IRT Eastern Parkway Line
The Eastern Parkway Line is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway, stretching from Downtown Brooklyn south along Flatbush Avenue and east along Eastern Parkway to Crown Heights. After passing Crown Heights – Utica Avenue, the line rises onto an elevated structure and becomes the New Lots Line to the end at New Lots Avenue in New Lots, Brooklyn. The west end of the Eastern Parkway Line is at the Joralemon Street Tunnel under the East River.
The IRT Nostrand Avenue Line splits from the local tracks of the Eastern Parkway Line south of the Franklin Avenue station.
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