ARRT'S    ARRCHIVES





THE   BROOKLYN   &   JAMAICA   RAIL   ROAD
THE   LONG     ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD
and    ATLANTIC   AVENUE



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ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


FLATBUSH   AVENUE   FREIGHT   OFFICE


UNTIL THE CHANGES OF 1904 - 1906 BROOKLYN WAS SERVED BY THE CARLTON AVENUE
FREIGHT YARD WHICH WAS SITUATED BETWEEN CARLTON AVENUE AND SIXTH AVENUE.

THE FREIGHT HOUSE - LOCATED AT SIXTH AND ATLANTIC AVENUES -
HAD A TELEGRAPH OFFICE WITH THE CALL LETTERS "FH".


THE MERCHANDISE FREIGHT TERMINAL OPENED JULY 1, 1908 AND HAD A
SURFACE LEVEL OFFICE - HANSON   PLACE   ENTRANCE   AT   UPPER   LEFT


HANSON   PLACE   ENTRANCE   AT   FAR   RIGHT






STORAGE     "PEN"                                         ROOM   "5"   ON   SCHEMATIC
 

AREA   15   ON   SCHEMATIC   -   DOOR   "4"   AT   FAR   RIGHT




ROOM   "6"   AND   DOOR   "4"


ROOM   "6"   AND   DOORS   "2"   AND   "4"


ROOM   "6"   AND   DOOR   TO   ROOM   "7"


A   MEN'S   ROOM   -   PART   OF   ROOM   "7"


ROOM     "8"


ROOM     "8"


ROOM     "9"


ROOM     "9"


VIEW   FROM   "10"   -   BARBER   SHOP   AT   EXTREME   LEFT   -   DOOR   TO   ROOM   "9"   AT   RIGHT
THREE   WINDOWS   AT   LEFT   ARE   PASSENGER   STATION   LADIES   ROOM


BEYOND   THE   BARBER   SHOP   ("11")   AND   THE
LADIES   ROOM   ("13")   WAS   A   STAIRWAY   ("12")


THE   STAIRWAY   LED   TO   A   DOOR   INTO   THE   PASSENGER   STATION'S   SECOND
FLOOR   OFFICES   AND   UP   TO   THE   MERCHANDISE   FREIGHT   TERMINAL   TRACK   LEVEL
 





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