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Posted by Joe on Wed Jul 8 19:13:38 2015 On November 1, 1927, the New York Times included the 170th Street Crosstown in its list of bus routes that Surface Transportation Corporation would begin that very day.--- I wish the Bronx Home News were available on-line as is the Brooklyn Eagle, but I must rely on the New York Times and its search engine for occasional news items. A crash on the Washington Bridge lets us know that the 170th Street Crosstown bus was operating in May of 1931. --- Four sent to hospital after crash at Bronx end of Washington Bridge. Wet pavement is blamed. Bus skids into car containing 30 passengers in a storm. The bus was a 170th Street Crosstown bus. The streetcar was a 180th Street Crosstown car, in later years to carry the Z route letter. --- In the 1946 Geographia Complete Street Guide is this description: 170th STREET CROSSTOWN Route 11 -- 3.55 miles -- From Southern Blvd and Freeman St, via Freeman St, Intervale Ave, Wilkins Ave, thr Crotona Park, FultonAve, Claremont Pkwy, Clay Ave., E. 170th St., W. 170th St, Shakespeare Ave, Woodycrest Ave, W. 168th St, Ogden Ave, Boscobel Ave, across Washington Bridge, W. 181 St. to St. Nicholas Ave. Returning via St. Nicholas Ave., W. 180th St, Amsterdam Ave, Bridge Plaza (West end of Washington Bridge); thence over the route described above to Intervale Av and Wilkins Ave, between Intervale Ave and Southern Blvd. In 2015, both ends of the 170th St. crosstown are somewhat different. |
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