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Re: The Tuscarora Book of Forgotten Stations No.20 Cypress Hill Terminal and the Crescent Street Incline

Posted by Bill Newkirk on Wed Jan 13 19:15:28 2021, in response to The Tuscarora Book of Forgotten Stations No.20 Cypress Hill Terminal and the Crescent Street Incline, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Wed Jan 13 12:55:08 2021.

Cypress Hills station served as the eastern terminal of the Lexington Avenue (Brooklyn) elevated line from May 30, 1893 to May 27, 1917. It was a two track station with a single island platform but a rather elaborate station house. The station was located on Crescent Street at the point where it crosses Jamaica Avenue. What was then the Lexington Avenue line became BRT Jamaica Line when it was extended to 111th Street on May 28, 1917 and 168th Street on July 3, 1918. A “new” Cypress Hills station was built on Jamaica Avenue at Hemlock Street and is still in service. The old station was demolished though some traces remain in the steelwork.
April 21, 1916
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