The L 14th Street-Canarsie Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local along the full length of the BMT Canarsie Line, 24 hours a day. The service is colored gray as the only route to use the Canarsie Line. For more information on the service, including history of the line, see the Canarsie Line article.

Service history

The L, being a local train, was originally the LL. From 1928 to 1967, the same service was assigned the number 16.

In 1924, part of the eventual 14th Street-Canarsie Line opened, called the 14th Street-Eastern District Line (commonly the 14th Street-Eastern Line), and carrying the number 16. This was extended east, and in 1928 it was joined to the existing Canarsie Line east of Broadway Junction . At that time, 14th Street-Canarsie Line service as it is today (except for the westernmost part, opened in 1931) was inaugurated.

On November 26, 1967, with the opening of the Chrystie Street Connection, the BMT Eastern District lines were given numbers; the 16 became the LL. When double letters were dropped on May 5, 1986, the LL became the L, and it still has that designation.

Before the 14th Street-Eastern and Canarsie Lines were connected, the Canarsie part of the line already had a number, 14, running from lower Manhattan via the Broadway Elevated and called the Canarsie Line. When the 14th Street-Eastern Line was connected in 1928, this was renamed to the Broadway (Brooklyn) Line, but continued to operate to Canarsie. In 1967, the 14 Canarsie service was given the label (though the 14 itself was designated KK, continuing east from Broadway Junction towards Jamaica). Canarsie service to lower Manhattan was discontinued in 1968.

Station listing

For a more detailed station listing, see the BMT Canarsie Line article. The runs all the time.

External links

• MTA NYC Transit - L 14th Street-Canarsie Local
• MTA NYC Transit - L schedule (PDF)

References

• Line By Line History