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The BMT division is the successor to the old Brooklyn Rapid Transit or BRT. As the name implies Brooklyn was its main focus. The distinction between the BMT and IND is a bit hard but basically it covers the Nassau and Broadway Lines in Manhattan, the 4th Ave subway, Sea Beach, West End, Brighton, Myrtle, Broadway/Jamaica and Canarsie Lines in Brooklyn/Queens.

The IND Division was originally conceived as replacing the many elevated lines in New York with high speed subways. Many of the lines did accomplish this, names the 8th, 6th Aves and Fulton St Lines. The Queens Blvd Line broke new but needed territory for the subway. The system was built mostly in the 1930's so it is the "new" kid on the block compared to the IRT and BMT.

The IND was built to BMT standards thus trains could be intermixed unlike with the smaller IRT. The IND was also built with huge underground flying junctions to minimize cross traffic.

The routings below are as of 3/2017

Route	Common Name	Northern Term	Southern Term
	8th Ave Exp	207th St, Inwood, Manhattan	Lefferts Blvd or Far Rockaway or Rockaway Park Queens
	Central Park West Local/6th Ave Exp/Brighton Exp	Bedford Park Blvd, Bronx or 145th St, Manhattan	Brighton Beach,Brooklyn
	8th Ave Local	168th St, Wash. Heights, Manhattan	Euclid Ave, Brooklyn
	6th Ave Exp/West End Local	205th St, Norwood, The Bronx	Coney Island, Brooklyn
	8th Ave Local	Jamaica Center/Parson-Archer Queens	World Trade Center, Manhattan
	6th Ave Local	179th St, Jamaica, Queens	Coney Island, Brooklyn
	Bklyn-Queens Crosstown	Court Square, LIC, Queens	Church Ave, Brooklyn
/	Nassau St Express	Jamaica Center/Parsons-Archer, Queens	Broad St, Manhattan
	14th St-Canarsie Local	8th Ave, Manhattan	Canarsie/Rockaway Pkwy, Brooklyn
	Queens Blvd/6th Ave/Myrtle Ave Local	71st/Continental Aves, Queens	Middle Village/Metro Ave, Queens
	Broadway Local	Astoria-Ditmars Blvd, Queens	Coney Island, Brooklyn
	Broadway Express/ Brighton Local	96th St/2nd Ave, Manhattan	Coney Island, Brooklyn
	Broadway Local	71st/Continental Aves, Queens	Bay Ridge/95th St, brooklyn
	Broadway Local	Astoria/Ditmats Ave, Queens	Whitehall Street, Manhattan
	Franklin Shuttle	Franklin Ave, Brooklyn	Prospect Park, Brooklyn
	Rockaway Shuttle	Broad Channel, Queens	Rockaway Park/116th St, Queens
Lines now discontinued (since 2006)
	Grand St Shuttle	W 4th St, Manhattan	Grand St, Manhattan
	Nassau St Local	Metro Ave, Queens	Chambers St or Bay Pkwy
	6th Ave Local	71st/Continental Aves, Queens	2nd Ave, Manhattan
	Rockaway Shuttle	Beach 90th, Queens	Far Rockaway, Queens

Last Updated: 02/13/18

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Division B (BMT/IND)