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Grid #4 answers

Thursday, November 5, 2026

Recap

On grid #4, the rows were Orange lines (B D F M), No numbers and Number trains (1 2 3 4 5 6 7), and the columns were Congestion zone, Has a “G” and 3+ lines. 125 different stations fit at least one square.

The toughest square was Orange lines (B D F M) × Has a “G”, with only 14 possible stations. The most open was No numbers × Has a “G”, with 44.

Zerega Av was the quietest station in play, with about 9,651 riders in a typical week, while Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal saw about 890,557. A perfect 900 was possible using nine Motorman picks.

55 riders played this grid. The average score was 347 and the top score was 745. The most popular pick was Grand St.

The grid

Each square shows how many stations fit and the rarest one, plus the station riders picked most. Tap a square to jump to every answer.

Best possible score: 900 of 900.

Every answer, by rarity

Rarity comes from ridership: in each square the quietest station is Motorman (100 points) and the busiest is Tourist (10).

BDFMOrange lines × Congestion zone Manhattan, 60 St and below

16 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (51 picks).

100 Motorman

  • 57 StM6% picked
  • East BroadwayF8% picked

85 Railfan

  • 5 Av/53 StEF
  • 7 AvBDE6% picked
  • 2 AvF6% picked

60 Straphanger

  • Grand StBD4% picked
  • 23 StFM10% picked
  • Delancey St-Essex StFJMZ
  • Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St6BDFM16% picked

30 Commuter

  • 14 St/6 Av123FLM2% picked
  • W 4 St-Wash SqABCDEFM6% picked
  • 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av7BDFM16% picked
  • 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller CtrBDFM10% picked

10 Tourist

  • Lexington Av/51-53 Sts6EF
  • 59 St-Columbus Circle1ABCD
  • 34 St-Herald SqBDFMNQRW12% picked

BDFMOrange lines × Has a “G” Anywhere in the name

14 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (50 picks).

100 Motorman

  • Kings HwyF
  • Middle Village-Metropolitan AvM2% picked

85 Railfan

  • Kingsbridge RdBD4% picked
  • Flushing AvJM2% picked

60 Straphanger

  • Brighton BeachBQ6% picked
  • 21 St-QueensbridgeM6% picked
  • Bergen StFG12% picked
  • 63 Dr-Rego ParkMR4% picked

30 Commuter

  • Kings HwyBQ8% picked
  • Grand Av-NewtownMR16% picked
  • Lexington Av/63 StMQ

10 Tourist

  • Kew Gardens-Union TpkeEF
  • Grand StBD40% picked
  • Lexington Av/51-53 Sts6EF

BDFMOrange lines × 3+ lines 3 or more lines stop here

25 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (49 picks).

100 Motorman

  • Marcy AvJMZ
  • Myrtle AvJMZ
  • 4 Av-9 StFGR4% picked

85 Railfan

  • Coney Island-Stillwell AvDFNQ4% picked
  • 36 StDNR4% picked
  • Queens PlazaEFR2% picked
  • 7 AvBDE
  • 145 StABCD4% picked

60 Straphanger

  • DeKalb AvBQR2% picked
  • Forest Hills-71 AvEFMR6% picked
  • 125 StABCD
  • Court Sq-23 St7EFG
  • 161 St-Yankee Stadium4BD4% picked
  • Delancey St-Essex StFJMZ

30 Commuter

  • Jay St-MetroTechACFR6% picked
  • Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St6BDFM10% picked
  • Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr2345BDNQR8% picked
  • 14 St/6 Av123FLM6% picked
  • W 4 St-Wash SqABCDEFM12% picked
  • 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av7BDFM4% picked

10 Tourist

  • 47-50 Sts-Rockefeller CtrBDFM6% picked
  • Lexington Av/51-53 Sts6EF2% picked
  • Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway7EFMR
  • 59 St-Columbus Circle1ABCD6% picked
  • 34 St-Herald SqBDFMNQRW8% picked

No numbers in the station name × Congestion zone Manhattan, 60 St and below

28 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (52 picks).

100 Motorman

  • BoweryJZ
  • Broad StJZ8% picked
  • Canal St1

85 Railfan

  • City HallRW4% picked
  • Rector StRW
  • Franklin St16% picked
  • Rector St12% picked
  • Christopher St-Stonewall14% picked
  • Houston St1

60 Straphanger

  • Spring St62% picked
  • Spring StCE4% picked
  • Prince StRW6% picked
  • Wall St45
  • WTC Cortlandt12% picked
  • East BroadwayF4% picked

30 Commuter

  • Astor Pl613% picked
  • Chambers St1232% picked
  • Canal StACE
  • Wall St236% picked
  • Bowling Green454% picked
  • Grand StBD2% picked
  • Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St456JZ4% picked

10 Tourist

  • Whitehall St-South Ferry1RW4% picked
  • Delancey St-Essex StFJMZ2% picked
  • Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St6BDFM13% picked
  • Canal St6JNQRWZ6% picked
  • Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St23ACERW2% picked
  • Fulton St2345ACJZ2% picked

No numbers in the station name × Has a “G” Anywhere in the name

44 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (51 picks).

100 Motorman

  • Zerega Av64% picked
  • Flushing AvG2% picked
  • Longwood Av6
  • President St-Medgar Evers College25
  • Kings HwyF

85 Railfan

  • Gun Hill Rd5
  • Grant AvA
  • Middle Village-Metropolitan AvM
  • Kingston Av3
  • Saratoga Av32% picked
  • Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College4
  • Kingsbridge RdBD
  • Myrtle-Willoughby AvsG

60 Straphanger

  • Clinton-Washington AvsG4% picked
  • Bergen St232% picked
  • Kings HwyN
  • Gun Hill Rd252% picked
  • Sterling St25
  • Gates AvJZ2% picked
  • Kingston-Throop AvsC
  • Flushing AvJM2% picked
  • Grand StL6% picked
  • Kingsbridge Rd42% picked
  • Bay Ridge AvR

30 Commuter

  • Clinton-Washington AvsC
  • Morgan AvL
  • Grand Army Plaza2314% picked
  • High StAC
  • Brighton BeachBQ2% picked
  • Graham AvL8% picked
  • Greenpoint AvG14% picked
  • Bergen StFG
  • Spring St62% picked
  • Spring StCE2% picked
  • Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden23452% picked

10 Tourist

  • Kings HwyBQ4% picked
  • Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College25
  • Grand Av-NewtownMR6% picked
  • Bowling Green454% picked
  • Kew Gardens-Union TpkeEF
  • Grand StBD6% picked
  • Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St456JZ2% picked
  • Borough Hall/Court St2345R4% picked
  • Flushing-Main St74% picked

No numbers in the station name × 3+ lines 3 or more lines stop here

24 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (49 picks).

100 Motorman

  • Broadway JunctionACJLZ16% picked
  • Nevins St2345
  • Marcy AvJMZ

85 Railfan

  • Myrtle AvJMZ4% picked
  • Hoyt-Schermerhorn StsACG2% picked
  • Queensboro Plaza7NW
  • Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden23454% picked

60 Straphanger

  • Coney Island-Stillwell AvDFNQ4% picked
  • Chambers St123
  • Queens PlazaEFR12% picked
  • Canal StACE
  • DeKalb AvBQR
  • Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St456JZ

30 Commuter

  • Borough Hall/Court St2345R
  • Jamaica Center-Parsons/ArcherEJZ4% picked
  • Whitehall St-South Ferry1RW2% picked
  • Delancey St-Essex StFJMZ6% picked
  • Sutphin Blvd-Archer Av-JFK AirportEJZ
  • Jay St-MetroTechACFR6% picked

10 Tourist

  • Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St6BDFM2% picked
  • Canal St6JNQRWZ2% picked
  • Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr2345BDNQR18% picked
  • Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St23ACERW2% picked
  • Fulton St2345ACJZ14% picked

1234567Number trains × Congestion zone Manhattan, 60 St and below

35 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (50 picks).

100 Motorman

  • Canal St1
  • Franklin St12% picked
  • Rector St14% picked
  • 18 St112% picked

85 Railfan

  • 28 St12% picked
  • Christopher St-Stonewall12% picked
  • Houston St1
  • Spring St64% picked
  • 23 St1
  • Wall St452% picked
  • WTC Cortlandt1

60 Straphanger

  • Astor Pl68% picked
  • Chambers St1232% picked
  • Wall St232% picked
  • 28 St6
  • Bowling Green456% picked
  • 23 St-Baruch College6
  • 50 St12% picked
  • 34 St-Hudson Yards78% picked

30 Commuter

  • Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St456JZ2% picked
  • 33 St6
  • Whitehall St-South Ferry1RW8% picked
  • Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St6BDFM2% picked
  • Canal St6JNQRWZ
  • 14 St/6 Av123FLM
  • Lexington Av/59 St456NRW2% picked
  • 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av7BDFM
  • Lexington Av/51-53 Sts6EF

10 Tourist

  • Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St23ACERW6% picked
  • 34 St-Penn Station123
  • 59 St-Columbus Circle1ABCD
  • Fulton St2345ACJZ4% picked
  • 14 St-Union Sq456LNQRW6% picked
  • Grand Central-42 St45676% picked
  • Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1237ACENQRW8% picked

1234567Number trains × Has a “G” Anywhere in the name

27 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (51 picks).

100 Motorman

  • Zerega Av6
  • Longwood Av6
  • President St-Medgar Evers College25

85 Railfan

  • 138 St-Grand Concourse456% picked
  • Gun Hill Rd5
  • Kingston Av3
  • Saratoga Av32% picked
  • Bedford Park Blvd-Lehman College4

60 Straphanger

  • Bergen St232% picked
  • Gun Hill Rd254% picked
  • Sterling St252% picked
  • Kingsbridge Rd42% picked
  • Grand Army Plaza2324% picked
  • 137 St-City College1
  • Spring St6

30 Commuter

  • Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden2345
  • Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College252% picked
  • 68 St-Hunter College62% picked
  • Bowling Green4510% picked
  • 168 St-Washington Hts1AC
  • 23 St-Baruch College6

10 Tourist

  • Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St456JZ
  • Borough Hall/Court St2345R4% picked
  • Lexington Av/59 St456NRW2% picked
  • Lexington Av/51-53 Sts6EF4% picked
  • Flushing-Main St710% picked
  • Grand Central-42 St456725% picked

1234567Number trains × 3+ lines 3 or more lines stop here

30 stations fit. Percentages show the share of riders who picked each one (50 picks).

100 Motorman

  • Nevins St23452% picked
  • 149 St-Hostos2456% picked
  • Queensboro Plaza7NW4% picked

85 Railfan

  • Franklin Av-Medgar Evers College/Botanic Garden2345
  • Chambers St1234% picked
  • 168 St-Washington Hts1AC4% picked
  • 125 St456
  • Brooklyn Bridge-City Hall/Chambers St456JZ4% picked
  • Court Sq-23 St7EFG6% picked

60 Straphanger

  • Borough Hall/Court St2345R
  • 161 St-Yankee Stadium4BD6% picked
  • Whitehall St-South Ferry1RW
  • 96 St1232% picked
  • 72 St1234% picked
  • Broadway-Lafayette St/Bleecker St6BDFM
  • Canal St6JNQRWZ

30 Commuter

  • Atlantic Av-Barclays Ctr2345BDNQR2% picked
  • 86 St4562% picked
  • 14 St/6 Av123FLM
  • Lexington Av/59 St456NRW2% picked
  • 42 St-Bryant Pk/5 Av7BDFM
  • Lexington Av/51-53 Sts6EF
  • Chambers St/WTC/Park Place/Cortlandt St23ACERW2% picked
  • Jackson Hts-Roosevelt Av/74 St-Broadway7EFMR8% picked

10 Tourist

  • 34 St-Penn Station123
  • 59 St-Columbus Circle1ABCD4% picked
  • Fulton St2345ACJZ8% picked
  • 14 St-Union Sq456LNQRW10% picked
  • Grand Central-42 St45676% picked
  • Times Sq-42 St/Port Authority Bus Terminal1237ACENQRW14% picked