Downtown (NYC Subway Direction)

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Downtown (NYC Subway Direction) refers to New York City Subway trains traveling toward Lower Manhattan or, in the outer boroughs, generally toward Manhattan or the city center.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Downtown (NYC Subway Direction) canonical 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (47)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway terminology ⓘ
transit direction term ⓘ
announcedAs “downtown” in on-board train announcements ⓘ
“downtown” in station public address announcements ⓘ
appearsIn MTA digital apps and trip planners ⓘ
MTA service change notices ⓘ
appliesIn Bronx ⓘ
linked to: The Bronx

Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
category New York City transportation culture ⓘ
public transit jargon ⓘ
contrastsWith Uptown (NYC Subway Direction) ⓘ
linked to: Uptown
directionRelativeToManhattan away from Uptown and Midtown Manhattan ⓘ
toward south in Manhattan street grid ⓘ
governingAgency Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority ⓘ
hasAmbiguity meaning can vary slightly by borough and line ⓘ
historicalAssociation development of Lower Manhattan as primary business district ⓘ
indicatedOn MTA maps and wayfinding materials ⓘ
subway car destination signs ⓘ
subway platform signage ⓘ
language English ⓘ
outerBoroughMeaning toward Manhattan ⓘ
toward the city center as defined by Manhattan ⓘ
pairedWith Uptown (NYC Subway Direction) in announcements ⓘ
Uptown (NYC Subway Direction) on platform signs ⓘ
refersTo trains traveling toward Lower Manhattan ⓘ
trains traveling toward Manhattan from outer boroughs ⓘ
trains traveling toward the city center in the New York City Subway context ⓘ
relatedConcept Manhattan-bound direction ⓘ
city center-bound direction ⓘ
relevantTo local commuters in New York City ⓘ
tourists navigating New York City Subway ⓘ
scope New York City Subway only, not a universal geographic term ⓘ
semanticOppositeOf Uptown (NYC Subway Direction) ⓘ
linked to: Uptown
typicalEndpointArea Bowling Green area ⓘ
linked to: Bowling Green

Financial District, Manhattan ⓘ
linked to: Lower Manhattan

Lower Manhattan ⓘ
South Ferry area ⓘ
linked to: South Ferry

World Trade Center area ⓘ
linked to: World Trade Center
usedBy MTA staff and announcements ⓘ
subway riders in New York City ⓘ
usedFor describing train service patterns ⓘ
distinguishing track and platform sides ⓘ
wayfinding in subway stations ⓘ
usedInSystem New York City Subway ⓘ

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Uptown (NYC Subway Direction) → contrastsWith → Downtown (NYC Subway Direction) ⓘ
subject linked to: Uptown