tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post5541692313307753980..comments2024-02-19T05:18:27.849-05:00Comments on <center>the Q at Parkside</center>: Clove Road Getting StonedClarkson FlatBedhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-43890709068616853442015-06-17T08:04:33.492-04:002015-06-17T08:04:33.492-04:00My understanding is that the Q south of Prospect P...My understanding is that the Q south of Prospect Park looked as it does now and then continued north on what is now the shuttle. When that line needed to connect to Manhattan thy skewed off on the now Q line and the Shuttle filled in on that deadend piece. I think this for 2 reasons:<br />1- the spacing between stops is drastically different from Coney Island to Prospect Park compared to north of Prospect Park. The Shuttle spacing is more in line with the southern part of the Q<br />2- the line was built to get rich folks from Crown Heights to the fancy beaches of Coney Island. So again it extending up to Fulton makes sense. <br /><br />I am just guessing in this though. Lizhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17253142826782456968noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-4966330628449953612015-06-16T15:12:27.463-04:002015-06-16T15:12:27.463-04:00Our secret parking spots will soon be exposed! I a...Our secret parking spots will soon be exposed! I always like taking this little shortcut up Clove and down Malbone when walking the pooch, too. The cobble stone streets make walking a bit wobbly, though. Have you seen the garages on Malbone? How are their basements not swimming during rainstorms?? Or are they?Curious27noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-57814323294838030892015-06-16T14:24:47.214-04:002015-06-16T14:24:47.214-04:00My family has an original Hiratsuka from 1982 on t...My family has an original Hiratsuka from 1982 on the farm in Pennsylvania. It should be fun. Ken has done his "one line" rock sculptures at Ayer's Rock in Australia, the northernmost rock in Japan (20' off the coast), Lapland, Brazil and now Brooklyn!WinFlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18306949752706893421noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-77320642213454045562015-06-16T14:13:24.065-04:002015-06-16T14:13:24.065-04:00Maybe "elevated" in this case means not ...Maybe "elevated" in this case means not literally underground in a tunnel?<br />As far as your other questions, I don't know enough about MTA history to say...diaknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-30629401614400052252015-06-16T14:05:31.401-04:002015-06-16T14:05:31.401-04:00No the BRT went bankrupt after the crash and was r...No the BRT went bankrupt after the crash and was restructured to emerge as the BMT. And this was what was known as the Brighton Beach Line, which was elevated along Fulton St and then turned south along Franklin Ave (so essentially the shuttle tracks south of Fulton, although it no longer makes such a sharp curve). The regular engineers were on strike and the driver had never taken that route before.babshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08365488181982105888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-29102411673395873462015-06-16T13:56:04.208-04:002015-06-16T13:56:04.208-04:00So the BRT met the BMT there? They were two differ...So the BRT met the BMT there? They were two different companies meeting at PP station? Then BMT bought BRT? And they were all in the trolley business too.Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-984534440063648722015-06-16T13:53:15.475-04:002015-06-16T13:53:15.475-04:00True, true. I meant the B/Q/S station. I'm pre...True, true. I meant the B/Q/S station. I'm pretty sure the train was coming into the station when it happened. They've called it "elevated" in some accounts, but the S is below grade, with bridges going over it, until it gets to the other side of E.P. Are the tracks still the same? One would think they would've rebuilt.<br /><br />The BMT didn't use any of those train names btw. I think they had numbers, yes?Clarkson FlatBedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13463744536115119388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1541468051247516447.post-27662780872525330342015-06-16T13:18:02.517-04:002015-06-16T13:18:02.517-04:00I thought the Malbone wreck occured on what is now...I thought the Malbone wreck occured on what is now the Franklin Ave Shuttle line, not the B/Q...diaknoreply@blogger.com