The Explorer
Everything he knows
26 train lines and 445 stations across all 5 boroughs — every subway line, the whole Staten Island Railway, and the bus he knows cold. Pick a line to go through it.
8 Avenue Local
168 St ↔ Euclid Av
- Stops
- 40
- Antoine’s notes
- 0
- Accessible
- 14 of 40
- Boroughs
- Manhattan, Brooklyn
Every stop, in order
168 St
ManhattanStep-free station
163 St-Amsterdam Av
Manhattan
155 St
Manhattan
145 St
Manhattan
135 St
Manhattan
125 St
ManhattanStep-free station
The Apollo — 125th Street is Harlem's main street, and the Apollo Theater sits on it at 253 W 125th. It has been running Amateur Night since 1934 — the night that introduced Ella Fitzgerald, James Brown and Lauryn Hill to the world.
116 St
Manhattan
Cathedral Pkwy (110 St)
Manhattan
103 St
Manhattan
96 St
Manhattan
86 St
Manhattan
81 St-Museum of Natural History
Manhattan
American Museum of Natural History — The blue whale, the dinosaur halls, and the Rose Center for Earth and Space. The station itself is tiled with animals.
72 St
Manhattan
59 St-Columbus Circle
ManhattanStep-free station
Columbus Circle — The southwest corner of Central Park, and the point every distance from New York City is officially measured from.
50 St
ManhattanStep-free station
42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal
ManhattanStep-free station
Times Square — The Theater District, and the busiest station in the system by a distance. The ball has dropped here on New Year's Eve since 1907.
34 St-Penn Station
ManhattanStep-free station
Madison Square Garden — The Garden sits directly on top of Penn Station — you come up the stairs into it. Home of the Knicks, who won the 2026 NBA Finals 4–1 over the Spurs for their third championship and their first since 1973, and of the Rangers, who last lifted the Stanley Cup in 1994.
23 St
Manhattan
14 St
ManhattanStep-free station
W 4 St-Wash Sq
ManhattanStep-free station
Spring St
ManhattanStep-free station
Canal St
Manhattan
Chambers St
Manhattan
Fulton St
ManhattanStep-free station
High St
Brooklyn
The Brooklyn Bridge — Finished in 1883 and, at the time, the longest suspension bridge in the world. The walk across from the Brooklyn side is the better direction — Manhattan comes up in front of you.
Jay St-MetroTech
BrooklynStep-free station
Downtown Brooklyn — Borough Hall, the courts, and Junior's on Flatbush — making the cheesecake since 1950.
Hoyt-Schermerhorn Sts
Brooklyn
Lafayette Av
Brooklyn
Clinton-Washington Avs
Brooklyn
Franklin Av
BrooklynStep-free station
Nostrand Av
Brooklyn
Kingston-Throop Avs
Brooklyn
Utica Av
BrooklynStep-free station
Ralph Av
Brooklyn
Rockaway Av
Brooklyn
Broadway Junction
Brooklyn
Liberty Av
Brooklyn
Van Siclen Av
Brooklyn
Shepherd Av
Brooklyn
Euclid Av
BrooklynStep-free station
Lines and stations come from the MTA’s official GTFS feed and subway stations dataset, current through 09/07/2026. Rush-hour express variants (6X, 7X, FX) are folded into the local line they share, which already stops at every station on that trunk.