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14th Street Station, Second Avenue El
14th Street Station, Second Avenue El
14th Street Station, Second Avenue El

[14th Street and First Avenue: BMT Canarsie Line]

Survey photograph of construction on the BMT Canarsie Line at 14th Street and 1st Avenue, Manhattan. Photograph Logbook reads: "looking west at station 94+50." Shows 2nd Avenue Elevated Line in the background.

IMAGE DATE1917
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East 14th Street, east of the Second Avenue El station, April 18, 1917.

Despite its name, the Second Avenue El tracks ran over First Avenue between Houston and 23rd Streets.

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