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Re: [PHOTOS] Polo Grounds Shuttle - Part 2 |
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Posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Sat Feb 10 06:05:52 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Polo Grounds Shuttle - Part 2, posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Fri Feb 9 22:13:02 2018. Hello Larry, Bill M, EL Keeper, Express Rider, Randy-o and any others still interested whom I have missed ---Here is a website I found (Dave From Brooklyn) of great photos taken in November 2011 of the remains of the Sedgwick Ave Station of the IRT polo grounds Shuttle. These crisp sharp views show the station from all angles and viewpoints. For those unaware of this site and its (abandoned Polo Shuttle, Sedgwick Ave Station) photos , Worth a look --LINK BELOW http://davefrombrooklyn.blogspot.com/2012/02/polo-grounds-station.html regards - Joe F |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sat Feb 10 15:31:13 2018, in response to Re: Putnam question, posted by randyo on Wed Feb 7 18:36:29 2018. The Getty Square Branch also ended at Sedgwick Avenue. The City of Yonkers fought hard to preserve it- unsuccessfully. |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Sat Feb 10 20:41:35 2018, in response to Re: Putnam question, posted by MainR3664 on Sat Feb 10 15:31:13 2018. Unusual for a passenger line to be terminated during WWII. The NYC Board of Transportation took over a year to convince the Federal Office of Defense Transportation that the Brooklyn Bridge tracks would be used for streetcars, before it okayed the Park Row, Sands St, and Adams St el removals. |
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Posted by northshore on Sat Feb 10 22:39:43 2018, in response to Re: Putnam question, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Feb 10 20:41:35 2018. Service on the Second Avenue El ended in 1942 |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 11 16:42:24 2018, in response to Re: Putnam question, posted by Elkeeper on Sat Feb 10 20:41:35 2018. Certainly was unusual. Today, that service would be very valuable. Traces of it are easy to find.In February 2010, I took my own walking tour in Van Cortlndt Park, and I identified almost the whole ROW from Caryl Avenue to where it joined the "mainline" Put- which is now an official trail (Getty Square Branch is not). If anyone's interested, the easiest way to fund the GSQ branch is to start at the corner of Broadway and Mosholu Avenue, enter the park, and fid the abutments. Then, chose right or left, and climb/follow the embankment. At least in 201, there was still ballast on the overpass over the Saw Mill Parkway |
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Posted by italianstallion on Sun Feb 11 16:45:34 2018, in response to Re: Putnam question, posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 11 16:42:24 2018. Much of the GSQ in Yonkers north of Caryl is now blocked by buildings. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 11 20:19:26 2018, in response to Re: Putnam question, posted by italianstallion on Sun Feb 11 16:45:34 2018. Also correct. Has been the case for many years. A sign for the Park Hill Station still existed into the 1990s. It wasn't readable- all the paint was long gone- but its size, shape, and other dimensions matched exactly a sign shown at High Bridge on Page 50 of "The Putnam Division", by Gallo and Kramer.Even that sign was gone by 2010.... But even in 2/2010, an abutment remained at Heriot Place. |
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Re: [PHOTOS] Polo Grounds Shuttle - Part 2 |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 11 20:22:10 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Polo Grounds Shuttle - Part 2, posted by IRTRedbirdR33 on Fri Feb 9 13:34:47 2018. I looked for remnants of the Jerome-Anderson Station in 2008, when I visited he area for work. Wasn't much to see from street level.But I did live in Westchester from 1995- early 1999, and I noticed the stairs by the Deegan Expressway. Seeing those, as well as Gallo and Kramer's "Putnam Division" helped explain a lot. |
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Posted by MainR3664 on Sun Feb 11 20:23:45 2018, in response to Re: [PHOTOS] Polo Grounds Shuttle - Part 2, posted by JOE @ NYCMTS - NYCTMG on Sat Feb 10 06:05:52 2018. Incredibly clear photos... |
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Posted by Elkeeper on Mon Feb 12 16:32:30 2018, in response to Re: Putnam question, posted by northshore on Sat Feb 10 22:39:43 2018. Unusual, but not unheard of. My guess is that they convinced the ODT that the steel could be better used in the war effort. Besides, ridership from Queens had declined after the Oct 27th, 1940 closing of the 1939 World's Fair. Almost 6 months later, on May 19th, 1941, late night (from 9:30PM-12:30AM) and Sunday service ended. |
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