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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Aug 5 09:25:01 2026 Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station 1895 – from The Book of First Runs The Culver line is connected to the Fifth Avenue EL at 36th Street. 1919 – from The Book of First Runs Eastern Parkway station on the Broadway-Brooklyn Line is opened. 1990 – from The Book of First and Last Runs The late night subway Rt. 3 Lenox Terminal Shuttle is discontinued. A Route 3 Shuttle Bus is established between 135th Street and 148th Street with a stop at 145th Street. Free transfers are issued at 135th Street station and are valid on the M-7 and M-102 buses as well. The Tuscarora Book of Forgotten Stations (and parts thereof) No. 18 – Chambers Street – Unused Platforms, Trackways and Mezzaine. Today the Forgotten Station Express will make at stop at the Chambers Street on the BMT Centre Street Line. Although the station is still in use it is a maze of abandoned and unused trackways and platforms. Chambers Street as built was a four track station with three island and two side platforms. The centermost platform and the side platforms were intended for the unloading of trains whereas the other island platforms were for the loading of passengers. The original plan was for trains from the Eastern Division to use the two westernmost tracks. The two eastern tracks would connect to the Southern Division via the tracks on the south side of the Manhattan Bridge. South of the station the western tracks would turn east and connect to the el tracks on the Brooklyn Bridge. In order to facilitate this the south end of the western platform rises to a higher level than the eastern tracks in order to pass over them. This connection was actually built but tracks were not installed and it was never used. It is possible to see a part of this connection from the south end of the eastern platform. The eastern tracks were to proceed south in a subway to be built under William Street. Service to the two westernmost tracks from the Williamsburg Bridge began on August 4, 1913. Service to the eastern tracks began on June 22, 1915. This service pattern continued for the next sixteen years. Service south of the Chambers Street finally began in 1931 running via Nassau Street instead of William Street. Also the Nassau Street tracks would connect to the outer tracks instead of just the two east tracks. The outer tracks were now for through service while the two center tracks would serve as terminal tracks. The two side platforms were abandoned at an unspecified date. The easternmost platform remains intact. The westernmost side platform was destroyed in the early 1960’s when the platforms on the adjoining IRT Brooklyn Bridge station were extended northward. The center platform began the terminal for the #10 Myrtle Avenue-Chambers Street trains. It remained in use until those trains (as the “M”) were extended south to Broad Street in 1968. Thereafter the platform was (and may still be) used intermittently during service disruptions. The station was built with two mezzanines. The southernmost one remains in service. The north mezzanine was closed and a new one built further north between 1937 and 1938. The abandoned mezzanine was converted to a storage facility for the Municipal Building. Some of the stairways to this are still intact but sealed at the top. As large as the station was the BRT had plans to add two more tracks on the eastern side of it. Provision for this was made in the form of two pockets in the east tunnel wall north of the station. There was a room at the north end of the northbound platform. I do not know if this was a tower or a dispatchers office. Does anyone know? Larry, RedbirdR33 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by zac on Wed Aug 5 09:46:41 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Aug 5 09:25:01 2026. Looking north from the south mezzanine: Looking across and towards the south from the southbound platform. You can kind of see the SB platform rise and the NB platform lower:  And the one still nice thing about Chambers St, the entrance:   All shots are my own and taken over the last two years on film, but alas, not from my bike. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Aug 5 13:07:46 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station, posted by zac on Wed Aug 5 09:46:41 2026. Zac: I have heard rumblings of a plan to rehabilitate Chambers Street station. Are there any truth to these? Larry, RedbirdR33 PS Thank you for the photos. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by zac on Wed Aug 5 16:44:43 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Aug 5 13:07:46 2026. That's what I've heard too, but nothing definitive. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by Steve B-8AVEXP on Wed Aug 5 18:22:37 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Aug 5 13:07:46 2026. We're talkng about a renovation of Ellis Island proportions.:)You can see those two never-used trackways if you look quickly through one of the windows on the right side of a Williamsburg Bridge-bound Curly or sZemp train just after entering the tunnel. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by gbs on Wed Aug 5 21:47:31 2026, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Aug 5 09:25:01 2026. Eastern Parkway station on the Broadway-Brooklyn Line is opened. Of the three stations now connected as "Broadway Junction", this one opened first, and was called "Eastern Parkway" because when it opened, the only exit was at the south (west) end, with stairs down to the mezzanine and street at Eastern Parkway, the predominant street in the area. (This mezzanine and exit are now closed to the public.) Until fairly recently, there were "Eastern Parkway" signs at this end of the platforms. A decade or so later the 14th St-Canarsie Line opened there as "Broadway Junction", because that line actually intersected with Broadway, unlike the first line which ran along Broadway, so Broadway wasn't in its station name. Over a decade later (delayed because of WWII) the IND station opened, as "Broadway - East New York", because it too intersected with Broadway, but from a different direction. This station included the station house, now used by all three lines. The only way to exit the original Eastern Parkway station (J,Z) now is at the north (east) end by going upstairs to the mezzanine and then down to the station house. The subway maps of the times included all three station names, one for each line. When it became the TA standard to name interconnected stations with the same name (like "Court Square"), all three were named "Broadway Junction".   The "East NY" tiles were replaced with "Junction", while the "Broadway" remained untouched. If you look carefully at the O in both words you can see that the font is different, a good copy but not exact.  |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Wed Aug 5 23:20:13 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Aug 5 13:07:46 2026. Yes, it was announced. I saw a news article. Request forProposal from contractors was issued. It may be in the Capital Plan. |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by Italianstallion on Wed Aug 5 23:27:48 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station, posted by irtredbirdr33 on Wed Aug 5 13:07:46 2026. Here ya go:A46038R: Design-Build Services for Renewal of Chambers Street Station in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York (0000544449) Solicitation number: 0000544449 Title/Description: Design-Build Services for Renewal of Chambers Street Station in the Borough of Manhattan in the City of New York Funding: 100% MTA Goals: MBE: 15% WBE: 15% SDVOB: 6% Est $ Value: $100M+ Contract Term: 821 Calendar Days Current opening/due date: 10/14/2026 Document availability date: 8/5/2026 Current addenda: 0 |
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Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Thu Aug 6 14:44:42 2026, in response to Re: Tuscarora Almanac for August 5 and a Forgotten Station, posted by zac on Wed Aug 5 16:44:43 2026. As I wrote here several times, the main problems are the exterior walls and ceilings, which need waterproofing, especially on the exterior. The underground springs from the old Collect Pond continue to rot the station, inside and outside. Some type of drainage system is needed to keep the station dry. |
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