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Posted by randyo on Wed Oct 26 15:01:57 2011, in response to Re: Lexington Ave. el & Pratt Institute campus, posted by Elkeeper on Wed Oct 26 13:24:43 2011. It may have been a capacity issue. Despite the 4 Av Subway being more efficient in terms of getting Bkln residents to Manhattan, el ridership may have been just sufficient enough to justify retaining it for the time that it was kept. According to some reprints of the local Bay Ridge paper the "Spectator," in the late 1930s, there was severe overcrowding in the 4 Av subway, particularly the Culver Line which the BMT was unable to resolve due to a shortage of steel cars. A reprint of the Spectator from 1938 indicated that some relief should be realized once the proposed connection of the city (IND) subway to the Culver Line is completed. |
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