[45th Street during Dual Contract construction]
Camera 20 feet north of north curb of 45th Street, looking north, showing west sidewalk, between Fort Hamilton Parkway and 45th Street. Image prior to construction of the elevated BMT West End Line. This line was built under the Dual Contracts of 1913. The original surface railroad tracks of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad can be seen in the photograph. At the time of the photo, the BRT operated elevated trains over these tracks using trolley wired electricity. These tracks were retained for use by trolley lines after the elevated was built over them.
New York Transit MuseumNew Utrecht Avenue looking north, showing west sidewalk, between Fort Hamilton Parkway (at corner) and 45th Street (behind the camera), March 25, 1914.
In 1914 the small triangle block formed by 45th Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway and New Utrecht Avenue was occupied by a small structure, the corner of which is visible at the left side of the frame. In 1914 the "public area" at this intersection had its title transferred to the city, along with similar such plots along the planned route of the new elevated BMT West End Line. Today this triangle includes only a small plot of greenery and one of the staircases from the Fort Hamilton Parkway Station of the D train.
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