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The 3 train: all 34 stations from New Lots Avenue to Harlem-148th Street

The 3 runs from New Lots Avenue in Brooklyn up the West Side express tracks to Harlem. 34 stations, 549 keystrokes.

New Amsterdam Theatre, near Times Square-42nd Street on the 3
Photo: Ajay Suresh · CC BY 2.0

The 3 is an express service that starts at New Lots Avenue in East New York. It runs up the Eastern Parkway Line through Crown Heights, crosses into Manhattan, shares the Broadway-Seventh Avenue express tracks with the 1 and 2 from 14th Street to 96th Street, and ends on the Lenox Avenue Line in Harlem at Harlem-148th Street.

Station by station

Leaving New Lots Avenue, the 3 stops at Van Siclen Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Junius Street, Rockaway Avenue, Saratoga Avenue, Sutter Avenue-Rutland Road, Crown Heights-Utica Avenue, Kingston Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza, Bergen Street, Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center, Nevins Street and Hoyt Street.

The second half continues Borough Hall, Clark Street, Wall Street, Fulton Street, Park Place, Chambers Street, 14th Street, 34th Street-Penn Station, Times Square-42nd Street, 72nd Street, 96th Street, 110 St-Malcolm X Plaza, 116th Street, 125th Street, 135th Street, 145th Street and Harlem-148th Street.

Mount Prospect Park, near Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum station
Mount Prospect Park, close to Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum.Photo: Andre Carrotflower · CC BY-SA 4.0

Connections and typing

Of the 34 stations, 23 are shared with other lines in the game. The biggest are Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center (2, 4, 5, B, D, N, Q, R), Fulton Street (2, 4, 5, A, J, C, Z), Times Square-42nd Street (1, 2, 7, N, Q, R, W), Franklin Avenue (2, 4, 5), Nevins Street (2, 4, 5) and Borough Hall (2, 4, 5). One full ride takes 549 keystrokes, about 16.1 per station. Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum is the longest at 31, tied with Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center, and Park Place is the shortest at 10. Play the 3.

Common questions

How many stations does the 3 Train have in HelloSubway?

34 stations, from New Lots Avenue to Harlem-148th Street.

Where can I change from the 3 Train to another line?

23 of its stations are shared with other lines in the game, including Crown Heights-Utica Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum, Grand Army Plaza, Bergen Street, Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center.

How hard is the 3 Train to type?

Typing every station once takes 549 keystrokes, about 16.1 per station. The longest name is Eastern Parkway-Brooklyn Museum at 31. The game rates it level 5 of 7 among the lines of its city.

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