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Posted by Joe on Mon Jul 13 09:53:58 2015, in response to Bx11, 170th Street Crosstown, posted by Joe on Wed Jul 8 19:13:38 2015. Each time I look at a Bronx bus route, I try to imagine the needs it served or now serves. The Bx11 170th Street crosstown, for example, helped those who shopped along 170th Street in the perennially vigorous clothing+ stores between Jerome Avenue and the Concourse. Highbridge residents faced a daunting homeward climb up to the hilltop on Nelson or Ogden Avenues. The Bx11, for a nickel, provided that service. Also, the route accessed the 7th Avenue IRT, the Lexington-Jerome IRT, the new Independent Concourse line, the Third Avenue el, and the White Plains Road IRT at Freeman St.--- The Bx11 also gave access to movie theatres! It passed four theaters on West 181st St, The Empress, Gem, Lane, and Wadsworth. It looped past the Heights on Wadsworth Ave. The huge, long-lasting Coliseum was a block west. (As a child, I ran out of that theater when the circus tent in "Dumbo" caught fire.) Near Jerome Ave, the Bx11 passed the Luxor. East of the Concourse, it passed the Zenith. At Boston Road, the Boston Road Theater was a few steps away. At or near the eastern terminal (Southern Blvd & Freeman St) there were the Freeman and the Radio. |
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