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Ghost Booths

                   

                                                          

These are Token Booths which once existed and are now gone.

A Token Booth Number consists of a letter;  A to K are BMT, N is IND and R is IRT (including Astoria Line) followed by a number. Some booths have a trailing letter after the number.

Booth Locations

Letter

Number Range

Division

Lines

BMT

A

All

BMT

Manhattan BMT

B

All

BMT

Brighton (Atlantic Avenue-Ocean Parkway) and Franklin Shuttle except Franklin Avenue)

C

All

BMT

4th Avenue-

Borough Hall to 95th Street (Includes DeKalb/Flatbush)

D

All

BMT

Sea Beach-

 8th Avenue to 86th Street

E

All

BMT

West End-

9th Avenue to Bay 50th

G

All

BMT

West 8th and Stillwell

H

All

BMT

Canarsie Line

J

All

BMT

J Train- Marcy to 121st Street

K

All

BMT

Myrtle Avenue Line-

Central to Metropolitan

IND

N

1-187, 191-196

IND

 8th   Avenue/Fulton Street Line

N

202-225

IND

 Concourse Line

N

300-343

IND

 Queens Blvd Line

N

400-422

IND

 Crosstown Line

N

500-562

IND

 8th Avenue. Culver Line

N

600-607

IND

 63rd Street/ Archer Avenue Line

IRT

R

101-197

IRT

West Side/  242nd Street line

R

200-294

IRT

East Side/ Jerome Line

R

301-336

IRT

Lenox/ White Plains

R

400-423

IRT

Pelham Line-

138th Street to Pelham bay Park

R

500-509, 516-534

IRT

Corona/Flushing Line

R

510-515

BMT

Astoria Line-

Queensboro to Ditmars

R

600-646

IRT

Brooklyn (Borough Hall to Flatbush and New Lots)

R

726-730

IRT

Dyre Line

Missing booth numbers

These Phantom Future booths are shown in BROWN TYPE  in the ghost booth charts where we can make an educated guess and omitted where we can make no educated guess.

Letter

Number Range

Possible Lines

IND Missing Numbers

N

188-190

Rockaway Park Line Extension

N

197-199

A Line Extension(s)

N

226-299

Concourse Line Extension(s)

N

344-399

Queens Blvd Extensions)

N

423-499

G line Extension(s)

N

563-599

Unknown

N

608-up

Unknown. Some might be used for Second Avenue Line but no firm information available.

IRT Missing Numbers

R

337-399

Unknown

R

424-499

Unknown

R

535-599

Unknown. My guess is that 10th Avenue on the 7 Line extension would be R535 and Javits Center would be R 536. No firm information is available to confirm this guess.

R

648-699

Unknown

R

700-725. 731-up

Unknown

NOTE: complexes might have booth(s) for one or more lines or even divisions. This site will not list specific booths at specific stations or complexes.

This site will not list booth phone numbers or other specific information. We will not respond to  e-mails requesting such information or if information you have is right or wrong

 

      

Missing Booths of the IRT                                                                 

By Peggy Darlington, Russell Doucette, and Constantine Steffan

Booth Number Line Station Where in Station Disposition
R1 3rd Av 210 Mezzanine El Abandoned
R2 3rd Av 204 S/B Plat El Abandoned
R3 3rd Av 204 N/B Plat El Abandoned
R4 3rd Av 200 S/B Plat El Abandoned
R5 3rd Av 200 N/B plat El Abandoned
R6 3rd Av Bronx Park Mezzanine El Spur Abandoned
R7 3rd Av Fordham Rd Mezzanine El Abandoned
R8 3rd Av 183 S/B Plat El Abandoned
R9 3rd Av 183 N/B Plat El Abandoned
R10 3rd Av 180 N/B Plat El Abandoned
R11 3rd Av 180 S/B Plat El Abandoned
R12 3rd Av Tremont Mezzanine El Abandoned
R13 3rd Av 174 Mezzanine El Abandoned
R14 3rd Av Claremont Pkwy Mezzanine El Abandoned
R15 3rd Av 169 Mezzanine El Abandoned
R16 3rd Av 166 Mezzanine El Abandoned
R17 3rd Av 161 Mezzanine El Abandoned
R18 3rd Av 156 Mezzanine El Abandoned
R19 3rd Av 149 Mezzanine El Abandoned
R104 1 Rector S/B Plat HXT
R105 1 Cortlandt S/B Plat Unknown
R111 2/3 Wall Street William Street HEET
R112 2/3 Wall Street William/Pine Streets  
R113 2/3 Fulton Street    
R118 1 Franklin Downtown HEETs
R120 1 Canal Downtown HEETs
R121 1 Houston Uptown HEETs
R122 1 Houston Downtown HEETs
R124 1 Houston Downtown-Varick Street HEETs
R126 1 Christopher Downtown HEETs
R135A 1/2/3 34/Penn Opposite R135 Booth Removed
R136, R137,R140 1/2/3 34/Penn Unknown Unknown
R144, R149 1/2/3 Times Sq Unknown Unknown
R150 1/2/3 Times Sq 42nd St Mezzanine Booth Removed
R152 1/2/3 Times Sq Unknown Unknown
R154 1 50 Downtown HEETs
R156 1 59 – CC S/B Plat Abandoned With IND Opening?
R157 1 59 - CC N/B Plat Abandoned With IND Opening?
R159 1 66 Uptown HEETs
R161 1/2/3 72 Unknown HEETs
R161A 1/2/3 72 Uptown HEETs
R163 1 79 Downtown HEETs
R165 1 86 Downtown HEETs
R166* 1 91 S/B Plat Closed for 96th St Expansion. *Number Reused for P/T Booth at 86th St S/B
R167 1 91 N/B Plat Closed for 96th St Expansion
R175 1 137 Uptown HEETs
R177 1 145 Uptown HEETs
R179 1 157 Uptown HEETs
R181 1 168 N/B Center Upper Mezzanine? Victim of IND?
R182 168 1 By Elevators to 1 HEETs
R184 1 181 South Mezzanine Converted To Storage
R187 1 207 N/B Plat Equip. Rooms, HEET
R189 1 215 N/B Plat Equip. Rooms, HEET
R191 1 225 N/B Plat Equip. Rooms, HEET
R193 1 231 N/B Plat Equip. Rooms, HEET
R195 1 238 N/B Plat Equip. Rooms, HXT
R200 4/5 Bowling Green Lower Level Opp. R201? Booth Removed and Replaced with R200A (N/B Plat)
R201 4/5 Bowling Green Lower Mezzanine  
R202 4/5 Bowling Green
Battery Park street level  
R204 4/5 Wall Street Broadway/Rector  
R205 4/5 Fulton Uptown  
R207 4/5 Fulton (Lex) N/B Plat Replaced with Booth N95
R208 4/5 Fulton/Broadway Downtown  
R209 6 City Hall Loop Station Station Closed
R210A 4/5/6 Brooklyn Bridge Centre/Reade Streets  
R211 6 Worth N/B Plat Station Closed with Brooklyn Bridge Expansion
R212 6 Worth  S/B Plat Station Closed with Brooklyn Bridge Expansion
R213 6 Canal  N/B Plat Replaced with Booth A46
R214 6 Canal S/B Plat HEET
R216 6 Spring Downtown HEET
R218 6 Bleecker S/B Plat HEET
R220 6 Astor Place Downtown HEET
R222 4/5/6 Union Sq Unknown Unknown
R223 6 18 N/B Plat Station Closed
R224 6 18 S/B Plat Station Closed
R225 6 23? N/B Plat Unknown
R226 6 23 Street Downtown HEET
R227A 6 23 street 22 Street Downtown  
R228 6 28 Street Downtown HEET
R230 6 33 Street Downtown HEET
R231 6 33 street   HEET
R231A 6 33 street   HEET
R232 6 33 street   HEET
R233 4/5/6 GCT West End Mezzanine, Shuttle HEET
R234, R235, R236,R237,R237A, R237B,R239 4/5/6 GCT Unknown Unknown
R238A 4/5/6 GCT Opposite R238 Booth Removed
R241 4/5/6 GCT Opposite R241A (R502)? Unknown
R242A 6 51 street Downtown HEET
R243 6 51 street Uptown HEET
R244A 4/5/6 59 street Downtown HEET
R245 4/5/6 59 street Uptown- 60 street HEET
R247 6 77 Street Uptown HEET
R249 4/5/6 86 street Uptown HEET
R250A 4/5/6 86 Opposite R250 Booth Removed
R253 6 110 street Uptown HEET
R255 6 110 Street N/B Plat, North Exit Entrance Removed and Sealed
R257 6 116 Street Uptown HEET
R292 4 Mosholu Pkwy South End Mezzanine HEETs
R300* 2/3 110 South End Exit Entrance Closed. *Exit Reopened With Renovation.  Now Booth R301
R301* 2/3 110 North End Exit *After Renovation, R301 Moved To South End Exit.  North Exit Now HEET
R303 2/3 116 Uptown HEETs
R305 2/3 125 Uptown HEETs
R307 2/3 135 Uptown HEETs
R309 2/3 149/3 Uptown HEETs
R310T 2/5 149/3 Downtown Bus Transfer Booth Removed
R311T 2/5 149/3 uptown Bus Transfer Booth Removed, HXT Installed
R313* 2/5 Jackson Uptown Fire Damaged, Replaced With HEET/HXT. *1/2005 – Station House Re-Opened with Temp. Booth
R315 2/5 Prospect Uptown HEETs
R317 2/5 Simpson Uptown HEETs
R319 2/5 Freeman Uptown HEETs
R321 2/5 174 Uptown HEETs
R323A 2/5 East Tremont North end HEETs
R324 2/5 Bronx Park East Mezzanine Spur removed
R403 6 Brook Uptown HEETs/Unmanned
R405 6 Cypress Uptown HEETs/Unmanned
R407 6 East 143 Uptown HEETs/Unmanned
R409 6 East 149 Uptown HEETs/Unmanned
R411 6 Longwood Uptown HEETs/Unmanned
R502 7 GCT Street Level Entrance Renumbered R241A
R503 7 Vernon Jackson 50th Ave HEET
R505 7 Vernon-Jackson N/B Plat, North End Exit HXT
R506 7 ?? ?? ??
R517 7 33? ?? ??
R520 7 46 Queens end HEET
R522 7 52 North End Mezzanine HEET/HXT
R525 7 74 74/Broadway ??
R531 7 111 Street North End Mezzanine Mezzanine Removed
R532H 7 Mets Willets Point ?? ??
R533A 7 Main Opposite R533 Booth Removed
R601, R603 2/3/4/5 Borough Hall Unknown Unknown
R605 2/3 Hoyt Uptown HEET
R607 2/3/4/5 Nevins? Unknown Unknown
R609 2/3/4/5 Nevins Uptown HEET
R611,R613,R614, R615,R616 2/3/4/5 Atlantic Unknown Unknown. R612 has been reopened for Barclays Center
R618 2/3 Bergen Downtown HEET
R620 2/3 Brooklyn Museum North End Mezzanine Entrance Closed
R625 3/4 Utica Ave Schenectady Ave HEET
R631 3 Junius South End Mezzanine Entrance Closed
R638 2/5 Winthrop S/B Plat HEET
R640 2/5 Church S/B Plat HEET
R642 2/5 Beverly Rd S/B Plat HEET

 

Missing IRT Booths Missing BMT Booths Missing IND Booths

 Last revised 12/15/2012  

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