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Northern end | Jamaica–179th Street |
Southern end | Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue or Kings Highway |
Stations | 45 |
Rolling stock | 56 R46s (7 trains) 370 R160A/R160Bs (37 trains) |
Depot | Jamaica Yard |
Started service | December 15, 1940 |
The F Sixth Avenue Local is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route bullet is colored bright orange since it uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The F operates at all times between 179th Street in Jamaica, Queens and Stillwell Avenue in Coney Island, Brooklyn via Queens Boulevard in Queens, 63rd Street and Sixth Avenue in Manhattan, and Culver in Brooklyn, serving all stops except for an express section in Queens between Forest Hills–71st Avenue and 21st Street–Queensbridge. Some rush hour trains short turn at Kings Highway due to capacity issues at Stillwell Avenue.
F service officially began on December 15, 1940 operating between Parsons Boulevard and Church Avenue via the Queens Boulevard, Sixth Avenue, and Culver Lines. It ran express in Queens and local in Manhattan and Brooklyn.