{{short description|None}} {{Use American English|date=July 2025}} {{Use mdy dates|date=January 2017}} [[File:207th Street Yard Train of Many Colors.JPG|thumb|right|300px|[[Train of Many Colors]] storage at 207th Street Yard]] The [[New York City Transit Authority]] operates 24 [[rail yard]]s for the [[New York City Subway]] system and one for the [[Staten Island Railway]].<ref name=MTACapital-15-19-2014>{{cite web|title=MTA Capital Program 2015–2019|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/Board_2015-2019_Capital_Program.pdf|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=July 17, 2015|date=September 24, 2014|archive-date=October 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191003131245/http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/Board_2015-2019_Capital_Program.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="MTACapitalNeeds'15-'34-Oct2013" /><ref name=MTACapital-15-19-Oct2015>{{cite web|title=MTA Capital Program 2015–2019: Renew. Enhance. Expand.|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/CapitalProgram2015-19_WEB%20v4%20FINAL_small.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=October 28, 2015|date=October 28, 2015|archive-date=November 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117022737/http://web.mta.info/capital/pdf/CapitalProgram2015-19_WEB%20v4%20FINAL_small.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref> There are 10 active [[A Division (New York City Subway)|A Division]] yards and 11 active [[B Division (New York City Subway)|B Division]] yards, two of which are shared between divisions for storage and car washing. In addition, there is one yard for the [[Staten Island Railway]] and three non-revenue (Maintenance of Way, or MoW) Division-independent yards. Many of the system's yards are used for off-peak storage, whereas some have inspection facilities where basic routine maintenance is carried out. Of these yards, [[New York City Subway rolling stock|rolling stock]] are assigned to seven A Division yards and seven B Division yards. Within the yards are 14 maintenance facilities, whereas two yards (207th Street and Coney Island) perform major overhaul and car rebuilding work.<ref name="MTACapitalNeeds'15-'34-Oct2013">{{cite web|title=MTA Twenty-Year Capital Needs Assessment 2015–2034|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/TYNA-Consolidated.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=August 11, 2015|date=October 2013|archive-date=July 14, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150714223713/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/docs/TYNA-Consolidated.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{GeoGroup}}
== A Division yards{{Anchor|A Division Yards}} == The [[A Division (New York City Subway)|A Division]]'s [[rail yard|rail yards]] consist of the 239th Street, 240th Street, Corona, East 180th Street, Jerome, Livonia, and Westchester maintenance yards, plus three other non-maintenance storage yards. A total of 2,892 cars are assigned to the seven maintenance yards.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/cars/cars-current.htm|title=NYCT Cars - Current Car Fleet|last=Korman|first=Joe|website=www.thejoekorner.com|access-date=October 10, 2016|archive-date=August 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210816033043/http://www.thejoekorner.com/cars/cars-current.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref>
Cars in the A Division may be stored in B Division yards if necessary.
=== 137th Street Yard === The '''137th Street Yard''' is an underground storage yard located between [[145th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|145th Street]] and [[137th Street–City College (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line)|137th Street–City College]] on the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]], the latter of which is the yard's namesake.<ref name="IRT2007" /> The yard has five tracks surrounding the three mainline tracks, with three tracks located on the west (southbound side) and two tracks located on the east (northbound side).<ref name="IRT2007" /><ref name="tracks">{{NYCS const|trackref|trackbook3}}</ref> The yard is used to store some {{NYCS|1}} trains outside of rush hours. Each track can hold two full-length trains, so a total of ten trains can be stored there at any given time.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/trackmap/pm_west_2.png|title = Track Map: Bronx & Manhattan - Uptown}}</ref> Because the tracks are on a 1% downgrade in the southbound direction, each of the layup tracks are equipped with a derail to protect the main line from a runaway train in the event a train placed on any one the storage tracks is not properly secured.
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=== 239th Street Yard === [[File:239th Street Yard, NYC IRT Subway, Summer, 2010.jpg|thumb|239th Street Yard aerial view]] [[File:239th St Yard Bx jeh.JPG|thumb|left|239th Street Yard east side]] [[File:239th St Yard 2026.jpg|left|thumb|An [[R142 (New York City Subway car)|R142]] heading into the 239th St Yard, above several [[Redbird trains|Redbirds]] and an [[R62A (New York City Subway car)|R62A]].]] The '''239th Street Yard''' is the northernmost rail yard in the system, located at 4570 Furman Avenue in the [[Wakefield, Bronx|Wakefield]] section of the North Bronx, and is home to the [[R142 (New York City Subway car)|R142s]] assigned to the {{NYCS|2}}. There is also considerable fleet interoperability with the {{NYCS|5}}, as 5 trains are based out of the nearby East 180th Street Yard and share a similarly sized fleet. 5 trains use the upper portion of the yard for off-peak storage. Opened in 1916, it is one of the oldest yards in the system.
Ten cars are inspected each day as part of preventative scheduled maintenance. A wheel truing machine was installed here to minimize damage to rail cars and tracks caused by flat wheels. This shop was also used as a facility to retrofit all R26s, R28s, R29s, R33s (except single unit Worlds Fair cars) and R36s (both Mainline and Worlds Fair types) married pairs IRT type cars with the installation of new Stone-Safety 10 ton Air Conditioning systems between 1976 and 1981. Also, during this period, all cars assigned to the {{NYCS|2}} were inspected and maintained at the East 180th Street Yard shared with the {{NYCS|5}}. It re-opened as an inspection and maintenance facility for the {{NYCS|2}} in 1982. A car wash operates at this yard facility to serve cars assigned to the 2, in addition to cars assigned to the {{NYCS|1}}, {{NYCS|3}}, {{NYCS|4}} and 5 routes.
The yard consists of a seven-track inspection shop and 38 layup tracks. The layup tracks are arranged on two levels; the only other yard in the system to share this trait is the East New York Yard. Access to the yard is provided to and from [[Nereid Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)|Nereid Avenue]] only.<ref name="tracks" />
On February 3, 1998, two out-of-service trains collided at the yard lead after the motorman of one train passed out at the helm and his train crashed into the one in front of it.<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/05/nyregion/derailed-train-hoisted-back-on-track.html:https://www.nytimes.com/1998/02/05/nyregion/derailed-train-hoisted-back-on-track.html | work=The New York Times | first=Andy | last=Newman | title=Derailed Train Hoisted Back on Track | date=February 5, 1998}}</ref>
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=== 240th Street Yard === [[File:Waldo Av 1 train yard jeh.JPG|thumb|240th Street Yard layup tracks]] The '''240th Street Yard''' is located at 5911 Broadway in the [[Riverdale, Bronx|Riverdale]] section of [[the Bronx]], serving the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]] near the line's northern terminus. The yard consists of six inspection tracks in the shop and 15 additional layup tracks. The yard is home to the [[R62A (New York City Subway car)|R62A]]<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2020/2020-03-bulletin.pdf |title=Archived Copy |access-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-date=May 1, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501001520/https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2020/2020-03-bulletin.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> subway cars assigned to the {{NYCS|1}}. The shop was built in 1906 to support the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company|original IRT]] subway. Work constructing the yard and inspection shed was 60 percent complete in June 1910, and was estimated to be completed by January 1, 1911.<ref name=":3">{{Cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112111474968&view=1up&seq=192&q1=181ST%20STREET|title=1909-1910 Annual Report of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for the Year Ended June 30, 1910|publisher=Interborough Rapid Transit Company|year=1910|pages=18–19}}</ref> The inspection shed went into service on May 1, 1911.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uiug.30112111474968&view=1up&seq=192&q1=181ST%20STREET|title=1910-1911 Annual Report of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company for the Year Ended June 30, 1911|publisher=Interborough Rapid Transit Company|year=1911|pages=15}}</ref>
The yard and shops are entirely on an elevated structure. There is no car washer at this yard; trains usually go to be washed at the nearby 207th Street Yard and occasionally to the 239th Street or Westchester Yard. Ten cars undergo 10,000 mile SMS inspections per day, since their entire fleet has been unitized into five-car sets.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://nyctrackbook.com/Images/Updates/p75.pdf|title=New York City Track Book Page 75 Revisions|last=Dougherty|first=Peter|date=2016|website=nyctrackbook.com|access-date=September 28, 2016}}</ref>
As part of the 2020–2024 Capital Plan, the shop will be rebuilt with more space in between track and the replacement of pits with elevated tracks.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Future Rides With Us |url=https://new.mta.info/document/151266 |access-date=October 10, 2024 |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority}}</ref>
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=== Corona Yard === [[File:Corona Yard jeh.JPG|thumb|right|Corona Yard and shop]]
'''Corona Yard''' serves as the home yard of the [[IRT Flushing Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Flushing}}). It is located south of [[Mets–Willets Point (IRT Flushing Line)|Mets–Willets Point]], at [[Flushing Meadows–Corona Park]] near [[Citi Field]], the [[USTA National Tennis Center|National Tennis Center]], and the site of the [[1939 New York World's Fair|1939]] and [[1964 New York World's Fair|1964]] World's Fairs.
Corona Yard opened in 1928 and maintains the [[R188 (New York City Subway car)|R188s]] used on the {{NYCS trains|Flushing|type=service}}. It is adjacent to the [[Casey Stengel Bus Depot]]. Because the Flushing Line is isolated from the rest of the A Division and its only track connection to the rest of the system is via the B Division, cars that need to undergo or are returning from heavy maintenance are escorted on and off the line by suitably-equipped lead cars via the sole connection to the rest of the system just east (railroad north) of the upper level [[Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway)|Queensboro Plaza]] station.
On August 16, 2006, the original 1928 shop building was demolished and replaced by a new, modern shop. With more track mileage to cover and tighter spacing between trains as part of CBTC implementation on the Flushing Line, the MTA announced plans to expand the yard with a second loop and six layup tracks, which would be located on the former right of way of the Long Island Rail Road's Whitestone Branch. Plans for this expansion are on an indefinite hold, however.
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=== East 180th Street Yard === [[File:Southbound 5 at East 180th.jpg|thumb|right|The East 180th Street Yard and Maintenance–Repair Shop; viewed from [[East 180th Street (IRT White Plains Road Line)|East 180th Street]] station]]
The '''East 180th Street Yard''' is situated at 1145 East 180th Street in the [[West Farms, Bronx|West Farms]] neighborhood of [[the Bronx]], just east of the [[Bronx Zoo]]. The yard consists of seven storage tracks (numbered 4 thru 10) and an adjacent 6-track (numbered 11 thru 16) shop building with a connection to the nearby 19-track Unionport Yard, which lies to the northeast of East 180th Street Yard.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name="east180th">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/cars/yards_180th.html|title=East 180th St. & Unionport Yards|access-date=March 1, 2012}}</ref> Additionally, there are two storage tracks (identified as A and B) immediately north of the shop building. Track A ends in a bumper block and track B is accessible from the southbound track of the White Plains Road line. The yard is the home of the [[R142 (New York City Subway car)|R142s]] for the {{NYCS|5}}. There is considerable fleet interchange with the {{NYCS|2}}. All engineering acceptance testing for newly delivered IRT-type cars is performed here. A new shop building replacing the original 1918 vintage shop building opened in 1999, just in time for acceptance testing of new R142s, which Bombardier started delivering to this facility on November 16, 1999. On October 11, 1923, additional tracks in the yard went into service.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5kT80_w6rYC&q=so+as+to+bring+shuttle+trains+as+close+as+possible+to+the+diagonal+station&pg=PA1016|title=Proceedings of the Transit Commission, State of New York Volume III From January 1 to December 31, 1923|date=1923|publisher=New York State Transit Commission|pages=1015|language=en}}</ref>
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=== Jerome Yard === The '''Jerome Yard''', or Mosholu Yard, is located at 3191 Jerome Avenue in the [[Jerome Park, Bronx|Jerome Park]] neighborhood of [[the Bronx]]. The yard was built in 1925. Five tracks went into service in the yard on February 7, 1923.<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=u5kT80_w6rYC&q=permit+operation+of+express+tracks&pg=PA1463|title=Proceedings of the Transit Commission, State of New York Volume III From January 1 to December 31, 1923|date=1923|publisher=New York State Transit Commission|pages=132–133|language=en}}</ref>
This yard is home to the [[R142 (New York City Subway car)|R142s]] and [[R142A (New York City Subway car)|R142As]] for the {{NYCS|4}}. It is one of the three yards in the system to be under a housing complex (Pitkin Yard and Lenox Yard are the others). Rail access to the yard is by a pair of tracks that branch off of the elevated [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]] just north of [[Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College (IRT Jerome Avenue Line)|Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College]] station. The riveted steel pylons that support the elevated branch tracks give way to stone pylons just north of 205th Street before they enter the yard. The yard is surrounded by a wall and covered by a parking deck used by residents of the [[Tracey Towers]] housing complex. The yard has four inspection tracks, one utility track and 18 layup tracks. Trains are washed at the nearby Concourse Yard.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name=":2" />
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=== Lenox Yard === [[File:NYCS IRT shop 1902.jpg|thumb|Lenox Yard in 1902]] '''Lenox Yard''', formerly the Lenox Avenue Shops,<ref>{{cite web|title=New Contracts Let for Interboro Yards: Rejection of Earlier Bids by the City Make $50,610 Temporary Facilities Necessary|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1922/06/08/99028650.pdf|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 10, 2015|date=June 8, 1922}}</ref> is located near 148th Street and Lenox Avenue in [[Harlem]]. This 22 track yard is only used for storage of the [[R62 (New York City Subway car)|R62s]] that operate on the {{NYCS|3}}, and has no maintenance facility, although the yard had been the first overhaul shop for the [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company|IRT]] when it opened with the rest of the [[Early history of the IRT subway|new subway]] in 1904.<ref name="IRT2007">{{cite book|author=Interborough Rapid Transit Company|title=IRT Interborough Rapid Transit / The New York City Subway: Its Design and Construction|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=UZRiky7CzEkC&pg=PA30|access-date=February 27, 2016|date=June 2007|publisher=Lulu.com|isbn=978-1-4303-2550-5|author-link=Interborough Rapid Transit Company}}</ref><ref name=NYCDCP-ManhattanOpenCut>{{cite web|title=INVENTORY OF DECKING OPPORTUNITIES OVER TRANSPORTATION PROPERTIES Final Report: 6.3: TRANSIT AND RAILROAD OPEN CUTS: MANHATTAN |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck05.pdf |website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]] |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |date=September 2008 |access-date=August 6, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194412/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck05.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref> The original IRT subway cars were lowered from the street via inclines into the yard, where they continued into the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line|West Side Main Line]].<ref name=NYTImes-IRTFirstCars-Lenox-1903>{{cite web|title=Task of Placing the Cars in New Subway: Transfer from the Elevated to the Underground Tracks|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1903/11/15/290340602.pdf|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 10, 2015|date=November 15, 1903}}</ref> The inspection shed was lengthened to fit ten-car trains in Fiscal Year 1910.<ref name=":3" /> On September 9, 1958 the Transit Authority announced that it was planning to abandon the Lenox Avenue Shops. All IRT and IND repairs would then be done at the 207th Street Shops by June 1959. The TA estimated that this would result in a saving of $1 million a year.<ref>{{Cite news|url = https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1958/09/10/81925964.pdf|title = IRT REPAIR SHOP TO BE ABANDONED; Transit Body to Consolidate Work on IND Facility -Million Savings Seen 300 JOBS WILL BE LOST Agency Says Attrition, Not Lay-Offs, Will Cut Force -T. W. U. Approves Step|last = Levey|first = StanleyS|date = September 10, 1958|access-date = February 8, 2016|newspaper = New York Times|page = 35}}</ref> Formerly extending between 147th and 150th Streets, in the 1960s the yard was downsized from 26 acres to seven acres, which eliminated the repair shops and NYCT offices. The land was sold to a developer.<ref name=ERA-148Lenox-2007>{{Cite journal|url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2007-01-bulletin-unabridged|title=148th Street-Lenox Terminal and How It Got Its Name|last=Raudenbush|first=Henry|journal=New York Division Bulletin|publisher=Electric Railroaders Association|access-date=June 20, 2016|date=January 2007|volume=50|issue=1}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IRT REPAIR YARD TO REVERT TO CITY: 19 Acres in Harlem Will Be Turned Back by Dec. 31 -- Realty Men Interested|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1960/10/14/archives/irt-repair-yard-to-revert-to-city-19-acres-in-harlem-will-be-turned.html|website=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=July 10, 2015|date=October 14, 1960}}</ref> Around that time, a public school building (currently housing [[Frederick Douglass Academy]]) and the Esplanade Gardens apartment complex were constructed on [[pilotis]] above the formerly open-air yard.<ref name=NYCDCP-ManhattanOpenCut /><ref name=ERA-148Lenox-2007 /> Two tracks were taken from the yard for the [[Harlem–148th Street station]], which opened in 1968 as the current northern terminal for the 3.<ref name=ERA-148Lenox-2007 /><ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /><ref name=NYTImes-148LenoxOpen-1968>{{cite news| title=IRT Passengers Get New 148th St. Station| newspaper=[[The New York Times]]| date=May 14, 1968| page=95|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1968/05/14/archives/irt-passengers-get-new-148th-st-station.html| access-date=October 4, 2011}}</ref><ref name=NYAmsterdam-145thLenox-1967>{{cite web|last1=Edwards|first1=Dick|title=145th-Lenox Subway Stop To Continue|url=http://media.proquest.com/media/pq/hnp/doc/1043451842/fmt/ai/rep/NONE?hl=subways%2Csubway%2Csubways%2Csubway%2C145th+street%2Clenox+avenue&cit%3Aauth=Edwards%2C+Dick&cit%3Atitle=145th-Lenox+Subway+Stop+To+Continue&cit%3Apub=New+York+Amsterdam+News+%281962-1993%29&cit%3Avol=&cit%3Aiss=&cit%3Apg=3&cit%3Adate=Dec+2%2C+1967&ic=true&cit%3Aprod=ProQuest+Historical+Newspapers%3A+New+York+Amsterdam+News&_a=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%3D%3D&_s=ANffqswLiVm2%2FUlPdIVNQ6yx%2Fz0%3D#statusbar=1&zoom=150|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710091610/http://media.proquest.com/media/pq/hnp/doc/1043451842/fmt/ai/rep/NONE?hl=subways%2Csubway%2Csubways%2Csubway%2C145th+street%2Clenox+avenue&cit%3Aauth=Edwards%2C+Dick&cit%3Atitle=145th-Lenox+Subway+Stop+To+Continue&cit%3Apub=New+York+Amsterdam+News+%281962-1993%29&cit%3Avol=&cit%3Aiss=&cit%3Apg=3&cit%3Adate=Dec+2%2C+1967&ic=true&cit%3Aprod=ProQuest+Historical+Newspapers%3A+New+York+Amsterdam+News&_a=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%3D%3D&_s=ANffqswLiVm2%2FUlPdIVNQ6yx%2Fz0%3D#statusbar=1&zoom=150|url-status=dead|archive-date=July 10, 2015|publisher=[[New York Amsterdam News]]|access-date=July 10, 2015|date=December 2, 1967}}</ref>
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=== Livonia Yard === [[File:Livoniayardjeh.JPG|thumb|Northwest end of Livonia Yard]] The '''Livonia Yard''' is located at 900 Hegeman Avenue in [[East New York, Brooklyn]] on an entirely elevated structure at the east end of the [[IRT New Lots Line]]. Located between Elton and Linwood Streets, the yard extends from Hegeman Avenue south to Stanley Avenue, passing over [[Linden Boulevard]]. One of the smallest maintenance yards in the system, it is where the [[R62 (New York City Subway car)|R62s]] on the {{NYCS|3}} and the [[R62A (New York City Subway car)|R62As]] on the [[42nd Street Shuttle]] are inspected and maintained.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards />
The yard, built in 1922 and opened in 1923, Livonia Yard is the only [[Interborough Rapid Transit Company|IRT]] yard in [[Brooklyn]]. Livonia Yard consists of 4 inspection tracks inside the Livonia shop and 15 layup tracks.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /> A signal tower is located at the northwest corner of the yard. Many {{NYCS|3}} trains are stored in the Lenox Yard in [[Upper Manhattan]], as Livonia is not very large.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /><ref name="tracks" />
Livonia, along with 240th Street Yard, are on entirely elevated structures and are in need of rehabilitation due to not meeting the configuration standards for "current industry practices".<ref name=MTACapital-15-19-2014 /><ref name="MTACapitalNeeds'15-'34-Oct2013" /> An extension of the New Lots Line has been proposed up to the end of the yard, or through the yard right-of-way to [[Flatlands Avenue]], to serve the developing [[Spring Creek, Brooklyn|Spring Creek]] area.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /><ref name="int-arch">{{cite web | title=Full text of "Metropolitan transportation, a program for action. Report to Nelson A. Rockefeller, Governor of New York." | website=Internet Archive | date=November 7, 1967 | url=https://archive.org/stream/metropolitantran00newy/metropolitantran00newy_djvu.txt | access-date=October 1, 2015}}</ref><ref name="joekorner 1968">[http://www.thejoekorner.com/lines/progforaction.htm Program for Action maps] from thejoekorner.com</ref>
Additionally, a large amount of space within Livonia is used for the storage of some [[R142 (New York City Subway car)|R142s]] and [[R142A (New York City Subway car)|R142As]] for the {{NYCS|2}}, {{NYCS|4}} and {{NYCS|5}} trains.
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=== Unionport Yard === [[File:Unionport Yard.jpg|thumb|Unionport Yard in 2019.]]
'''Unionport Yard''' is associated with the nearby [[East 180th Street Yard]], and is used primarily as a lay-up facility for {{NYCS|2}} and {{NYCS|5}} trains.<ref name="east180th" /><ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i5_KNc0Mk5Q& IRT Subway: Small action at the (2) (5) Unionport Yard (180th Street)]</ref> It is named after Unionport Road, which lies just east of the yard. There are no shop or wash facilities at this yard, which was expanded in the 1990s from five tracks to its present 19 (numbered 19 to 37). All but one track ends at bumper blocks. The newly expanded yard became fully operational in 1997. The yard connects to the [[IRT White Plains Road Line]] to the south and the [[IRT Dyre Avenue Line]] (track 22 connecting to track Y2) to the north.<ref name="tracks" />
{{Coord|40|50|42|N|73|52|12|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Unionport Yard}}
=== West Farms Yard=== The '''West Farms Yard''' was an elevated [[rail yard]] that was located adjacently to the [[West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue (IRT White Plains Road Line)|West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue]] station, at the time called 177th Street. It had eight storage tracks and five inspection barn tracks. It was demolished in 1950; the redundant [[180th Street–Bronx Park (IRT White Plains Road Line)|180th Street–Bronx Park]] station was closed down and demolished two years later.<ref name="whiteplains">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/whiteplains.html|title=The Bronx IRT, Lenox/White Plains Road/Dyre Avenue Line|access-date=March 4, 2012}}</ref> In addition to serving [[Manhattan Railway Company|Manhattan Elevated Railway]] cars, it was also used to service cars assigned to the {{NYCS|2}} and {{NYCS|5}} routes.
=== Westchester Yard === [[File:Westchester Yard.jpg|thumb|Westchester Yard in 2023]] The '''Westchester Yard''', also known as the Pelham Yard, is located in [[the Bronx]] and has 45 layup tracks. The yard maintains and stores the [[R62A (New York City Subway car)|R62As]] used on the {{NYCS|6}}, as well as [[Maintenance of Way]] diesel trains for both the [[A Division (New York City Subway)|A Division]] and [[B Division (New York City Subway)|B Division]]. It is connected to the [[IRT Pelham Line]] in both directions between [[Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue (IRT Pelham Line)|Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue]] and [[Middletown Road (IRT Pelham Line)|Middletown Road]] stations.<ref name="tracks" />
There is a four-track inspection shed for electric trains and a two-track diesel repair shop.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/compliance/pdf/supplemental-info.pdf|title=Supplementary Information for §1269(d) 2012 – 2017|date=2012|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=July 24, 2016}}</ref> Pelham Yard also has a car wash used by the entire A Division.<ref name="tracks" />
The Westchester Yard was expanded between 1946 and 1949 and the scope of the project included a new signal tower, signal installations, and the elimination of the grade crossings between the yard and the Pelham Line north of the Westchester Square station. All of these projects would allow for sped up main line service and train movements in and out of the yard. The grade separation allowed trains to enter Westchester Yard without crossing the express track or the downtown local track and it allowed for the possibility of the extension of express service to [[Pelham Bay Park (IRT Pelham Line)|Pelham Bay Park]], which would save four more minutes.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://tramway-null.blogspot.com/2014/10/pelham-subway-line-track-plan-as-of-1988.html|title=Streetcars and Spatial Analysis: Pelham Subway Line: Track Plan as of 1988|last=Null(0)|first=Tramway|date=October 8, 2014|website=Streetcars and Spatial Analysis|access-date=September 1, 2016}}</ref> The increased capacity of the yard allowed the yard to store 358 additional subway cars. With the additional storage space, it would no longer be required to lay up trains on the middle track of the line between East 177th Street and Pelham Bay Park, and it would allow for full day express service. The construction of substations would improve voltage conditions and allow for longer trains to be operated on the line. The work was projected to cost $6,387,000 and be completed in 1950.<ref name="BOT-1949">{{Cite book|title=Report for the Three and One-Half Years Ending June 30, 1949.|date=1949|publisher=New York City Board of Transportation|hdl = 2027/mdp.39015023094926}}</ref>
{{Coord|40|50|38|N|73|50|31|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Westchester Yard}}
== B Division yards{{Anchor|B Division Yards}} == The [[B Division (New York City Subway)|B Division]]'s yards are the 207th Street, Concourse, Coney Island, East New York, Jamaica and Pitkin maintenance yards, plus five other non-maintenance storage yards. The six maintenance shops are responsible for performing daily subway car maintenance and inspection of 3,523 subway cars.
The 207th Street and Concourse yards are shared with the A Division and are listed in Yards in both divisions.
=== 174th Street Yard === The '''174th Street Yard''' is an underground rail yard on the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]] that is used to store {{NYCS|C}} trains. The yard has five tracks to the east of the two mainline passenger service tracks. The yard is located six blocks north of [[168th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|168th Street]] and adjacent to [[175th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)|175th Street]]. The inner tracks at 168th Street lead towards the yard and are used by terminating C trains.<ref name="tracks" /> This yard can hold only four trains of ten 60-foot cars or eight 75-foot cars and one four-car train of 60-foot cars among the five tracks. The northern end of the yard is against a concrete wall and a cinder-block wall adjacent to the [[Trans-Manhattan Expressway]], as the line was originally intended to go over the [[George Washington Bridge]]'s lower level as a part of a possible extension to Fort Lee, New Jersey.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://ltvsquad.com/2015/11/19/174th-street-subway-yard/|title = 174th street Subway Yard|date = November 19, 2015}}</ref><ref>[http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/show?31727 174th St. Yard]</ref>
{{Coord|40|50|45|N|73|56|23|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=174th Street Yard}}
=== Canarsie Yard === [[File:Canarsie yard jeh.JPG|thumb|South end of Canarsie Yard]] The '''Canarsie Yard''' (also known as AY or Atlantic Yard from its [[telegraph]]y letters) is located on the south end of the [[BMT Canarsie Line]] adjacent to [[Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway (BMT Canarsie Line)|Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway]]. Opened on October 26, 1917,<ref name="BMTReport-1918">{{cite web|title=Annual Report of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co. For The Year Ending June 30, 1918|url=http://www.bmt-lines.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1918brtannual.pdf|website=bmt-lines.com|publisher=[[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]]|access-date=March 4, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161010154105/http://www.bmt-lines.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/11/1918brtannual.pdf|archive-date=October 10, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> it is the primary layup yard for the [[R143|R143s]] and [[R160|R160s]] on the {{NYCS|L}} and hosts the only car wash for the BMT Eastern Division.
New signals were installed in 2003 in conjunction with the [[Signaling of the New York City Subway#Canarsie Line CBTC|BMT Canarsie Line automation]] project.<ref name="tracks" />
{{Coord|40|38|48|N|73|54|05|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Canarsie Yard}} {{Clear}}
=== Church Avenue Yard === The '''Church Avenue Yard''' is an underground rail yard on the [[IND Culver Line]] that is used to store trains for the {{NYCS|G}}. It is composed of four tracks directly under the four main line tracks above. This yard is directly connected through the line's [[Church Avenue (IND Culver Line)|Church Avenue]] station which is the southern terminus for [[G (New York City Subway service)|G]] service. At least one of the yard's four tracks is in continuous use to reverse equipment to the opposite direction. There are two ramps between each local and express track south of Church Avenue station for access. Each track can hold one full-length train between the [[bumper block]]s and the crossovers.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name=MTA-FLineReview-2009>{{cite web|title=Review of F Line Operations, Ridership, And Infrastructure|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/flinereport_0.pdf|website=[[New York State Senate|nysenate.gov]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|MTA]] [[New York City Transit Authority]]|access-date=July 28, 2015|date=October 7, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100531101000/http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/flinereport_0.pdf|archive-date=May 31, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=MTA-GLineReview-2013>{{cite web|title=Review of the G Line|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=August 2, 2015|date=July 10, 2013|archive-date=December 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191224164006/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_LineReview_7_10_13.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=MTA-SubwayFilm>{{cite web|title=Hollywood Underground: The Art of Making Movies in The New York City Subway|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/sub_filming/underground.htm|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=August 16, 2015}}</ref><ref name=MTA-CulverRehabPresentCB6-2007>{{cite web|title=Culver Line Rehabilitation: Presentation to Community Board 6 Presentation to Community Board 6 Transportation Committee Transportation Committee November 15, 2007|url=http://cdn-sas.secondavenuesagas.com/wp-content/uploads/Culver%20Presentation.pdf|website=secondavenusagas.com|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=September 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150907045743/http://cdn-sas.secondavenuesagas.com/wp-content/uploads/Culver%20Presentation.pdf|archive-date=September 7, 2015|date=November 15, 2007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref name=MTA-GLineReview-Append-2013>{{cite web|title=Review of the G Line: Appendices|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_Appendices_7_10_13.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=October 28, 2015|date=July 10, 2013|archive-date=January 27, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160127233038/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/G_Appendices_7_10_13.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Coord|40|38|31|N|73|58|45|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Church Avenue Yard}} {{Clear}}
=== Coney Island Complex === [[File:Coney Island Complex Outside.JPG|thumb|Coney Island Complex]] [[File:Coney Island Complex Workshop.JPG|thumb|Inside view into a workshop]]
The '''Coney Island Rapid Transit Car Overhaul Shop''', often shortened to '''Coney Island Complex''', is the largest [[rapid transit]] yard in the state of New York, and one of the largest in North America.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /> Located in the [[Gravesend, Brooklyn|Gravesend]] neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]], it covers {{convert|74|acre|m2}} and operates [[24/7]].<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /> The complex was built in 1926 on former [[marshland]]s that, along with [[Coney Island Creek]], used to separate [[Coney Island]] from the main body of Brooklyn.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /> Much of this land had originally been proposed for use as a [[ship canal]] and [[port]] facility.
A car washing machine was installed in the yard at the end of 1964.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/10/irt-riders-to-get-more-train-room.html|title=Irt Riders to Get More Train Room|date=August 10, 1964|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 4, 2016}}</ref>
Regular scheduled maintenance is performed here for a fleet of nearly 800 cars of [[R46 (New York City Subway car)|R46s]], [[R68 (New York City Subway car)|R68s]], [[R68A (New York City Subway car)|R68As]], [[R211 (New York City Subway car)|R211As]], and [[R211 (New York City Subway car)|R211Ts]] serving the {{NYCS|B}}, {{NYCS|G}}, {{NYCS|N}}, {{NYCS|Q}}, {{NYCS|W}}, and [[Franklin Avenue Shuttle]]. R68s on the {{NYCS|D}}, and [[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160]]s on the {{NYCS|F}} and {{NYCS|R}}, are stored at the yard but are not maintained or inspected here. The shop facility, along with the 207th Street Shops, performs inspections, heavy maintenance and overhaul for every one of the approximately 6,000 cars in the subway system, including the [[Staten Island Railway]], and also contains car washing and painting facilities.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards />
In addition to heavy maintenance facilities and track facilities for cars undergoing maintenance and overhaul, the complex includes three related railroad storage yards.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /> The main yard facility, known as '''Coney Island Yard''', includes direct connections to the adjacent [[BMT Sea Beach Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Sea Beach}}) and a two-track elevated structure to the [[BMT West End Line]] ({{NYCS trains|West End}}). The main yard also serves trains on the [[BMT Brighton Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Brighton}}) via tracks C & D (also known as 3 & 4, respectively) of [[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]] station. The adjacent but separate '''Culver Yard''' (also called City Yard or Avenue X Yard) connects to the [[IND Culver Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Culver IND south}}) at the eastern border of the yard complex, holding cars for the F service. Another yard, the '''Stillwell Yard''', used mainly for off-peak train storage, is located across the Sea Beach Line from the main yard complex in a [[Wye (rail)|wye]] between the divergent Sea Beach and West End Lines.
In addition to the maintenance shop and yards, there is a Health Center (gym) and medical center for Transit Authority employees, a firing range for the [[New York City Police Department]] (NYPD)'s Transit Division, and a firefighting training school.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /> The range was originally built for the [[New York City Transit Police]] Department, which was merged with the NYPD in 1995.
The [[Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop]] and [[Coney Island Yard Gatehouse]] were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.<ref name="nris">{{NRISref|version=2009a}}</ref>
{{Coord|40|35|10|N|73|58|40|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Coney Island Complex}} {{Clear}}
==== Gatehouse ==== {{Infobox NRHP | name = Coney Island Yard Gatehouse | nrhp_type = | image = CI Yard Entrance jeh.jpg | caption = Coney Island Yard Gatehouse, May 2009 | location = SW corner of Shell Rd. and Avenue X, [[Brooklyn]], [[New York (state)|New York]] | coordinates = {{coord|40|35|22|N|73|58|28|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline}} | locmapin = New York City | built = 1929 | architect = Ridgeway, Robert | architecture = Bungalow/Craftsman | area = less than one acre | added = February 9, 2006 | mpsub = New York City Subway System MPS | refnum = 06000017<ref name="nris" /> }} Coney Island Yard Gatehouse is a historic [[gatehouse]] located at the Coney Island Complex. It was built about 1929 and is a small masonry building with prominent clay tile roof with deep overhanging eaves.<ref name=nrhpdoc1>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313311 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Coney Island Yard Gatehouse|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Kathleen A. Howe|date= March 2004| access-date=November 2, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>
It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.<ref name="nris" />{{Clear}}
====Electric Motor Repair Shop==== {{Infobox NRHP | name = Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop | nrhp_type = | image = CI Yard Motor Shop fr Av X station jeh.jpg | caption = From Avenue X station | location = SW corner of Avenue X and Shell Rd., [[Brooklyn, New York]] | coordinates = {{coord|40|35|23|N|73|58|31|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline,title}} | locmapin = New York City#New York#USA | built = 1927 | architect = | architecture = | added = February 9, 2006 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = New York City Subway System MPS | refnum = 06000016<ref name="nris" /> }} The '''Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop''' is a historic motor [[backshop|repair shop]] for subway trains located at the Coney Island Complex. It was built between 1925 and 1927 and is a simple two-story, box-shaped brick-clad building lit by multiple banks of large, multi-paned windows and a massive [[Skylight (window)#Sawtooth roof|sawtooth skylight]].<ref name=nrhpdoc>{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75313325 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Coney Island Yard Electric Motor Repair Shop|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Kathleen A. Howe|date= March 2004| access-date=November 2, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>
It was listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.<ref name="nris"/>{{clear}}
=== East New York Yard === [[File:East New York Yard from Broadway Junction, December 2017.JPG|thumb|left|East New York Yard in 2017]] '''East New York Yard''' (also known as DO (District Office) Yard from its [[telegraph]]y letters) is primarily used to store 4-car sets of [[R143 (New York City Subway car)|R143]]s, [[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160s]], and [[R179 (New York City Subway car)|R179s]] used on the [[J/Z (New York City Subway service)|J/Z]], {{NYCS|L}} and {{NYCS|M}}. Subway equipment is inspected and maintained here on a regular basis.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /><ref name=NYCDCP-BwayJctStudy-2008>{{cite web|title=Broadway Junction Transportation Study: NYC Department of City Planning Final Report-November 2008 |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/broadway_junction_complete.pdf |website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]] |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |access-date=October 27, 2015 |date=November 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606140932/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/broadway_junction_complete.pdf |archive-date=June 6, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="eastny">{{Cite web|url=http://www.nycsubway.org/cars/yards_eastny.html|title=East New York Yard|publisher=NYCSubway.org|access-date=March 2, 2012}}</ref>
It is located at the junction of the [[BMT Canarsie Line|Canarsie]] and [[BMT Jamaica Line|Jamaica Lines]] near the intersection of Broadway and Jamaica Avenue in [[East New York, Brooklyn]]. A separate part of the facility houses the [[East New York Bus Depot]], formerly a [[tram|trolley]] depot.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /><ref name=NYCDCP-BwayJctStudy-2008 /> The yard is entirely equipped with hand-operated switches. Only the Fresh Pond Yard and 36th–38th Street Yard share this characteristic.
Portions of the yard date back to 1885 and the [[Lexington Avenue Elevated]] and the yard predates the rebuilding of nearby [[Broadway Junction (BMT Jamaica Line)|Broadway Junction]], which used to be known as Manhattan Junction or [[East New York Loop]].<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /> This yard's layup tracks are situated on 2 different levels, just like 239th Street Yard.
The yard and its main lead configuration remained the same before and after the extensive elevated line rebuilding nearby, but additional track and structure was built, so that, at its peak, East New York Yard had direct connections to the Broadway Elevated going west, Jamaica Line going east, Canarsie Line going east, and [[Kings County Elevated Railway|Fulton Street Elevated]] both east and west.<ref name="tracks" />
{{Coord|40|40|44.3|N|73|54|6.1|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=East New York Yard}}
=== Fresh Pond Yard === [[File:Fresh Pond Yard.jpg|thumb|Fresh Pond Yard as seen in 2023]] The '''Fresh Pond Yard''' in [[Ridgewood, Queens]] is located to the back (east) of the [[Fresh Pond Bus Depot]], which was formerly a [[tram|trolley]] depot.<ref name="BklynEagle-MyrtleNorth-FrshPndYd-1906" /> Opened with an extension of the [[BMT Myrtle Avenue Line]] in 1906,<ref name="BklynEagle-MyrtleNorth-FrshPndYd-1906">{{cite web|title=New L Train Service to Lutheran Cemetery: B.R.T. Opens a Line To-Morrow That Takes Passengers Into Queens County.|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53880310/?terms=%22metropolitan%2Bavenue%22|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|access-date=September 28, 2015|page=33|date=September 30, 1906}}</ref> it is normally used for storing the [[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160s]] and [[R179 (New York City Subway car)|R179s]] that run on the {{NYCS|M}}. General maintenance of the cars is performed at East New York Yard. It is located between [[Fresh Pond Road (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Fresh Pond Road]] and [[Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue (BMT Myrtle Avenue Line)|Middle Village–Metropolitan Avenue]] on the [[BMT Myrtle Avenue Line]], but it is only accessible from the latter station. Trains must first platform there and then reverse into the yard. The yard is entirely equipped with hand-operated switches. Only East New York Yard and 36th–38th Street Yard share this characteristic.
{{Coord|40|42|26|N|73|53|36|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Fresh Pond Yard}}
=== Jamaica Yard === [[File:Jamaica Yard east jeh.JPG|thumb|left|Southwestern corner of Jamaica Yard]] [[File:Jamaica Yard doorway jeh.JPG|thumb|upright|Employee entrance of Jamaica Yard]] [[File:Jamaica Yard, view of R160 and R46, Mar 2013.jpg|thumb|Jamaica Yard, view of R160 and R46, March 2013]] '''Jamaica Yard''' is located in [[Forest Hills, Queens]] at the southern end of [[Flushing Meadows��Corona Park]] near the [[Kew Gardens Interchange]]. It has served as the primary storage yard for the [[IND Queens Boulevard Line]] since its opening in 1936. The yard connects to the Queens Boulevard Line at a three-way [[flying junction]] just geographically north of the [[Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike]] station. The yard is at surface level, and the four-track approach includes a bridge over the [[Grand Central Parkway]]; though the Queens Boulevard Line is underground, the yard lies at a lower elevation than the subway.<ref name=MTA-KewGardensMap-2015>{{Cite NYCS map|neighborhood|Kew Gardens}}</ref><ref name=NYCDCP-QnsRailYards>{{cite web|title=INVENTORY OF DECKING OPPORTUNITIES OVER TRANSPORTATION PROPERTIES Final Report: 6.9: TRANSIT AND RAILROAD YARDS: QUEENS |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck11.pdf |website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]] |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |date=September 2008 |access-date=July 17, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304104947/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck11.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref>[http://images.nycsubway.org/trackmap/detail-71-cont.png Track map created by Peter Dougherty] and published in his book "Tracks of the New York City Subway" (Fourth Edition)</ref>
The property on which the yard sits used to belong to the Department of Water Supply, Gas, and Electricity, and it was transferred to the [[New York City Board of Transportation]] on April 2, 1930. The property was used as a pumping station, and once the Board of Transportation acquired the property, wells that were abandoned on the property were disturbed. These wells were connected to the water mains serving Forest Hills, Kew Gardens, and part of Flushing. $50,000 was appropriated to replace these water wells and mains by the [[New York City Board of Estimate|Board of Estimate]].<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252015%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%25201930%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%25201930%2520-%25201498.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fa7589ec196d8dd8af6ed609bf35243d9#page=1|title=Abandoned Wells To Be Replaced|date=June 7, 1930|newspaper=Queens Daily Star|access-date=April 28, 2016|via=Fulton History}}</ref> Originally, the yard was intended to be built in the vicinity of South Elmhurst and Rego Park at Grand Street and Queens Boulevard. Once the location near Union Turnpike was decided, the communities of Forest Hills and Kew Gardens objected to it, arguing that the values of their properties would go down and the growth of the communities would end.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252015%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%25201929%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%25201929%2520-%25201357.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F85a42174d3c57f2e865759f8cda83c40#page=1|title=Forest Hills Fights Plan For Subway Yards|date=March 28, 1929|newspaper=Queens Daily Star|access-date=April 28, 2016|via=Fulton History}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.fultonhistory.com/Fulton.html|title=City Seeks New Boulevard Tube Car Barn Site|date=April 3, 1929|newspaper=New York Daily Star|page=3|access-date=August 2, 2016|via=Fulton History}}</ref> Chairman of the Board of Transportation, John H. Delaney, overruled them, as the yard's location was not near any homes.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252015%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%25201930%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Star%25201930%2520-%25200503.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fa71d5e24b0c51557a04398f5ba981b70#page=1|title=Subway Storage Yard Project Goes Forward: Water Dept. Transfers Forest Hills Project to Transportation Board|date=April 3, 1930|newspaper=Queens New York Daily Star|access-date=April 28, 2016|via=Fulton History}}</ref>
The yard was built for the [[Independent Subway System]] in the 1930s.<ref name=NYTimes-QBL-AheadSched-1929>{{cite web|title=QUEENS SUBWAY WORK AHEAD OF SCHEDULE: Completion Will Lead to Big Apartrnent Building, Says William C. Speers.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1929/04/07/archives/queens-subway-work-ahead-of-schedule-completion-will-lead-to-big.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 1, 2015|date=April 7, 1929}}</ref> Work was half finished on Jamaica Yard in April 1935, and the total cost of Jamaica Yard and storage sheds was approximately $560,000.<ref>[https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1935/04/01/94591834.pdf PLANS TO BE DRAWN FOR 6TH AV. SUBWAY]</ref> Jamaica Yard served as the south end of the [[IND World's Fair Line]] which served the [[1939 New York World's Fair]] from 1939 to 1940.<ref name="Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013">{{Cite Routes Not Taken}}</ref> In August 1964 it was planned that Jamaica Yard have car-washing machines installed in May 1965.<ref>[https://www.nytimes.com/1964/08/10/irt-riders-to-get-more-train-room.html IRT RIDERS TO GET MORE TRAIN ROOM AUG. 10, 1964]</ref> The yard is home to the 5-car sets of [[R160 (New York City Subway car)|R160s]] assigned to the {{NYCS|E}}, {{NYCS|F}}, and {{NYCS|R}} whose carwash, interior cleaning, grease and minor repair services are provided at the yard.<ref name="NYCDCP-QnsRailYards" /><ref>[http://www.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=17348 UTU Article 2004] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110722115930/http://www.utu.org/worksite/detail_news.cfm?ArticleID=17348 |date=July 22, 2011 }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Kennedy |first=Randy |title=A Day in the Subway, As It Rolls Up a Century |work=New York Times |date=October 27, 2004 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/27/nyregion/27subway.html |access-date=September 2, 2009}}</ref><ref name="QueensSubwayEIS-1984" /> Some R160s and [[R179 (New York City Subway car)|R179s]] for the {{NYCS|M}} are stored here during weekdays, but are not maintained here, as the M uses shorter, four-car sets maintained at East New York Yard.<ref name="tracks" />
There are more subway cars assigned to Jamaica Yard than to any other rapid transit yard in the city. As a result, there is chronic overcrowding at the existing facility. The [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] plans to enlarge this yard due to this overcrowding; many trains are stored on the IND Queens Boulevard mainline express tracks east of [[Forest Hills–71st Avenue (IND Queens Boulevard Line)|71st Avenue]] and the [[Jamaica-179th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line station)|179th Street station]]'s relay yard during off-peak periods. This expansion will double the storage capacity of the facility.<ref name="MTACapitalNeeds'15-'34-Oct2013" /><ref name=NYCDCP-QnsRailYards /><ref name="MTA-2005-2009 Proposed Capital Program Amendment">{{cite web|title=Amendment: MTA 2005–2009 Capital Program July 2008|url=http://mta.info/mta/capital/pdf/cap_amendment_july08.pdf|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313143425/http://mta.info/mta/capital/pdf/cap_amendment_july08.pdf|archive-date=March 13, 2009|date=July 2008|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Capital Program 2005–2009|url=http://www.mta.info/mta/capital/index.html|website=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority|mta.info]]|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=April 17, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090313140726/http://mta.info/mta/capital/index.html|archive-date=March 13, 2009|date=2009|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=MTA-SASFEISAppB /> The expansion project has been planned since the 1982–1986 MTA Capital Program.<ref name="QueensSubwayEIS-1984" /> The four yard leads will also be equipped with [[communications-based train control]] (CBTC) as part of the [[Signaling of the New York City Subway#Queens Boulevard Line|installation of CBTC on the Queens Boulevard Line]].<ref name=MTA-CapitalOversight-July2015>{{cite web|title=Capital Program Oversight Committee Meeting: July 2015 |url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/150720_1345_CPOC.pdf |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |access-date=August 11, 2015 |location=[[New York City]] |date=July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150906021415/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/150720_1345_CPOC.pdf |archive-date=September 6, 2015}}</ref>
{{Coord|40|43|12|N|73|49|41|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Jamaica Yard}}
=== Pitkin Yard === [[File:Pitkin Av Yard jeh.JPG|thumb|left|Grant Avenue entrance of Pitkin Yard]] '''Pitkin Yard''' is located in [[East New York, Brooklyn]]. It holds the Pitkin Shops, which maintain the [[R211 (New York City Subway car)|R211As]] used on the {{NYCS|A}}, {{NYCS|C}}, and [[Rockaway Park Shuttle]], and the [[R46 (New York City Subway car)|R46s]] used on the shuttle.
Track connections from the yard connect both [[west]] ([[railroad]] [[north]]) to [[Euclid Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)|Euclid Avenue]] and [[east]] (railroad [[south]]) past [[Grant Avenue (IND Fulton Street Line)|Grant Avenue]] on the [[IND Fulton Street Line]]. This allows trains to be added or removed from service in either direction.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name=Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013 /><ref name="nytimes">{{cite web |url= https://www.nytimes.com/2003/01/21/nyregion/tunnel-vision-next-stop-twilight-zone-a-k-a-76th-st-station.html|title=TUNNEL VISION; Next Stop, 'Twilight Zone' (A K a 76th St. Station) |last1=Kennedy |first1=Randy|date=January 21, 2003 |website= [[The New York Times]] |access-date=April 17, 2014}}</ref>
The site for Pitkin Yard was approved by the Board of Estimate on February 8, 1940 in order to serve the extension of the Fulton Street Line. The total cost for the acquiring the property for the yard was estimated to be $773,000 for 30 acres.<ref>{{cite news|title=East New York Gets Subway Yard|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52689492/?terms=subway+extension|access-date=August 19, 2015|publisher=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=February 8, 1940}}</ref> The yard opened on November 28, 1948 along with the extension of the IND Fulton Street Line to Euclid Avenue.<ref name=Raskin-RoutesNotTaken-2013 /><ref name=BklynEagle-INDEuclidOpen2-1948>{{cite web|title=Fulton Subway Stations Open After All-Night 'Dry Runs'|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52881207/?terms=euclid%2Bpitkin%2Bsubway|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|newspaper=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|access-date=October 9, 2015|date=November 28, 1948}}</ref> Previously an open-air yard,<ref name="BOT-1949" /><ref name="RRSignal-INDPitkin-Sep1949">{{cite journal|title=Signaling and Interlocking On New Line of New York Subways|journal=Railway Signaling and Communications|date=September 1949|pages=578–583|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=EZHmAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA578|access-date=December 27, 2016|publisher=Simmons-Boardman Publishing Corporation.}}</ref> from 1972 to 1973, the Linden Plaza & Towers Apartment Complex, consisting of several 15-to-17-story apartment buildings, was constructed on a concrete deck on top of this yard.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Burks|first1=Edward C.|title=Brooklyn Housing Aid Clustered In 2 Areas|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1975/02/02/archives/brooklyn-housing-aid-clustered-in-2-areas-brooklyn-housing-aid.html|access-date=September 15, 2016|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=February 2, 1975}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Annual Report 1973|url=http://www.nychdc.com/content/pdf/AnnualReports/Annual%20Report%201973.pdf|access-date=September 15, 2016|work=New York City Housing Development Corporation|date=1973}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=IN THE MATTER OF an Application Submitted by Eldert Lane Residential Development, Ltd.|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/about/cpc/090308.pdf#page=2|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|access-date=October 12, 2016|date=September 23, 2009}}</ref>
{{Coord|40|40|21|N|73|51|54|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Pitkin Yard}} {{Clear}}
=== Rockaway Park Yard === [[File:Rockaway Yard east jeh.jpg|thumb|Eastern end of Rockaway Park Yard]] '''Rockaway Park Yard''' is located in [[Rockaway Park, Queens]]. It is an eight-track layup yard for the [[R46 (New York City Subway car)|R46s]], [[R179 (New York City Subway car)|R179s]] and [[R211 (New York City Subway car)|R211As]] on the [[A (New York City Subway service)|A]] and the [[Rockaway Park Shuttle]]. General maintenance of the cars is performed at Pitkin Yard. Seven tracks lie geographically north of the station platform, while another lies geographically south.<ref name="tracks" /> [[File:Rockway Yard west jeh.jpg|thumb|left|Western end of Rockaway Park Yard]] This yard is adjacent to [[Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street (IND Rockaway Line)|Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street]]. Like the [[IND Rockaway Line]] itself, the Rockaway Yard was originally a yard for the [[Rockaway Beach Branch]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]]. It included a water tower and a roundhouse.
{{Coord|40|34|52|N|73|50|8|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=Rockaway Park Yard}} {{Clear}}
== Yards in both divisions ==
=== 207th Street Yard === [[File:207th St Yard.jpg|thumb|View of 207th Street Yard from a nearby building, July 2025]] [[File:NYCSubway-207thStreetYard(2009-10-10).jpg|thumb|View of 207th Street Yard from the southwest – note the Museum cars.]] [[File:NYCS 207th St Yard.jpg|thumb|View of 207th Street Yard from a nearby building]]
The '''207th Street Yard''' is located in [[Inwood, Manhattan|Inwood]] in Upper Manhattan between [[Tenth Avenue (Manhattan)|Tenth Avenue]] and the [[Harlem River]] north of the [[University Heights Bridge]]. The outdoor yard, which was originally constructed for the B Division, extends north from 207th Street to 215th Street.<ref name=NYTimes-207Yd-AsbestosFire-1991>{{cite web|title=Fire at a Subway Yard Releases Asbestos|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1991/11/15/nyregion/fire-at-a-subway-yard-releases-asbestos.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=August 16, 2015|date=November 15, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Second Avenue Subway Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS): 207th Street Yard (Possible Location for Expansion to Maintenance Facilities)|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/feis/figure2-18.pdf|website=mta.info|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=August 15, 2015}}</ref> The yard is home to the [[R179 (New York City Subway car)|R179s]] that are used on the [[A (New York City Subway service)|A]] and {{NYCS|C}}. There is a car wash here.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name=NYCDCP-MnhtnRailYards>{{cite web|title=INVENTORY OF DECKING OPPORTUNITIES OVER TRANSPORTATION PROPERTIES Final Report: 6.8: TRANSIT AND RAILROAD YARDS: MANHATTAN |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck10.pdf |website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]] |publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]] |date=September 2008 |access-date=August 15, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304200934/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck10.pdf |archive-date=March 4, 2016 }}</ref><ref name=CrainsNY-207YdHousing-2015 />
The 207th Street Shop is one of two heavy overhaul shops in the New York City Subway system (the other being the Coney Island Yard in Brooklyn) and it provides for the overhaul and rebuilding of some [[A Division (New York City Subway)|A Division]] cars as well as most [[B Division (New York City Subway)|B Division]] rolling stock.<ref name=NYCDCP-MnhtnRailYards /> The yard stores cars that are being retired or awaiting scrapping, and it also restores cars designated for the [[New York Transit Museum]].<ref name=CrainsNY-207YdHousing-2015>{{cite web|last1=Hawkins|first1=Andrew J.|title=Manhattan Rail Yard Could Be Transformed into 'Technology Community': The 207th Street Rail Yard Should Be Decked over for Apartments, According to Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez. But He Has a Lot of Convincing to Do.|url=http://www.crainsnewyork.com/article/20150324/BLOGS04/150329955|website=[[Crain Communications|crainsnewyork.com]]|publisher=[[Crain Communications]]|access-date=August 16, 2015|date=March 24, 2015}}</ref> It also contains a garbage transfer station.<ref name=NYCDCP-MnhtnRailYards /> Formerly, the retired cars that were stored at the yard were stripped of usable parts such as seats and doors, historic memorabilia such as [[rollsign]]s, and toxic materials such as lubricants and [[asbestos]], after which the cars were scrapped or sunk into [[artificial reef]]s such as [[Redbird Reef]].<ref name=NYTimes-207Yd-AsbestosFire-1991 /><ref>{{cite web|last1=Seward|first1=Zach|title=End of the Line: Mta Uses Retired Subway Cars from 207th Street Yard for Artificial Reef Program|url=http://www.kethevanegorjestani.com/end-of-the-line-mta-uses-retired-subway-cars-from-207th-street-yard-for-artificial-reef-program/|website=ww.kethevanegorjestani.com|publisher=Manhattan Times|access-date=August 16, 2015|date=January 5, 2009}}</ref>
South of the yard, connecting tracks lead to the [[IND Eighth Avenue Line]]. A separate connecting track and flyover leads to the [[IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line]].<ref name="tracks" /><ref name=NYCDCP-MnhtnRailYards />
A major rehabilitation project for the yard took place in 2016.<ref name=MTA-ReviewAC-2015>{{cite web|title=Review of the A and C Lines|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/AC_LineReview.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=January 19, 2016|date=December 11, 2015|archive-date=February 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203061138/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/pdf/AC_LineReview.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref>
{{Coord|40|52|0|N|73|55|0|W|type:railwaystation_region:US-NY|name=207th Street Yard}} {{Clear}}
=== Concourse Yard === {{Infobox NRHP | name = Concourse Yard Entry Buildings | nrhp_type = | image = Bedford Pk Blvd West 10 - Concourse Yard.jpg | caption = | location = W. 205th St., bet. Jerome and Paul Aves., [[Bronx, New York]] | coordinates = {{coord|40|52|35|N|73|53|20|W|region:US-NY_type:landmark|display=inline}} | locmapin = New York City | built = 1933 | architect = Ridgeway, Robert | architecture = Art Deco | added = February 9, 2006 | area = less than one acre | mpsub = New York City Subway System MPS | refnum = 06000014<ref name="nris" />{{Infobox NRHP | name = Concourse Yard Substation | embed = yes | location= 3119 Jerome Ave., [[Bronx, New York]] | refnum = 06000013<ref name="nris" /> }} }} The '''Concourse Yard''' is located in the northern [[Bronx]] near the intersection of 205th Street and Jerome Avenue.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/feis/figure2-17.pdf|title=Second Avenue Subway Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) Figure 2–17 Concourse Yard (Possible Location for Expansion to Maintenance Facilities)|date=May 2004|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=September 28, 2016}}</ref> The yard was built on the old site of the [[Jerome Park Reservoir]]. The Reservoir was planned to have two basins, an eastern basin and a western basin. The western basin opened in 1906. The two basins are divided by Goulden Avenue, and land for the eastern basin was cleared and partially excavated in anticipation of construction. The two-basin plan was abandoned in 1912, and the excavated area for the eastern basin was filled and graded. In addition to the building of the subway yard on that site, [[Lehman College]], three high schools, a park, and several public housing developments were also built there.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dep/pdf/croton/8-02jeromepark.pdf|title=Final Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Croton Water Treatment Plant|website=nyc.gov|access-date=September 28, 2016}}</ref> The yard was built at a depressed grade, 18 feet below grade, to allow for the yard to be roofed over to allow for the construction of buildings. The tracks were spaced apart to permit the placing of stable foundations and columns to support buildings that can could be erected atop the proposed roof of the yard. The yard was originally bounded by Navy Avenue (now Paul Avenue), Jerome Avenue, 205th Street, and Bedford Park Boulevard. Provisions were made to extend the yard south to 198th Street.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1930/08/25/archives/new-subway-to-use-under-ground-yard-novel-plan-permits-erection-of.html|title=NEW SUBWAY TO USE UNDER GROUND YARD; Novel Plan Permits Erection of Buildings on Roof of Car Sheds. JEROME PARK SITE CHOSEN Engineers See Income for City in Proposed Space Rentals Over Huge Storage Enclosure.|date=August 25, 1930|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=September 28, 2016}}</ref>
In the 1960s, the City University of New York planned to build a new campus for [[Bronx Community College]] by constructing a deck over the yard. In 1970, ground was broken for the $61 million, 13-acre campus, which was going to rest on 800 columns between the yard tracks. The platform over the yard was expected to be completed in July 1971. The project was abandoned after the City discovered that the pillars were built slightly too short, which would have prevented subway cars from entering and leaving the yard had the project been finished. The possibility of building atop the yard was brought back by Bronx [[Borough President]] [[Rubén Díaz Jr.|Ruben Diaz Junior]] in 2015. In a report, the yard was found to have great potential for development, allowing for the building of mixed-income housing, retail space, and an expansion of Lehman College. The low-end cost for the construction of the deck is projected to be $350 to $500 million.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://bronxboropres.nyc.gov/pdf/bxbp-platform-development-opportunities.pdf|title=Platform Development Opportunities in The Bronx|date=February 2016|website=bronxboropres.nyc.gov|publisher=The Office of Bronx Borough President Ruben Diaz Jr.|access-date=September 28, 2016}}</ref>[[File:Concourseydjeh.jpg|thumb|left|Concourse Yard maintenance building]]
This yard is home to the [[R68 (New York City Subway car)|R68s]] assigned to the {{NYCS|D}}. Some R68s, [[R68A (New York City Subway car)|R68As]], and [[R211 (New York City Subway car)|R211As]] assigned to the {{NYCS|B}} are also washed and stored here, but not maintained or inspected here. The [[R142 (New York City Subway car)|R142s]] and [[R142A (New York City Subway car)|R142As]] assigned to the {{NYCS|4}} are washed and stored here as well. The yard contains three tracks for maintenance, and 36 storage tracks. The yard itself can store 255 cars, and the inspection shed can accommodate 30 cars.<ref name=":0" /> The yard also contains a car wash, which also washes cars from the nearby Jerome Yard. Connecting tracks lead north from the yard to the [[IND Concourse Line]] and south to the [[IRT Jerome Avenue Line]]. Concourse Yard is spanned across its middle by Bedford Park Boulevard West, and at its northern end by a 205th Street viaduct.<ref name=":1" /> The Jerome Yard used by the IRT Jerome Avenue Line lies to the north of 205th Street.<ref name="tracks" />[[File:NYCS Concourse yard.jpg|thumb|left|Concourse Yard from the southeast]]The Concourse Yard Entry Buildings and Concourse Yard Substation were listed on the [[National Register of Historic Places]] in 2006.<ref name="nris" /> The former consists of two, three-story brick buildings with only the top story visible from the street that are built next to one another to form a [[gate]]way to the Concourse Yard. They feature ornamental [[limestone]] columns and [[aluminum]] doors. The buildings are connected by an iron bridge that retains its original Art Deco [[baluster|balustrade]].<ref name="nrhpinv_ny 1">{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312112 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Concourse Yard Entry Buildings|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Kathleen A. Howe|date=March 2004 | access-date=October 24, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref> The latter is a one-story brick building measuring 50 feet by 100 feet and featuring a brick [[parapet]] with ornamental [[limestone]] and [[aluminum]] doors.<ref name="nrhpinv_ny Cncrse 2">{{cite report|type=none|url=https://catalog.archives.gov/id/75312114 |title=National Register of Historic Places Registration: New York MPS Concourse Yard Substation|publisher=National Archives and Records Administration |author= Kathleen A. Howe|date=March 2004 | access-date=October 24, 2025 }} ({{NationalArchivesNote}})</ref>
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== Other yards ==
=== 36th–38th Street Yard === [[File:Work Equipment Snow Preparations (11716060543).jpg|thumb|Western portion of the 36th–38th Street Yard, and a hand-operated switch.]]
The '''36th–38th Street Yard''', sometimes referred to as simply the '''38th Street Yard''',<ref>{{cite web|title=New York State Public Transportation Safety Board: Rail Safety Section Abbreviated Report |url=https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/osss/rail-repository/7546%20Derailment%20Case.pdf |publisher=[[New York State Department of Transportation]] |access-date=July 24, 2016 |date=October 30, 2003 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919223416/https://www.dot.ny.gov/divisions/operating/osss/rail-repository/7546%20Derailment%20Case.pdf |archive-date=September 19, 2016 }}</ref><ref name="NYDaily-MTA-90tons-Mar2011">{{cite news|last1=Donohue|first1=Pete|title=MTA Refuse Rigs Collect 90 Tons of Garbage Each Day|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/mta-refuse-rigs-collect-90-tons-garbage-day-article-1.124042|access-date=July 24, 2016|work=[[Daily News (New York)]]|date=March 28, 2011}}</ref><ref name="NYERA-CulverPlans-Sep2000-Pg2">{{cite journal|last1=Linder|first1=Bernard|last2=Erlitz|first2=Jeffrey|title=38th Street Yard Track Plans|journal=New York Division Bulletin|date=September 2000|volume=43|issue=9|page=2|url=http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-FCq9lbZJfcM/Ua3bUihlKTI/AAAAAAAACZE/pQLHlLXDee0/s1600/38st_Yard.jpg|access-date=July 26, 2016|publisher=Electric Railroader's Association}}</ref> is located between Fifth and Seventh Avenues in [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn]], adjacent to the [[Bus depots of the New York City Transit Authority#Jackie Gleason Depot|Jackie Gleason Bus Depot]] and the [[Ninth Avenue (BMT West End Line)|Ninth Avenue]] station of the [[BMT West End Line]]. [[Green-Wood Cemetery]] lies to the north of the yard.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards>{{cite web|title=INVENTORY OF DECKING OPPORTUNITIES OVER TRANSPORTATION PROPERTIES Final Report: 6.7: TRANSIT AND RAILROAD YARDS: BROOKLYN|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck09.pdf|website=[[Government of New York City|nyc.gov]]|publisher=[[New York City Department of City Planning]]|date=September 2008|access-date=August 6, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606135647/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dcp/pdf/transportation/deck09.pdf|archive-date=June 6, 2010|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Second Avenue Subway Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS): 36th – 38th Street Yard (Possible Storage Tracks Created in Existing Yard) |url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/feis/figure2-15.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=August 6, 2015}}</ref> This yard is not normally used for revenue-service train maintenance.<ref name="MESA-August1999" /><ref name="MTA-SAS-SEISAppendicies-Mar2003">{{cite book|title=Second Avenue Subway: Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement; Volume 2: Appendices|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oCc3AQAAMAAJ&pg=SL2-PA30|access-date=July 24, 2016|date=March 2003|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], [[United States Department of Transportation]], [[Federal Transit Administration]]}}</ref> Its primary function is to store diesel and electrically powered maintenance-of-way and other non-revenue service rolling stock. It is also used to transfer trash from garbage collector trains to trucks via platforms inside the yard just south of 37th Street.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /><ref name=MTA-SASFEISAppB /><ref name="NYDaily-MTA-90tons-Mar2011"/><ref name="MESA-August1999" /> There is a control tower for the West End Line at the south end of the yard.<ref name="MESA-August1999" /><ref>{{cite web|last1=McKinley| first1=James C. Jr. |title=Subway Car Derails in Brooklyn, Injuring 11 Passengers|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1994/08/16/nyregion/subway-car-derails-in-brooklyn-injuring-11-passengers.html|work=[[The New York Times]]|access-date=September 25, 2015|date=August 16, 1994}}</ref> The yard is entirely equipped with hand-operated switches.<ref name="MESA-August1999" /> Only Fresh Pond Yard and East New York Yard share this characteristic.<ref name="tracks" />
The [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] plans to enlarge, and modernize this yard to accommodate, inspect and maintain additional revenue service trains here, due to chronic overcrowding at their other existing main facilities,<ref name=MTA-SASFEISAppB /><ref name="MESA-August1999"/> as many trains are stored on the [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line]]'s mainline express tracks during off-peak periods.<ref name=NYCDCP-QnsRailYards /> The expanded yard will also provide much-needed storage space for future [[Second Avenue Subway]] trains.<ref name=MTA-SASFEISAppB>{{cite web|title=Second Avenue Subway Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS): Appendix B: Development of Alternatives|url=http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/feis/appendixb.pdf|website=mta.info|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=August 5, 2015|archive-date=November 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161122065059/http://web.mta.info/capital/sas_docs/feis/appendixb.pdf|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="MESA-August1999">{{cite web|title=Manhattan East Side Transit Alternatives (MESA): Major Investment Study/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, August 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiM3AQAAMAAJ&q=63rd+street|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], [[United States Department of Transportation]], [[Federal Transit Administration]]|access-date=July 11, 2016|date=August 1999}}</ref><ref name="MTA-SAS-SEISAppendicies-Mar2003"/> Up to twelve storage tracks would be added along with power switches, with some non-revenue trains relocated to other areas.<ref name=MTA-SASFEISAppB /><ref name="MESA-August1999"/> Plans to expand the yard for revenue service trains have existed since the late 1980s.<ref name=QueensSubwayEIS-1984>{{cite book|title=Queens Subway Options Study, New York: Environmental Impact Statement|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NaI4AQAAMAAJ&pg=PA83|access-date=July 10, 2016|date=May 1984|publisher=[[United States Department of Transportation]], [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], [[Urban Mass Transit Administration]]|pages=83–}}</ref>
This southern part of the yard used to be the center of the [[South Brooklyn Railway]] (owned by the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]]), which extended from [[Bush Terminal]] through the north part of the yard, then down Gravesend Avenue and into the Coney Island Yard.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /><ref name=trainweb>{{cite web|url=http://www.trainweb.org/bedt/indloco/sbr.html|title=South Brooklyn Railway|work=trainweb.org}}</ref><ref name="NYTransitCommissionReport-Jan1922">{{cite book|title=State of New York Transit Commission: First Annual Report (April 21, 1921-December 31, 1921)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1tLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA425|access-date=July 25, 2016|date=January 9, 1922|publisher=J.B. Lyon Company}}</ref> What is now the Jackie Gleason Bus Depot (formally Fifth Avenue Depot) was previously the site of a train inspection shed.<ref name="NYERA-CulverPlans-Sep2000-Pg2" />
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=== Linden Shops === [[File:Junius Street switch.jpg|right|thumb|The switch to Linden Yard at the Junius Street station]] '''Linden Shops''' is a track shop, where track switches and other components are assembled. It has track connections to the [[IRT New Lots Line]] and the [[BMT Canarsie Line]], but no [[third rail]], restricting the facility to diesel-powered trains only. There is also a track connection to the <!--Regardless of if the yard is operated by NYAR currently, the line is still owned by the LIRR; freight operations are contracted out on a lease, and the operator is liable to change-->[[Long Island Rail Road]]'s [[Bay Ridge Branch]]. This connection is one of two from the subway to the mainline United States rail network (the connection between the [[BMT West End Line]] and the [[South Brooklyn Railway]] is the other).<ref name="tracks" />
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=== Clifton Yard === [[File:Clifton Yard SIRT jeh.jpg|thumb|right|Clifton Yard]]
The '''Clifton Yard''' is the sole yard on the [[Staten Island Railway]], and is located next to the [[Clifton (Staten Island Railway station)|Clifton]] station. Heavy maintenance of equipment is performed at the Clifton Yard.<ref name=NYSenate-SavinoSIRReport-2013>{{cite web|author1=Office of [[Diane Savino|Diane J. Savino]]|title=State Senator Diane J. Savino's 2013 Staten Island Railway Rider Report|url=http://www.nysenate.gov/files/pdfs/Savino%20Staten%20Island%20Railway%20Report.pdf|website=[[New York State Senate|nysenate.gov]]|publisher=[[New York State Senate]]|access-date=July 31, 2015|date=2013}}</ref> As there is no connection from the passenger portion of the Staten Island Railway to the mainline U.S. railroad network or the subway, the [[R211 (New York City Subway car)|R211S]]s that run on the Staten Island Railway<ref name=MTACapital-15-19-2014 /> must be trucked over the [[Verrazzano–Narrows Bridge]] to [[Coney Island Yard]] if they need maintenance that Clifton Yard cannot perform.<ref name=NYCDCP-BklynRailYards /> Additional storage for revenue trains is located adjacent to the [[Tottenville (Staten Island Railway station)|Tottenville]] station at the south end of the line, while maintenance of non-revenue trains is performed at a Maintenance of Way shop near the [[Tompkinsville (Staten Island Railway station)|Tompkinsville]] station.<ref name="tracks" /><ref name=NYSenate-SavinoSIRReport-2013 />
On December 7, 2022, the yard's rebuilt maintenance shop was completed. It had undergone major damage following Superstorm Sandy in 2012. The new 93,220 square-foot facility also included offices and support buildings. The shop was built with four tracks for cleaning, repairs and inspections. An overhead lifting system was installed to enable roof-mounted air conditioning units to be replaced. The new shop was constructed to withstand a three-foot storm surge and winds up to 110 miles per hour (a Category 2 hurricane). As part of the project, switches and tracks were reconfigured, utilities and traction power equipment were relocated, existing systems, including underground diesel, were removed, asbestos and lead abatement work took place, and underground storage tanks for fuel were removed. The $165 million project was funded by the Federal Transit Administration.<ref>{{Cite web |date=December 7, 2022 |title=MTA Announces Opening of Staten Island Railway's Hurricane-Resistant Clifton Maintenance Shop |url=https://www.mta.info/press-release/mta-announces-opening-of-staten-island-railways-hurricane-resistant-clifton |access-date=March 9, 2025 |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |language=}}</ref>
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