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	Lexington Avenue Local
Northern end	Pelham Bay Park or Parkchester
Southern end	Brooklyn Bridge
Stations	38

The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It is colored green on station signs, route signs, and the official subway map, since it uses IRT Lexington Avenue Line in Manhattan.

The 6 service operates between Pelham Bay Park, the Bronx and Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall, Manhattan at all times and operate local in Manhattan. During middays and rush hours in the peak direction, 6 Bronx local trains are truncated to/from Parkchester during the peak period, and <6> Bronx express trains replace 6 local trains during the peak period to Pelham Bay Park. The <6> express operates express in the Bronx between Parkchester and Third Avenue – 138th Street, while the local 6 serves local stations along the Pelham Line.

[edit] Service history

A R142A running on the 6 express running through the St. Lawrence Avenue station, bound for Pelham Bay Park

On October 27, 1904, local and express service opened on the original subway in Manhattan, following the route of the present IRT Lexington Avenue Line from City Hall to 42nd Street – Grand Central. From there, the service traveled west on 42nd Street on the route of the present 42nd Street Shuttle, and then north on the present IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line to 145th Street.

The current "H" configuration—with separate services along Lexington Avenue and Broadway – Seventh Avenue—was introduced in 1917. Full Lexington Avenue local service from City Hall to 125th Street opened on July 17, 1918.

On August 1, 1918, 138th Street – 3rd Avenue opened. Over the next two years, the IRT Pelham Line was extended piece by piece to Pelham Bay Park.

From that point on, the current 6 service was formed. All trains ran local between Pelham Bay Park and Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall, with some trains terminating at the City Hall loop. On weekdays, there was peak direction express service between Parkchester – East 177th Street and Third Avenue – 138th Street. During this time, local trains terminated at Parkchester instead.

On December 31, 1945, City Hall station closed, making the former Brooklyn Bridge station (renamed Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall) the permanent southern terminal.

During the 1970s, rush hour trains were extended to the inner loop at South Ferry. Due to poor condition, lack of ridership, and little space, this was discontinued and a shuttle ran between Bowling Green and South Ferry until 1977.

Beginning in 1980, late night service terminated at 125th Street in Manhattan with the 4 running as a local in Manhattan.

During Spring and Summer 1985, there was one rush hour 6 train that ran to/from Atlantic Avenue. This was the only 6 service to run in Brooklyn.

In 1999, late night service returned to Brooklyn Bridge, but the 4 still runs local.

[edit] In popular culture

In the novel The Taking of Pelham One Two Three and the films based on it, a 6 train which originated in Pelham was hijacked, and hostages were held inside a subway car.
After his first visit to NYC in 1969, Rubén Blades wrote the song "El número seis" about waiting for the 6 train. He never recorded it, but it was recorded in 1975 by Bobby Rodríguez y la Compañía in 1975, Los Soneros del Barrio in 1999, and Jimmy Sabater with Son Boricua in 2002.
When she was growing up, Jennifer Lopez regularly rode a 6 train into Manhattan to go to her dance studio. Her debut 1999 album is called On the 6, a reference to the train.
Mark Wahlberg rides the 6 (R29/36 cars) in the movie The Yards.
On January 22, 2006, eight members of the Improv Everywhere comedy troupe were arrested on a 6 train after participating in a city-wide prank dubbed "No Pants".
In the 2000 movie, Boiler Room, the main character, Seth, mentions that the brokers at his firm act like they "just got off the 6 train to Fulton Street." The 6 train, however, does not stop at Fulton St.

[edit] Route

[edit] Following lines

The following lines are used by the 6 service:

Line	Tracks	Time
IRT Pelham Line (full line)	express (south of Parkchester in the peak direction)	some weekday trains (until 8:45 PM)
IRT Pelham Line (full line)	local	all times
IRT Lexington Avenue Line north of Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall	local	all times

[edit] Stations

For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
Time period details

	Stations	Subway transfers	Connections
Bronx
	Pelham Bay Park
	Buhre Avenue
	Middletown Road
	Westchester Square – East Tremont Avenue
	Zerega Avenue
	Castle Hill Avenue
	Parkchester
	St. Lawrence Avenue
	Morrison Avenue – Soundview
	Elder Avenue
	Whitlock Avenue
	Hunts Point Avenue
	Longwood Avenue
	East 149th Street
	East 143rd Street – St. Mary's Street
	Cypress Avenue
	Brook Avenue
	Third Avenue – 138th Street
Manhattan
	125th Street	4 5	Metro-North Railroad at Harlem–125th Street M60 bus to LaGuardia Airport
	116th Street	4
	110th Street	4
	103rd Street	4
	96th Street	4
	86th Street	4 5
	77th Street	4
	68th Street – Hunter College	4
	59th Street	4 5 N R W (BMT Broadway Line at Lexington Avenue/59th Street) F (IND 63rd Street Line at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street; out-of-system MetroCard transfer)	Roosevelt Island Tramway
	51st Street	4 E V (IND Queens Boulevard Line at Lexington Avenue – 53rd Street)
	42nd Street – Grand Central	4 5 7 <7> (IRT Flushing Line) S (42nd Street Shuttle)	Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal
	33rd Street	4
	28th Street	4
	23rd Street	4
	14th Street – Union Square	4 5 L (BMT Canarsie Line) N Q R W (BMT Broadway Line)
	Astor Place	4
	Bleecker Street	4 B D F V (IND Sixth Avenue Line at Broadway – Lafayette Street; transfer from downtown trains only)
	Spring Street	4
	Canal Street	4 N Q R W (BMT Broadway Line) J M Z (BMT Nassau Street Line)
	Brooklyn Bridge – City Hall	4 5 J M Z (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street)