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Why were there 3 platforms at Atlantic Ave? |
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Posted by Hoosac on Thu Dec 19 13:19:19 2013 Back in 1955, I lived for about a year in Ozone Park. My parents and I rode the Fulton Street El quite a lot. It was in its final days; the connection that would send the A train to Lefferts Blvd was under construction (and so was the connection to the former LIRR Rockaway branch).We used to take the El from 111th St to Atlantic Ave, and then transfer to the 14th Street line. Lately, I have been looking for pictures and other info about the way Atlantic Ave looked then. I have found that at the time the station had 3 island platforms, and 6 tracks. As I recall, the transfer from the inbound Fulton St train to the city-bound 14th St line just involved crossing a platform. I have found an old video of Roger Arcara's that seems to confirm this. I don't remember clearly, but I think the transfer going the other way, from the Canarsie-bound 14th Street train to the Lefferts-bound El, was also just across a platform. I don't remember going up and down stairs to get from one train to the other. This would seem to indicate that only two of the platforms were in use. So what was the third platform for? I'm guessing its purpose dates back to the early days of the El, and it was no longer needed by '55. Does anyone have more info? |
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