ARRT'S   ARRCHIVES

       


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.


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