User:Kew Gardens 613/sandbox 12
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NYC Subway History Post-Unification  |
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User:Epicgenius/sandbox/Metropolitan Transportation Authority
User:Epicgenius/sandbox/article-draft1 — Manhattan Bridge subway closure
User:Kew Gardens 613/Subways70s80s
User:Kew Gardens 613/NYSTC Annual Reports
User:Tdorante10/sandbox3 – Includes draft bus articles
Queens Bus Routes and lines – A list of bus article projects
User:Epicgenius/sandbox/1 – Interesting track map drafts
User:Epicgenius/sandbox/3 – Includes draft bus articles
User:Epicgenius/sandbox/5 – Includes a draft split of Technology of the New York City Subway that I have been wanting to work on
This sandbox is for SIR-related things. The goal is to transfer this material to the mainspace. Other users should feel free to add information that is fit, improve, and add references to the work that is here.
General[edit]
https://www.nypl.org/blog/2016/01/22/staten-island-public-domain
Opening[edit]
Someone advertised an 82 acre lot in 1852 because a proposed SI Railroad stop was going to be nearby
Details of the Rapid Transit Scheme
Baltimore and New York Railway[edit]
Extensions[edit]
Improvements Help Richmond Realty– Bridge across Arthur Kill
Grade Crossing Eliminations[edit]
State to Eliminate 4 Crossings on S.I.
Electrification[edit]
Double Tracking[edit]
Improvements Help Richmond Realty
Abandonment of plan to double-track 1917
The City Record[edit]
Timetables[edit]
June 5, 1860 "Open to Princess Bay Station" with a stop at Pryor's Road
Station Renovations[edit]
Tottenville–The Future City of Staten Island, and the rival of Newark and Paterson
Richmond Valley station[edit]
Richmond Valley ESI
Working West Shore 2030 Study Proposal to move Richmond Valley to Page Avenue with a park and ride
Transit hub, and TOD on Nassau Metals Site
https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/sirr/downloads/pdf/Ch21_Appendix_Initiatives_FINAL_singles.pdf
Page 16 – https://www1.nyc.gov/assets/planning/download/pdf/applicants/env-review/eas/12dcp080r_eas.pdf
Station often damaged due to floods from Mill Creek; proposal to construct floodgates
Station atop of tidal wetlands with streams behind both platforms
Both streams will be removed and directed under the tracks as part of the Mill Creek Watershed Bluebelt project currently underway to NYC DEP Bluebelt BMP’s (Best Management Practices).
Study cost $205,000