THE EVOLUTION, AND MEMORIES, OF SUBWAY GRAFFITI

Created by SARA FUSCO OCTOBER 12TH, 2011

2 Train Line (1965-1983)

(Train Lines)

by Sara Fusco, at Dec. 18, 2011, 8:59 p.m.

Title: 2 Train Line (1965-1983)

Route Description: From 1965 until 1983, the 2 Train ran between Wakefield - 241st Street in the Bronx and New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn. The route spanned the entire length of Manhattan, and, along with the 5 Train, was one of the most sought after lines for graffiti writers.

Route: MULTILINESTRING ((-73.8506555425023237 40.9031662448337769, -73.8544320927946956 40.8984952730028297, -73.8574361668909347 40.8933697993868890, -73.8608168677180288 40.8871495594948655, -73.8627480582083109 40.8836130675857845, -73.8666533545333408 40.8773786397588950, -73.8671254233195498 40.8714619843396179, -73.8672970846967587 40.8654256924279977, -73.8678549841711032 40.8574257843118502, -73.8684128836463714 40.8489851127582568, -73.8734753607254930 40.8419150762098226, -73.8796122549497767 40.8406813498655410, -73.8882493674118592 40.8370398426737040, -73.8918983205781359 40.8300024417054459, -73.8929282888405083 40.8242323827498055, -73.8965282631931188 40.8223233114516617, -73.9070422594839727 40.8169817951307010, -73.9091541501126841 40.8159356705777228, -73.9177157612870275 40.8160655860616259, -73.9256963211069689 40.8181604381187668, -73.9298703240698813 40.8191692234589070, -73.9368655251793143 40.8189418818315701, -73.9375950860308819 40.8185846291274572, -73.9408337600351615 40.8140937392373502, -73.9454962172625727 40.8077844585329998, -73.9497057484242646 40.8020649166377183, -73.9525270519414164 40.7984217710177717, -73.9610057201851561 40.7967571062252432, -73.9719694629340836 40.7945641103970615, -73.9765191625490672 40.7883401438670532, -73.9800167631042314 40.7838475257543891, -73.9819264959217691 40.7789294557728468, -73.9822269033316360 40.7733119938574546, -73.9818835805781418 40.7680542090524867, -73.9840739632718112 40.7614323998753534, -73.9865201378927821 40.7562865018182450, -73.9906615873156568 40.7510105362304813, -73.9934007979015860 40.7472032344797697, -73.9956656828682782 40.7440797999641617, -73.9978972807684414 40.7410458247557088, -73.9997426405696359 40.7385745978408096, -74.0028488400647575 40.7336089853918182, -74.0053164723575492 40.7286244613129824, -74.0063464406190405 40.7225639160440309, -74.0069472554388312 40.7191189701903795, -74.0092012124593879 40.7155109719151369, -74.0092441278030293 40.7132603291658839, -74.0065345464264794 40.7095120211606485, -74.0091952977683150 40.7067305668825554, -73.9930088748511849 40.6974688760016292, -73.9903310442396815 40.6928196653614194, -73.9851177261112838 40.6905702279975827, -73.9809120223772538 40.6887642223486452, -73.9778261620678137 40.6846884264965496, -73.9751347868355111 40.6808361289702489, -73.9707937053846507 40.6749080158395984, -73.9642163544312723 40.6720274690147576, -73.9591050522141558 40.6708858360914363, -73.9505406690714580 40.6698767842826072, -73.9422332395233326 40.6694048031950643, -73.9311527283153822 40.6688188909909414, -73.9230643296299093 40.6650651591501386, -73.9186431770007175 40.6612942556911960, -73.9155103568717919 40.6615546911325154, -73.9089358147526525 40.6625313149796384, -73.9020297418823873 40.6635730313218389, -73.8940188319065356 40.6647612191622585, -73.8885383029511047 40.6655852819496673, -73.8824872394140471 40.6664967429034050, -73.8814505621693343 40.6665130188784119))

Citation: MTA System Map, 1972. Retrieved from http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1972.jpg.

Related Records

The following records each have a reference pointing to this record.

Arguments

The following arguments all reference this record.