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Posted by Q4 on Thu Dec 13 12:20:16 2012, in response to Re: 24 years ago today, posted by Elkeeper on Thu Dec 13 00:31:21 2012. The store owners didn't want the El and wanted it torn down. They didn't want to wait for the new service to be ready, felt the El was bad for business and property values. Got politicians on their side and voila, no more El to 168th St. but cut back to Metropolitan Ave. and then 121st (although a portion remained to QB as electric power was hooked up to a Substation.I remember having a baseball game at Franklin K. Lane HS. We tried to use our bus passes on the Q49L (I believe that was what the shuttle bus was numbered that took you to and from old stops between 168th St and Metropolitan. The driver told us the passes were not good as this was a subway, not a bus. |
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