Speaking of reactivating former stations, anyone think it feasible to restore the old Manhattan-bound platform at Myrtle? I know they ripped out the Bk bound platform long ago to squeeze another track in, and the current platform holds that Masstransiscope thing not sure if its powered anymore , but this platform may be able to serve an area devoid of any service judging by the subway map.
The platform is far too small and is under some more recent construction as well. There are also some concerns with the way such a station would impact the interlocking prior to the Manhattan Bridge. Additionally, the southern end of Myrtle Ave.
Actually, DeKalb Avenue station is very close to this station, like Ben said. Additionally, the way it exists now, only B and Q trains would be able to stop at the station, and even then, only northbound ones. Not really. Using it for short-turns from Manhattan can also be a possibility; just tie it into the centre track on the main level south of the station.
I always imagine those stations would be neat to rent out for use as lounges or nightclubs. They might even have the required number of exits.
I think that there are some underground places not necessarily stations in Paris that are used as lounges or nightclubs. Subway built south of Canal St. Save my name, email, and website in this browser for the next time I comment. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. About Contact Me 2nd Ave. Subway History Search. Abandoned Stations. Benjamin Kabak. You may also like. With boost from local pols and ADA upgrades The project is relatively new — built in I believe Red Hook Houses has also had the same effect in that neighborhood.
In Fort Greene, the Ingersoll and Walt Whitman Houses also were a barrier for many years, but their presence has not stopped the high rise proliferation along Flatbush Avenue Extension or the upscaling of Fort Greene. West on Butler now. Some cases were prosecuted. Canines seemed to be most cruelly exploited as prize fighters. The battle was frequently frustrating, as judges read the law regarding dog fighting quite narrowly, making it almost impossible to convict someone unless they had been caught setting the dogs at each other or instigating the fight.
Gowanus Canal ends at Butler Street, and this is the location of its water filtration and pumping station. As far back as the s the Gowanus Canal had become the cloaca of Brooklyn, filled with industrial waste, garbage and sewer outflow.
Engineers reached a partial solution by , when a flushing tunnel was dug from the head of the canal at Butler Street above southwest to Buttermilk Channel. At the pumping station a steam-powered propeller forced water out of the canal and expelled it into the channel, and cleaner water was admitted into the canal.
Things went, while not literally swimmingly, well enough for a few decades, though the Gowanus Canal would never remind anyone of Venice. The Buttermilk Channel named because currents would cause milk to change to butter on boats moored there, supposedly was not the place to deposit raw sewage, which would still find its way into the canal.
The flushing tunnel stopped working altogether in the s and it would be fully three decades before it would be repaired; Gowanus Canal became just as foul as before.
Typhoid and cholera germs were found in it, prompting the construction of a Red Hook waste water treatment plant eventually constructed in the Brooklyn Navy Yard. At last, though, the flush pump was repaired in May —after tons of contaminated mud was dredged from the canal — and the Gowanus is on the excruciatingly slow way to cleanliness and wildlife has returned to its waters.
The looming presence of the Gowanus Houses, complete with water tanks that look like observation towers, have not deterred new construction from coming to nearby Warren Street just off Bond. Most were built between From your commute, you can catch a glimpse of a tunnel into train antiquity as the ramp to the deserted lower level comes into view after the Hoyt Street station. The lower level has one trackway and platform, along with two connections on each side.
No track was ever laid since the project was abandoned fairly soon after inception. Although the sub-subterranean station used to be viewed through the cross-under, a permanent tile wall now blocks off the lower platform from curious eyes.
For a Lafayette Ave subway. Such a subway was actually built for the IND system later. Both are now obscured.
The upper level curve is still visible in the wall of the Atlantic Ave station side platform, as extended northward in The lower level is hidden, and the ramp up is covered by the present westbound local track 2 3 trains built The site of the inbound trackway is still plainly visible from the north end of the inbound side platform 2 3 trains.
The site of the outbound trackway was destroyed by platform extensions in , and any remaining evidence by the subway extension built Above, a detail of a map from the Board of Rapid Transit Railroad Commissioners still shows the route as 2 and 3 tracks.
Below, a profile from the same original map shows how close to the street the Brooklyn subway is. It can be seen that a lower level at Nevins St would go just below mean high water. The upper level of Nevins St has a grotesquely elaborate name tablet. As if to challenge the idea that nothing could make it uglier, the recent retiling has added grey lines of tile around it.
A pair of narrow stairs lead from each platform to the underpass. In the distance is the stairway up to the street: the mezzanine floor is clearly lower than the top of the train seen at right.
0コメント