Mapping Local and Commuter Rail Transit in NYC: IND

• Map of the 8th Avenue Subway showing local and express stations and detailed map of Manhattan. 1932
  • Dictionary Catalog: Volume 5, page 209, Row 1, Column 2
  • Creator: New York Savings Bank.
• Supervue of New York. 1938
  • Map Div. 04-5179
  • Creator: Supervue Map and Guide Corporation, New York.
  • Note: Maps on verso: Routes of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company -- BMT lines, Rapid Transit Division -- Station guide, Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad -- Principal theatres and shopping district -- [View of] site of New York's World Fair as seen from Manhattan ... [and] the great Triborough Bridge with approaches and connections ...
• New York City transit system subway and elevated lines. [1952]
  • Map div. 04-1803
  • Creator: Hagstrom Company
  • Note: Service information on IND, IRT, and BMT divisions and stops for general points of interest on verso.
• New York subways / Hagstrom. [1974]
  • Map Div. 04-1809
  • Creator: Hagstrom Company
  • Note: Includes publisher's notes and service information on IRT, BMT, and IND divisions.

Image Source: Supervue of New York. 1938, Map Div. 04-5179

Online Research Catalog

When using the Online Research Catalog:

• In the Advanced Search function, checkmark "Cartographic" under Format.
• Not all maps that include IND routes were created by the rapid transit company itself. Commercial, government, and other rapid transit companies would also showcase these local transit lines on their maps. As such, to include these maps in your search results, we recommend the following searches in the Keyword field:
  • IND subway
  • Independent City Owned Rapid Transit Railroad

• Please note that you can have narrow your search to more specific results by combining the above search terms with any of the terms listed in the "Terms to Search in the Online Research Catalog" portion of this guide's Using Our Catalogs page.

Dictionary Catalog

• For holdings of other items that are not in the Online Research Catalog, please search in the printed Dictionary Catalog of the Map Division (available online via HathiTrust), by:
  • Volume 5, page 209 under Independent Subway.

To find supplementary books and documents related to the IND, please conduct the searches listed on this page's "Catalog Tips" with "Cartographic" NOT checkmarked  in either our Online Research Catalog or Digital Collections Portal. See below for a list of recommended materials:

• Invitation to contractors... and contractor's proposal to place and maintain advertisements in cars and upon stations of the Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad System. 1933
  • TPY (New York (City). Transportation Board. Invitation to contractors. . . and contractor's proposal to place and maintain advertisements in cars and upon stations)
  • Alternative title: "Contractor's proposal to place and maintain advertisements in cars and upon stations of the Independent City-Owned Rapid Transit Railroad System"
• Invitation to contractors... Equipment contract no. R-11... for furnishing and delivering passenger cars for the New York City Transit System BMT-IND Divisions. 1946
  • TPY (New York (City). Transportation Board. Invitation to contractors. . . Equipment contract no. R-11)
  • Creator is "New York (N.Y.). Board of Transportation."
• Report of the Independent city-owned rapid transit railroad. 1932-1950
  • TPH (New York (City). Transportation Board. Report of the Independent city-owned rapid transit railroad)
  •  Library has: 1932/34-1939/40, 1949/50
  • Creator is "New York (N.Y.). Board of Transportation."
• Building the independent subway / by Frederick A. Kramer. 1990
  • IRGV 95-13449
• Born to run : NYC subway graffiti on the IND and BMT lines / Tod Lange ; foreword by Lee Quinones. 2019
  • Sc+ D 19-279