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Posted by Larry,RedbirdR33 on Wed May 28 14:24:58 2014, in response to Re: Broadway Ferry El showing Driggs Ave. Station, posted by MainR3664 on Wed May 28 07:57:15 2014. You are one of the very last people I'd care to argue with on anything- so, with all due respect and that's a lot), I just looked at nycsubway.org's 1924-25 BMT map- which still shows the ferry spur..though with the Driggs Ave. station apparently gone..http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/bmt_1924.gif Would they have issued a map the public what by then was reportedly only storage tracks? Just asking. Main: Thank you for your kind words and don't ever hesitate to ask a valid question. You raised a good point and cited a valid source. In this case we are dealing with something that happened long before either of us was born so we have to rely on the published accounts of others. I looked at the map in question as I have a copy of it . It does indeed show the spur to the Broadway Ferry . The Broadway Ferry station is shown but without any name and the Driggs Avenue station is not shown at all. Interestingly the 1939 BMT map shows the same information. In fact its virtually unchanged from the 1924 map. I consulted a 1968 article "BRT-BMT Eastern Division Abandoned Trackage" by Mr David Rogoff and he confirms the July 2, 1916 termination date. I also consulted "Over and Back, The History of Ferryboats in New York Harbor" by Mr Brian Cudahy. He informs us that although the Williamsburg Ferry Company went out of business in 1908, a new organization known as the Brooklyn and Manhattan Ferry Company resumed operation on the East 23 Street and Roosevelt Street routes in 1911. This lasted until 1918. New York City resumed operation on the Broadway - Grand Street Ferry from 1921 to 1931. These later day ferry routes catered more to the horse drawn freight trade and waterfront businesses. The BMT was still a for profit company and may have continued to show the route in case the ferry trade would prove to be a source of income at some future date. (That's only speculation on my part.) Please let me know if you uncover any more information about this. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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