L (New York City Subway service)

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The L is a New York City Subway rapid transit service that runs primarily along 14th Street in Manhattan and through Williamsburg and Bushwick in Brooklyn, known for its fully automated trains and heavy ridership.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
L (New York City Subway service) canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf New York City Subway service ⓘ
rapid transit service ⓘ
borough Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
character entirely underground in Manhattan ⓘ
partly elevated in Brooklyn ⓘ
color light gray ⓘ
crossesUnder East River ⓘ
division BMT ⓘ
easternTerminus Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway ⓘ
fareSystem Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system ⓘ
formerName 14th Street–Canarsie Local ⓘ
hasStation 14th Street–Union Square ⓘ
1st Avenue ⓘ
8th Avenue ⓘ
linked to: Eighth Avenue

Bedford Avenue ⓘ
Broadway Junction ⓘ
Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway ⓘ
Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues ⓘ
introducedAsLetterService 1967 ⓘ
letter L ⓘ
line BMT Canarsie Line ⓘ
lineLength approximately 10 miles ⓘ
notableFor fully automated trains ⓘ
heavy ridership ⓘ
operatedBy Metropolitan Transportation Authority ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority ⓘ
ridershipLevel high ⓘ
riverCrossing 14th Street Tunnel ⓘ
rollingStock R143 ⓘ
R160 ⓘ
linked to: R160 (historically)

R179 (occasionally, historically/temporarily) ⓘ
linked to: R179
runsAlong 14th Street (Manhattan) ⓘ
linked to: West 14th Street
servesNeighborhood Bushwick ⓘ
Canarsie ⓘ
Chelsea ⓘ
East New York ⓘ
East Village ⓘ
Greenwich Village ⓘ
Williamsburg ⓘ
servicePattern 24/7 service ⓘ
local ⓘ
system New York City Subway ⓘ
technology CBTC ⓘ
automatic train operation ⓘ
terminalStation 8th Avenue ⓘ
Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway ⓘ
trunkLineColor light gray ⓘ
westernTerminus 8th Avenue ⓘ
linked to: Eighth Avenue

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BMT Division → hasService → L (New York City Subway service) ⓘ
G (New York City Subway service) → hasConnectionWith → L (New York City Subway service) ⓘ