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Re: Myrtle Avenue El |
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Posted by randyo on Tue Mar 17 15:02:22 2015, in response to Re: Myrtle Avenue El, posted by Express Rider on Mon Mar 16 19:53:38 2015. Actually, the logical place for a connection from Myrtle to the Montague St Line would have been between Bridge St and Court St (RR NORTH going towards Manhattan) since Myrtle Av lines up almost perfectly with Montague St. In all likelihood, if that had been an option, the Myrtle Av line would’ve had to cross under the IRT Clark St Line unless by some quirk of fate, it could have been built before that portion of the IRT. According to PSC reports from circa 1915, the BRT had no intention of connecting Myrtle to the subway but rather it was proposed to build a stub terminal at Flatbush extension and build a convenient transfer to the Myrtle Av (Gold St) station of the 4 Av subway. Part of the plans for the Ashland Pl connection included complete rebuilding of the entire Fulton St el to dual contract standards so that steel cars fit for subway use could be operated. There was a lot of political intertwining at the time which also involved the construction of a new station on the Bway Bkln el at Willy B plaza. The dispute involved who would pay for the new station and further work on upgrading Fulton was halted until the dispute was resolved which it never was thus only the portion of Fulton between Nostrand and Hinsdale St was able to carry steel cars which put the Ashland place connection on a back burner and eventually led to its replacement by the IND Fulton St Subway. Had the entire Fulton St el been rebuilt for steel cars, it’s highly likely that the entire Fulton St structure would have remained although probably connected to the IND somewhere in downtown Bkln rather than to the BMT subway. |
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