A home geography of New York city . branch turns east, thenruns north again on Lenox avenue, dips under the Harlem river,enters the borough of The Bronx, and terminates at Bronx subway also connects with a tunnel passing under the Eastriver to Brooklyn, and has stations at the Brooklyn Borough Hall,Atlantic avenue, Prospect Park, etc. Tell the different modes oftravel in New York. What is meant by the third rail ? Why didthe people demand rapid transit? At present there is but one great railroad station in is the Grand Central station at 42d street. To this station cometh
A home geography of New York city . branch turns east, thenruns north again on Lenox avenue, dips under the Harlem river,enters the borough of The Bronx, and terminates at Bronx subway also connects with a tunnel passing under the Eastriver to Brooklyn, and has stations at the Brooklyn Borough Hall,Atlantic avenue, Prospect Park, etc. Tell the different modes oftravel in New York. What is meant by the third rail ? Why didthe people demand rapid transit? At present there is but one great railroad station in is the Grand Central station at 42d street. To this station comethe trains of the New York Central and Hudson River railroad, theNew York and Harlem railroad, and the New York, New Haven,and Hartford railroad. The Long Island railroad has a station inLong Island city. Queens, and in Flatbush avenue, Brooklyn. Thecentral station of the Staten Island rapid transit railroad is atSt. George, Richmond. Here is also the terminus of a branch lineof the Baltimore and Ohio railroad. It is a freight Blackwells Island Bridge Copyi-i-httil, , \>y Mos CHAPTER VIII BRIDGES AND TUNNELS What rivers flow through New York city ? What river sepa-rates it from New Jersey ? For many 3ears people wishing to crossthese rivers had to use boats. At first they used rowboats, thensailboats, and finally steamboats. As the city grew in population, itwas found that ferryboats could not accommodate the people wish-ing to cross the river at certain points, nor could the boats carryall the horses and w^agons needed for the increasing traffic. Overthe narrower streams wooden bridges had been built, but peopleliving on the opposite sides of the Hudson and East rivers had todepend on ferries. The city kept on growing, and something hadto be done to accommodate the people who lived in Brooklyn andworked in Manhattan. Two things could be done to help thesepeople : one was to build bridges, and the other was to build was decided to do the former. 61 62 HO
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