The opening credits from seasons two through nine featured an opening shot of Doug getting into an IPS truck , which then cuts to a long shot of an elevated subway station , ( Which is the 111 Street Station on the IRT Flushing Line which is on the 7 Line of the New York City Subway ) where he drives under the subway station onto which the show 's logo is digitally placed , as if it 's a street sign . It then cuts to scenes of Doug , Carrie and Arthur spending time around Queens . In the season two sequence , Kevin James ' starring credit was placed over a shot of the Brooklyn Bridge with the Manhattan skyline , but was re-edited after the September 11 attacks that felled the World Trade Center . Two short versions of the sequence exist : in original airings where the opening was shortened due to time constraints and in some syndicated airings , the opening featured the shot of the IPS truck going under the bridge , then to the final shot of the credits where Doug and Carrie get ices at the Lemon Ice King of Corona on 108th St in Queens . The second version used in U.S. syndicated airings since 2007 simply features the first eight seconds of the full sequence with the opening establishing shots of Queens placed before the truck scene . In syndicated airings of season one episodes that have aired in the U.S. since the fall of 2007 , this version replaced the standard season one sequence in all episodes for unknown reasons
September 11 attacks
September 11 attacks
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