Some Railroad Tracks in Sunset Park

[@Iconic_maya9]

I been here many times and love exploring and walking the tracks at night😅

[@deankeim]

Thanks for the super informative video! I have often wondered about the street rails along Brooklyn Army Terminal to Industry City, so thanks for some background history on it. I do suggest exploring that area, as it has some really cool stuff, as the Army Terminal has lots of cool galleries and stuff in there (I recently did a tour which was really quite impressive as the whole facility is pretty massive), and I love going to the tucked away Bush Terminal Park (and you can definitely see a huge train depot from there with lots of abandoned cars), and it has one of the most impressive views of Manhattan from Brooklyn from the walking pier (and a great place for birding too), but you could spend days exploring Industry City and not even get close to eating at all the restaurants, hitting all the shops, and seeing all the gallery spaces there is to experience there, it is a super fun spot. I have never seen any cars still going along 1st there, but it def looks like trains could still operate on the rails...

[@Ass_Burgers_Syndrome]

I'm sure I have seen videos on YT of trains running along those tracks.

[@Oldscale]

It's an interesting area the Brooklyn wholesale meat market is cool too. It was moved there from the old meat market in Fort greene, which used to be a horse and buggy market. Now the location of the Barclay Center

[@tobygoodguy4032]

Beautiful track. My toll money at work. 🤠

[@tomy.1846]

Excellent video! Thanks!

[@alexisgonzalez9175]

Amazing work !

[@chrisonthedot]

I've been wondering about this for years. I always forget about it. Thank you for making the video

[@BK2dafullist]

You missed two if the most important elevated lines in what is now known as Sunset Park (South Brooklyn back then). Back then you had the 5th Ave elevated line that went from the Sands Street Terminal at Brooklyn Bridge to 65th Street Bay Ridge. You also had a spur that branched off of the 5th Ave line at 39th Street (39th Street Terminal Station then - Jackie Gleason bus depot now) and headed west to 3rd Avenue, then turned south to 65th Steet. Most of the existing Gowanus Expressway south of 39th Street was constructed using the former 3rd Avenue elevated stucture. Both the 5th Ave and 3rd Ave Els discontinued passenger service in the 1940’s because of the new 4th Ave subway. The former street level and below grade tracks used by the South Brooklyn and Long Island RR’s are now going to become the new “Interborough Express Transit Line”.

[@Brian_rock_railfan]

great video 👍

[@MagicMike-rd8mz]

Goodnight and thanks for the history lesson about Railroad Lines in Sunset 🌇 park. But did you know that theres a old Railroad Car inside of Bush Tem By B-11 Bus along in Sunset 🌅 park Brooklyn Army Term

[@ohohflextra]

masterpiece

[@ThumperKJFK]

👍👍

[@Anthony-tb5vg]

I appreciate your history of the New York area railroads, I just wish you would slow down in your commentary and speak a little clearer. Thanks 😊

[@NJT7023]

Wow

[@thomasmccarthy683]

Slow down, you talk way too fast and make it difficult to understand what you are saying. It would have been a nice video otherwise.

[@thomasabramson100]

The tracks connecting 38 st to the 36 st (D) station are used to ship old subways to NJ for scrapping the yard at the bush terminal is still used the float bridge is gone however they use 65th st now and YES look up trains on first ave have actually seen them run with an old 1500 hp switch engine