In 1923 and 1936, the High-V fleet was being converted to multiple-unit door control, with the exception of all 50 of the Deck Roofs and some Gibbs and Hedley cars.

[3][4] The Deck Roof cars served mostly in Broadway services, both Express and Local, throughout their lives.

The first 4 of these cars were held aside for the Bowling Green–South Ferry Shuttle and had the center door cutout feature, indicated by the white line outside under the number.

Unlike the BMT and IND Divisions, full length trains of all older types of IRT cars always used two conductors.

It was previously operational, but a flood at the museum site damaged the car's electrical underfloor components.