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The Liberty Avenue Elevated Is 100 Today! |
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Posted by William A. Padron on Fri Sep 25 09:19:10 2015 This Date In NYC Transit History = September 25, 1915 (100 years ago):The BRT/BMT Fulton Street elevated line was extended along Liberty Avenue in Queens, and that route extension was originally built as part of the BRT/BMT's portion of the Dual Contracts. There were six new stations that opened along the line: Hudson Street (80th Street), Boyd Avenue (88th Street), Rockaway Boulevard [near 96th Street], Oxford Avenue (104th Street), Greenwood Avenue (111th Street) and Lefferts Avenue [Lefferts Boulevard]. New Elevated Line Opened For Queens. However, and much later, as a BMT Division route, service along Liberty Avenue ended on April 26, 1956, with its tracks severed and disconnected. Then, IND Division subway service would take over the remaining portion from hereon in (with a new connecting downward ramp from a new station at Grant Avenue) three days later on April 29, and first used by the "A" trains. It has seen more years as an IND Division route along this stretch, with its station agent booths having been assigned with the N-prefix series, but there are still the former BMT K-route signal code chaining group, with its numbers descending westward toward Grant Avenue. The Fulton Street elevated line's older structure at a point west of the 80th Street-Hudson Street station (near the Brooklyn-Queens borderline) was later torn down around 1957-1958. Fast forward to this date in 2015... The six stations are currently being rehabilitated into a good state of repair, all to be completed sometime next year in 2016. The project includes new side wall panels (with decorative art work) and floor platforms, improved lighting and signage at all the stations, plus new elevators to be installed at the Lefferts Boulevard terminal station. Happy 100th!!! -William A. Padron ["Fulton-Lefferts Blvd."] |
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