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Re: Question: Why No Station at 188th Street/Hillside Avenue? |
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Posted by Handbrake on Wed Aug 16 18:48:56 2017, in response to Re: Question: Why No Station at 188th Street/Hillside Avenue?, posted by Mitch45 on Wed Aug 16 15:31:22 2017. Had the IRT agreed to run trains on the LIRR Whitestone Branch as NYC had an agreement with the PRR to lease the line, and tie it into the Flushing line at Willets Point Blvd. Had the agreed to run its trains up to Whitestone, Whitestone would be a very different place today.Had the BRT been around at the time of the City's deal with the LIRR, the BRT would have more than likely taken the deal to run into Whitestone, with the IRT more than likely following. Hence, Whitestone was able to avoid the over development urban bullet, as it remains a rather quaint Long Island like village. |
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