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Posted by Joe on Mon Oct 24 08:57:02 2011, in response to Re: Lexington Ave. el & Pratt Institute campus, posted by Elkeeper on Sun Oct 23 22:33:27 2011. While last runs on some lines were around midnight, the final trip from Park Row to Bridge-Jay was midday. I am quite certain that the transfer I described was received some minutes later.--- Someone asked whether the transfers extended into the bus era. No, because when the PCC's were yanked from the Brooklyn Bridge in 1950, they were not replaced by buses. Several things happened between 1944 and 1950. The trolleys were moved from the vehicular roadway to the el tracks. The el stations at Park Row and Sands Street were demolished. On July 1, 1948, the rapid transit fare went to a dime and (if memory serves me correctly) the fare on Board of Transportation surface routes went to 8 cents. Turnstiles were removed from the PCC's and the 6000's. At some point the Bridge-Jay transfers were changed from el-to-trolley, to el-to-Independent and their Brooklyn-bound availability was restricted to one token booth at Broadway-Nassau. That change may have happened in May, 1950. ---- I vaguely recall the el station being renamed from Bridge Street to Bridge-Jay Streets, with a new mezzanine built at the Jay Street end ready for use on the last day of Park Row el service. The reason may have been the hike from Bridge St. to Sands Street. |
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