ATLANTIC AVENUE RAILROAD - FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL

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1839 MAP SHOWING BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD,
GOWANUS LANE, FLATBUSH AVENUE (THEN NEW) and FLATBUSH TURNPIKE

1855 MAP SHOWS LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD LEASED BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD
OCCUPYING ATLANTIC STREET, and 1844 TUNNEL.

below.....1896 REPORT OF THE ATLANTIC AVENUE COMMISSION........and........1883 CONTRACT
TO CARRY MAIL BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND JAMAICA
.

ATLANTIC AVENUE AT PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, EAST NEW YORK looking west circa 1895. NOTE MAIL CRANE FOR
EASTWARD TRAINS TO PICK UP MAIL WITHOUT STOPPING. Many of the buildings are still standing. ---->GO TO POSTAL HISTORY
The tracks were elevated from 1903 until the early 1940's when the tunnel opened.

FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL circa 1900.

FORT GREEN PLACE CROSSING circa 1895

INTERIOR OF 1892 FLATBUSH AVENUE STATION.

ELEVATED CONNECTION WITH FIFTH AVENUE EL WAS USED 1899-1904 THEN SERVED AS PART OF
TEMPORARY TERMINAL FOR STEAM TRAINS UNTIL FULL ELECTRIFICATION.

LATE 1905 VIEW - ELECTRIC TRAINS WERE ALREADY USING UNDERGROUND TRACKS OF NEW TERMINAL.

THE NEW FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL STATION BUILDING OPENED IN 1907
AND IN THE EARLY 1940'S WAS COMPLETELY REFURBISHED INCLUDING SANDBLASTING OF THE EXTERIOR

WAITING ROOM FEATURED "ANTI PLUVIUS" SKYLIGHT

STILL THERE IN '78

TIMES PLAZA STATION OF POST OFFICE WAS IN NEW 1907 STATION ---->See also our POSTAL HISTORY Page
AND WAS REPLACED IN 1925 BY THE PRESENT BUILDING.

..................................FORT GREENE PLACE and ATLANTIC AVENUE in MAY, 1978................................................

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go to ----> NEW PAGE - 1908 AC ELECTRIFICATION ... ... This Page last revised 09/24/01 go to ----> NEW PAGE LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY --- go to ----> NEW PAGE - PENNY BRIDGE STATION 1839 MAP SHOWING BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD, GOWANUS LANE, FLATBUSH AVENUE (THEN NEW) and FLATBUSH TURNPIKE 1855 MAP SHOWS LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD LEASED BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD OCCUPYING ATLANTIC STREET, and 1844 TUNNEL. below.....1896 REPORT OF THE ATLANTIC AVENUE COMMISSION........and........1883 CONTRACT TO CARRY MAIL BETWEEN BROOKLYN AND JAMAICA . ATLANTIC AVENUE AT PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, EAST NEW YORK looking west circa 1895. NOTE MAIL CRANE FOR EASTWARD TRAINS TO PICK UP MAIL WITHOUT STOPPING. Many of the buildings are still standing. ---->GO TO POSTAL HISTORY The tracks were elevated from 1903 until the early 1940's when the tunnel opened. FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL circa 1900. FORT GREEN PLACE CROSSING circa 1895 INTERIOR OF 1892 FLATBUSH AVENUE STATION. ELEVATED CONNECTION WITH FIFTH AVENUE EL WAS USED 1899-1904 THEN SERVED AS PART OF TEMPORARY TERMINAL FOR STEAM TRAINS UNTIL FULL ELECTRIFICATION. LATE 1905 VIEW - ELECTRIC TRAINS WERE ALREADY USING UNDERGROUND TRACKS OF NEW TERMINAL. THE NEW FLATBUSH AVENUE TERMINAL STATION BUILDING OPENED IN 1907 AND IN THE EARLY 1940'S WAS COMPLETELY REFURBISHED INCLUDING SANDBLASTING OF THE EXTERIOR WAITING ROOM FEATURED "ANTI PLUVIUS" SKYLIGHT STILL THERE IN '78 TIMES PLAZA STATION OF POST OFFICE WAS IN NEW 1907 STATION ---->See also our POSTAL HISTORY Page AND WAS REPLACED IN 1925 BY THE PRESENT BUILDING. . ..................................FORT GREENE PLACE and ATLANTIC AVENUE in MAY, 1978................................................