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[PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station |
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Posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Aug 17 09:31:27 2025 chosen to be the terminus of the Myrtle and Lexington Ave el lines. The closure of the Park Row terminal and Sands St. station meant the end of this line below Bridge St. The 1939 map below shows the 5th Ave/Culver line branching off below the Navy St. station, but the Lexington Ave line was still in service.  The next eight photos detail how the city turned Bridge St. into a terminus for two elevated lines. To achieve this, the eastern end of the platform had to be demolished to accommodate the construction of a signal tower with relay room and crossover. (Photo date: March 25, 1943)  The May 6, 1943 view shows the demolition complete and a clear view of the street below with streetcar trackage.  On the same day of May 5, 1943, the photo shows the erection of a "service walk".  Next is laying of long ties. (Photo date: June 14, 1943)  Next is the framing work of the new signal tower. Notice the ornate building on the platform. Was this the entrance building for Bridge St ? (October 6, 1943)  On the next day of October 7, 1943 is the signal relay and tripper.  On November 29, 1943, the signal tower is coming along nicely.  Crossover on the same day of November 29, 1943  On this May 13, 1945 view is the new Bridge-Jay St. entrance and fare controls that replaces the Bridge St. entrance. There was an overpass that was removed some years later. On the lower right, notice where the Burke's store is. There's an IND subway entrance that will later serve as a transfer point. A paper ticket was the transfer. Is that IND entrance there today ?  An earlier view on May 12, 1943 show a more detailed view of the the original structure, the IND subway entrance and a Brooklyn PCC streetcar.  The Bridge-Jay St. station hosted a variety of BU cars over the years. The train here is either an Myrtle or Lexington Ave. train. (undated photo)  Gerry Landau photo taken from the tower showing the crossover. The only date of this photo is October 1969. So I'm not sure if the Myrtle Ave. line was still in service or shut down. Not all the rails are shiny, so if still in service, would this be a Sunday with only one terminal track in use ?  E.R.A. fan trip of October 5, 1969 bidding farewell to the Myrtle Ave elevated. You can still see the markings where the cross ties used to be before the line being cut back to Bridge-Jay St.  After the sad farewell comes my photo of the acetylene torches getting to work. (December 1970).  Are the stairs in this photo of the old Bridge St. station entrance ? Notice the photo earlier of the signal tower construction, I think it is. (December 1970)  On January 1971 when the last of the Myrtle Ave. el was being razed, I went up the stairs and grabbed a shot of the partially demolished fare control area.  Remember that old NY Daily News photo display called New York's Changing Scene ? Here are three views of Jay St. looking east down Myrtle Ave. (September 1969)  April 1971 view after the removal of the elevated structure. The el is gone, that GM Fishbowl bus is gone and that green phone booth is gone.  For the final photo of this photo essay, my November 12, 2017 view. Now everything is gone and replaced with new buildings where Metrotech Center now resides. 
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