LONG GONE BKLYN ELS movie footage

[@W2IRT]

I'm the author of "Tracks of the NYC Subway," and for my 2022 edition I'm featuring a section on the long-gone Brooklyn els. This video helped make this new material possible and corrected a few issues that were not shown on any other documents in my possession. I would definitely loved to have met Roger.

[@100aceswid]

Me too

[@mohamad-ms2pb]

At the 1:32 mark one can see the recognizable outline of the Williamsburg Savings bank.

[@angelmasionett7150]

I really appreciate those who film the subway back in the day I live on Atlantic Avenue

[@luiszuluaga6575]

I love the history of my New York City subway system. For a time, I lived nearby the 9th Ave. station and then various points along 4th Ave. I remember service was virtually nonexistent at night 😃👉🏼🚇

[@dmac5472]

Amazing. I am born and bred Brooklynite from Bed Stuy and used to see what are the remnants of the Myrtle Ave line by Broadway and Myrtle(where Modern Day J and M runs). I can only imagine if that line was still active. Instead of the B54 from downtown Brooklyn or my cousin's spot over in the Whitman Houses, I 'd been able to catch an elevated train ride.

[@qolspony]

This is like a funeral I could never attend.

[@oluhamilton2121]

Don't know why but this fascinates me.....

[@irishmike3514]

Me too! I wish I lived back then!

[@vincenthprice2260]

I’m Originally from Brooklyn was always fascinated with elevated lines before most of them went underground my father use to tell about them thanks for sharing them with me

[@irishmike3514]

I'm from Brooklyn and I wish I lived back then.

[@yvonnefrazer2736]

This was certainly a complex system. Thanks for sharing.

[@eyestoenvy]

It was a crime to eliminate or reduce some of these routes all together, judging by the capacity of the remaining lines and the severe traffic (bus) congestion on the roads. Excellent footage, superb narration.

[@Drpglass]

Every thing old is new again. We need to rebuild this wonderful transportation network and question our obsession with private cars, like yesterday!

[@Drpglass]

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

[@panamafred1]

As a model railroader wanting to add some elevated to my layout, this video is pure gold. Thanks.

[@rolandsanchez623]

They should of kept the elevated lines

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

They were replaced by the IND and BMT subways. they were built in the 1800’s.

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

City line to Lefferts blvd was built 1915 as a dual contracts extension. the extension was connected to the IND A train at 80st in April 1956. it then went underground over the new extension from Euclid ave with Grant ave station right after entering the new tunnel

[@justSTUMBLEDupon]

Sand street complex looks super large. I can’t imagine where this station would fit downtown Brooklyn right now. Heck I can’t imaging where this station actually is

[@blakemcnamara9105]

It would sit above the highway ramps to the Brooklyn Bridge.

[@Astepatatimekvarn]

Roger, sounds like he was a person I would loved to have known

[@trainluvr]

He was a gentleman and a scholar. He wrote the history of the New York Westchester and Boston Railway. I believe he was employed as a high school teacher. Every few months in the 1970s he would run public movie nights at the Westchester Avenue YMCA and charged a nominal admission fee. He was too young to have shot these films. He passed away well before his 60th birthday. After I presented a railfan slide show with music at the ERA, he commented that if one wanted to hear music they should go to Carnegie Hall.

[@mtanyctrainatlantamartatra7164]

@@trainluvr Before 60, man, that sucks, I would've loved to meet him

[@alg9086]

Roger was a character - a very nice guy who loved to talk about transit - and - push his book. Was a fixture on the NY area train shows.

[@Dave-zs7uo]

Get a 1925 BMT map, handy with the narration. It's easy to find on line.

[@mitch4527]

Incredibly complex system.

[@irishmike3514]

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

[@landocalrisian2014]

Can anyone tell me in a nutshell, what was the reason for the demise of the elevated lines?

[@paulluchter137]

Mostly new subways

[@sdcheung]

Bad Politicians and the Automobile and Gasoline Industry.

[@Interscope100]

The MTA saw too many incompatibilities with the train lines and stations, so they decided to replace them. Some of those lines still exist briefly, like the Third Avenue El, which is now the 4 train when you get to Yankee Stadium.

[@landocalrisian2014]

@@Interscope100 Appreciate it!!

[@glori30175]

@@Interscope100 3rd ave el is not the 4 train at Jerome ave>>NO!

[@richards.3404]

Can this fantastic video of yesteryear, be cleaned up for better resolution ?

[@Interscope100]

They would have to use AI.

[@johnrobinsoniii4028]

“Long GONE”?? Not true!! There are some Brooklyn Els that are STILL HERE!!

[@paulluchter137]

Elevated subways were never part of El system. Part of Fulton El near Rockaway connection was repurposed/rebuilt els, much of Broadway Jamaica line had been El....

[@jaymorgenthal9479]

The J/Z line from Essex to Crescent st are the only BRT pre dual contract lines remaining.