[Jay Street and Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY]

Jay Street and Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn, NY. looking south with view of covered bridge over Jay Street leading to Bridge St station of the BMT Myrtle Avenue El. Free transfer was established here to IND 8 Avenue subway Jay Street station after El removal over the Brooklyn Bridge in 1944. Note sign "8 Ave" under stairway landing at SW corner. Board of Transportation Headquarters (became Transit Authority in 1953) will be built on parking lots along that side of Jay Street and completed in 1950.