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  Subway Centennial - Wired New York Forum
The subway was the world's first with regular express service, and the digging for it was speeded along greatly with the first extensive use of cut-and-cover tunnel construction — essentially digging a trench and putting a roof on it — instead of deep excavation.
A rather different association between subways and crime was made that day by the chief of police who, during the festivities, told the chief contractor's wife: "This subway is going to absolutely preclude the possibility of riots in New York.
If New York had followed the subwayless path, instead of 8 million residents in 2000, it might have had fewer than 4 million, and much of the city would be forlorn and lifeless.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4676   (10149 words)

  
 Wired New York Forum - Subway
Seven major subway disruptions since a fire at the Chambers Street station crippled the A and C lines for 580,000 riders eight weeks ago has brought out public fears of a return to the decrepit subways of the 1970s, said a spokeswoman for the Straphangers Campaign.
For the third time in less than a week, New York City subway trains were halted yesterday and thousands of commuters were delayed at the peak of the morning rush, this time because of a fire at the Atlantic Avenue station in Brooklyn that snarled service on the Nos.
Major subway disruptions have occurred with striking regularity throughout the city in the past two months, unleashing a torrent of frustration from riders and elected officials, coming as they have on the heels of the second fare increase in two years.
www.wirednewyork.com /forum/printthread.php?t=5991&pp=50   (9633 words)

  
 Northside Realty - Willliamsburg New York City   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
Along Bedford Avenue, they are approaching $50 a square foot, according to Eric Brody, director of development sales in Brooklyn for the Corcoran Group, compared with $37 four years ago.
This is not to announce that Williamsburg is ''over'' or ''going to be hotter than SoHo'' or the new ''baby land'' -- all of which may or may not be true, depending on who is talking and what is on his or her iPod.
New stores are either small niche chains or one of a kind, often started by Brooklyn entrepreneurs.
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 Cheap hotel in Manhattan New York, Midtown Manhattan hotel, Sheraton Manhattan hotel   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
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 List of New York City Subway stations - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
These are the stations on the New York City Subway system.
See list of New York City Subway terminals for terminal stations only.
Seventh Avenue on the IND Queens Boulevard Line and IND Sixth Avenue Line
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/List_of_New_York_City_Subway_stations   (850 words)

  
 The New York Times - This Week in the Community
Brooklyn College is on Bedford Avenue between Campus and Glenwood Roads.
B6 or B11 on Avenue J, to Bedford Avenue at Campus Road.
B49 on Ocean Avenue, to Avenue H. Q35/Green Bus Line, to Flatbush Avenue at Nostrand Avenue.
www.nytco.com /community/college-prep.html   (396 words)

  
 Webshots - Images of New York City--Cityscapes and Streetscapes IV (March 2002)
New York City--Cityscapes and Streetscapes V (Blizzard of 2003/Snowy Winter '03)
New York City--2006 Feast of the Giglio, Williamsburg
New York City--Feast of the Giglio, Williamsburg, Brooklyn
community.webshots.com /album/33764652LoIYTb   (370 words)

  
 Starts and Fits
Most road maps that you can buy at the store or get at Google or Virtual Earth show streets in a way that are useful for motorists but useless for the millions of people who travel throughout the city by train.
In its place with top billing are the city's 23 subway lines, two shuttles and five PATH lines, places to scale atop the city's street grid.
The best thing about this map is that it shows all the connections between regional commuter rail and the subway.
www.startsandfits.com /2006/03/coolest-subway-map-ever.html   (666 words)

  
 -New York City Transit.-
The subway map is in a format that allows you to click on stations and find out information about the lines.
Subway services: 6 to 33 St or Grand Central; 4, 5, 6, 7, or S to 42 St/Grand Central.
New York's most popular tourist attraction holds more than three million works of art, hundreds of them famous masterpieces.
www.new-york.bz /bus_metro.htm   (6888 words)

  
 Mark's Subway Videos
Stillwell Avenue, in June of 2003, was in the beginning of its reconstruction.
In addition, as part of the subway centennial, the museum equipment was dispatched to various subway lines and ran in regular passenger service during the mid-day hours on October 27th, 28th and 29th.
This fantrip was sponsored by the New York Division of the Electric Railroaders Association on June 7th, 1997.
www.nycsubway.org /transfer/videos.html   (18734 words)

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