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Re: Brooklyn, 3rd Ave El 65th Station, Trolley andTunnel |
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Posted by Ed Alfonsin on Tue Jan 11 17:47:32 2011, in response to Re: Brooklyn, 3rd Ave El 65th Station, Trolley andTunnel, posted by tunnelrat on Tue Jan 11 16:41:43 2011. Rails onto the west side of Third Avenue and cobblestones were still there at least into the mid-1950s until it was all bulldozed to build the medical building. I don't recall utility poles or any wire surviving until then.Further north, there were still lots of places with exposed rail along 65th Street down to and along Second Avenue to at least 39th Street. I walked the entire area back then but unfortunately my track diagrams got lost in a family move at some point. There was also a remnant of a two-track loop under the old Gowanus Parkway northbound up-ramp, probably a survival of 69th Street or 86th Street streetcar service. Paving came up to the edges of those rails. Ed Alfonsin Potsdam, NY Bay Ridger in the 1950s |
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