V (New York City Subway service)

Sixth Avenue Local
A train made of R46 cars in V service at Roosevelt Avenue, bound for Forest Hills–71st Avenue.
Northern end	Forest Hills–71st Avenue
Southern end	Lower East Side–Second Avenue
Stations	24
Started service	December 17, 2001; 15 years ago (2001-12-17)
Discontinued	June 25, 2010; 6 years ago (2010-06-25)

The V Sixth Avenue Local was a rapid transit service in the B Division of the New York City Subway. Its route emblem, or "bullet", was colored bright orange since it used the IND Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan. The V debuted on December 17, 2001 when the connection from the IND 63rd Street Line to the IND Queens Boulevard Line opened as a replacement for the F, which was rerouted via this new connection, on the IND 53rd Street Line.

The V train was eliminated on June 25, 2010 as part of a series of service reductions to close a budget gap. It was replaced in its entirety by the M train, which was rerouted from Lower Manhattan and South Brooklyn via the Chrystie Street Connection. Except for a brief period in early 2005, the V had the same service pattern during its eight-and-a-half-year history. It operated weekdays only from approximately 6:30 a.m. to midnight between 71st Avenue in Forest Hills, Queens and Second Avenue, near the border of the East Village and the Lower East Side, Manhattan.