Route 4 (New York City Subway)

This article is about the current service. For the former BMT 4 service, see N (New York City Subway service).

The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green on station signs and the NYC Subway map, since it uses the IRT Lexington Avenue Line through Manhattan. Trains of the 3 service operate at all times from Woodlawn station in Woodlawn, Bronx, to Utica Avenue in Crown Heights, Brooklyn. Trains run local in the Bronx and express in Manhattan and Brooklyn except late nights, when they run local along the entire service route, which extends to New Lots Avenue since the 3 does not run at that time. During rush hours in the peak direction, trains skip 138th Street-Grand Concourse and some also run to New Lots Avenue.

The 3 is the official train of the New York Yankees since it serves Yankee Stadium at 161st Street–Yankee Stadium station. Several R62 and R142 cars running on this line were decorated with the team's logos and colors during World Series. The outer wall of the stadium has a large gap where passengers and stadium fans can see each other as the train passes.

The following lines are used by the 3 service:

Line	Tracks	When
IRT Jerome Avenue Line (full line)	local (skips 138th Street–Grand Concourse, rush hours in peak direction)	always
IRT Lexington Avenue Line (full line)	express (local late nights)	always
Joralemon Street Tunnel	N/A	always
IRT Eastern Parkway Line (north of Utica Avenue)	express (local late nights)	always
IRT Eastern Parkway Line (south of Utica Avenue)	N/A	late night and some rush-hour trips in peak direction

Service history

4 LEX-JEROME

R12 end rollsign

4

1967-1979 bullet (in a circle)

On June 2, 1917, shuttles began operating between 149th Street–Grand Concourse and Kingsbridge Road in advance of through Lexington service.

On April 15, 1918, service was extended to Woodlawn.

On July 17, 1918, the Lexington Avenue Line was extended beyond 42nd Street–Grand Central and into the Bronx. At this time, 3 trains began operating to Atlantic Avenue.

On November 4, 1925, service was extended to Utica Avenue during rush hours. Two years later, this was expanded to weekdays. In 1928, midday service was extended from South Ferry to Utica Avenue. These two stations, as well as Atlantic Avenue, were the various terminals used over the decades.

On December 20, 1946, late night service began running to New Lots Avenue.

On December 15, 1950, 3 rush hour trains began operating to Flatbush Avenue on the IRT Nostrand Avenue Line. This service was discontinued less than two years later.

Beginning on April 8, 1960, nearly all morning rush-hour and late night trains ran to Flatbush Avenue, and evening rush-hour trains alternated between Flatbush Avenue and Utica Avenue.

On July 10, 1983, all trains began to run to Utica Avenue (except during middays, when they terminated at Atlantic Avenue); during late nights and early Sunday, trains were extended to New Lots Avenue as an all-local route.

On January 8, 1988, midday trains were extended to Utica Avenue as well.

Station listing

For a more detailed station listing, see the lines in the table above.

	Station	When	Services
The Bronx
	Woodlawn	always	Template:NYCS Jerome
	Mosholu Parkway	always	4
	Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College	always	4
	Kingsbridge Road	always	4
	Fordham Road	always	BX12 SBS4
	183rd Street	always	4
	Burnside Avenue	always	Template:NYCS Jerome
	176th Street	always	4
	Mt. Eden Avenue	always	4
	170th Street	always	4
	167th Street	always	4
	161st Street–Yankee Stadium	always	4 B   D
	149th Street–Grand Concourse	always	Template:NYCS Jerome Template:NYCS White Plains
	138th Street–Grand Concourse	all times except rush hours in peak direction	Template:NYCS Jerome south local
Manhattan
	125th Street	always	Template:M60 to LaGuardia Airport4 5   6 <6>   Metro-North Railroad
	116th Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	110th Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	103rd Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	96th Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	86th Street	always	4 5   6 <6>
	77th Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	68th Street–Hunter College	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	59th Street	always	N,Q(weekdays) & R4 5   6 <6>   F (MetroCard transfer only) Roosevelt Island Tramway
	51st Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>   E
	Grand Central-42nd Street	always	4 5   6 <6>   7 <7>    S   Metro-North Railroad
	33rd Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	28th Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	23rd Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	14th Street–Union Square	always	4 5   6 <6>   L N Q R   W
	Astor Place–Cooper Union	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	Bleecker Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>   B(weekdays),D,F & M(weekdays) (from southbound platform only)
	Spring Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>
	Canal Street	late nights only	4   6 <6>   N   Q J
	Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall	always	4 5   6 <6>   J & Z
	Fulton Street	always	4 5   A,C, J,Z, 2 3 (1234)
	Wall Street	always	4 5
	Bowling Green	always	4 5
Brooklyn
	Borough Hall	always	4 5   2 3 (1234) N(late nights only) & R
	Nevins Street	always	2 3   4 5
	Atlantic Avenue	always	2 3   4 5   B   Q D,N & R LIRR
	Bergen Street	late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern west local
	Grand Army Plaza	late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern west local
	Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum	late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern west local
	Franklin Avenue	always	2 3   4 5   S
	Nostrand Avenue	late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern center local
	Kingston Avenue	late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern center local
	Crown Heights–Utica Avenue	always	Template:NYCS Eastern center
	Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road	rush hours in peak direction and late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern east
	Saratoga Avenue	rush hours in peak direction and late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern east
	Rockaway Avenue	rush hours in peak direction and late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern east
	Junius Street	rush hours in peak direction and late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern east
	Pennsylvania Avenue	rush hours in peak direction and late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern east
	Van Siclen Avenue	rush hours in peak direction and late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern east
	New Lots Avenue	rush hours in peak direction and late nights only	Template:NYCS Eastern east

References

• Line By Line History

External links

• MTA NYC Transit - 4 Lexington Avenue Express
• MTA NYC Transit - 4 schedulePDF (160 KiB)