thumb|250px|[[Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue (New York City Subway)|Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue]]
thumb|250px|Bumper block at the end of the [[42nd Street Shuttle tracks in Times Square station]]
In the New York City Subway there are three types of terminal stations:
- Station where a train proceeds beyond the station, like at a non-terminal station, and returns to service on another track.
- Station with one or more tracks, often with bumper blocks at their end. A train terminates on all applicable tracks and changes direction.
- Station where a train terminates on a track that is (or can be) also used as a through track.
Also, a station can be:
- terminal-only (like Flushing–Main Street (IRT Flushing Line))
- terminal for some services and through station for other services (like Bedford Park Boulevard (IND Concourse Line))
The listing
This is a list of terminal stations on the New York City Subway. For all stations, see list of New York City Subway stations.
{| class="wikitable sortable"
!
! Service
! Station
! Line
! Details
! Listed on map?
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| rowspan="5" |
| Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street
| rowspan="5" | IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
| North terminal for trains at all times
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| 238th Street
| Some southbound rush hour trains begin at this station
|-
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| rowspan="2" |
| Nereid Avenue
| North terminal for trains during rush hours in peak direction
|-
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| Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
| IRT Nostrand Avenue Line
| South terminal for trains at all times
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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|
| rowspan="4" |
| Harlem–148th Street
| rowspan="2" | IRT Lenox Avenue Line
| North terminal for always
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| 145th Street
| Some southbound a.m. rush hour trains begin at this station trains at all times except late nights,
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| Bedford Park Boulevard–Lehman College
| Some southbound rush hour trains begin at this station<br>Some northbound p.m. rush hour trains terminate at this station
|-
| Crown Heights–Utica Avenue
| IRT Eastern Parkway Line
| South terminal for trains at all times except late nights
|-
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| rowspan="3" |
| Eastchester–Dyre Avenue
| IRT Dyre Avenue Line
| North terminal for trains at all times
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| rowspan="2" |
| Parkchester
| North terminal for Local trains during rush hours and middays
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| rowspan="2" |
| Mets–Willets Point
| Some southbound a.m. rush hour trains begin at this station<br>Some northbound rush hour trains terminate at this station
| rowspan="2" | 23px|alt=Shown on official map
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| Grand Central
| South terminal for the 42nd Street Shuttle at all times except late nights
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| Dyckman Street
| Some northbound a.m. rush hour trains terminate at this station<br>Some southbound p.m. rush hour trains begin at this station<br>Some northbound a.m. rush hour trains terminate at this station<br>Some southbound p.m. rush hour trains begin at this station
|-
| Euclid Avenue
| rowspan="2" | IND Fulton Street Line
| North terminal for the Lefferts Boulevard Shuttle trains during late nights
|-
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| Broad Channel
| North terminal for the Rockaway Park Shuttle at all times<br>Some southbound a.m. rush hour trains begin at this station<br>Some northbound a.m. rush hour trains terminate at this station
|-
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| rowspan="2" |
| Norwood–205th Street
| IND Concourse Line
| North terminal for trains at all times
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
|-
| rowspan="2" |
|Broadway–Lafayette Street
|IND Sixth Avenue Line
|Two northbound evening D trains begin at this station. and trains at all times, and for trains during rush hours in the peak direction
| rowspan="2" |23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| World Trade Center
| IND Eighth Avenue Line
| South terminal for trains at all times and for trains at all times
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| rowspan="2" |
| Kings Highway
| rowspan="2" | IND Culver Line
| Some southbound rush hour trains terminate at this station<br>Some northbound rush hour trains begin at this station
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| Avenue X
| Some northbound a.m. rush hour trains begin at this station
|-
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| Court Square
| IND Crosstown Line
| North terminal for trains at all times
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| Broadway Junction
| BMT Jamaica Line
| Some northbound a.m. rush hour trains begin and terminate at this station<br>Some p.m. rush hour southbound trains begin at this station
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
| Some northbound a.m. rush hour trains begin at this station<br>Some southbound a.m. rush hour trains terminate at this station
|-
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| Myrtle Avenue
| BMT Jamaica Line
| South terminal for trains late nights and trains during weekdays and one rush-hour train 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
|-
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| rowspan="3" |
| Queens Plaza
| IND Queens Boulevard Line
| Most northbound late evening trains terminate at this station
| 23px|alt=Shown on official map 23px|alt=Shown on late-night map
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| 86th Street
| BMT Sea Beach Line
| South terminal for limited rush hour trains. Some northbound rush hour trains begin at this station.
|-
| Prospect Park
| BMT Brighton Line
| South terminal for Franklin Avenue Shuttle always