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Posted by RedbirdR33 on Sat Apr 30 21:10:15 2005, in response to Re: Age of the Els Re: To el or not to el, that is the question!, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Wed Apr 20 15:07:40 2005. Vincent Seyfried is usually pretty accurate, so I will accept the Liberty El as 1915.So is the Livonia El between Pennsylvania Ave and New Lots the winner? Chris: The Fulton Street El ran as far east as Grant Avenue from July 16, 1894 until September 25, 1915 when it was extended along Liberty Avenue to Lefferts Avenue.(Today's Lefferts Blvd). This must be the 1915 date that Seyfried is refering to. The Jamaica Avenue El was extended from the Cypress Hills Terminal to 111 Street on May 28, 1917 and to 168 Street on July 3, 1918. Note that there was an earlier operation of Lexington Avenue El trains to Jamaica utilizing the Crescent Street Incline and surface streetcar tracks on Jamaica Avenue. This operation was short-lived and lasted only from May 30,1893 to December 8, 1893. There was also another short-lived BRT service to Jamaica utilizing the Chestnut Street Incline and then via the LIRR . This lasted only from October 4, 1898 to January 10,1898 and should not be confused with the BRT-LIRR Joint Service to the Rockaways. This service used the same ramp and lasted from July 17,1898 to September 3, 1917. Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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