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Re: Bx5 Bruckner Boulevard |
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Posted by Joe on Fri Jun 26 15:38:09 2015, in response to Bx5 Bruckner Boulevard, posted by Joe on Sat Jun 13 11:28:22 2015. As the U.S. Supreme Court is in the headlines this week, I ought mention Joseph Story, who might be the namesake for Story Avenue, which the Bx5 uses for more than a mile, paralleling Bruckner Blvd. President James Madison nominated him as an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court, and he served there from 1811 until his death in 1845. He wrote important and royalty-producing books on constitutional law and other legal topics.--- Was it twenty years ago that the Transit Authority rerouted the Bx5 off Bruckner Boulevard and onto Story and Lafayette Avenues? The city kept widening the boulevard until it became an expressway, each time making pedestrian crossing more difficult. On the other hand, the Story-Lafayette routing serves many tall apartment houses and some stores, and street crossing may be less daunting. --- On the north side of Bruckner, where the Sotomayor Houses stand, the transit lines of Westchester Avenue are less than a half-mile away, and three north-south bus lines help close the gap. --- NYC Parks, in describing Story Park, agrees with the source of the name Story. In "History in Asphalt," John McNamara wrote that Story Avenue could have been named for Justice Joseph Story, as other magistrates are honored by neighboring streets. |
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