Chrystie Street subway project

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The Chrystie Street subway project was a major mid-20th-century New York City transit initiative that reconfigured and connected subway lines in Lower Manhattan to improve capacity and flexibility in the system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway project ⓘ
transportation infrastructure project ⓘ
borough Manhattan ⓘ
category History of transportation in New York City ⓘ
Subway infrastructure in Manhattan ⓘ
connects BMT Broadway Line ⓘ
BMT Nassau Street Line ⓘ
IND Sixth Avenue Line ⓘ
Manhattan Bridge subway tracks ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
created new subway junctions near the Manhattan Bridge ⓘ
new track connections between IND and BMT lines ⓘ
effect enabled through-routing between former IND and BMT divisions ⓘ
increased train capacity between Brooklyn and Manhattan ⓘ
reduced congestion on existing downtown Manhattan routes ⓘ
historicalPeriod post–World War II era ⓘ
inception mid-20th century ⓘ
locatedUnderground yes ⓘ
location Chrystie Street ⓘ
Lower Manhattan ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
namedAfter Chrystie Street ⓘ
network New York City Subway ⓘ
openedForService November 1967 ⓘ
openingDate 1967 ⓘ
operator New York City Transit Authority ⓘ
ownedBy City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
partOf IND–BMT integration program ⓘ
New York City Subway ⓘ
postwar expansion of New York City transit infrastructure ⓘ
purpose allow rerouting of services between divisions ⓘ
improve operational flexibility of New York City Subway ⓘ
increase subway capacity in Lower Manhattan ⓘ
reconfigured service patterns on the Manhattan Bridge ⓘ
service patterns on the Nassau Street Line ⓘ
service patterns on the Sixth Avenue Line ⓘ
significance key step in unifying formerly separate subway systems ⓘ
major mid-20th-century reconfiguration of New York City Subway ⓘ
startDate 1950s ⓘ
transportMode rapid transit ⓘ

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Chrystie Street Connection → partOf → Chrystie Street subway project ⓘ