Which elevated train station is nearest to all three divisions of the NYC subway system?
Queensboro Plaza station is nearest to all three divisions simultaneously. The IRT line and the BMT and trains are on the double decker elevated structure. Directly below the el is the IND division’s , , , and trains with their own separate train station called Queens Plaza. When the IRT, BMT, and IND were separate competing companies, the IND was supposed to have rendered the el obsolete, but instead they co-exist! The Flushing el IRT #7 train, 1990s 14) When were parts of the Jamaica el torn down and why? Parts of the Jamaica el and were torn down during the 1980s prior to its present connection to Archer Ave and Jamaica Center. The connection was begun in 1969 but finally opened in 1989. The elevated structure beyond 121th street was abandoned because business owners didn’t want it there anymore. Ironically enough, they lost a lot of business when the el was gone. 15) What was the Beach Pneumatic Transit Company and where was it built? The Beach Pneumatic Transit was a company that
