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NYCTA - Greenpoint Tube

Queens County, New York, and Kings County, New York

Photo 

Photo taken by MTA New York City Transit / Patrick Cashin

License: Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY)

View this photo at Wikimedia Commons

BH Photo #338398

Map 

Facts 

Overview
Tunnel under Newtown Creek on New York City Metropolitan Transit Authority
Location
New York City, Queens County, New York, and Kings County, New York
Status
Open to traffic
History
Built 1932
Railroads
- Independent Subway System (IND; ISS)
- New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA)
- Rapid Transit
- Subway
Design
Tunnel
Dimensions
Total length: 4,790.0 ft. (0.9 mi.)
Approximate latitude, longitude
+40.73943, -73.95542   (decimal degrees)
40°44'22" N, 73°57'20" W   (degrees°minutes'seconds")
Approximate UTM coordinates
18/588196/4510356 (zone/easting/northing)
Quadrangle map:
Brooklyn
Inventory number
BH 69469 (Bridgehunter.com ID)

Categories 

Built 1932 (995)
Built during 1930s (12,248)
County line crossing (534)
Immersed Tube Tunnel (29)
Independent Subway System (10)
Kings County, New York (91)
New York (4,969)
New York City Transit Authority (25)
New York City, New York (342)
 Open (41,216)
Owned by railroad (13,750)
Queens County, New York (135)
Railroad (16,686)
Rapid Transit (115)
Subway (21)
Total length over 2500 feet (965)
Tunnel (1,362)

Sources 

  • Luke

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