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M (New York City Subway service)
The M Nassau Street Local is a service of the New York City Subway. It is colored brown since it uses the BMT Nassau Street Line in downtown Manhattan. The runs all the time. During evenings, late nights and weekends, it acts as a shuttle from Metropolitan Avenue to Myrtle Avenue on the Jamaica Line. During middays, it extends to Chambers Street in Manhattan; during rush hours it extends further to Bay Parkway (and is the only line to use the connection from the BMT Nassau Street Line to the Montague Street Tunnel ). Service is always fully local.
The following lines are used by the M:
| Line | Tracks | When |
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| BMT Myrtle Avenue Line (full line) | N/A | always |
| BMT Jamaica Line west of Myrtle Avenue | local | rush hours and middays |
| BMT Nassau Street Line north of Chambers Street | N/A | rush hours and middays |
| BMT Nassau Street Line south of Chambers Street | N/A | rush hours |
| BMT Fourth Avenue Line north of 36th Street | local | rush hours |
| BMT West End Line north of Bay Parkway | local | rush hours |
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Service history
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In 1924, assigned numbers to its services. The BMT Myrtle Avenue Line had two services, the Myrtle Avenue-Chambers Street Line (10) and the Myrtle Avenue Line (11). The former operated via the east half of the Myrtle Avenue Line (the only part remaining) and the BMT Broadway (Brooklyn) Line to end at Chambers Street ; the latter stayed on the Myrtle Avenue Line all the way to its end at the Brooklyn Bridge, operating over the bridge to Park Row in Manhattan.
10 trains ran only from 06:00 to 20:00 on weekdays, 06:00 to 21:00 on Saturdays, and 12:30 to 23:00 Sundays. During morning rush hours, they ran express from Central Avenue to Essex Street ; evening rush hour trains ran express from Bowery to Myrtle Avenue . At other times, passengers could transfer between 11 and 14 or 15 trains at Broadway /Myrtle Avenue . At other times, including middays, trains ran local.
Between 1925 and 1931, service was changed so express trains in both directions ran express between Essex Street and Myrtle Avenue. Sunday trains were removed in June 1933; also between 1931 and 1937 11 trains stopped running over the Brooklyn Bridge, instead ending at Sands Street on the Brooklyn side.
On March 5, 1944, the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line was closed west of Bridge Street , and all 11 trains were truncated there (with a free transfer to the at Jay Street-Borough Hall ).
Saturday express 10 service was cut on June 28, 1952, and all non-rush hour service was cut June 28, 1958. By 1959 the service was being advertised as Myrtle (Chambers) express service, compared to Myrtle (Jay) local service via the 11 (Bridge Street had been renamed to Bridge-Jay Streets).
In 1960, the letters M and MJ were assigned to 10 and 11 service, respectively; it is probable that 'MJ' stood for Myrtle (Jay). The MJ was only marked on maps and station signs; the cars along that route had never had signed designations.
On February 23, 1960, peak direction M trains began to stop at Marcy Avenue , which had been a local stop. On July 1, 1968, M service was extended two stations in Manhattan to end at Broad Street . The west half of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line was closed on October 3, 1969, ending MJ service, and shuttle service was begun east of Myrtle Avenue/Broadway.
The distinct shuttle service was gone by 1972, leaving only M service on the Myrtle Avenue Line. During normal hours (06:00 to 20:00) it not only ran to Manhattan, but extended through the BMT Joralemon Street Tunnel and down the BMT Fourth Avenue Line and BMT Brighton Line to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue. At other times, it simply served as a shuttle to Myrtle Avenue/Broadway.
On August 27, 1976, the M changed from the Myrtle Avenue Express to the Myrtle Avenue Local, no longer running express at all, due to the end of K service.
On April 26, 1986, the south Brooklyn terminal was moved to 95th Street (running local on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line ), and in 1987, it was moved again to use the BMT West End Line. During rush hours, it extended to Bay Parkway ; at other normal hours it ended at Ninth Avenue .
In 1994 the M became local on the Fourth Avenue Line, while the N shifted to express.
In April 1995, all normal hours service except rush hours was cut back to Chambers Street ; it was then that the M service took its current form.
The Williamsburg Bridge was closed between April 30, 1999 and September 1, 1999, cutting M service in two. At all hours, the north half ran from Metropolitan Avenue to Marcy Avenue, and the south half ran rush hours only from Chambers Street to Bay Parkway.
From July 23, 2001 to February 23, 2004, due to Manhattan Bridge work, M trains were extended middays and evenings until 22:00 back to Ninth Avenue, and earlier morning trains ran to Bay Parkway.
Immediately after the September 11, 2001 attacks, the M ran only as a shuttle to Myrtle Avenue/Broadway. On September 17, the M was extended via the BMT Sea Beach Line to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue at all times, due to N service being suspended. On October 28, N service was brought back, and the M returned to normal.
Station listing
For a more detailed station listing, see the articles on the lines listed above.
| Station | When | Services |
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| Queens | ||
| Middle Village-Metropolitan Avenue | always | |
| Fresh Pond Road | always | M |
| Forest Avenue | always | M |
| Seneca Avenue | always | M |
| Brooklyn | ||
| Wyckoff Avenue | always | M |
| Knickerbocker Avenue | always | M |
| Central Avenue | always | M |
| Myrtle Avenue | always | M |
| Flushing Avenue | rush hours and middays | |
| Lorimer Street | rush hours and middays | J (1b2b345) M (12) |
| Hewes Street | rush hours and middays | J (1b2b345) M (12) |
| Marcy Avenue | rush hours and middays | |
| Manhattan | ||
| Essex Street | rush hours and middays | |
| Bowery | rush hours and middays | J M (12) Z (1a) |
| Canal Street | rush hours and middays | J M (12) Z (1a) |
| Chambers Street | rush hours and middays | J M (12) Z (1a) |
| Fulton Street | rush hours only | |
| Broad Street | rush hours only | J (1235a) M (1) Z (1a) |
| Brooklyn | ||
| Court Street-Borough Hall | rush hours only | |
| Lawrence Street | rush hours only | M (1) N (5) R (1234) |
| DeKalb Avenue | rush hours only | M (1) N (5) R (1234) |
| Pacific Street | rush hours only | B (123a) Q |
| Union Street | rush hours only | |
| Ninth Street | rush hours only | D (5) M (1) N (5) R (1234) |
| Prospect Avenue | rush hours only | D (5) M (1) N (5) R (1234) |
| 25th Street | rush hours only | D (5) M (1) N (5) R (1234) |
| 36th Street | rush hours only | D M (1) N R (1234) |
| Ninth Avenue | rush hours only | |
| Fort Hamilton Parkway | rush hours only | |
| 50th Street | rush hours only | D M (1) |
| 55th Street | rush hours only | D M (1) |
| 62nd Street | rush hours only | D M (1) |
| 71st Street | rush hours only | D M (1) |
| 79th Street | rush hours only | D M (1) |
| 18th Avenue | rush hours only | D M (1) |
| 20th Avenue | rush hours only | D M (1) |
| Bay Parkway | rush hours only | D M (1) |
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