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The following bus routes serve Third Avenue: The B37 serves the corridor south of Atlantic Avenue, with Bay Ridge service running from Bergen Street to Marine Avenue.; The Downtown Brooklyn-bound B103 makes limited-stops on the corridor north of Prospect Avenue.
Third Avenue was unpaved like most urban streets until the late 19th century. In May 1861, according to a letter to the editor of The New York Times, the street was the scene of practice marching for the poorly equipped troops in the 7th New York Volunteer Infantry Regiment: "The men were not in uniform, but very poorly dressed, — in many cases with flip-flap shoes.
The Third Avenue–138th Street station was opened on August 1, 1918, and was the first station of the IRT Pelham Line to open. Service was provided by Lexington Avenue Line local service. [7] [8] [9] [2] The construction of the Pelham Line was part of the Dual Contracts, signed on March 19, 1913 and also known as the Dual Subway System. [10]
At the time, the Public Service Commission was completing plans for the rest of the line; [8] the commission began accepting bids for two parts of the line within Manhattan, sections 1 and 2. in April 1916. [9] The next month, Booth and Flinn won the contract for section 1, which was to cost $2.528 million (equivalent to $70.784 million in 2023 ...
"Sesame Street" has been gentrified. After 45 seasons, the brick walls that once fenced in the neighborhood have been razed, giving way to sweeping views of what looks suspiciously like the Brooklyn Bridge (it is in fact a composite of three New York City bridges).
The express run to the next express station north, East 180th Street is 3.4 miles (5.5 km) long and bypasses seven stations, making it the second-longest express run in the system behind the 3.5-mile (5.6 km) express run between 125th Street and 59th Street–Columbus Circle on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, which also bypasses seven stations.
"We expect rain to move into midtown Manhattan sometime between 7 and 9 p.m. on New Year's Eve and continue until 11 p.m. to 1 a.m. that night," said Alex Duff, an AccuWeather meteorologist, in an ...
The show will air from 8-10 p.m. EST/PST and 10:30 p.m.-1:30 a.m. EST/PST on CBS television stations and stream on Paramount+. The show will include over 40 performances. Here is a list of who's ...