Original sentence: The naming of the station as "West Fourth Street," as opposed to merely "Fourth Street," is apparently due to clear up confusion between this station and a proposed station on the never-built IND Second System at South Fourth Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.West Fourth Street–Washington Square is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue and IND Eighth Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of West Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, Manhattan
Edited sentence: The station was named "West Fourth Street" as opposed to merely "Fourth Street" because the planners of the Independent Subway System believed there would be confusion between this station and a proposed station on the never-built IND Second System at South Fourth Street in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.West Fourth Street – Washington Square is a station on the IND Sixth Avenue and IND Eighth Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of West Fourth Street and Sixth Avenue in Greenwich Village, Manhattan