Homes
and apartment buildings line the north side of the ROW, as we make our
way towards Brooklyn College. The overpass in the background carries
Ocean Avenue over the ROW.
Brooklyn College
peers out from the right. Trees make this stretch of ROW appear to be very
scenic. It's very peaceful in this particular area, since the overpasses
and subsequent traffic noise are so far apart from each other.
Looking
west, on the north side of the ROW, several ties are lined up along the
ROW. It doesn't appear that rails were ever installed on these ties.
Maybe they are just there to be used as spares.
A
view of Brooklyn College. The Brooklyn College area was to play an
intricate part of the Cross-Brooklyn Expressway in the "Linear City" proposal
of 1967. According to nycroads.com, Linear City was to combine the
Cross-Brooklyn Expressway, the LIRR Bay Ridge Branch ROW, Brooklyn College,
apartments, and other facilities in an integrated environment. A
double-stacked tunneled expressway was to run through the area. The
1966 TBTA proposal did not reference the Brooklyn College area and how
the Cross-Brooklyn Expressway was to be built by it.
Here
is an overpass for Bedford Avenue. The overpass provides plenty of
room for a four-tracked railroad configuration.
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