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Posted by zac on Mon Aug 29 22:30:59 2022, in response to Re: W 4th Street, posted by William A. Padron on Mon Aug 29 21:33:02 2022. I used to change at Bleeker/Bway-Laf all the time and was looking at how they built Chrystie St without disturbing the original B1 track and traffic. What they did of course was to ramp up the express tracks to mezzanine level and also have the third track come from Essex. There was enough room to do that without disturbing the street. Chrystie St itself was demolished for the Cross Manhattan Expwy and the subway was built under it, and now we have that linear park. During the construction of the Bleeker St NB connection a lot of the original Bway-Lafayette station was reexposed that was probably shut down in the 50s. Some provisions were made for the 2nd Ave subway that were never used too, you can see ramps just north of Grand St. It is unclear whether anything more ever was built there, such as a second station under the current Grand St, or on the outside behind the walls. It is well hidden if it were. |
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