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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Aug 25 22:01:57 2019, in response to 3rd Ave Trolley Route in Manhattan & Bronx!, posted by Elkeeper on Fri Aug 23 13:09:45 2019. OKAY, OKAY....here's what I consider authoritative:Frederick A. Kramer's "Across New York By Trolley", Volume 4, does not state directly, but indicates via map and pictures that at its peak in the 1930s, TARS ran (among other routes) a route that almost perfectly matched the Third Avenue El. The map on the very back shows a line starting on 1st Street in Mount Vernon, proceeding south on White Plains Road, turning west on Gun Hill Road, then south along Webster, Third, and Willis Avenues to 3rd Avenue in Manhattan, to Bowery and Park Row, with a southwesterly tail at the end. A photo on Page 7 shows it (Route T) passing adjacent to the IRT Park Row elevated terminal, and (going backwards in the book), a pic on Page 4 shows the route ending right at the turn onto Broadway, opposite 225 Broadway, with the Woolworth Building visible. The old Post Office is right next to the trolley. Today, this would be at the southern tip of City Hall Park. I cannot tell if Route T actually ran the whole way from/to Mount Vernon, but considering how closely the route seems to have followed the elevated (I guess it didn't use the private ROW in the South Bronx) I'd guess that it ran at least to Fordham Road. Perhaps, but again, I do not know, another route designation went from there to Mount Vernon. I hope this is helpful. |
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