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.
Broadway Local
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd ↔ Bay Pkwy
- Stops
- 47
- Antoine’s notes
- 0
- Accessible
- 16 of 47
- Boroughs
- Queens, Manhattan, Brooklyn
Every stop, in order
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd
Queens
Astoria — Long the center of Greek New York. Astoria Park sits under the Hell Gate Bridge, whose arch was the model for the Sydney Harbour Bridge.
Astoria Blvd
QueensStep-free station
30 Av
Queens
Broadway
Queens
36 Av
Queens
39 Av-Dutch Kills
Queens
Queensboro Plaza
QueensStep-free station
Lexington Av/59 St
Manhattan
5 Av/59 St
Manhattan
57 St-7 Av
ManhattanStep-free station
49 St
ManhattanStep-free station
Times Sq-42 St
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-Herald Sq
ManhattanStep-free station
Herald Square — Macy's flagship store has stood on Herald Square since 1902 and still ends the Thanksgiving Day Parade. The Empire State Building is two blocks east on 34th.
28 St
Manhattan
23 St
Manhattan
The Flatiron Building — Finished in 1902 on the wedge where Broadway crosses Fifth. Madison Square Park is across the street, and the original Shake Shack is in it.
14 St-Union Sq
ManhattanStep-free station
8 St-NYU
Manhattan
Prince St
Manhattan
Canal St
Manhattan
Chinatown and Little Italy — Canal Street is the seam between them, and one of the great street markets of the city.
City Hall
Manhattan
Cortlandt St
ManhattanStep-free station
Rector St
Manhattan
Whitehall St-South Ferry
Manhattan
Court St
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
Jay St-MetroTech
BrooklynStep-free station◷ Not every W stops here
Downtown Brooklyn — Borough Hall, the courts, and Junior's on Flatbush — making the cheesecake since 1950.
DeKalb Av
BrooklynStep-free station◷ Not every W stops here
Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr
BrooklynStep-free station◷ Not every W stops here
Barclays Center — Home of the Brooklyn Nets, and the busiest interchange in Brooklyn — eleven subway lines and the Long Island Rail Road meet under it.
Union St
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
4 Av-9 St
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
Prospect Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
25 St
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
36 St
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
45 St
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
53 St
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
59 St
BrooklynStep-free station◷ Not every W stops here
8 Av
BrooklynStep-free station◷ Not every W stops here
Fort Hamilton Pkwy
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
New Utrecht Av
BrooklynStep-free station◷ Not every W stops here
18 Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
20 Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
Bay Pkwy
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
Kings Hwy
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
Avenue U
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
86 St
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
9 Av
Brooklyn◷ Not every W stops here
62 St
BrooklynStep-free station◷ Not every W stops here
Bay Pkwy
BrooklynStep-free station◷ Not every W stops here
The Wsplits into branches, so it doesn’t really run as one straight line. Every station it serves is listed here in order along the trunk, with the branches shown one after the other — a real trip takes one branch or the other, not both.
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.