Two lines on the New York City Subway are known as the Archer Avenue Line: The New York City Subway is a large rapid transit system in New York City, New York, United States. ...
The Boston Road line would continue with 2 tracks along Boston Road to 177th St. At that point the subway would emerge onto an el, continue through the 180th St. yard, and use the White Plains Rd. line, (which would be modified to B division standards).
This line is sort of what the ArcherAvenueline was supposed to be, as there would also have been a transfer to a line tying-in with the Queens Blvd. IND running down Van Wyck Blvd. That line would have also gone (as a separate line) to SE Queens (see Queens details below).
Line: A plan to extend the IRT Nostrand AvenueLine as a 2 track subway to Kings Highway, and then as an el to meet the Utica AvenueLine at Avenue S was also included.
The angle of the Archer Road adhered roughly to the planned route of the canal, which in turn was rooted in the 1816 Treaty of Saint Louis (Indian cession) between the Illinois River and Lake Michigan, which in turn roughly paralleled the river-portage route.
The growth of the town, due to the street car line, was northeastward along Archer from the canal, and also along Archer in the northeast (toward the south and southwest) section by the river bend, and finally in the southern sections adjacent to Chicago Union Stock Yards.
A short line was built down Ashland avenue from Archer southward to Thirty-ninth street, and in eastern Bridgeport, a line was inaugurated down Hanover (Canal) and Butler (Normal) streets between Archer and Thirty-first.
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