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| The 6 was also the train ] rode in her early days to school. Her ] album is called "On the 6". This is a reference to the 6 train she rode. | The 6 was also the train ] rode in her early days to school. Her ] album is called "On the 6". This is a reference to the 6 train she rode. | ||
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The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a train line in the New York Subway. It runs from Pelham Bay Park in the Bronx to Lower Manhattan. Being part of the IRT Lexington Avenue Divison, it shares its route and stations with the 4-Lexington Avenue Express and the 5-Lexington Avenue Express from 125 Sreet in Harlem to NY City Hall in Lower Manhattan.
The 6 is a crowded line because it is the only East Side local train. Service is frequent, and runs 24 hours daily.
Some 6's run express in the Bronx during rush hours, skipping stops going into Manhattan in the AM, out from Manhattan in the PM.
Stops
- Pelham Bay Park
- Buhre Av
- Middletown Rd
- Westchester Square-East Tremont Av
- Zerega Av
- Castle Hill Av
- Parkchester-East 177 St
- St. Lawrence Av
- Morrison-Sounsview Aves
- Elder Av
- Whitlock Av
- Hunts Point Av
- Longwood Av
- East 149 St
- East 143 St/St. Mary's St
- Cypress Av
- Brook Av
- 3 Av-138 St
Bronx __________________________________________
Manhattan
- 125 St (4, 5) (Metro North Railroad)
- 116 St
- 103 St
- 96 St
- 86 St (4, 5)
- 77 St
- 68 St-Hunter College
- 59 St (4, 5, N, R, W)
- 51 St (E, F, V)
- 42 St-Grand Central (S, 4, 5, 7) (Metro North Railroad)
- 33 St
- 28 St
- 23 St
- 14 St-Union Square (L, N, Q, R, W, 4, 5)
- Astor Place
- Bleecker St (F-downtown transfer only)
- Spring St
- Canal St (J, M, N, Q, R, W, Z)
- Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall (J, M, Z, 4, 5)
6 Express
The 6 Express stops at all 6 stations above (to Manhattan AM, from Manhattan PM, weekay rush hours) except:
- St. Lawrence Av
- Morrison-Soundview Aves
- Elder Av
- Whitlock Av
- Longwood Av
- East 149 St
- East 143 St (St Mary's St)
- Cypress Av
- Brook Av
Other info
The 6 was the train in the 1974 film "The Taking of Pelham One Two Three", about hijackers holding hostages inside a subway car.
The 6 was also the train Jennifer Lopez rode in her early days to school. Her 1999 album is called "On the 6". This is a reference to the 6 train she rode.