Farragut, Brooklyn

The Bay Ridge Line continues to the northeast through commerical areas of Farragut, a neighborhood named for American Civil War Admiral David Farragut.

Utica Avenue / Kings Highway / Kouwenhoven Station

The Bay Ridge Line Kouwenhoven Station was located on east 53rd St. between Foster and Farragut roads, presumably before Kings Highway was plowed through here. Regardless, somewhere along here would likely be a good spot for a station as there are plenty of folks living to the north and south of the industrial area surrounding the tracks.

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Older single-family homes on East 48th Street

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East 48th Street dead ending into tracks

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Intersection of Farragut and Utica Avenue

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Rail bridge over Utica Avenue, viewed from the north

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Bracci Home Center adjacent to the tracks

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Tree stump growing through support truss

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Closeup of peeling paint on support truss

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Utica Avenue bridge viewed from the south

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Old electrification pole near Utica Avenue?

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Detail of bridge

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Under the Utica Avenue bridge

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Farragut curving northeast with the tracks

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Crumbling temporary retaining wall

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Clandestine pathway to the tracks

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Industrial East 51st Street

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J and M Used Auto Parts

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J and M Used Auto Parts

The bridge carrying the tracks over Kings Highway is a 84-foot steel stringer bridge built in 1906 (BIN 7702750).

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Intersection of Farragut and Kings Highway

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Kings Highway Bridge - BIN number 7702750

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Under the Kings Highway Bridge

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Emergency pipeline access on southwest corner of bridge

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Kings Highway Bridge viewed from the south

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Greenstreets - a little patch of green in the median

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Detail of bridge abutment

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Breach in fence near where the Kouwenhoven Station used to be

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Kings Highway looking north

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Row Houses on Whitty Lane

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Row Houses on Whitty Lane

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East 56th Street dead ends into tracks

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Overgrown power pole next to tracks

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School bus parking lot next to tracks

Where beer comes from - Manhattan Beer Distributors:

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Manhattan Beer Distributors security wall on East 56th Street

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Manhattan Beer Distributors security fence

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Security sign

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Closed entrance

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Front gate - and where bottles are recycled

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Henry Maze Park - across from beer distributor

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Apartment complex off Avenue D

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Apartment complex off Avenue D

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Apartment complex off Avenue D

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Nazareth High School

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Canarsie Auto Salvage

The Pieter Claesen Wyckoff House at 5816 Clarendon Road was built around 1652 and is the oldest extant building in New York City. A remarkable survivor of development in this part of Brooklyn, it was designated a National Historic Landmark in 1968. It was donated the city the following year and opened as a Museum in 1982 following an exhaustive restoration. www.WyckoffAssociation.org

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Fidler-Wyckoff Farmhouse (1652)

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Fidler-Wyckoff Farmhouse

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Fidler-Wyckoff Farmhouse

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Fidler-Wyckoff Farmhouse

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The embodiment of post WW-II suburbanization

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Gentrification on the way?

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Corner of Ralph Avenue and Avenue D

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National Grid

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Keyspan (old Brooklyn Union Gas facility)

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Keyspan

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Keyspan

The Ralph Avenue Bridge (BIN 7702740) is a 60-foot steel stringer span built in 1906.

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Bridge carrying tracks over Ralph Avenue - viewed from the north

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Fenced abutment detail

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Ralph Avenue bridge - viewed from the south

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Radoes Pan Yard - Ralph Ave. at Chase Court

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Radoes Pan Yard

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Radoes Pan Yard

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Garbage truck depot

The East 83rd Street Bridge (BIN 7702730) is a concrete arch bridge with white brick trim that is unique among the other girder and stringer spans that surround it on the Bay Ridge Line.

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East 83rd Street viewed from the south

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Bridge BIN 7702730

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East 83rd Street Bridge

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East 83rd Street Bridge

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East 83rd Street Bridge

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J and V Auto Parts

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Truck parked on Foster Avenue

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Older multifamily houses on East 85th Street

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Older multifamily houses on East 85th Street

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Guy working on the roof

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Atlantis Diner - Foster Avenue

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Jersey Lynne Farms

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Where there are working men...

The Brooklyn Terminal Market opened in 1942 as a centralized location for trading agricultural goods. They apparently sell retail too, although I didn't know that when I was walking by and didn't venture in. There is a siding into the market from the Bay Ridge Line and, once upon a time, lodging was available for farmers who needed to stay overnight if they couldn't get home after bringing their produce in.

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Brooklyn Terminal Market entry gate

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Brooklyn Terminal Market entry gate

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Brooklyn Terminal Market

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Brooklyn Terminal Market

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Brooklyn Terminal Market

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Brooklyn Terminal Market

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Brooklyn Terminal Market

Canarsie Plaza is a proposed retail center in a triangle between Avenue D, the Brooklyn Terminal Market and the Bay Ridge Line. The anchor tenant of the plaza will be a Home Depot. There used to be a second terminal siding here, but it was removed and the proposed site plan does not include any kind of railroad access.

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Canarsie Plaza

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Canarsie Plaza

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Canarsie Plaza

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Canarsie Plaza

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Canarsie Plaza