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Re: Myrtle Avenue El

Posted by jan k. lorenzen on Fri Mar 5 19:13:33 2010, in response to Re: Myrtle Avenue El, posted by GP38/R42 Chris on Fri Mar 5 13:54:49 2010.

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Also remember, Myrtle west of Bway was built by two different steam era companies a few years apart. The part from downtown to Grand was built as part of the Lexington el which swung south at Grand, the part east of Grand was part of the Park Ave. el. Those two sections were literally feet apart at that intersection. Once the two companies merged, the Park Ave. and Grand from Park to Myrtle section was taken down.

One of the things that sealed Myrtle's fate was the closure of hte Brooklyn Navy Yard in 1966 with resultant loss in passengers. That, and it was old, tired, and not quite suited to modern transit operations. It really was a relic, and I still wonder why it never was made part of the Dual Contracts rebuilding like Broadway was.

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