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Re: Mystery Photo 4

Posted by Joe Saitta on Tue Jul 13 20:47:25 2010, in response to Re: Mystery Photo 4, posted by Mellow One on Tue Jul 13 19:58:22 2010.

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That was, as one fellow kindly mentioned, the Vernon Boulevard Bridge, which connected Brooklyn and Queens. It was taken down after the nearby Pulaski Bridge, I believe it was, opened. The Vernon Boulevard Bridge carried the Graham Avenue streetcar line, which was the only BRT / BQT trolley line, I believe, to serve three boroughs, Manhattan, Brooklyn and Queens. After the streetcars were abandoned, they were replaced by the 62-Graham trolleybus line until the bridge was closed and then demolished. Today, the streetcar loop at Vernon Boulevard and 50th Avenue still exists, but is paved over and is a commercial parking lot. Some of the streetcar rail, however, is still visible in the lot and on Vernon Boulevard. At this location, the tracks of the BQT / BRT crossed the tracks of the Steinways Lines' Vernon Boulevard route but there was never any physical connection between them.

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