BMT Broadway Express: R68 (N) Train [Coney Island-Stillwell Av to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd]

(N) Train to Astoria-Ditmars Blvd via Broadway Express; Sea Beach, 4 Av Express, 59 St, 31 St stop timestamps:

0:00 — Coney Island-Stillwell Av [Transfers: (D) (F) (Q) Trains] [Southern Terminal 🟨]
7:44 — 86 St
9:54 — Avenue U
11:37 — Kings Hwy [Transfers: B82 SBS]
13:24 — Bay Pkwy
15:05 — 20 Av
16:39 — 18 Av
18:19 — New Utrecht Av [Transfers: (D) Train]
20:29 — Fort Hamilton Pkwy
22:09 — 8 Av
24:23 — 64TH ST PORTAL [LINE GOES UNDERGROUND]
Sea Beach Line
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4 Av Line 🟠🟡
25:36 — 59 St [Transfers: (R) LCL Train]
27:15 — 53 St (Skipped 🚫)
27:58 — 45 St (Skipped 🚫)
29:17 — 36 St [Transfers: (D) EXP & (R) LCL Trains]
31:11 — 25 St (Skipped 🚫)
32:07 — Prospect Av (Skipped 🚫)
32:56 — 4 Av-9 St (Skipped 🚫)
33:43 — Union St (Skipped 🚫)
34:51 — Atlantic Av-Barclays Center [Transfers: (D) EXP & (R) LCL, (B) (Q) [Brighton Line 🟠🟡], (2) (3) (4) (5) [Eastern Pkwy Line 🔴🟢] Trains; Connections: LIRR]
37:53 — DeKalb Av (Skipped 🚫)
4 Av Line 🟠🟡
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Manhattan Bridge
41:28 — MANHATTAN BR PORTAL [LINE GOES ELEVATED]
BROOKLYN
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MANHATTAN
44:47 — MANHATTAN BR PORTAL [LINE GOES UNDERGROUND]
Manhattan Bridge
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🟡Broadway Line🟡
46:37 — Canal St [Transfers: (Q) EXP & (R) (W) LCL, (6) {6} [🟢Lexington Av Line🟢], (J) [Nassau St Line 🟤] Trains]
48:56 — Prince St (Skipped 🚫)
49:58 — 8 St-NYU (Skipped 🚫)
50:58 — 14 St-Union Sq [Transfers: (R) (W) LCL, (4) (5) (6) {6} [🟢Lexington Av Line🟢], (L) Trains and M14 SBS]
52:51 — 23 St (Skipped 🚫)
53:32 — 28 St (Skipped 🚫)
54:15 — 34 St-Herald Sq [Transfers: (R) (W) LCL, (B) (D) (F) (M) [🟠6 Av Line🟠] Trains and M34 SBS; Connections: PATH]
56:40 — Times Sq-42 St [Transfers: (R) (W) LCL, (1) (2) (3) [🔴7 Av Line🔴], (A) (C) (E) [🔵8 Av Line🔵], (7) {7} Trains and 42 St (S); Connections: PABT]
58:22 — 49 St
1:00:10 — 57 St-7 Av [Transfers: (Q) (R) (W) Trains]
🟡Broadway Line🟡
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59 St Line 🟡
1:02:57 — 5 Av-59 St
1:04:32 — Lexington Av-59 St [Transfers: (R), (4) (5) (6) {6} [🟢Lexington Av Line🟢], (F) (Q) [63 St Line 🟠🟡] Trains]
59 St Line 🟡
MANHATTAN
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QUEENS
Astoria Line
1:08:26 — 60TH ST PORTAL [LINE GOES ELEVATED]
1:09:32 — Queensboro Plaza [Transfers: (7) {7} Train]
1:12:13 — 39 Av-Dutch Kills
1:13:38 — 36 Av
1:15:12 — Broadway
1:16:51 — 30 Av
1:18:20 — Astoria Blvd [Transfers: M60 SBS to LGA]
1:20:55 — Astoria-Ditmars Blvd [Northern Terminal 🟨]

Car Model and Number: Westinghouse R68 #2813

Taken on: Monday, May 15, 2023

Last time I went on the (N) Line, there were shenanigans with signal problems and other delays. The 🟡Broadway Line🟡 can sometimes be difficult to work with, but it can be smooth most often. I plan to do this line on the R46 again at some point so I can get my runs on the R46 in before they retire. But this time, I decided to ride a childhood combo: R68 (N) train. Back in 2005-2009, the (N) (W) Lines were dominated by the R68/As until the retirement of older cars like R40s, R44s and more by the huge R160 order. The R160s on the (N) (Q) (W) were reliable too and they are missed, but the R68 (N) was fun in the day, so it is great to relive childhood. So yeah, join me as we take a journey through Brooklyn, Manhattan and Queens. I also want to take this time to give a shoutout to one of my close college friends, Auzranium. She is a great content creator and streamer on Twitch and she does all sorts of games including Apex Legends, Mario Party, and other Nintendo content and other gaming content so feel free to check out her streams at   / auzranium  . She also uploads content to her YouTube channel at    / @auzranium   and she has posted all sorts of games including games I have been involved in including Splatoon 3, Smash Bros, MP and other games. I figured that since Auz’s favorite color was yellow and the (N) was a Broadway Express train, that I dedicated this run to Auz since I thought of her kind of like when I thought of Mr. ToadTheGamer when I did the (5) Line and dedicated those runs to him. I will be making an R46 return run on the (N) in the future because I want to get those runs in while I can before they retire.