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The BMT division is the successor to the old Brooklyn Rapid Transit or BRT. As the name implies Brooklyn was its main focus. The distinction between the BMT and IND is a bit hard but basically it covers the Nassau and Broadway Lines in Manhattan, the 4th Ave subway, Sea Beach, West End, Brighton, Myrtle, Broadway/Jamaica and Canarsie Lines in Brooklyn/Queens. The IND Division was originally conceived as replacing the many elevated lines in New York with high speed subways. Many of the lines did accomplish this, names the 8th, 6th Aves and Fulton St Lines. The Queens Blvd Line broke new but needed territory for the subway. The system was built mostly in the 1930's so it is the "new" kid on the block compared to the IRT and BMT. The IND was built to BMT standards thus trains could be intermixed unlike with the smaller IRT. The IND was also built with huge underground flying junctions to minimize cross traffic. NOTE: With the re-opening of all 4-tracks on the Manhattan Bridge, the system has changed in a major way in Brooklyn. Below are the routings as of 11/2006
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