| Joralemon Street Tunnel | |
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| 1913 postcard illustrating the tunnel and its station at Brooklyn Borough Hall. | |
| Carries | 2 tracks of the 4 and 5 trains of the New York City Subway |
| Crosses | East River |
| Locale | Manhattan, New York and Brooklyn, New York |
| Maintained by | Metropolitan Transportation Authority |
| Opened | 1908 |
| Joralemon Street Tunnel | |
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| U.S. National Register of Historic Places | |
| Architect: | Parson, William Barclay; McDonald, Andrew, et al. |
| MPS: | New York City Subway System MPS |
| Added to NRHP: | February 9, 2006 |
| NRHP Reference#: | 06000015[1] |
The Joralemon Street Tunnel carries the 4 and 5 trains of the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway under the East River from the Bowling Green neighborhood (State Street) in Manhattan to Joralemon Street and Willow Place in Brooklyn. It was the first underground subway tunnel connecting Manhattan and Brooklyn.[2]
References
- ^ "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. 2007-01-23. http://www.nr.nps.gov/.
- ^ Battery-Joralemon Street Tunnel, American Society of Civil Engineers. Accessed October 12, 2007.
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