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Posted by BMT Guy on Thu Oct 19 20:35:50 2006, in response to Re: Flatbush Avenue Brooklyn College extention, posted by Newkirk Plaza David on Wed Oct 18 17:37:03 2006. I have the paperwork somewhere....but let's put it this way: a proposal was made in the early 70's that stipulated SHOULD the LIRR ever give up using the Bay Ridge line for freight service, the MTA/NYCTA was going to purchase it from them and redo the Canarsie Line whereby -- to make a long narrative short -- the Canarsie line would be merged into the Bay Ridge branch near Wilson Avenue and it would use the Bay Ridge all the way down to McDonald Avenue. This would have made a true Brooklyn-crosstown line connecting Eastern sections of Brooklyn with South-western Brooklyn neighborhoods w/o having to travel thru Manhattan (or via long bus routes). The Elevated portion of the Canarsie line would be kept breifly as a shuttle service and then be discontinued. Canarsians new 'home' station would be on the Bay Ridge branch at Rockaway Parkway and Linden Blvd. (essentially where Linden Yard is today). The B-42 free bus service would be extended up to Linden so that Canarsians would not be inconveninced by losing E. 105th and Rockaway Parkway.That's the paperwork in a nutshell (IIRC) |