Bushwick branch typical single track narrow ROW
Photo: OldNYC.com
Flushing Ave and 55th St
view NE
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Maspeth Closer view NE 07/2007
See map: Location 1
Photo: Joe
Gregory
Progress Rail PR20Bs #300-301 local RS-20
Maspeth Photo/Archive: Marc Glucksman
Up and over. New York & Atlantic Railway
matched Progress Rail PR20Bs 300 and 301 lead local job RS-20 down the Long
Island Railroad Bushwick Branch on the morning of Sunday, December 31, 2017.
At this location in Maspeth, NY, it is both crossing and traveling over
Flushing Avenue, approaching 56th Street. The train has just passed through
the Globe Storage Building on its way to work Manhattan Beer and Waste
Management. Sub-freezing temperatures have preserved the snowfall from
several days prior.
NW from the shot across Flushing, it is
shot from 55th Street looking down the ROW, 54th is in the distance,
unfortunately that was as deepest as we went into the Bush, I don't have any
photos beyond that point.
See map: Location 2
Photo: Joe
Gregory 07/07
Bushwick Map
Info: Steve Lynch 07/2007
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Scott Ave Footbridge
view west
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Scott Ave Footbridge
view east
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Varick Yard - 4/15/1925 (Ziel-Boland)
1962 Varick Ave Yard Bushwick Branch
and former South Side crossing in distance, view north.
Photo: Art Huneke
Varick Avenue crossing
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Yard office Varick Ave 11/19/1967 view
east.
Yard office Varick Ave 3/11/1972 view
east.
This yardmaster's office was built in 1949. The three tracks beyond, I believe, were referred to as the "icing yard" but the 1966 maps show them starting west of Varick Avenue. I think the 1966 drawings might be in error. This yard always had cars in it.
Photo: Richard F. Makse
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English Kills Creek Bridge, view west, was a
Bobtail swing bridge.
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The West portion where the inner counterweight is was removed, perhaps
sinking, and replaced with I beams, so it is about 30 feet shorter. All the
wood trestle was replaced with I beams, and the stone blocks were
encapsulated with concrete. It has not opened since about 1955 when the
basin was filled in. This is a fairly rare Bobtail swing bridge. Not many
were ever built.
LIRR #103 C63 C70 -C50 English Kills Bridge
view NW 9/10/89 Photo: Tom Beckett
Bobtail Swing bridge English Kills view NW
English Kills Bridge view S Photo: Mitch Waxman
View of English Kills Creek view west
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Smashboard signal at
English Kills swing bridge on Bushwick branch 06/12/49. George
E. Votava photo, Dave Keller archive
(If bridge was open, low
signal was horizontal across tracks. Train failing to stop would
“smash” into the board arm and alert the engineer.)
Installed 03/1929
replacing Stop Signals and Derails. Removed c.1962
Info: R. Emery
Fan trip April, 1957 RDC is
westbound. The
English Kills is directly behind the photographer as is evidenced by the
derail protectors between the main rails. (these are at ALL bridges and
overpasses to keep derailed cars from going over the side). Dave Keller
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Flushing Ave and 56th St
Photo: OldNYC.com
See map above: Location 3 |
View west into Bushwick Terminal - Morgan Ave
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Edward B. Hittleman
Brewery
Photo: OldNYC.com
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1885 Hittleman Brewery Building, Bushwick
Pl. - View N 10/1984
Photo/Archive: Art Huneke
BOTTLING EDWARD B. HITTLEMAN BREWERY DEPARTMENT
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Former passenger terminal of located at
corner of Bushwick Place and Montrose Avenue
Photo: OldNYC.com |
The Long Island Rail Road Bushwick freight terminal stood at the corner of Johnson Avenue and Bushwick Place in Brooklyn. It was abandoned by the LIRR decades ago and was leased out for other uses, including a meat packing facility and, most recently, to a manufacturer of
styrofoam coolers as a warehouse for styrofoam pellets. The roof had collapsed following a fire set by the resident homeless in May, 2003. The building had been completely disused for about twenty years, but was still full of bags of styrofoam pellets at the time of demolition. The former LIRR freight office on Bushwick Place, pictured in the
photo above left was demolished in 2003. The newer freight building now is owned by Kings Building Materials and was recently used as a hardware/home supply retail outlet. The remains of the passenger depot lasted until around 2005. |