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Re: [PHOTO] Abandoned portion of Myrtle EL
Posted by Wallyhorse* on Mon Aug 18 21:17:25 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by zac on Sun Aug 17 17:19:03 2025.* And if the line were rebuilt, that stretch would obviously be used with likely the first stop after Myrtle-Broadway railroad north being Willoughby-Marcy Avenue (transfer to G), then Bedford Avenue, Evergreen Place, Clinton Avenue, Carlton Avenue-Washington Park and Navy St. before going underground and joining the Montague line either at Jay-Metrotech or Court Street and continuing to Astoria as an extended (W).
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Tue Aug 19 06:43:42 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by randyo on Mon Aug 18 20:27:53 2025.* I have nothing from 1940, but these are from April 22,1956.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Tue Aug 19 11:17:14 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by randyo on Mon Aug 18 19:47:34 2025.* No they weren’t. That was a different company.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by randyo* on Tue Aug 19 12:21:49 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Bill Newkirk on Tue Aug 19 06:43:42 2025.* Thanks , but what I am looking for are 1940 photos of the change from the original single Xover I was told was there to the diamond Xover that most of us have seen at one time or another.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by subfan* on Tue Aug 19 14:02:25 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Spider-Pig on Mon Aug 18 15:22:35 2025.* The original reason I recall was that there was a power cable on that residual structure. subfan
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Jackson Park B Train* on Tue Aug 19 14:02:44 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 19 11:17:14 2025.* while a different company, Sohio gas stations honored Chevron california Standard) credit cards
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Spider-Pig* on Tue Aug 19 15:53:06 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by subfan on Tue Aug 19 14:02:25 2025.* That’s what I heard too. But there isn’t one anymore, so why wasn’t it removed later?
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by subfan* on Wed Aug 20 01:23:00 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Spider-Pig on Tue Aug 19 15:53:06 2025.* Inertia?
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Avid Reader* on Wed Aug 20 06:46:47 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Bill Newkirk on Tue Aug 19 06:43:42 2025.* Egggs-salant! Eye candy, a thrill up and down my leg!
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Wed Aug 20 06:53:27 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Avid Reader on Wed Aug 20 06:46:47 2025.* Egggs-salant! Eye candy, a thrill up and down my leg! Calm down, they're only old photos. lol Bill M.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Avid Reader* on Wed Aug 20 07:33:32 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Bill Newkirk on Wed Aug 20 06:53:27 2025.* May be old, but new for these eye!
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Olog-hai* on Wed Aug 20 14:40:55 2025, in response to [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Aug 17 09:31:27 2025.* Once the city took over, all they knew how to do was destroy. And decades later build short sections of subway in their preferred areas for billions of dollars per mile.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Q65A* on Wed Aug 20 17:29:55 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Bill Newkirk on Tue Aug 19 06:43:42 2025.* Once more, you really know how to get great pics! As a kid, on Palm Sunday my family would go from Greenpoint to Holy Trinity Cemetery in Bushwick where my great grandmother was buried. I recall traveling down Wilson Avenue and seeing the el on Myrtle Avenue (and seeing no traffic light at the intersection of Myrtle and Wilson). I did not know at the time that I was seeing Q Types on the structure but to my young eyes those cars seemed to be primitive yet really beautiful. Thanks for stirring up some cool memories for an aging baby boomer from Queens!
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by jan k. lorenzen* on Wed Aug 20 17:58:34 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Q65A on Wed Aug 20 17:29:55 2025.* Where in Greenpoint were you living then? I'm over by McGolrick Park and St. Stan's. I go to St. John's on Milton St.
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Wed Aug 20 18:25:40 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Q65A on Wed Aug 20 17:29:55 2025.* Once more, you really know how to get great pics! You're welcome Q-65A Bill M
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[PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Fri Aug 22 14:13:38 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by randyo on Mon Aug 18 20:27:53 2025.* Since you came up with these photos, are there any similar photos of the realignment of the tracks at the east (RR south) end of Rockaway Ave on the Fulton St el when it was made the terminal in 1940? This may or may not be what you are looking for. I Found these three of the Fulton St. el demolition. Rockaway Ave. October 17, 1941 Rockaway Ave. May 10, 1945 - Fulton st el is no more
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by randyo* on Sat Aug 23 01:53:34 2025, in response to [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Aug 22 14:13:38 2025.* Thanks. However what I am looking for is the conversion of the single Xover east of Rockaway Ave to the diamond Xover that was used to turn the trains when the service was truncated at Rocky Ave.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by irtredbirdr33* on Sat Aug 23 17:30:10 2025, in response to [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Aug 22 14:13:38 2025.* Bill: I have the track maps for the Fulton Street El. E-mail me and I will send you copies. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by irtredbirdr33* on Sat Aug 23 17:30:12 2025, in response to [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Aug 22 14:13:38 2025.* Bill: I have the track maps for the Fulton Street El. E-mail me and I will send you copies. Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by Bill Newkirk* on Sat Aug 23 19:33:59 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by irtredbirdr33 on Sat Aug 23 17:30:12 2025.* Please e-mail the maps to me. Click on the blue highlighted Bill Newkirk handle.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by irtredbirdr33* on Sun Aug 24 08:26:54 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by Bill Newkirk on Sat Aug 23 19:33:59 2025.* Bill: This doesn't seem to work for me. Please e-mail me irtredbirdr33@gmail.com Larry, RedbirdR33
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by Chris R16/R2730* on Sun Aug 24 10:42:45 2025, in response to [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by Bill Newkirk on Fri Aug 22 14:13:38 2025.* Fulton St is awfully narrow for a 4 track subway.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP* on Sun Aug 24 11:02:48 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by Chris R16/R2730 on Sun Aug 24 10:42:45 2025.* "We'll make it fit.":)
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by zac* on Mon Aug 25 11:50:29 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Sun Aug 24 11:02:48 2025.* And on top of that you had the el while building.
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Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave.
Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP* on Mon Aug 25 18:43:21 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Attn: randyo - Rockaway Ave., posted by zac on Mon Aug 25 11:50:29 2025.* Still nothing compared to squeezing the 6th Ave. line through a maze including the BMT Broadway line, H&M, the LIRR and Pennsy tracks - and the 6th Ave. el to boot!
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Lord Vader* on Tue Aug 26 07:30:57 2025, in response to [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Bill Newkirk on Sun Aug 17 09:31:27 2025.* What a contrast of time periods here. Hard to believe there used to be an elevated train at that location. Even the street is gone with the development of Metro Tech. An excellent photo essay indeed. Every so often I still see the western remnant of the Myrtle Ave el whenever I roll through that area of Bed Stuy. Vader
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Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station
Posted by Kevin from Midwood* on Tue Aug 26 07:47:32 2025, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] The Myrtle Ave. Bridge St. Station, posted by Lord Vader on Tue Aug 26 07:30:57 2025.* Hard to believe there used to be an elevated train at that location. Why? It's just Brooklyn.
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