Brooklyn
Staten Island
Manhattan
Queens
The Bronx
Express
Subway Shuttles
Miscellaneous Signs
Eliminated Signs
Reasoning Behing the Sign Codes Numbering:
Each code has 3 parts:
4 3 0 1
The First digit represents the Borough. All local routes in Brooklyn begin with 4. In Staten Island, all local routes begin with 6. In Queens, all local routes begin with 5. In the Bronx, all locals begin with the number 3. In Manhattan, local routes from M1 - M99 begin with 1 and routes M100 - M116 and up begin with 2. Express Routes begin with the number 7. A few routes that have a lot of destination signs start with the number 8. Subway Shuttle Signs start with the number 9.
4 3 0 1
The second and third digits represnt the Route.
4 3 0 1
The last digit represents the sign and the direction. Even numbers
are for Northbound and Eastbound routes. Odd
numbers are
for Southbound and Westbound routes.
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