THE QUEENS NEW YORKER

IT'S THE FINALE OF THE HISTORY OF THE INDEPENDENT SUBWAY SYSTEM AND IT CONCLUDES WITH PROJECTS AND EXPANSIONS FROM 2010-2020:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#2010s_and_2020s PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:South_ferry_station_loop_platform.jpg#/media/File:South_ferry_station_loop_platform.jpg https://commons.wikimedi...

ON THIS SECOND TO LAST EDITION OF THE HISTORY OF THE IND, WILL LOOK AT THE 90s AND THE SEPTEMBER 11, 2001 ATTACKS THAT DESTROYED PARTS OF THE SUBWAY AND HAD TO BE REBUILT:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Revitalization_and_recent_history PICTURES BY THE WIKI PEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Bleecker_Street_-_Broadway_%E2%80%93_Lafayette_S...

ON THIS EDITION OF THE IND SERIES WILL LOOK AT FARE EVASION AND REHABILITATION AND RISING TRENDS:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Fare_evasion PICTURES BY THE WIKI-MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Third_avenue_el_at_169th_street_bronx.jpg#/media/File:Third_avenue_el_at_169th_street_bronx.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYCS_BM...

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT OTHER VARIOUS CRIMES BESIDES GRAFFITI ON THE SUBWAYS DURING THE 70'S AND 80'S:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Crime NEWS OF THE WEIRD:  https://www.uexpress.com/news-of-the-weird/2020/5/8 PICTURES BY WIDEWALLS:  https://www.widewalls.ch/brooklyn-graffiti-new-york/history-evolution-roots/ FINE ART AMERICA:  https:...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE CONCLUSION OF THE INFRASTRUCTURE AND THE CRIME THAT HAPPENED BETWEEN 1974 AND 1981:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES BY THE WIKI-PEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:NYC_Subway_R1_100.jpg#/media/File:NYC_Subway_R1_100.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:MTA_NYC_Subway_1_train_leaving_125th_St...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT RIDERSHIP AND SERVICE CUTS PLUS THE INFRASTRUCTURE OF THE CURRENT IND AND ISS LINES:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway#Ridership_and_service_cuts PICTURES BY THE WIKI-PEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:N_approaching_6_Av_in_BR_trench_jeh. JPG#/media/File:N_approaching_6_Av_in_BR_trench_jeh. JPG https://commons.w...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A PART 5 LOOK OF THE IND AND ISS DURING THE 1950s AND 1960s, PLUS THE GRAFFITI PART IN THE EARLY 70s:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES BY THE WIKI MEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Down_Culver_Ramp_jeh. JPG#/media/File:Down_Culver_Ramp_jeh. JPG https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Culverstub. JPG#/media/File...

ON THIS CINCO DE MAYO EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE DECLINING YEARS OF THE IND WHERE THINGS TAKE A TURN FOR THE WORST, BUT REBOUND VERY QUICKLY IN THE 1980s:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTRUES BY THE WIKI PEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:IND_timeline.png#/media/File:IND_timeline.png https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Mappa_Independ...

ON THIS EDITION WILL LOOK AT THE POST-UNIFICATION EXPANSION AND REORGANIZATION OF THE IND:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES BY THE WIKI-PEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Independent_Subway_by_David_Shankbone.jpg#/media/File:Independent_Subway_by_David_Shankbone.jpg https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1939_Station_Guide_Independ...

IT'S PART 2 OF THE HISTORY OF THE IND AND WILL LOOK AT THE CONTINUING LINES AND EXPANSION PLANS PLUS A START OF THE LOOK OF THE UNIFICATION AND DIVISION DIFFERENCES AS WELL:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES BY THE WIKI PEDIA:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1929_IND_Second_System.jpg#/media/File:1929_IND_Second_System.jpg https://common...

ON THIS EDITION THE BRT AND BMT RUN INTO SOME PRETTY BAD FINANCIAL PROBLEMS SO MAYOR JOHN F. HYLAN DID SOME CUTBACKS AND FINALLY AN INDEPENDENT SYSTEM CAME INTO BEING. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway PICTURES BY THE WIKI PEDIA AND FLICKR:   This image was originally posted to Flickr by MTAPhotos at https://flickr.com/photos/61135621@N03/19329819685. It w...

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE CONCLUDING STORY OF HOW THE BMT PRECEEDED ITS FORMER SYSTEM AND TOOK ITSELF INTO THE 20TH CENTURY WITH MAJOR UPGRADES AND EXPANSIONS. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn%E2%80%93Manhattan_Transit_Corporation PICTURES BY PUBLIC DOMAIN,  NYCURBANISM.COM:  https://www.nycurbanism.com/map-store/brooklyn-manhattan-transit-company-map-1939

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE NEXT TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT PRECEEDED THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM, THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brooklyn_Rapid_Transit_Compan PHOTO BY :  https://www.facebook.com/brooklynels/photos/a.469460863254760/1501181776749325/?type=3&theater

IT'S THE FINAL CHAPTER OF THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM THAT MADE THE SUBWAY WHAT IT IS TODAY:https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway PHOTO BY SHUTTERSTOCK:  https://www.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-york-city-april-20-2018-1089549974

ON THIS EDITION IT'S PART 3 AS ITS NOW A LOOK AT THE EXTENSIONS AND MODIFICATIONS THAT CONTINUE TO EXPAND IT FURTHER INTO BROOKLYN AND MANHATTAN:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway NYC JOKES FROM THE TIMES:https://www.nytimes.com/1997/12/28/nyregion/new-york-jokes-please-don-t-feed-the-supermodels-and-other-letterman-isms.html PHOTO BY:  https://picryl.com/med...

IT'S PART 2 OF THE EARLY HISRTORY OF THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM WITH THE CONSTRUCTION AND OPENING INFO: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway PLEASE VISIT TWO GREAT CHANNELS:   PAULA CODO:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCMtVReFqLquAAIliwtfFcOA STUDENT LIFE MADE EASY:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFKhCV5YUcU75ngIiQbdb2Q PHOTO BY:  http:...

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE VERY FIRST TRANSIT SYSTEM TO RUN THROUGH THE TUNNELS AND ELEVATED TRACKS THROUGH THE FIVE BOROUGHS, KNOWN AS THE INTERBOROUGH RAPID TRANSIT SYSTEM OR IRT:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Early_history_of_the_IRT_subway Photo by:  https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:1897_Poor%27s_Brooklyn_Rapid_Transit_Company.jpg

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT THE BEACH PNEUMATIC TRANSIT SYSTEM WHICH RAN FROM 1869-1898, AND A FIRST LOOK AT THE IRT IN 1898. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE FIRST SIGHTINGS OF THE BUILDING OF THE NEW YORK CITY SUBWAY AND HOW THE LINES GOT NAMED. HERE ARE TWO CHANNELS TO GO AND VISIT, THEY ARE GROWING AND NEED OUR HELP: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_the_New_York_City_Subway ULTIMATE GAMING CHANNEL:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCXT8czaqJCyHWWfbLJsMTVw CB RUSH:  https://www.youtube.com/channel/...

ON THIS EDITION ITS A LOOK AT PART 4 OF TRANSPORTATION WITH THE ROBERT MOSES ERA, 20TH CENTURY AND 21ST CENTURY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transportation_in_New_York_City https://www.vulture.com/2016/02/jokes-about-new-york-and-los-angeles.html

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A CONTINUED LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION INCLUDING THE EARLY DEVELOPMENT OF THE ELEVATED RAILWAYS AND SUBWAYS: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transportation_in_New_York_City https://www.vulture.com/2016/02/jokes-about-new-york-and-los-angeles.html

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT THE NEXT PART OF TRANSPORTATION, WATER TRANSPORT, INCLUDING  TUGBOATS, STEAMSHIPS, AND A LOOK AT THE BROOKLYN BRIDGE, THE FIRST BRIDGE TO BE BUILT TO CONNECT THE ISLANDS OF MANHATTAN AND BROOKLYN: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transportation_in_New_York_City

IT'S THE FIRST EPISODE IN WHICH WE'LL LOOK AT THE HISTORY OF TRANSPORTATION IN NEW YORK CITY: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_transportation_in_New_York_City

ON THIS FINAL EDITION OF PARKS AND RECREATION AND FAMOUS PLACES OF INTEREST, IT'S A LOOK AT A PARK NAMED AFTER A FAMOUS AFRO-AMERICAN CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST ROY WILKINS PARK: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roy_Wilkins_Park

ON THIS EDITION IT'S A LOOK AT A PARK THAT BORDERS THREE DIFFERENT NEIGHBORHOODS IN THE BOROUGH OF QUEENS, BAISLEY POND PARK:  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Baisley_Pond_Park