IND Crosstown Line

IND Crosstown Line
Route length:	11.42 km
Gauge :	1435 mm ( standard gauge )
Legend IND Queens Boulevard Line IRT flushing line Long Island City - Court Square IRT flushing line 21st Street IRT flushing line Greenpoint Avenue Nassau Avenue BMT Canarsie Line Metropolitan Avenue Broadway BMT Jamaica Line Flushing Avenue Myrtle – Willoughby Avenues Bedford – Nostrand Avenues Classon Avenue Clinton – Washington Avenues Fulton Street IND Fulton Street Line BMT Brighton Line BMT Fourth Avenue Line IRT Eastern Parkway Line Hoyt Street-Schermerhorn Street IND Culver Line

The IND Brooklyn – Queens Crosstown Line , IND Crosstown Line or Crosstown for short, is a subway line in New York City , USA . It connects the borough of Long Island City in the borough of Queens with downtown Brooklyn and is only served by the G (G service) line. The Crosstown runs east of the East River and is thus the only trunk route of the New York subway that does not run through Manhattan . Their identification color is light green, which is why the G line is the only New York subway line that has this color.

The Crosstown was planned since 1922 and finally built as part of the Independent Subway and opened in two stages between 1933 and 1937. The route is 7.1 miles (11.42 kilometers) long, has 13 stations, and is entirely underground. Notable neighborhoods traversed are Greenpoint (Brooklyn) , Williamsburg and Clinton Hill .

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• The Independent Subway on nycsubway.org (accessed April 8, 2009)
• IND Division Timeline on nycsubway.org (incorrectly counts to Church Avenue instead of Bergen Street; accessed April 8, 2009)