33:16 ah, good old Low-Voltage cars in Third Avenue Line when they used to run regular service as a put in

I’m watching this awesome and fascinating video the subway back then looks so convenient to travel compared to what we have now .

OMG there was a second avenue line they took it down to rebuild it underground ? Good lord NYC just wasted a lot of money. And dismantling the 3rd avenue El .. everything is a super hot mess where the 3rd avenue shuttle used to travel. Traffic rerouting, bus rerouting congested traffic / pedestrian traffic everywhere is so narrowed and trapped.

This city just knows how to waste money and destroy everything nostalgic and that 2nd avenue line took a half a lifetime to build. Why ? The city should extend the new second avenue onto third avenue in the Bronx and start rebuilding that line the way it was before. It would be more efficient for pedestrians buses and cars . Because now the 2 & 5 lines are dangerously overcrowded. On the subway platforms and too many electrical problems on a daily basis… thank you sir for posting this great video.

The fact you can hear the train whistle clearly at 22:36 was even more satisfying

First time posing in 5 years! You've helped me develop my El line games!

Did this go down gun hill rd?

I know I’ve ridden these trains many times in a previous life. Does anyone else share that feeling?

We had the best transit system in the world! Damn politicians destroyed it.

To say this video is amazing from start to finish would be an understatement. It felt as if I was transported back in time. Thank you so much for sharing this forgotten era of NYC.

The 8 Third Avenue Elevated line deffentley needs to be brought back to life Again. Its a shame that the 8 third Avenue elevated line had gotten torn down .

Five years since your last video and I'm still subscribed! LOL! These are excellent historical photos presented in an informative way. No sound needed. Thanks.

My grandfather worked in mid-town during the 20's & 30's and would tell me about the 3rd ave. El.

Didn't think you'd ever post again! Thank you for contributing so much El history to KZbin

Did you notice the open front door? In the 1970's, Chicago L trains ran elwith open front doors in summer. Can you imagine that today, even if there were no A/C?

It's curious to see some stretches of curve track without guard rails.

Strange, isn't it, that New York found it necessary to abandon many of the elevated lines, but virtually all of Chicago's lines are elevated or at ground level. The only underground lines are under the Loop or on some of the Blue Line to O'Hare Airport

I worked in the weat 59th street powerhouse for Con edison and thart power plant served the 9th ave el...

Looks like many people took this train??Why would they take this dpwn if people depended on it fot getting to work or school??Buses cant handle t\all those people?

Here's a question I've never found the answer to--I don't think there were any trolleys on Pelham, Parkway. The ancestor trolley of the 12 bus ended around Belmont Ave. So how did people get from one end of the parkway to another. Were there buses on Pelham Parkway in the 1930s and '40s?

Wow----priceless footage.

The Bronx of my youth. My brother and I traveled this el to visit our aunts and go shopping on Third Ave.

look wehat you got now think about it do you think it;s batter . if you do you'er living in denial ther no more people only cockroaches . the real people moved out before the mess moved in and desgraced the whole neigborhood that's what your goingto have now if Donald Trump don't get elected .

by the way if you look at those cars you don't see no dirty filithy words written on the cars . in those days people respected ther neighborhood and kept theem clean .you could ride the train for 15 cents you didn't have worry about being stabbed or rapes . people wher taught to respect the law

I remember that elevated line during the 1960s, near downtown Flatbush Ave area, when I was a little boy. Also watched it being taken down piece by piece.

From what I have read, many of these train lines were created to get people to Coney Island.

They should've waited until the 2nd ave subway was completed, then take this down.

beautiful!

very true I experienced this my stations was metropolitan I road on this train as kid all the time thanks an true at night you got on an a conduct pass like old days an collect fairs this train had a big gap between track an train I even sen person fall thru it once but recovered like nothing happen oh this train when it sped up the tunnel onL it rock back forth in dance to reach top they struggle up some updates when full seat made of wicker an leather fan that are on top dangerous if your tall hah what memories

Lots of NYC still looks like this. I was a C/R(1983-2013), got to hang out at Myrtle/Bway tower a couple of times.

Weren't the people along the line afraid of electricity leaking out of the uncovered third rail.

Those subway cars were massively ugly

There is nothing sweeter than being immersed in old melodies, full of poetry and emotion. 🌹

Each vintage song is a watercolor painting, depicting the most beautiful scenes of the past. 🎨

There's nothing better than immersing yourself in vintage melodies, where everything is gentle and quiet. 🌿

Those els couldn't hold the weight of today's metal cars

This is an interesting video I'm surprised they have that old footage stored away as if they knew the events within the video were going to happen and they recorded it for reference.

The upper levels of the elevated were very high. I got dizzy watching it.

from our Tompkins projects apartment we could see the trains go by, thanks for the memories, wonderful times, we got one of the spikes as a souvenir when it was demolished , 10, 15 cents a ride. the train going by made a distinct sound we kids use t mimic..

I wonder what New York City would be like if the transit authority maintained and upgraded all the elevated railways instead of knocking down all the lines that didn't tie into one of the tunnels?

Better off without the elevated trains in Manhattan. Second, Third, Sixth Avenues in those days were dumpy, lined with cheap tenements housing bars and pawnshops. A complete waste of valuable real estate.

Some lines ran between manhattan and the bronx. they required a trolley pole in the bronx and a third rail shoe running in the slot between the tracks in manhattan

The pics at Rockaway ave were post 1940 when it was the last stop towards downtown brooklyn and you got a paper transfer to connect with the A underground.

They could've kept the 3 Av el portion in the bronx and make it go underground into Manhattan into 2nd Avenue

Before leftist burned it all to the ground

Well done.

That EL from 149 st to Fordham road was so decrepit they had limit the trains to 4 cars and block several notches in the motorman’s controller.

Notice, how in those days and I recall front ends where open sometimes in summer prior to no a/c. Nobody jumped out either LOL.

This is like a funeral I could never attend.

At the 9:21 mark, is there anyway this footage can be restored?