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The 4 train: all 28 stations from Crown Heights-Utica Avenue to Woodlawn

The Lexington Avenue express from Crown Heights in Brooklyn to Woodlawn in the Bronx, by way of Yankee Stadium. 28 stations, 493 keystrokes.

Hall of Fame for Great Americans & Gould Memorial Library, near Burnside Avenue on the 4
Photo: Bestbudbrian · CC BY-SA 4.0

The 4 is an express service that starts at Crown Heights-Utica Avenue in Brooklyn. It runs up the Lexington Avenue Line through Manhattan, the East Side's main north-south route, and then out along the IRT Jerome Avenue Line in the Bronx, past 161st Street-Yankee Stadium, to Woodlawn.

The stations in order

From Crown Heights-Utica Avenue, the 4 calls at Franklin Avenue, Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center, Nevins Street, Borough Hall, Bowling Green, Wall Street, Fulton Street, Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall, 14th Street-Union Square, Grand Central-42nd Street, 59th Street, 86th Street and 125th Street.

After that come 138th Street-Grand Concourse, 149th Street-Grand Concourse, 161st Street-Yankee Stadium, 167th Street, 170th Street, Mount Eden Avenue, 176th Street, Burnside Avenue, 183rd Street, Fordham Road, Kingsbridge Road, Bedford Park Boulevard-Lehman College, Mosholu Parkway and Woodlawn.

Union Square, near 14th Street-Union Square station
Union Square, near 14th Street-Union Square.Photo: Another Believer · CC BY-SA 4.0

Transfers and typing

Of the 28 stations, 17 are shared with other lines in the game. The biggest are Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center (2, 3, 5, B, D, N, Q, R), Fulton Street (2, 3, 5, A, J, C, Z), 14th Street-Union Square (5, 6, N, Q, R, L, W), 59th Street (5, 6, N, R, W), Franklin Avenue (2, 3, 5) and Nevins Street (2, 3, 5). Typing every station once takes 493 keystrokes, about 17.6 per station. Bedford Park Boulevard-Lehman College is the longest at 37, then Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center at 31, and Woodlawn is the shortest at 8. Start the 4.

Common questions

How many stations does the 4 Train have in HelloSubway?

28 stations, from Crown Heights-Utica Avenue to Woodlawn.

Where can I change from the 4 Train to another line?

17 of its stations are shared with other lines in the game, including Crown Heights-Utica Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center, Nevins Street, Borough Hall, Bowling Green.

How hard is the 4 Train to type?

Typing every station once takes 493 keystrokes, about 17.6 per station. The longest name is Bedford Park Boulevard-Lehman College at 37. The game rates it level 5 of 7 among the lines of its city.

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