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[8]: 13 The name Manhattan Junction or Manhattan Beach Junction was applied to the station on what is now the Jamaica Line when it opened in 1885; [9] [10] the area had been known as Manhattan Beach Crossing since before then, [11] [12] due to the crossing of the LIRR's Manhattan Beach Division.
The bond issue passed, and the MTA was set to take over the NYCTA in 1968. The night before December 31, 1967, the NYCTA and the TWU made an agreement to avoid a strike. The deal gave NYCTA workers the ability to retire with about half-pay after twenty years if the employee was over fifty years old.
In a 2014 report, the MTA projected that 355 miles of track would receive CBTC signals by 2029, including most of the IND, as well as the IRT Lexington Avenue Line and the BMT Broadway Line. [51] The MTA was also planning to install CBTC equipment on the IND Crosstown Line, the BMT Fourth Avenue Line and the BMT Brighton Line before 2025. [127]
Michael J. Quill Depot (school trippers) Vehicle: Orion VII NG HEV Nova Bus LFS HEV New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 (school tripper only) New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 (school tripper only) Began service: 1859 [1] (train) 1935 [2] (bus) 1948 [3] (current alignment) Route; Locale: Manhattan, New York, U.S. Start: West Village ...
On September 10, 1974, the MTA announced that work would start on the construction of high-level platforms at eleven stations in the Bronx and Manhattan including at the Marble Hill, Spuyten Duyvil, University Heights, Morris Heights and Riverdale stations on the Hudson Line. The entire project cost $2.8 million.
The station opened on June 22, 1915, as part of an expanded Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company operation to Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue. [2] [6] Between 2001 and 2005, the station was known as Gravesend–86th Street when N trains originated/terminated here while the Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue terminal was reconstructed. [7]
Manhattan School of Music was founded between 1917 and 1918 by the pianist and philanthropist Janet D. Schenck. It was initially known as the "Neighborhood Music School". Initially located at the Union Settlement Association on East 104th Street in Manhattan's East Harlem neighborhood, the school moved into a brownstone building at East 105th ...
The population of Manhattan is said to have increased by 500,000 people during the strike, primarily corporate employees staying in hotel rooms. [9] Bicycle commutes were popular; they were estimated to have increased by 200,000 people. [21] [22] This was attributed to the warm spring weather that was present when the strike occurred. [22]