: 82 On October 24, 1949, express service in Brooklyn to Broadway–East New York began with the A running express during rush hours, with the E extended to provide local service.

On December 30, 1946, and November 28, 1948, the line was extended to Broadway–East New York (now Broadway Junction) and Euclid Avenue, respectively. The A train connected Harlem, Manhattan's central African American community, to areas of Bedford-Stuyvesant that provided residential opportunities for African Americans not found throughout the rest of New York City.

The 1936 extension played an integral part in the establishment of Bedford-Stuyvesant as Brooklyn's central African American community. On April 9, 1936, the IND Fulton Street Line was opened to Rockaway Avenue. : 82 The A was extended to Church Avenue on October 7. On July 1, the A began running express at all times, stopping at 155th Street and 163rd Street during late nights. The A was extended to Jay Street–Borough Hall on February 1, 1933, when the Cranberry Street Tunnel to Brooklyn opened, and to Bergen Street, when the extension opened on March 20. to 5:45 a.m.) and on Sundays, the A did not run and the AA made all stops along the line. The A ran express between 207th Street and Chambers Street, and the AA ran local between 168th Street and Chambers Street, known at the time as Hudson Terminal. The Independent Subway System (IND) used single letters to refer to express services and double letters for local services. The A and AA were the first services on the IND Eighth Avenue Line when it opened on September 10, 1932. Manhattan-bound A train of R179s at Broad Channel The A provides the longest one-seat ride in the system-at 32.39 miles (52.13 km), between Inwood and Far Rockaway-and has a weekday ridership of 600,000. Late night service operates only between 207th Street and Far Rockaway, making local stops along its entire route during this time, a shuttle train (the Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle) operates between Euclid Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard. Limited rush-hour service also operates to or from Beach 116th Street in Rockaway Park, Queens. Daytime service operates between 207th Street in Inwood, Manhattan and Mott Avenue in Far Rockaway, Queens or Lefferts Boulevard in Richmond Hill, Queens, making express stops in Manhattan and Brooklyn and local stops in Queens. Its route emblem, or 'bullet', is colored blue since it uses the IND Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The A Eighth Avenue Express is a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway.

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