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Posted by William A. Padron on Sun Aug 28 09:33:29 2022, in response to Tuscarora Almanac for August 28, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Sun Aug 28 09:16:39 2022. And now, my submitted entry for this date of August 28, which I had also posted on my Facebook page and in one of its subway fan groups. It is a lengthy read, but enjoy!Court Square/23rd St (Ely Avenue), IND Queens Boulevard Line; Photo by John Dooley as posted on the nycsubway.org website; January 18, 2012.  This Date In NYC Transit History: Monday, August 28, 1939 (83 years ago)... The city-owned and operated Independent Subway System (IND) had opened a new "add-in" station in Long Island City, in the borough of Queens, along its busy Queens-53rd Street tunnel route, which had been in service previously since it first opened in August 1933 with "E" 8th Avenue [Manhattan] trains operating ("F" 6th Avenue line service would be added later along there in December 1940). Located under 44th Drive between the blocks of 21st Street and 23rd Street, the station's name was given as "23rd Street-Ely Avenue". It was planned to have that station opened with the rest of the IND route going out to Roosevelt Avenue-Jackson Heights, but the city agency that was building this line initially had deferred it to the point that just a provisional shell at only that location was done at first, as it was believed that it would not have any such real demands of true ridership usage at that station. Based on complaints from civic and public leaders, plus the increase use of commercial space and factories being built in that area, it was then eventually decided in September 1936 to finish and complete that one particular station. Construction was completed two years later, but its opening was still delayed on the perception that the new station would still not generate any real public usage there. How so wrong they were! The 23rd Street-Ely Avenue station, acknowledged officially by the MTA as "Court Square-23rd Street", is currently used by the "E" and "M" trains. A free transfer is available to / from the nearby stations served by the IRT #7 elevated route located above 23rd Street, and the "G" Crosstown route through a very long passageway to / from its terminal station under Jackson Avenue. By the way, "Ely Avenue" was the former street name of 23rd Street, as with many of the named streets and avenues in Queens were later given new numbered ones beginning as early in 1915. As a further example, 21st Street was formerly "Van Alst Avenue", and 44th Drive was "Nott Avenue". -William A. Padron ["Queensboro-8th Ave. Independent Subway System"] |
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