6 (New York City Subway service)

The 6 Lexington Avenue Local and <6> Pelham Bay Park Express are two rapid transit services in the A Division of the New York City Subway.

Lexington Avenue Local Pelham Bay Park Express
Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 local train of R62As at Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall
Pelham Bay Park-bound 6 express train of R62As passing Elder Avenue
Northern end	Pelham Bay Park (all times) Parkchester (weekdays, peak direction)
Southern end	Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall
Stations	38 (local service) 29 (express service)
Rolling stock	370 R62As (37 trains) (Rolling stock assignments subject to change)
Depot	Westchester Yard
Started service	October 27, 1904 (1904-10-27)
Route map  6   <6>  Pelham Bay Park Buhre Avenue Middletown Road Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue Zerega Avenue Castle Hill Avenue  6  (rush hours) Parkchester St. Lawrence Avenue Morrison Avenue–Soundview Elder Avenue Whitlock Avenue Hunts Point Avenue Longwood Avenue East 149th Street East 143rd Street – St. Mary's Street Cypress Avenue Brook Avenue Third Avenue–138th Street ​ the Bronx via Jerome Avenue The Bronx Manhattan 125th Street 116th Street 110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street northbound local only 77th Street 68th Street–Hunter College 59th Street 51st Street Grand Central–42nd Street 33rd Street 28th Street southbound only 23rd Street 18th Street 14th Street–Union Square Astor Place Bleecker Street Spring Street Canal Street Worth Street Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall  6   <6>  City Hall ​ Downtown & Brooklyn via Eastern Parkway Legend Lines used by the Other services sharing tracks with the Unused lines, connections, or service patterns  6  Termini of services Cross-platform interchange Platforms on different levels

Local service is shown by a (6) in a circular bullet, and express service is shown by a <6> in a diamond-shaped bullet.

Route

Service pattern

The following table shows the lines used by 6 and <6>. The shaded boxes show the route at the specified times.

Line	From	To	Tracks	Times
				weekday peak direction		all other times
IRT Pelham Line (full line)	Pelham Bay Park	Castle Hill Avenue	local
	Parkchester	Third Avenue–138th Street	express
			local
IRT Lexington Avenue Line	125th Street	Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall

Stations

Station service legend
	Stops all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
	Stops weekdays in the peak direction only
	Station closed
Time period details
	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act
↑	Station is compliant with the Americans with Disabilities Act in the indicated direction only
↓
	Elevator access to mezzanine only

		Stations		Subway transfers	Connections/other notes
The Bronx
Pelham Line
		Pelham Bay Park			Bx12 Select Bus Service
		Buhre Avenue
		Middletown Road
		Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue
		Zerega Avenue
		Castle Hill Avenue
		Parkchester			Q44 Select Bus Service On weekdays, all local peak direction and alternating trains in the off peak direction during rush hour and midday begin and end at this station.
	|	St. Lawrence Avenue
	|	Morrison Avenue–Soundview
	|	Elder Avenue
	|	Whitlock Avenue
		Hunts Point Avenue			Bx6 Select Bus Service
	|	Longwood Avenue
	|	East 149th Street
	|	East 143rd Street–St. Mary's Street
	|	Cypress Avenue
	|	Brook Avenue
		Third Avenue–138th Street			Some a.m. rush hour trips to Manhattan begin or end at this station
Manhattan
Lexington Avenue Line
		125th Street		4  ​5  ​	Metro-North Railroad at Harlem–125th Street M60 Select Bus Service to LaGuardia Airport One southbound p.m. rush hour trip begins at this station
		116th Street		4
		110th Street		4
		103rd Street		4
		96th Street		4
		86th Street	↑	4  ​5  ​	M86 Select Bus Service Station is ADA-accessible in the northbound direction for the local platform only.
		77th Street		4	M79 Select Bus Service
		68th Street–Hunter College		4
		59th Street	↑	4  ​5  ​ N  ​R  ​W  (BMT Broadway Line at Lexington Avenue/59th Street) Out-of-system transfer with MetroCard/OMNY: F  <F> ​​ N  ​Q  ​R  (63rd Street Lines at Lexington Avenue–63rd Street)	Roosevelt Island Tramway Elevator access via Bloomingdale's in the northbound direction only during Bloomingdale's operating hours; no ADA access
		51st Street		4  E  ​M  (IND Queens Boulevard Line at Lexington Avenue–53rd Street)
		Grand Central–42nd Street		4  ​5  ​ 7  <7> ​ (IRT Flushing Line) S  (42nd Street Shuttle)	Metro-North Railroad at Grand Central Terminal
		33rd Street		4	M15 Select Bus Service M34 / M34A Select Bus Service ⛴ NYC Ferry: Astoria and Soundview Routes (on FDR Drive and East 34th Street)
		28th Street	↓	4	Station is ADA-accessible in the southbound direction only. M15 Select Bus Service M23 Select Bus Service M34 / M34A Select Bus Service
		23rd Street		4	M14A / M14D Select Bus Service M15 Select Bus Service M23 Select Bus Service M34 / M34A Select Bus Service ⛴ NYC Ferry: Soundview Route (on FDR Drive/Avenue C and East 20th Street)
		14th Street–Union Square		4  ​5  ​ L  (BMT Canarsie Line) N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  (BMT Broadway Line)	M14A / M14D Select Bus Service
		Astor Place	↓	4	Elevator access via Kmart in the southbound direction only during Kmart's operating hours; no ADA access.
		Bleecker Street		4  B  ​D  ​F  <F> ​M  (IND Sixth Avenue Line at Broadway–Lafayette Street)
		Spring Street		4
		Canal Street		4  N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  (BMT Broadway Line) J  ​Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line)
		Brooklyn Bridge–City Hall		4  ​5  ​ J  ​Z  (BMT Nassau Street Line at Chambers Street)