@nyc.unfiltered2: Before Manhattan's subway system took New Yorkers underground, elevated trains thundered above Second, Third, Sixth and Ninth Avenues. The Els transformed travel but brought shadows, noise and massive iron structures over the streets below. If you had the choice, would you have kept Manhattan’s old Els or torn them down? (Images were recreated, but the history is the story.) #oldnewyork #NYCHistory #NewYorkHistory #elevatedtransit #nycunfiltered
The #2, #5, #6 are elevated in the Bronx still. Those lines also run underground
2026-09-21 03:27:17
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Mr G :
my fathers apt was outside the 9th ave L on 42bd st, I remember him telling me his tenement apt floors would vibrate when trains went by 😵💫
2026-09-03 03:38:50
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A Botanicals :
I remember hiding the 3rd Ave El back in the late 50s in the bronx.
2026-09-12 00:26:08
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𝕬𝖓𝖞𝖇𝖎𝖘 𝕬 𝕱𝖊𝖑𝖎𝖟 :
I would have kept them on top
2026-09-23 23:38:36
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user1165497473485 :
My dad told me when he came to this country. He saw the last of the Hills and he came in the 1950s. He used to say you could ride the subway for a nickel and with $.25 you could get a burger and a beer and fries.
2026-09-23 21:48:20
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michaelwhitsonsr :
What I find strange is that throughout this entire video about the "L" trains. You NEVER state why it was called the "L". It was short for ELEVATED trains. Your welcome.
2026-09-04 02:52:21
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AGR :
When subways were built, the United States sold all the steel to Japan for pennies a pound.
Japan used the steel to make their military vehicles including their air force...and then bombed Peral Harbor.
2026-09-02 22:04:33
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isaiahdillhunt :
TEAR THAT SHIT DOWN, YO!!!
THE BRONX DEPRESSES ME BECAUSE IT HAS SO MANY EL TRAINS. LIKE SO BEHIND THE TIMES... SAD AND TRAGIC...
2026-09-21 14:21:03
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Tuesday Saint :
Still do in Queens, Bronx,Brooklyn...They should have kept some in Manhattan...
2026-09-02 23:57:02
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James Caputo :
imagine the rust and dust coming down
2026-09-03 10:27:30
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Kim C. Gravitt :
I love old history. how redundant of me
2026-09-02 20:51:00
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face :
They need to do elevated roads above the current same with the highways
2026-09-02 23:35:30
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GeWiJa :
Historical post
2026-09-02 21:22:55
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Black Jesus :
the webster el that started at gun hill rd, was still around in the 70s,,,
2026-09-19 17:14:56
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user3453438428155 :
Like you! Elevation transportation was in the Bronx too. I recall when the pillars were left for years.. then removed.
2026-09-24 08:01:12
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Dave Renaissance :
Subway
2026-09-03 01:14:43
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Dave Renaissance :
Ny
2026-09-03 01:13:25
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Andi-1987 :
Just don’t take the L out of Brooklyn and Queens
2026-09-02 21:29:13
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Yyyyogurty :
You still have this in Queens lol
2026-09-21 14:34:29
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user3762194794425 :
Leave them
2026-09-22 00:35:33
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Bklyn CT :
History is so interesting. When I'm long gone history will speak on it's own.
2026-09-23 17:38:47
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user3762194794425 :
Good times keep the
2026-09-22 00:36:14
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mLeFlame :
I remember Myrtle Ave. L in Brooklyn was the last one
2026-09-24 00:48:42
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