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{{short description|New York City Subway line}}
{{About|the subway line originally built by the Independent Subway System|the former trolley line of the Brooklyn and Queens Transit|Crosstown Line (Brooklyn surface)}}
{{Use American English|date=February 2025}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2019}}
{{Infobox rail line
|color={{rcr|NYCS|Crosstown}}
|name = IND Crosstown Line
|image = {{rint|nycs|G|size=50}}
|image_width = 75px
|caption =The [[G (New York City Subway service)|G]], which uses the Crosstown Line through [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]], is colored lime green.
|type = [[Rapid transit]]
|system = [[New York City Subway]]
|status =
|start = [[Court Square (IND Crosstown Line)|Court Square]]
|end = [[Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (IND Crosstown Line)|Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets]]
|stations = 13
|routes =
|daily_ridership = 70,453<ref name="ridership">{{NYCS const|riderref|weekday}}</ref>
|open = 1933–1937
|close =
|locale       = [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]], [[New York City]]
|owner       = [[Government of New York City|City of New York]]
|operator    = [[New York City Transit Authority]]
|character = Underground
|stock       = 
|linelength  =
|tracklength =
|tracks      = 2-4
|gauge       = {{track gauge|ussg}}
|electrification = 600V DC [[third rail]]
|speed       =
|elevation   =
|map         = {{IND Crosstown Line|inline=1}}
|map_state   = collapsed

}}
The '''IND Crosstown Line''' or '''Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Line''' is a [[rapid transit]] line of the [[B Division (New York City Subway)|B Division]] of the [[New York City Subway]] in [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]], [[New York City]]. It provides crosstown service between western Brooklyn and southwestern Queens and is the only non-shuttle subway line that does not carry trains to and from [[Manhattan]].

==Extent and service==
The following service uses part or all of the IND Crosstown Line,<ref>{{NYCS const|serviceguide}}</ref> whose bullet is colored lime green:
{|class="wikitable"
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!Time period
!Section of line
|-
|{{rint|newyork|G}}
|all times
|south of [[Court Square (IND Crosstown Line)|Court Square]]
|}
[[File:Metropolitan Ave vc.jpg|thumb|[[Metropolitan Avenue station (IND Crosstown Line)|Metropolitan Avenue station]]]]
The only service to use the Crosstown Line is the {{NYCS|G}}. The line north of [[Court Square (IND Crosstown Line)|Court Square]] has not been in regular use since 2010.<ref name="tracks2">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref>

The north end of the Crosstown Line is a [[flying junction]] with the [[IND Queens Boulevard Line]] and [[60th Street Tunnel Connection]] just south of [[Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Queens Plaza]]. The line then travels south as a two-track line, except for a center relay track south of Court Square. At the turn from Marcy Avenue to Lafayette Avenue, two center tracks appear, merging into one after crossovers to the main tracks. These tracks were to be used for a split to another line in [[Proposed New York City Subway expansion (1929–1940)|a 1931 expansion plan]]. This center track continues through [[Bedford–Nostrand Avenues (IND Crosstown Line)|Bedford–Nostrand Avenues]] and then ends with crossovers to the main tracks, but space remains in the center through [[Classon Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)|Classon Avenue]] for the third track.<ref name="tracks2" />

At [[Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets (IND Crosstown Line)|Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets]], the Crosstown Line passes through the middle of the four-track [[IND Fulton Street Line]]. [[Cross-platform interchange]] is available between the lines, but no track connections exist. After Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets, the line turns south and ends as a merge into the local tracks of the [[IND Culver Line]], just south of the split of that line into local and express tracks.<ref name="tracks2" />

==History==

=== Development and 20th century ===
Plans for a crosstown subway line were floated as early as 1912.<ref name="Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013">{{Cite Routes Not Taken}}</ref><ref name="vanshnookenraggen 2015"/> In 1923, a plan for such a line, to be operated by the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] (BRT) from the [[Queensboro Bridge]] under Jackson Avenue, Manhattan Avenue, Roebling Street, Bedford Avenue, and Hancock Street to [[Franklin Avenue (BMT Franklin Avenue Line)|Franklin Avenue]] at the north end of the [[BMT Franklin Avenue Line]],<ref>Transit Commission, [http://www.nycsubway.org/articles/new_subways_ind_proposal.html New Subways: Proposed Additions to Rapid Transit System], 1922</ref> was adopted by the city.<ref>{{cite news |title=Two Subway Routes Adopted by City |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1923/08/04/archives/two-subway-routes-adopted-by-city-estimate-board-accepts-wash.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 4, 1923 |page=9 |access-date=December 18, 2011}}</ref> However, the following year, [[Mayor Hylan]] announced his opposition to it.<ref>{{cite news |title=Hylan About Faced, Says Citizens Union |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1924/04/06/archives/hylan-about-faced-says-citizens-union-mayor-accused-of-a-complete.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 6, 1924 |page=13 |access-date=December 18, 2011}}</ref> In addition, residents of central Brooklyn, which was already heavily developed, opposed an elevated line because of noise and aesthetic concerns, but the BRT would not build a subway because an elevated was the cheapest option.<ref name="vanshnookenraggen 2015">{{cite web |author=vanshnookenraggen |title=Mysteries of the Queens Boulevard Subway |website=vanshnookenraggen |date=September 23, 2015 |url=http://www.vanshnookenraggen.com/_index/2015/09/mysteries-of-the-queens-boulevard-subway/ |access-date=October 4, 2015}}</ref>

Eventually, the line was moved and incorporated into the city's [[Independent Subway System]] (IND).<ref name="NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925">{{cite news |work=[[The New York Times]] |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1925/03/21/101651400.pdf |title=New Subway Routes in Hylan Program to Cost $186,046,000 |date=March 21, 1925 |page=1}}</ref> The junction with the [[IND Queens Boulevard Line]] in Long Island City was originally supposed to have a second [[Wye (rail)|wye]], with service from Manhattan via the [[53rd Street Tunnel]] planned to feed into the Crosstown Line. This would have been part of a loop service between the Crosstown and [[IND Eighth Avenue Line|Eighth Avenue Line]]s.<ref name=NYTimes-HylanSubway-CulverCrstwnQBL-1925/><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252015%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%25201925%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%25201925%2520-%25201394.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fd531a21b3927569aeb3ea6be6f13c8ba#page=1|title=Bids for Test Boring in L. I. City For Crosstown Line Due May 22|date=May 6, 1925|newspaper=Queens Daily Star|access-date=May 1, 2016|via=Fulton History}}</ref>
[[File:Queens Borough, New York City, 1910-1920; the borough of homes and industry, a descriptive and illustrated book setting forth its wonderful growth and development in commerce, industry and homes (14781638832).jpg|left|thumb|1920 proposal]]
The first contract to build the Crosstown Line, for a section north of [[Nassau Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)|Nassau Avenue]] in Brooklyn, was awarded in 1928.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1928/01/22/archives/subway-extensions-for-long-island-three-contracts-for-work-in-the.html|title=SUBWAY EXTENSIONS FOR LONG ISLAND; Three Contracts for Work in the Greenpoint Section for Over Five Miles of Track. WILL COST-OVER $15,000,000 The New Fifty-third Street Terminal Under East River Now 45Per Cent. Completed.|date=January 22, 1928|website=The New York Times|access-date=April 17, 2018}}</ref> The portion of the line crossing [[Newtown Creek]] between Brooklyn and Queens, now known as the Greenpoint Tubes, was built without the use of a [[tunneling shield]] or compressed air, contrary to the convention of the time. The tunnel was bored through solid rock, crossing under the [[East River Tunnels]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] and the [[IRT Flushing Line]], then lined with concrete.<ref name="BklynEagle-INDGGTube-Ap1929">{{cite news|last1=Snapp|first1=Fletcher G.|title=Newtown Creek Tunnel First Tube of Kind Bored Without Compressed Air|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/59882699/?terms=%22subway%22%2B%22court%22%2B%22bond%2Bst%22|access-date=August 28, 2016|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=April 24, 1929|page=3}}</ref>

On August 19, 1933, the line was opened north of Nassau Avenue, and the [[GG (New York City Subway service)|GG]] began operation to [[Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Queens Plaza]].<ref name="NYTimes-INDQBLCrstwnOpen-1933">{{cite web|title=Two Subway Units Open at Midnight – Links in City-Owned System in Queens and Brooklyn to Have 15 Stations|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1933/08/18/99841892.pdf|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=November 7, 2015|date=August 18, 1933}}</ref> The entire Crosstown Line was completed and connected to the [[IND Culver Line]] on July 1, 1937, whereupon the GG was extended in both directions to [[Smith–Ninth Streets (IND Culver Line)|Smith–Ninth Streets]] and [[Forest Hills–71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Forest Hills–71st Avenue]].<ref name="bde19370701">{{cite news |title=New Crosstown Subway Line Is Opened |url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/52688792/?terms=crosstown%2Bsubway |access-date=December 24, 2015 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] |date=July 1, 1937}}</ref>

In 1946, as part of a $1&nbsp;billion plan issued by the [[New York City Board of Transportation]], a branch of the IND Crosstown Line was to be built, with the routing via Franklin Avenue and connecting with the [[BMT Brighton Line]]. This would have replaced the [[BMT Franklin Avenue Line]].<ref>{{cite news |date=December 6, 1946 |title=Borough Subway Relief Still 2 to 3 Years Off |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3881852/1946_subway_proposal/ |access-date=January 22, 2016 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |page=5 |via=[[Newspapers.com]]}} Beginning of text, p. 1:[https://www.newspapers.com/clip/3881860/1946_subway_proposal/]</ref>

In 1986, the [[New York City Transit Authority]] launched a study to determine whether to close 79 stations on 11 routes, including the entire Crosstown Line, due to low ridership and high repair costs.<ref name="Brooke 1986 p781">{{cite web |last=Brooke |first=James |date=April 29, 1986 |title=Subway Aides to Weigh Cuts on 11 Routes |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/04/29/nyregion/subway-aides-to-weigh-cuts-on-11-routes.html |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}</ref><ref name="n139526241">{{Cite news |last=Gordy |first=Margaret |date=1986-04-29 |title=MTA Studies Citywide Cuts in Subway Lines, Stations |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-mta-studies-citywide-cuts-in-sub/139526241/ |access-date=2024-01-25 |via=[[Newspapers.com]] |work=Newsday |pages=3, [https://www.newspapers.com/article/newsday-mta-studies-citywide-cuts-in-sub/139526291/ 27]}}</ref> Numerous figures, including New York City Council member [[Carol Greitzer]], criticized the plans.<ref name="n139526241" /><ref name="Finder 1986 j495">{{cite web |last1=Finder |first1=Alan |last2=Connelly |first2=Mary |date=May 4, 1986 |title=The Region; On Shrinking The Subways |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1986/05/04/weekinreview/the-region-on-shrinking-the-subways.html |access-date=January 25, 2024 |website=The New York Times}}</ref>

=== Service history ===
Over the years, the termini for the GG (relabeled G in 1985)<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/brochures/index.html|title=The JoeKorNer Brochures|website=www.thejoekorner.com|access-date=May 1, 2016}}</ref> varied, including being extended to [[Jamaica–179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Jamaica–179th Street]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/1990servicechanges.pdf|title=Service Changes September 30, 1990|date=September 30, 1990|website=subwaynut.com|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=May 1, 2016|archive-date=October 26, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026015324/http://www.subwaynut.com/brochures/1990servicechanges.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> or cut back to [[Queens Plaza (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Queens Plaza]]. On December 16, 2001, a new weekdays-only {{NYCS|V}} train (replaced in 2010 by the {{NYCS|M}}) running local on the [[IND Queens Boulevard Line|Queens Boulevard Line]] required the truncation of the G to [[Court Square (New York City Subway)|Long Island City–Court Square]] during weekdays.<ref name="MTA-GLineReview-2013">{{cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|title=Review of the G Line|date=July 10, 2013|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150226002828/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|archive-date=February 26, 2015|url-status=live|access-date=August 2, 2015}}</ref><ref name="nyt 200105">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/25/nyregion/panel-approves-new-v-train-but-shortens-g-line-to-make-room.html|title=Panel Approves New V Train but Shortens G Line to Make Room|last=Kennedy|first=Randy|date=May 25, 2001|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=March 20, 2010}}</ref> G service was extended to Forest Hills–71st Avenue at all other times until April 19, 2010, when G service was permanently cut back from the Queens Boulevard Line due to budget cuts and closures for repair work.<ref>{{cite news|first=Heather |last=Haddon |url=http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/g-train-taking-a-hit-before-service-cuts-roll-out-1.1860885 |title=G train taking a hit before service cuts roll out |newspaper=[[AM New York]] |date=April 13, 2010 |access-date=April 16, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100424235757/http://www.amny.com/urbanite-1.812039/g-train-taking-a-hit-before-service-cuts-roll-out-1.1860885 |archive-date=April 24, 2010 }}</ref>

Service was also extended to [[Church Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Church Avenue]] several times, the most recent extension being in 2009. During weekend service disruptions on the {{NYCS|F}} service between Jay and Bergen Streets, trains were extended beyond Church Avenue to [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)|Coney Island]].

=== 21st century ===
[[File:Fix&amp;Fortify - Greenpoint Tubes (9504656210).jpg|thumb|Repairs of the Greenpoint Tubes from Hurricane Sandy]]
In 2012, flood waters from [[Hurricane Sandy]] caused significant damage to the Greenpoint Tubes under the [[Newtown Creek]]. Although the G was back in service days after the hurricane, the tube needed permanent repairs. To allow for these repairs, G service was curtailed for twelve weekends between July and December 2013, as well as daily between July 25 and September 2, 2014.<ref name="mta.info">{{cite web|title=G Line Review |website=mta.info |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview.htm |access-date=October 29, 2015 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107094934/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview.htm |archive-date=November 7, 2015 }}</ref>

The 2015–2019 [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] Capital Plan called for the Crosstown Line's [[Classon Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)|Classon Avenue]] and [[Flushing Avenue (IND Crosstown Line)|Flushing Avenue]] stations, along with 31 others, to undergo a complete overhaul as part of the [[Enhanced Station Initiative]]. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, USB charging stations, interactive service advisories and maps, improved signage, and improved station lighting.<ref>{{cite web|last=Whitford|first=Emma|date=January 8, 2016|url=http://gothamist.com/2016/01/08/subway_facelift_shutdown.php|title=MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"|publisher=Gothamist|access-date=July 18, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801200338/http://gothamist.com/2016/01/08/subway_facelift_shutdown.php|archive-date=August 1, 2016}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/sites/governor.ny.gov/files/atoms/files/MTAStations.pdf|title=MTAStations|website=governor.ny.gov|publisher=Government of the State of New York|access-date=July 18, 2016}}</ref> However, in April 2018, it was announced that cost overruns had forced the MTA to reduce the number of subway stations included in the program from 33 stations to 20. The stations to be renovated along the IND Crosstown Line were among the 13 stations without funding, which will be pushed back to the 2020–2024 Capital Plan.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/mta-runs-low-on-funds-cuts-back-station-upgrade-program-1522747921|title=New York Subway Cuts Back Plans to Renovate Stations|last=Berger|first=Paul|date=April 3, 2018|work=Wall Street Journal|access-date=April 3, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>

====CBTC installation====
The MTA announced in early 2022 that it planned to put the contract to install [[communications-based train control]] (CBTC) on the Crosstown Line to [[Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets station]] and modify the three interlockings on the line up for bid. The cost of the project is estimated to be $556.4 million.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 18, 2022 |title=MTA 2022 Adopted Budget February Financial Plan 2022 – 2025 February 2022 |url=https://new.mta.info/document/76706#page=91 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |page=V-3}}</ref> On May 16, 2022, the MTA put out the RFP for the design-build contract to install CBTC on the Crosstown Line. Court Square Interlocking will be modified to interface with CBTC while mechanical interlockings at Nostrand Avenue and Nassau Avenue will be replaced. Relay rooms and towers at Nostrand Avenue and Nassau Avenue will be decommissioned as part of the project. This project will include the use of axle counters instead of track circuits. Work on the project is expected to take four years.<ref>{{Cite web |date=May 16, 2022 |title=Solicitation Title: S48012 Design-Build Services for Communication Based Train Control Crosstown Line "B" Division in Brooklyn and Queens |url=https://new.mta.info/document/87291 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}</ref> In December 2022, the MTA announced that it would award a $368 million [[design–build]] contract to Crosstown Partners, a joint venture between Thales Group and TC Electric LLC.<ref name="Brachfeld 2022">{{cite web |last=Brachfeld |first=Ben |date=December 20, 2022 |title=MTA set to award $368 million contract to modernize G line signals |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-contract-modernize-g-line-signals/ |access-date=December 21, 2022 |website=amNewYork}}</ref><ref name="dec22cpoc">{{Cite web |date=Dec 19, 2022 |title=Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting December 2022 |url=https://new.mta.info/document/102776 |access-date=July 14, 2022 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |pages=99–101}}</ref> The contract includes not only the Crosstown Line between Court Square and Bergen Street, but also the Culver Line between Bergen Street and Church Avenue.<ref name="dec22cpoc" /> The project also included adding [[Passenger Wi-Fi on subway trains|Wi-Fi in the tunnels]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Burkett | first=N.J. | title=Exclusive look at MTA's G train modernization and what it means for riders in New York City | website=ABC7 New York | date=August 7, 2024 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/exclusive-look-mtas-train-modernization-what-means-riders-new-york-city/15153632/ | access-date=August 8, 2024}}</ref>

Crosstown Partners formally received the CBTC contract in March 2023.<ref name="International International 2023 u669">{{cite web | title=Crosstown Partners awarded New York Subway CBTC contract | website=Railway Gazette International | date=March 7, 2023 | url=https://www.railwaygazette.com/infrastructure/crosstown-partners-awarded-new-york-subway-cbtc-contract/63682.article | access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref> The installation of CBTC required nighttime closures of parts of the line in late 2023 and early 2024.<ref name="Rahhal 2023 r561">{{cite web | last=Rahhal | first=Emily | title=G Train Service To Be Suspended Overnight Between Bed-Stuy & Queens | website=Bed-Stuy, NY Patch | date=November 27, 2023 | url=https://patch.com/new-york/bed-stuy/g-train-service-suspended-overnight-between-bed-stuy-queens | access-date=January 16, 2024}}<br/>{{cite web | last=Fishman | first=Melissa | title=Overnight G train service to be partially suspended for signal modernization starting Nov. 30 | website=Brooklyn Paper | date=November 28, 2023 | url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/g-train-overnight-service-suspension-nov-30/ | access-date=January 16, 2024}}</ref> To accommodate the CBTC upgrades, the Crosstown Line was partially closed in three phases starting on June 28, 2024, and G service was partially suspended. Initially, the northern half of the line was closed, followed by the southern half.<ref>{{cite web | title=NYC commuter alert: G train service partially suspended starting Friday night in Brooklyn for MTA signal modernization project | website=ABC7 New York | date=June 28, 2024 | url=https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-commuter-alert-g-train-service-partially-suspended-starting-friday-night-brooklyn-queens-mta-modernization-project/15008574/ | access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Zanger | first=Jesse | title=G train service will be partially shut down throughout the summer. Here's what to expect. | website=CBS New York | date=May 30, 2024 | url=https://www.cbsnews.com/newyork/news/g-subway-line-partial-summer-shutdown/ | access-date=July 7, 2024}}</ref> Additionally, [[5G]] cellular infrastructure was added during the partial shutdown.<ref>{{cite web |last=Khalifeh |first=Ramsey |date=September 4, 2024 |title=MTA rolls out cell service between stations on Midtown's 42nd Street Shuttle |url=https://gothamist.com/news/riders-will-soon-have-cell-service-between-stations-on-midtown-subway-line |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=Gothamist}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Rahhal | first=Emily | title=Times Square shuttle will be NYC's first subway line with cell service | website=PIX11 | date=September 4, 2024 | url=https://pix11.com/news/transit/times-square-shuttle-will-be-nycs-first-subway-line-with-cell-service/ | access-date=September 4, 2024}}</ref> The line fully reopened on September 3, 2024.<ref>{{cite web |last=Medgie |first=Raegan |date=September 3, 2024 |title=NYC Subway: G train back to full service after summer repairs and modernization project |url=https://abc7ny.com/post/nyc-subway-train-back-running-after-summer-shutdown-repairs-part-modernization-project/15262369/ |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=ABC7 New York}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last=Simko-Bednarski |first=Evan |date=September 3, 2024 |title=G train reopens as MTA crews wrap up subway signaling work |url=https://www.nydailynews.com/2024/09/03/g-train-reopens-mta-crews-wrap-up-subway-signaling-work/ |access-date=September 4, 2024 |website=New York Daily News}}</ref>  As part of the project, the Crosstown Line tunnels used by the G train between the Court Square and Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets stations were retrofitted with [[5G]] cellular service.<ref>{{cite web | last=Khalifeh | first=Ramsey | title=Cell service coming to G train subway tunnels, MTA says | website=Gothamist | date=May 28, 2025 | url=https://gothamist.com/news/cell-service-coming-to-g-train-subway-tunnels-mta-says | access-date=May 29, 2025}}</ref>

==Station listing==
Every station is served by the {{NYCS|G}} train.

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{| class="wikitable"
!Neighborhood<br />(approximate)
!{{Access icon}}
!Station
!Services
!Opened
!Transfers and notes
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| align=center colspan=7 | '''[[Queens]]'''
|-
|rowspan=3|[[Long Island City]]
!colspan=5 style="background-color: silver;"|Splits from the [[IND Queens Boulevard Line]] local tracks ({{NYCS Crosstown north|time=show}})
|-
|{{access icon}}
|{{stl|NYCS|Court Square|Crosstown}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|August 19, 1933<ref name=NYTimes-INDQBLCrstwnOpen-1933/>
|[[IRT Flushing Line]] ({{NYCS Flushing south|time=show}})<br>[[IND Queens Boulevard Line]] ({{NYCS Queens 53rd|time=show}})
|-
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|{{stl|NYCS|21st Street}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|August 19, 1933<ref name=NYTimes-INDQBLCrstwnOpen-1933/>
|Connection to [[Long Island Rail Road|LIRR]] at {{stl|LIRR|Hunterspoint Avenue}}
|-
| align=center colspan=7 | '''[[Brooklyn]]'''
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]]
|align=center| {{Access icon}}
|{{stl|NYCS|Greenpoint Avenue}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|August 19, 1933<ref name=NYTimes-INDQBLCrstwnOpen-1933/>
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|-
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|{{stl|NYCS|Nassau Avenue}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|August 19, 1933<ref name=NYTimes-INDQBLCrstwnOpen-1933/>
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|-
|rowspan=2|[[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]]
| align=center | {{access icon}}
|{{stl|NYCS|Metropolitan Avenue|Crosstown}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
|[[BMT Canarsie Line]] ({{NYCS Canarsie|time=show}}) at {{stl|NYCS|Lorimer Street|Canarsie}}
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|{{stl|NYCS|Broadway|Crosstown}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
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|rowspan=1|[[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]]/<br />[[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford–Stuyvesant]]
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|{{stl|NYCS|Flushing Avenue|Crosstown}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
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|rowspan=2|[[Bedford–Stuyvesant, Brooklyn|Bedford–Stuyvesant]]
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|{{stl|NYCS|Myrtle–Willoughby Avenues}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
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|{{stl|NYCS|Bedford–Nostrand Avenues}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
|Center track between the two island platforms
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|rowspan=2|[[Clinton Hill, Brooklyn|Clinton Hill]]
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|{{stl|NYCS|Classon Avenue}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
|Additional space for a center track
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|{{stl|NYCS|Clinton–Washington Avenues|Crosstown}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
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|rowspan=1|[[Fort Greene, Brooklyn|Fort Greene]]
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|{{stl|NYCS|Fulton Street|Crosstown}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
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|rowspan=1|[[Downtown Brooklyn]]
| align=center | [[File:Aiga elevator.svg|20px|alt=Elevator access to mezzanine only]]
|{{stl|NYCS|Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets}}
|{{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}}
|July 1, 1937<ref name="bde19370701"/>
|[[IND Fulton Street Line]] ({{NYCS Fulton|time=show}})
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!colspan=6 style="background-color: silver;"|Merges with the [[IND Culver Line]] ({{NYCS Crosstown|time=show}})
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==References==
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==External links==
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{{commons category|IND Crosstown Line}}
* nycsubway.org—[http://nycsubway.org/wiki/IND_Crosstown_Line IND Brooklyn/Queens Crosstown Line]
* [http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_Appendices_7_10_13.pdf#page=21 G Line Track Diagram: Court Square to Church Avenue]

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