THE BROOKLYN, FLATBUSH AND CONEY ISLAND RAILWAY THE BRIGHTON BEACH LINE Part FOUR |
Revised February 12 and 13, 2007
CORTELYOU ROAD LOOKING SOUTH. 1918 GRADE
CROSSING COMMISSION REPORT CALLS THIS AVENUE C
WHICH PAUL MATUS INFORMS US WAS THE STATION NAME.
"SWITCH" IN FORGROUND WAS NOT A DERAIL BUT A PROVISION TO PROTECT
THE TROLLEY CROSSING BY ALLOWING EXPANSION AND CONTRACTION.
LOOKING NORTH TOWARD AVENUE C STATION.
CORTELYOU ROAD CROSSING LOOKING WEST.
CORTELYOU ROAD STATION
CONSTRUCTION NEAR DITMAS AVENUE
NEWKIRK AVENUE LOOKING WEST
MIDWOOD HOTEL AND NEWKIRK AVENUE CROSSING
NEWKIRK AVENUE LOOKING EAST
SOUTH MIDWOOD STATION
AT NEWKIRK AVENUE
PHOTO COURTESY OF ST. FRANCIS COLLEGE VIA THE ELECTRIC RAILROADERS' ASSOCIATION
PAUL MATUS SUPPLIES THIS AND ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND CORRECTIONS AS NOTED BELOW: This is looking south from Ditmas Avenue overpass to Newkirk Avenue bridge and station house beyond. This was 1964, when the Brighton station platforms were being lengthened to 10 IND car-lengths in anticipation of the Chrystie Street Connection. Newkirk Avenue station required some heavy-duty excavation at the north end to accommodate the longer platforms. They closed the local tracks through Newkirk and snaked the local tracks north and south through the express tracks, as the pictures show. |
This photo is from the Foster Avenue overpass, looking south with
Glenwood Road pedestrian bridge (now gone) in the background.
AVENUE H STATION
LOOKING NORTH AT AVENUE H STATION toward the aforementioned Glenwood Road ped bridge.
HENRY RAUDENBUSH PHOTOGRAPH CIRCA 1958
LOOKING SOUTH AT AVENUE H STATION
AVENUE J STATION
NOVEMBER 1907 - BRIGHTON BEACH TRAINS ARE USING THE ELEVATED
TRACKS AND THE ABUTMENTS ARE IN PLACE FOR THE L.I.R.R. BRIDGES.
AVENUE J STATION - JUNE 2, 1910
LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD TRACKS ARE NOW ON THE EMBANKMENT.
AVENUE J STATION LOOKING NORTH
LOOKING SOUTH FROM AVENUE H STATION
A NEW BRIDGE
KINGS HIGHWAY IN 1906
KINGS HIGHWAY AFTER SEPARATION
LOOKING WEST (NORTH) FROM KINGS HIGHWAY STATION
AVENUE U STATION IN 1903
NECK ROAD CROSSING AND STATION
LOOKING WEST AT NEW NECK ROAD STATIONS SEPTEMBER, 1910.
BRIGHTON LINE AT FAR LEFT - LONG ISLAND STRAIGHT AHEAD.
WESTBOUND PLATFORM HIDDEN BY BRIDGE GIRDERS.
