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Eric Adams, 110th Mayor of New York City (2022–present); 18th Borough President of Brooklyn (2014–2021) [9] Hiroaki Aoki (Restaurant Management, 1963), Olympic wrestler and founder of the Benihana chain of restaurants; Charles Barron, New York City Council member representing the 42nd District of New York City; former Black Panther
The 14th Regiment of the New York State Militia, organized in the 1840s, [3] [4] was the United States' most active state militia by the late 19th century. [5] Nicknamed the "Fighting Fourteenth" and the "Red-Legged Devils", [4] [6] the 14th Regiment participated in numerous battles during the American Civil War. [7]
The Dual Contracts, which were signed on March 19, 1913, were contracts for the construction and/or rehabilitation and operation of rapid transit lines in the City of New York. The Dual Contracts promised the construction of several lines in Brooklyn. As part of Contract 4, the IRT agreed to build a subway line along Nostrand Avenue in Brooklyn.
The locations of properties and districts listed on the National Register of Historic Places in Monroe County, New York may be seen on a map by clicking on "Map all coordinates" to the right. [ 1 ] There are 227 properties and districts listed on the National Register in the county, including three National Historic Landmarks .
The First Avenue station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of First Avenue and East 14th Street at the border of Stuyvesant Park , Stuyvesant Town , and the East Village in Manhattan , [ 3 ] it is served by the L train at all times.
The Dual Contracts, which called for the expansion of the New York City Subway system, were formalized in early 1913. [4] As part of the Dual Contracts, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (later the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, or BMT) was to construct a subway from 14th Street in Manhattan to Canarsie in Brooklyn; this became the BMT's Canarsie Line.
The 20th and 14th Avenue corridors would have been served by the QT64 and QT84, respectively. [92] The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020, [93] and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback. [94] A revised plan was released in March 2022. [95]
Due to the city's failure to approve the section of the line between Montrose Avenue and East New York, the 14th Street/Eastern Line was initially isolated from the rest of the system. In 1924, a temporary connection was built from the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR)'s Bushwick Yard that ran via Montrose Avenue and then connected to the 14th ...