The E-8 Avenue Local is part of the IND division of the New York Subway. Operating from Jamaica, Queens to the World Trade Center station at the World Trade Center site in Manhattan, the E is the Queens Boulevard(second most crowded line in the system) express in Queens, making the same stops with the F from Forest Hills 71-Continental Avs. to Queens Plaza and, local in Manhattan with the C.
The E (and the F) is very crowded in rush hours, as it is used mainly by Queens commuters going to and from work in Manhattan.
Its service was affected by the World Trade Center Disaster because its terminal is at the northeastern corner of the site. Service for the line was changed so that it went to Eucild Av. in Brooklyn as Fulton Street Local-the first time it went to the borough since 1976. Service was restored after the World Trade Center terminus was reopened a few months after the attacks.
The E train used to follow the F train to 179 St-Hillside Av. in Queens(and still does this during rush hours), but in 1988, the new Archer Av. Subway opened and two tracks known as the "Van Wyck Stub"(so called because they are under Van Wyck Blvd.(now the Van wyck Expressway)), which were constantly in subway extension plans dating back to 1929, were connected to the upper level of this two level, four track subway.(The lower level is used for J/Z service.
Stops are located at:
Queens:
- Jamaica Center-Parsons/Archer Avs.
- Sutphin Blvd.
- Jamaica-Van Wyck
- Briarwood/Van Wyck Blvd. (Late Nights)
- Kew Gardens, Union Turnpike
- 75 Av.
- Forest Hills 71-Continental Avs.
- 67 Av. (Late Nights)
- 63 Dr.-Rego Park (Late Nights)
- Woodhaven Blvd. (Late Nights)
- Grand Av.-Newtown (Late Nights)
- Elmhurst Av. (Late Nights)
- Roosevelt Av.-Jackson Heights.
- 65 St. (Late Nights)
- Northern Blvd. (Late Nights)
- 46 St. (Late Nights)
- Steinway St.(not a coincidence!) (Late Nights)
- 36 St. (Late Nights)
- Queens Plaza
- 23 St.-Ely Av
- Lexington Av./53 St.
- 5 Av./53 St.
- 7 Av.
- 50 St.
- 42 St.-Port Authority Bus Terminal
- 34 St Penn Station
- 23 St.
- 14 St.
- W 4 St.-Washington Sqaure
- Spring St.
- Canal St.
- World Trade Center
