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Posted by Elkeeper on Fri May 23 01:08:06 2014, in response to Re: Broadway Ferry El showing Driggs Ave. Station, posted by gp38/r42 chris on Thu May 22 22:24:53 2014. There is more to that story. When the WillyB opened in 1903, it had a steel elevated structure for a BRT terminal on its Manhattan end. (We discussed it, a few weeks ago.) Because the BRT balked at being charged for every train over the bridge, it was never used and was later incorporated into the pedestrian walkway. The City, through its Dept of Bridges, offered to build the "Delancey Street" (now Essex) terminal for the BRT in the beginning of 1906. The City and the BRT settled their differences so, in late 1906, construction of the terminal began. It opened in 1908. |
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