FLATBUSH AVENUE FREIGHT TERMINAL

ARRT'S ARRCHIVES

THE BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD
THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD
and ATLANTIC AVENUE

FLATBUSH AVENUE LCL
(LESS - THAN - CARLOAD - LOT) FREIGHT FACILITY

THE MERCHANDISE TERMINAL

FROM ANNUAL REPORT DECEMBER 31, 1908

THE CONNECTION WITH THE B.R.T. EL SHOWN ON THIS PLAN WAS NEVER RE-INSTALLED.

THIS ELEVATED STRUCTURE TO THE MERCHANDISE TERMINAL LASTED UNTIL 1937. AFTER REMOVAL ARMOUR'S UNLOADING FACILITY WAS MOVED SOUTH AND EAST AND THEIR BRIDGE OVER ATLANTIC AVENUE WAS LENGTHENED.

ARMOUR'S UNLOADING FACILITY - THE MERCHANDISE TERMINAL IN THE DISTANCE.

THIS STRETCH OF STEEL COLUMNS FROM THE 1899 EL STRUCTURE REMAINED UNTIL THE EARLY 1980'S.
THE MERCHANDISE TERMINAL WAS CLOSED OFF AT THE SOUTHEAST END AND LEASED
TO J. RABINOWITZ & SONS, INC., DEALERS IN GLASS CONTAINERS.
THAT IS THE WORLD TRADE CENTER IN THE LEFT BACKGROUND.

RABINOWITZ ALSO OWNED PARAMOUNT POULTRY

PERHAPS THEY OFFERED "PHEASANT UNDER GLASS"

LOOKING SOUTHEAST TOWARD THE CLOSED OFF ENTRANCE.

LOOKING NORTHWEST TOWARD HANSON PLACE.

AT THE FAR LEFT WERE TWO STAIRCASES.

THE LEFT STAIRWAY LED DOWN TO THE OFFICES IN THE PASSENGER STATION AND DOWN
TO THE STREET LEVEL FREIGHT TERMINAL - THE RIGHT ONE LED OUT TO THE ROOF.

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