EVERGREEN BRANCH PAGE 2

THE L.I.R.R.'S EVERGREEN BRANCH EAST

MANY OF THE BLACK AND WHITE PHOTOGRAPHS ON THIS PAGE ARE
COURTESY OF DICK MAKSE (RFM) AND ARE AVAILABLE FROM HIM
ON EBAY

HAGSTROM 1976

COOPER AVENUE JUNCTION 1903

SEPTEMBER 9 1956 SPECIAL AT COOPER AVENUE JUNCTION - BILL RUGEN PHOTO

OCTOBER 1982

RFM 1972 - COOPER AVENUE CROSSING - BAY RIDGE BRANCH IN DISTANCE

1982 - COOPER AVENUE CROSSING - BAY RIDGE BRANCH IN DISTANCE

THE 1903 C. R. 4. SHOWS ONLY ONE SIDE - TRACK BETWEEN COOPER AVENUE JUNCTION
AND MYRTLE AVENUE AND CALLS THE BRANCH THE BUSHWICK DIVISION

1913'S C. R. 4. SHOWS THE EVERGREEN BRANCH CONNECTING WITH THE BUSHWICK BRANCH AT SOUTH SIDE JUNCTION.

1919 C. R. 4.

1924 C. R. 4. SHOWS ENGLANDER SPRING BED COMPANY WHOSE BUILDING BECAME GOLDBERGER DOLL COMPANY

RFM 1972 LOOKING WEST FROM COOPER AVENUE SHOWING SWITCH
AND SIDING FOR MASTER BAKERS PURCHASING ASSOCIATION

1982 LOOKING WEST FROM COOPER AVENUE

RFM 1972 LOOKING EAST FROM DECATUR STREET

RFM 1972 LOOKING EAST FROM DECATUR STREET

THIS 1905 CROSSING LIST DOES NOT SHOW DECATUR
STREET BUT DOES SHOW SCHAEFFER STREET CROSSING

SUBSEQUENT CROSSING LISTS AS LATE AS 1948 SHOW DECATUR AND NOT SCHAEFFER

THE 1916 VALUATION PLAN SHOWS DECATUR STREET CROSSING AND SHOWS
SCHAEFFER STREET BLOCKED OFF BY A BOARD FENCE AND A LINE OF POSTS

DICK MAKSE'S 1930 BLUEPRINT SHOWS CROSSINGS AT DECATUR AND HALSEY

RFM 1972 LOOKING WEST FROM DECATUR STREET

1984 LOOKING WEST FROM DECATUR STREET

BIENENFELD GLASS WORKS 1539 COVERT STREET

BY 1934 COVERT STREET BECAME A CROSSING BUT DID NOT MAKE THE 1935 AND 1948 LISTS
COVERT STREET LOOKING NORTH APRIL 25 1934
THANKS TO MIKE DE LILLO FOR THIS PHOTO

1956 LOOKING WEST FROM COVERT STREET

1984 LOOKING WEST FROM COVERT STREET

THANKS TO MIKE DE LILLO FOR THIS PHOTO

1539 COVERT STREET SEPTEMBER 2014 VIA GOOGLE.

1984 LOOKING EAST FROM COVERT STREET

THANKS TO MIKE DE LILLO FOR THESE FOUR PHOTOS

ELDERT STREET LOOKING SOUTH MARCH 5 1949
THERE IS NO GRADE CROSSING

ELDERT STREET LOOKING NORTH MARCH 5 1949

ELDERT STREET LOOKING EAST FROM HALSEY STREET MARCH 5 1949
BIENENFELD GLASS WORKS AT THE LEFT

DECEMBER 2014 LOOKING EAST ACROSS HALSEY STREET

BILL SLADE'S RESEARCH FOUND A STATION
"BASE BALL GROUNDS" BETWEEN SCHAEFFER
AND HALSEY STREETS
IN THE PERIOD 1880 - 1894.

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PUTNAM LINE CAR ON HALSEY STREET

THANKS TO MIKE DELILLO FOR THESE FIVE ARMBRUSTER 1922 PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE QUEENSBOROUGH PUBLIC LIBRARY:

2014 GOOGLE SATELLITE IMAGE. NOTICE RAILS STILL IN HALSEY STREET.

RFM 1972 LOOKING EAST FROM HALSEY STREET
THE BUILDINGS AT THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARE NEW SINCE 1949

1984 LOOKING EAST FROM HALSEY STREET
THE BUILDINGS AT THE LEFT AND RIGHT ARE NEW SINCE 1949

TODAY ----> HALSEY via GOOGLE

RFM 1972 WEIRFIELD COAL & FUEL LOOKING WEST FROM HALSEY STREET

1984 WEIRFIELD COAL & FUEL LOOKING WEST FROM HALSEY STREET

1984 WEIRFIELD COAL & FUEL LOOKING WEST

1984 WEIRFIELD COAL & FUEL LOOKING EAST AT WEIRFIELD STREET
FOR YEARS THIS WAS A PRIVATE CROSSING

TODAY ----> WEIRFIELD via GOOGLE

1984 LOOKING EAST AT HANCOCK STREET

RFM 1972 LOOKING EAST AT JEFFERSON AVENUE

RFM 1972 LOOKING WEST AT JEFFERSON AVENUE

1984 LOOKING WEST AT JEFFERSON AVENUE

1984 LOOKING EAST FROM CORNELIA STREET

1984 LOOKING WEST FROM CORNELIA STREET

THIS MIGHT BE LOOKING WEST FROM CORNELIA STREET
H6sb NUMBER 311 SWITCHING

RFM 1972 LOOKING EAST TOWARD CORNELIA
STREET AND SWITCH TO TULNOY LUMBER YARD

RFM 1972 LOOKING EAST TOWARD SWITCH TO TULNOY LUMBER YARD

RFM 1972 LOOKING WEST FROM PUTNAM AVE.NUE. TO TULNOY LUMBER YARD

1984 LOOKING WEST FROM PUTNAM AVENUE. TULNOY LUMBER
YARD WAS THE LAST CONSIGNEE ON THE EVERGREEN BRANCH

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