History of the Second Avenue Subway
ASPECT OF HISTORY
History of the IND Second Avenue Line; IND Second Avenue Line (1968); IND Second Avenue Line (1970s); Second Avenue Subway (1968); Second Avenue Subway (1929); IND Second Avenue Line (1929); Construction of the IND Second Avenue Line; Construction of the Second Avenue Subway; Planning for the Second Avenue Subway; Plans for the Second Avenue Subway; Plans for the IND Second Avenue Line; Planning for the IND Second Avenue Line; Second Avenue Subway plans; Second Avenue Subway construction; Second Avenue Subway planning; Second Avenue Subway history; Phase 1 (Second Avenue Subway); Phase I (Second Avenue Subway); Second Avenue Subway Phase 1; Second Avenue Subway Phase I; Phase 1 of the Second Avenue Subway; Phase I of the Second Avenue Subway; Phase 2 of the Second Avenue Subway; Phase II of the Second Avenue Subway; Phase 2 (Second Avenue Subway); Phase II (Second Avenue Subway); Second Avenue Subway Phase 2; Second Avenue Subway Phase II; Phase 3 of the Second Avenue Subway; Phase III of the Second Avenue Subway; Phase 3 (Second Avenue Subway); Phase III (Second Avenue Subway); Second Avenue Subway Phase 3; Second Avenue Subway Phase III; Phase 4 of the Second Avenue Subway; Phase IV of the Second Avenue Subway; Phase 4 (Second Avenue Subway); Phase IV (Second Avenue Subway); Second Avenue Subway Phase 4; Second Avenue Subway Phase IV
The Second Avenue Subway, a New York City Subway line that runs under Second Avenue on the East Side of Manhattan, has been proposed since 1920. The first phase of the line, consisting of three stations on the Upper East Side, started construction in 2007 and opened in 2017, ninety-seven years after the route was first proposed.