Plank Road Collapse Along Schermerhorn Street; IND Fulton Line
Photograph documents area conditions along Schermerhorn Street after plank road collapse during construction of the IND Fulton Line. Original photographic log reads: Camera on street at center line Sta. 14+42, 15 feet South of Center line looking West and down into debris.
New York Transit MuseumPlank Road Collapse Along Schermerhorn Street, September 9, 1929.
Following heavy rains on the night of September 7th, the entire plank road on Schermerhorn Street between Smith Street and Boerum Place—in place for the construction of the IND Fulton Line— collapsed. The area of collapse was 100 feet long and 50 feet wide, from curb to curb. Just before 1:00 AM, four people stepped out of a car in front of 123 Schermerhorn Street and following a loud roar turned around to see the car they had just vacated no longer on the street, but instead deep in the excavation hole. No injuries were reported.
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