolating this part of the subway from the interchange.

The East 180th Street – Dyre Avenue Shuttle or Dyre Avenue Shuttle was established as a new subway service and full-time shuttle along this section on May 15, 1941, between the former East 180th Street station of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway and Dyre Avenue, which was the last station on the NYW&B within New York City. Passengers had to make a walking transfer between the Dyre Avenue Line and the IRT White Plains Road Line at East 180th Street as there was no track connection between the lines.

In 1957, a flyover connection opened between the East 180th Street station of the White Plains Road Line and the Dyre Avenue Line, enabling through service by trains from the 2 route from Manhattan to Dyre Avenue. At the same time, the former NYW&B station was closed and the off-hours Dyre Avenue Shuttle rerouted to the White Plains Road Line station. These shuttles were initially labeled 2 like the full-time service but were later signed as 9, a number used decades later for skip-stop service on the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line. The off-hours Dyre Avenue Shuttle still operates, but those trains are signed as 5, the same as the through service.

Route

Service pattern

The following table shows the lines used by the 5, with shaded boxes indicating the route at the specified times:

Line	From	To	Tracks	Times
				week- days	evenings/ weekends	late nights	rush peak
IRT Dyre Avenue Line (full line)	Eastchester – Dyre Avenue	Morris Park	all
IRT White Plains Road Line	Nereid Avenue	Bronx Park East	local
	East 180th Street		all
	West Farms Square – East Tremont Avenue	Jackson Avenue	local
			express
	Third Avenue – 149th Street	149th Street – Grand Concourse	all
IRT Jerome Avenue Line	138th Street – Grand Concourse		local
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (full line)	125th Street	Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall	express
	Fulton Street	Bowling Green	all
Joralemon Street Tunnel
IRT Eastern Parkway Line	Borough Hall	Franklin Avenue	express
IRT Nostrand Avenue Line (full line)	President Street	Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College	all
IRT Eastern Parkway Line	Franklin Avenue	Crown Heights – Utica Avenue	express
IRT New Lots Line (full line)	Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road	New Lots Avenue	all

Stations

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops weekdays only
Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Station closed
	Stops rush hours/weekdays in the peak direction only
Time period details

	Stations		Subway transfers	Connections
The Bronx
Dyre Avenue Line
	Eastchester – Dyre Avenue
	Baychester Avenue
	Gun Hill Road
	Pelham Parkway			Bx12 Select Bus Service
	Morris Park
White Plains Road Line (peak-direction rush hour trips only)
	Nereid Avenue		2
	233rd Street		2	Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line at Woodlawn
	225th Street		2
	219th Street		2
	Gun Hill Road		2	Bx41 Select Bus Service
	Burke Avenue		2
	Allerton Avenue		2
	Pelham Parkway		2	Bx12 Select Bus Service
	Bronx Park East		2
	East 180th Street		2	Northern terminal for select southbound trains
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction	West Farms Square – East Tremont Avenue		2	Q44 Select Bus Service
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction	174th Street		2
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction	Freeman Street		2
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction	Simpson Street		2	Elevators are temporarily out of service for repairs until June 2016
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction	Intervale Avenue		2
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction	Prospect Avenue		2
Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction	Jackson Avenue		2
	Third Avenue – 149th Street		2	Bx41 Select Bus Service
	149th Street – Grand Concourse		2  4  (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)
Jerome Avenue Line
	138th Street – Grand Concourse		4 all except rush hours, peak direction
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue Line
	125th Street		4  6  <6>	Metro-North Railroad at Harlem – 125th Street M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport Elevators are out of service until October 3rd, 2016.
	86th Street		4  6  <6>	M86 Select Bus Service
	59th Street		4  6  <6> N  Q  R  (BMT Broadway Line) Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard: F  (IND 63rd Street Line at Lexington Avenue – 63rd Street)	Roosevelt Island Tramway
	Grand Central – 42nd Street		4  6  <6> 7  <7> (IRT Flushing Line) S  (42nd Street Shuttle)	Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal
	14th Street – Union Square		4  6  <6> L  (BMT Canarsie Line) N  Q  R  (BMT Broadway Line)
	Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall		4  6  <6> J  Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street)
	Fulton Street		4  2  3  (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) A  C  (IND Eighth Avenue Line) J  Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line) Connection to N  R  (BMT Broadway Line) at Cortlandt Street via Dey Street Passageway
	Wall Street		4
	Bowling Green		4	Staten Island Ferry at Whitehall Terminal
Brooklyn
Eastern Parkway Line
	Borough Hall		4  2  3  (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line) N  R  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction only
	Nevins Street		2  3  4
	Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center		2  3  4  B  Q  (BMT Brighton Line) D  N  R  (BMT Fourth Avenue Line)	LIRR Atlantic Branch at Atlantic Terminal
	Franklin Avenue		2  3  4  S  (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)
Nostrand Avenue Line
	President Street		2
	Sterling Street		2	B44 Select Bus Service
	Winthrop Street		2	B44 Select Bus Service
	Church Avenue		2	B44 Select Bus Service
	Beverly Road		2
	Newkirk Avenue		2	B44 Select Bus Service
	Flatbush Avenue – Brooklyn College		2	B44 Select Bus Service
News Lots Line (occasional rush hour trips)
	Crown Heights – Utica Avenue		2  3  4
	Sutter Avenue – Rutland Road		2  3  4	B15 bus to JFK Airport
	Saratoga Avenue		2  3  4	Station is closed for renovations until the Fall of 2016.
	Rockaway Avenue		2  3  4
	Junius Street		2  3  4
	Pennsylvania Avenue		2  3  4	Station is closed for renovations until the Fall of 2016.
	Van Siclen Avenue		2  3  4
	New Lots Avenue		2  3  4	B15 bus to JFK Airport

External links

• MTA NYC Transit – 5 Lexington Avenue Express (normal circle service)
• MTA NYC Transit – 5 Eastern Parkway/Lexington Avenue/Bronx Thru Express (rush hour diamond service)