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The New York Central and Hudson River Railroad leased the B&A for 99 years from July 1, 1900. This lease passed to the New York Central Railroad in 1914; throughout this, the B&A kept its own branding in the public eye. The NYC merged into Penn Central on February 1, 1968. New York Central began a major modernization program in 1924.
In its waning years, the Hudson Branch would serve freight exclusively. In the summer of 1892, an accident took place in Claverack, New York. [2] In 1900, the line along with the B&A itself were acquired by the New York Central Railroad, thereby making Hudson, Harlem, and B&A Main Line work as one with the former H&B. (However, the B&A would ...
Its spine is Harvard Avenue, a major north–south thoroughfare connecting Allston to points north (generally via Cambridge Street toward Cambridge), and south toward Brookline. The area underwent a population explosion in the early 20th century, and Harvard Avenue was developed roughly between 1905 and 1925 as a commercial and residential spine.
It includes houses on both sides of the street, numbered from 335 to 344 inclusive, an area that marks the summit of Dana Hill. Harvard Street was laid out as a direct route from "Old Cambridge" (now Harvard Square) to Boston in the early 1800s, and was run over Dana Hill over the objection of Judge Francis Dana, whose estate sat on top of the ...
Metro-North Railroad (game days only): Harlem Line, New Haven Line New York City Subway: 4 , B, and D (at 161st Street–Yankee Stadium) New York City Bus: Bx6, Bx6 SBS, Bx13 SeaStreak to Highlands Terminal (game days only) Highbridge: 6.7 (10.8) c. 1870s: June 3, 1975 Highbridge station currently is a Metro-North employee-only stop. Morris ...
Harvard Avenue station is a light rail station on the MBTA Green Line B branch, located in the Allston neighborhood of Boston, Massachusetts. The station is located on the west side of Commonwealth Avenue at Harvard Avenue, in a residential and commercial district. The station consists of two side platforms, located on opposite sides of Harvard ...
[6]: 7 After debate about running an elevated line above business districts in Cambridge, the BERy agreed in late 1906 to build a line under Beacon Hill in Boston, over a new West Boston Bridge, and under Main Street and Massachusetts Avenue in Cambridge to Harvard Square. [6]: 7 Construction began on May 24, 1909.
The Western Avenue and Market Street segments opened as part of a line from Central Square, Cambridge in 1880, which was electrified in 1896. [8] [9] The North Harvard Street segment, which opened in 1883, was never electrified and was abandoned in the early 1890s. [7]: 50