The V Sixth Avenue Local was a rapid transit service of the New York City Subway. It was colored orange on route and station signs as well as the NYC Subway map, as it represented a service provided on the IND Sixth Avenue Line through Midtown, Manhattan.
The V service debuted on December 17, 2001 when the connection from the IND 63rd Street Line to the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened as a replacement for the F train, which was rerouted via this new connection, on the IND 53rd Street Line. It was eliminated on June 25, 2010 as part of a series of service reductions to close a budget gap. The M train was rerouted from Lower Manhattan and South Brooklyn via the Chrystie Street Connection to replace the V, making identical stops except for Second Avenue.
Except for a brief period in early 2005, the V had the same service pattern during its eight-and-a-half-year history. It operated weekdays only from approximately 6:30 a.m. to midnight on an entirely underground route from 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens to Second Avenue in Lower East Side, Manhattan, making all stops.
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