Italianstallion Posted December 28, 2018 Share #626 Posted December 28, 2018 49 minutes ago, AJ of JGD said: That’s 36 Street. Yep, my bad. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted December 28, 2018 Share #627 Posted December 28, 2018 57 minutes ago, Italianstallion said: 20 hours ago, GojiMet86 said: 39th Avenue will no longer be Beebe Av. It will now be 39th Avenue-Dutch Kills. So, is this a new thing, putting neighborhood names on stations that are not terminuses? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted December 28, 2018 Share #628 Posted December 28, 2018 No clue. I saw the Dutch Kills thing from a photo a friend put on Facebook. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 29, 2018 Author Share #629 Posted December 29, 2018 14 hours ago, Italianstallion said: So, is this a new thing, putting neighborhood names on stations that are not terminuses? Not new at all... Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue and 82nd St-Jackson Heights aren't termini. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AJ of JGD Posted December 29, 2018 Share #630 Posted December 29, 2018 Just now, Around the Horn said: Not new at all... Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue and 82nd St-Jackson Heights aren't termini. Morris Park. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted December 29, 2018 Share #631 Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, Around the Horn said: Not new at all... Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue and 82nd St-Jackson Heights aren't termini. Yes, but extremely rare. Not sure Dutch Kills, which most New Yorkers have never heard of, merits the honor. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted December 29, 2018 Share #632 Posted December 29, 2018 2 hours ago, AJ of JGD said: Morris Park. That name is a holdover from the NYW&B. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted December 29, 2018 Share #633 Posted December 29, 2018 Not sure if the reason for the 28th St delay was posted, but the reason is because of structural defects that were found in the steel columns. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lawrence St Posted December 29, 2018 Share #634 Posted December 29, 2018 Also, the plywood at 167th was taken down. @MHV9218 Also, there is something really off about the signs at 174th St ever since they reopened it. It's like the font used was Helvetica but it's not. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted December 29, 2018 Share #635 Posted December 29, 2018 22 hours ago, GojiMet86 said: No clue. I saw the Dutch Kills thing from a photo a friend put on Facebook. Can you post it? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted December 30, 2018 Share #636 Posted December 30, 2018 Took some myself a couple of hours ago: IMG_3674 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3675 by GojiMet86, on Flickr 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Around the Horn Posted December 30, 2018 Author Share #637 Posted December 30, 2018 7 hours ago, Lawrence St said: @MHV9218 Also, there is something really off about the signs at 174th St ever since they reopened it. It's like the font used was Helvetica but it's not. The contractor used Helvetica Neue instead of Helvetica. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Tan Posted December 30, 2018 Share #638 Posted December 30, 2018 Will the missing tiles on the name tablets be replaced. I'm guessing the tiles are missing because why would some of the name tablets be covered? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Derrick Tan Posted December 30, 2018 Share #639 Posted December 30, 2018 @GojiMet86 Also, is Broadway (BMT Astoria) still called "Broadway" only? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GojiMet86 Posted December 30, 2018 Share #640 Posted December 30, 2018 9 minutes ago, Derrick Tan said: @GojiMet86 Also, is Broadway (BMT Astoria) still called "Broadway" only? Still Broadway, no change. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LGA Link N Train Posted December 30, 2018 Share #641 Posted December 30, 2018 Hey @Union Tpke. Do you know the exact date of when 39th and Broadway are scheduled to reopen? I know they’re supposed to reopen in February though I kinda doubt that. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QM1to6Ave Posted December 30, 2018 Share #642 Posted December 30, 2018 On 12/28/2018 at 5:40 PM, Italianstallion said: It's way past due to remove the Beebe name - that was officially changed to 39th Ave. a hundred years ago, for God's sake! But Dutch Kills? Does anyone around there call it that? It must be a hipster thing. There’s a hipster-y bar out there called Dutch Kills. Went there with co-workers once. So yes, pretty hipster-y LOL 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted December 30, 2018 Share #643 Posted December 30, 2018 18 hours ago, GojiMet86 said: Took some myself a couple of hours ago: IMG_3674 by GojiMet86, on Flickr IMG_3675 by GojiMet86, on Flickr Wow. Nice, thanks. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Union Tpke Posted December 30, 2018 Share #644 Posted December 30, 2018 19 hours ago, LaGuardia Link N Tra said: Hey @Union Tpke. Do you know the exact date of when 39th and Broadway are scheduled to reopen? I know they’re supposed to reopen in February though I kinda doubt that. I have no idea. I only get what I know by scouring the MTA website on a regular basis. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ABOGbrooklyn Posted December 31, 2018 Share #645 Posted December 31, 2018 On 12/29/2018 at 12:44 PM, Italianstallion said: Yes, but extremely rare. Not sure Dutch Kills, which most New Yorkers have never heard of, merits the honor. Supposedly it's a real thing. I found this website by googling it. http://dutchkillscivic.com/history/ 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR503 Posted December 31, 2018 Share #646 Posted December 31, 2018 I wonder what the history there is. I've always known Dutch Kills to be this body of water, which, for reference, is south of Sunnyside yards. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted December 31, 2018 Share #647 Posted December 31, 2018 6 hours ago, RR503 said: I wonder what the history there is. I've always known Dutch Kills to be this body of water, which, for reference, is south of Sunnyside yards. I did some research on this area. The original Dutch Kills creek, a tributary of Newtown Creek, extended through what is now Sunnyside Yards and ended at 38th Ave. and Northern Blvd. - so, very close to the 39th Ave. station. (The creek was covered over by the yards and then canalized so that it now ends south of Queens Blvd.) There was a village of Dutch Kills near the current Dutch Kills Playground at Crescent St. and 36th Ave. The village became incorporated into Long Island City. In 2008, the area, largely industrial for over 100 years, was rezoned to encourage residential use. This seems to have had the desired effect, and some gentrification has occurred. Having grown up in Astoria, I can say that no one ever used the term Dutch Kills. It was always Long Island City, or in its northern areas, Ravenswood. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted December 31, 2018 Share #648 Posted December 31, 2018 On 12/29/2018 at 11:30 PM, QM1to6Ave said: There’s a hipster-y bar out there called Dutch Kills. Went there with co-workers once. So yes, pretty hipster-y LOL Someone on Subchat posted an article that the Dutch Kills Civc Assn. lobbied the MTA to change the station name. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RR503 Posted December 31, 2018 Share #649 Posted December 31, 2018 (edited) 11 minutes ago, Italianstallion said: I did some research on this area. The original Dutch Kills creek, a tributary of Newtown Creek, extended through what is now Sunnyside Yards and ended at 38th Ave. and Northern Blvd. - so, very close to the 39th Ave. station. (The creek was covered over by the yards and then canalized so that it now ends south of Queens Blvd.) There was a village of Dutch Kills near the current Dutch Kills Playground at Crescent St. and 36th Ave. The village became incorporated into Long Island City. In 2008, the area, largely industrial for over 100 years, was rezoned to encourage residential use. This seems to have had the desired effect, and some gentrification has occurred. Having grown up in Astoria, I can say that no one ever used the term Dutch Kills. It was always Long Island City, or in its northern areas, Ravenswood. Wow! Excellent historical research. I pulled up HistoricAerials to get an old topo (this is from 1900): Edited December 31, 2018 by RR503 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Italianstallion Posted January 1, 2019 Share #650 Posted January 1, 2019 1 hour ago, RR503 said: Wow! Excellent historical research. I pulled up HistoricAerials to get an old topo (this is from 1900): You can see how the Kills ends under the S or T of HISTORIC, by the tracks. A western branch ends in a swampy area by the capital L. I believe those blocks in between the two are the village of Dutch Kills. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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