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On November 26, 1967, the [[Chrystie Street Connection]] opened, connecting the Brighton Line in Brooklyn to the [[IND Sixth Avenue Line]] in Manhattan via the [[Manhattan Bridge]]. The bridge's south side tracks, which formerly connected to the [[BMT Nassau Street Line]], were now connected to the Broadway Line express tracks instead. The bridge's north side tracks, which formerly connected to the Broadway Line, now connected to the Sixth Avenue Line express tracks. Originally, the {{NYCS|D}} running via [[IND Sixth Avenue Line|Sixth Avenue Express]], and the {{NYCS|QJ}} running via [[BMT Nassau Street Line|Nassau Street]] and the [[Montague Street Tunnel]], were to replace all three Q services on the Brighton Line. The Q and QT went out of existence completely, but due to riders' opposition to the expected loss of all Broadway Line service, some QB trains were retained, now running rush hours only in the peak direction between Coney Island and 57th Street via Brighton Local, the Manhattan Bridge, and Broadway Express in Manhattan. The color scheme introduced for subway lines that day included a red QB bullet. A short-lived [[N (New York City Subway service)|NX]] service also provided rush-hour service between Brighton Beach and Coney Island and the Broadway Line, running via the [[BMT Sea Beach Line]] to Manhattan. This service was discontinued on April 15, 1968, after less than five months.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.thejoekorner.com/scripted-ticket-display.shtm?http://www.thejoekorner.com/subway-sun/P008486.gif|title=the NX joins the N...|date=April 1968|website=thejoekorner.com|publisher=New York City Transit Authority|access-date=May 6, 2018}}</ref> The RR replaced Q, QB and QT service to Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard.<ref name="Linder 2005" />
On August 19, 1968, one AM rush hour QB train began running to Ditmars Boulevard. From January 2, 1973, no QB trains ran in service to Ditmars Boulevard, though two trains ran light to Ditmars Boulevard from 57th Street in the AM rush, and one train ran light to 57th Street in the PM rush. On January 19, 1976, morning rush hour QB trains began running in service to Ditmars Boulevard, and most evening rush hour trains entered service at Queensboro Plaza, with only one evening rush hour train running from Coney Island to 57th Street. All but the first QB morning QB trip, which entered RR service, were cut back from Ditmars Boulevard to 57th Street on August 30, 1976. Evening rush hour trains only ran in service between Coney Island and 57th Street. The last PM rush hour QB train started at Ditmars Boulevard, having previously made a trip in RR service. The first two morning rush hour QB trains ran to Ditmars Boulevard as of May 7, 1978, returning in service as RR trains to 36th Street. The last two evening rush hour QB trains entered service at Ditmars Boulevard, with the final trip having previously made an RR trip from 36th Street.<ref>{{Cite journal |last=Linder |first=Bernard |date=April 2003 |title=Brighton Line Schedule Changes |url=https://erausa.org/pdf/bulletin/2000s/2003/2003-04-bulletin.pdf |journal=New York Division Bulletin |publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association |volume=46 |issue=4 |pages=2–3}}</ref><ref name="Linder 2005" />
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