The Routes Not Taken: A Trip Through New York City's Unbuilt Subway System

Contents

vii Preface ix 1. Building (and Not Building) New York City’s Subway System 1 2. Sound to Shore: The Unbuilt Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown Line 23 3. Why the No. 7 Line Stops in Flushing 47 4. The Battle of the Northeast Bronx, Part 1 75 5. Buy Land Now, Ride the Subway Later 109 6. Ashland Place and the Mysteries of 76th Street 13 7 7. To the City Limits and Beyond 149 8. The Battle of the Northeast Bronx, Part 2 169 9. Building the Line That Almost Never Was 199 10. Other Plans, Other Lines, Other Issues in the Postwar Years 227 11. What Happened to the Rest of the System? 255 Appendix A: The 1944 Service Plan 265 Appendix B: The 1947 2nd Avenue Service Plan 267 Appendix C: The Cast of Characters 271 Notes 273 Bibliography 297 Acknowledgments 299 Index 301 Contents ...