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Posted by Randyo on Mon Jan 31 03:05:15 2011, in response to Re: 76st what happened?, posted by SMAZ on Sun Jan 30 05:00:25 2011. From the 1924 aerial photo of the area, it seems that the area through which Pitkin Ave was routed into Old South Rd was just open unoccupied land and therefore suitable for a road since there seemed to be no homeowners who would be evicted from their properties as a result. I was definitely done sometime between 1924 and the 1940s and I suspect it may have had something to do with proposed subway construction whether or not a 76 St station shell was actually constructed. It would be interesting to check real estate records from the late 1940s to see if any homes were built and/or sold based on the promise of anticipated subway construction as was the case with the Sheepshead Bay and Marine Pk sections of Bkln. Potential buyers in that area were promised that the IRT Nostrand Line would be extended to Sheepshead Bay and many real estate brokers used that to sell homes in the area. |
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