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TICKET FROM CONEY ISLAND TO UNION DEPOT
FROM A 1900 B.R.T. MAP
ROUGH SKETCH OF MAP FROM AN 1890s ATLAS
UNION DEPOT IS LISTED IN THE LONG
ISLAND RAIL ROAD JULY 1, 1903 C. R. 4.
FROM THE AUGUST 10, 1890 BROOKLYN EAGLE
TWO 1899 PHOTOGRAPHS
THE DEPOT WAS ENLARGED AND BECAME A SHOP BUILDING
1918
1936
1950'S
BILL SLADE TOOK THIS PHOTOGRAPH IN 1949
IN 1984 SLATED FOR DEMOLITION
FORNEY NUMBER ONE
THE SHUTTLE CONNECTING WITH A THROUGH TRAIN TO CONEY ISLAND
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| ON FIFTH AVENUE AT 36th STREET |
TICKET FROM CONEY ISLAND TO UNION DEPOT
FROM A 1900 B.R.T. MAP
ROUGH SKETCH OF MAP FROM AN 1890s ATLAS
UNION DEPOT IS LISTED IN THE LONG
ISLAND RAIL ROAD JULY 1, 1903 C. R. 4.
FROM THE AUGUST 10, 1890 BROOKLYN EAGLE
TWO 1899 PHOTOGRAPHS
THE DEPOT WAS ENLARGED AND BECAME A SHOP BUILDING
1918
1936
1950'S
BILL SLADE TOOK THIS PHOTOGRAPH IN 1949
IN 1984 SLATED FOR DEMOLITION
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BROOKLYN UNION ELEVATED RAILROAD'S 5TH AVENUE EL
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FORNEY NUMBER ONE
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SOUTH OF 36TH STREET STATION WAS A JUNCTION CONTROLLED BY AN INTERLOCKING. THE TRACKS TO THE LEFT WENT TO NINTH AVENUE AND WERE USED BY WEST END AND CULVER TRAINS. THE TRACKS TO THE RIGHT WENT TO THIRD AVENUE AND SOUTH TO 65TH STREET BAY RIDGE AND WERE USED BY THROUGH TRAINS AND THIS ONE CAR SHUTTLE. |
THE SHUTTLE CONNECTING WITH A THROUGH TRAIN TO CONEY ISLAND
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AT 65TH STREET PASSENGERS COULD CHANGE TO A STREET CAR WHICH RAN DOWN A RAMP TO STREET LEVEL. UNTIL PASSENGER SERVICE TO BAY RIDGE WAS WITHDRAWN IN 1897 PASSENGERS COULD WALK DOWNSTAIRS TO A LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD TRAIN TO MANHATTAN BEACH OR A CULVER TRAIN TO CONEY ISLAND.
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