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Posted by randyo on Tue Dec 9 18:35:04 2014, in response to Re: other interesting track connections, posted by Broadway Lion on Thu Oct 13 00:28:43 2005. If you have seen my posts on this topic, you might have noted that Pitkin Av originally ended at Ruby St (Its Bkln name. 75 St is the same street on the Queens side of the boundary). Unfortunately there are some years missing from the NYC photo archives, but sometime between 1930 and 1950, Pitkin Av was through routed with South Rd which is why at 78 St, Pitkin Av,curves slightly south to follow the configuration of South Rd which was changed to Pitkin Av after it was through routed. Some maps even show the portion of Pitkin Av between 75 and 78 Sts as “South Rd” rather than Pitkin Av. When I first walked the area with the late trainmaster George Abere in 1962, the street configuration was much different from what it was when we walked the same area in 1983. Sidewalks that were not there in 1962 were there in 1983 so your theory about the width of the sidewalks is irrelevant. there are also 2 more interesting factors. The 1983 NYCTA book of emergency exits listed 2 emergency exits on Pitkin Av well past Elderts Lane which we did not see when we checked that area at street level. We also discovered a manhole in the middle of Pitkin Av abut 3/4s of a block past Grant Av where the accessible portion of the subway infrastructure ends. The manhole cover was labeled “Independent Subway System City of NY” but when I returned there in 2005 some 22 years later, the street had been completely repaved and the manhole was no longer there. As time goes on and with even more development and construction in the area, the few pieces of evidence of the existence of the station will gradually disappear. |
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