MTA Plans to Untangle One of NYC’s Worst Subway Bottlenecks, Located In Crown Heights
The MTA plans to make life better for 300,000 daily riders by untangling a track bottleneck in Brooklyn that’s strained commutes on New York City’s busiest lines for nearly a century – and it could result in a big change to the subway map’s layout.
It’s called the Nostrand Interlocking, and all who pass through it are familiar with its wrath. The interlocking is located in the stretch of Central Brooklyn where the 2, 3, 4 and 5 lines intersect, and requires dozens of trains to grind to a halt every hour.
Here, trains on the 2 and 5 lines roll along a wide curve that connects the Franklin Avenue station to tracks that run north-south below Nostrand Avenue. Meanwhile, trains on the 3 and 4 lines connect to tracks beneath Eastern Parkway. East of Franklin Avenue, the eastbound and westbound tracks twist and stack atop one another.
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