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Source

The NY Times got this transcription wrong.^[1]

This is obvious satire.^[2]

Someone cited a game here.^[3]

^ "OPPOSE AN OPEN BITCH; Broadway Merchants Present a Petition to Mayor Low. Give Their Reasons for Advocating the Building of the Rapid Transit Spar by Tunneling -- the Mayor's Reply". The New York Times. 1903-09-04. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2022-08-17.
^ Nast, Condé (October 17, 2023). "George Santos Declares Jim Jordan's Identity Not Worth Stealing". The New Yorker. Retrieved October 20, 2023.
^ "Play Vertex". The New York Times. Retrieved February 1, 2024.

Sources

Most, Doug, The race underground : Boston, New York, and the incredible rivalry that built America’s first subway, First edition, New York : St. Martin’s Press, February 2014. ISBN 9780312591328.

Web

PlaNYC and update
RPA CBTC NYC
p. 1 2 3 4, NY Mag sources for NoMad, Manhattan
History of the NYC Subway signage, for use in New York City Subway tiles and another article about signage
SoHo street sources
Olympic bid 2012 NYC and effects
Roosevelt Island transport
South Ferry Terminal
NYC Parks archive

NYC subway track maps

Watchlist

User:Epicgenius/Watchlist
NYPD IP address edits, Original here.

Typo list

My preparsed typo list 1 (counties), 2 (NYPT), 2(a) (days of the week (doesn't merit its own list since it's so short, but merits its own page because it's not related to NYPT)

AWB Tasks – Regex – Typos

topic

NYCS

SAS

Second Avenue Subway

articles

72nd Street (Second Avenue Subway)

86th Street (Second Avenue Subway)

96th Street (Second Avenue Subway)

106th Street (Second Avenue Subway)

116th Street (Second Avenue Subway)

125th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Grand Street (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

Second Avenue (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

Q (New York City Subway service)

T (New York City Subway service)

Other tools

Template

/IRT Flushing Line

Template testing

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Image map

Example

Image Map Edit
Online image map editor, supports all shapes, Extension:ImageMap compatible.
Basic on-line image mapper.

Dual Contracts links

The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1912)

A 1912 description of the Dual Contracts expansion published by the Public Service Commission.

New Subways for New York: The Dual System of Rapid Transit (1913)

A 1913 guide to the Dual Systems period of subway expansion, by the New York City Public Service Commission. Outlines the Dual System plans, routes and stations of the new lines, contract costs, etc. (6 chapters)

The New York Rapid Transit Railway Extensions (1914)

A series of articles published by Engineering News in 1914 detailing various aspects of the construction of the Dual Contracts subway lines. (12 chapters)

Fifty Years of Rapid Transit (1918)

This 1918 book by James Blaine Walker details the politics behind the development of New York's elevated lines, its first subway, and the Dual Contracts.

Transit Truths (1924)

In 1924, B.M.T. Chairman Gerhard M. Dahl published this book (an expansion of the above articles "Build More Transit Lines" and "Rush Hour Relief For Passengers") as propaganda in the fight to get Mayor Hylan to expand transit lines in New York City.

The Steinway Tunnels (1960)

This 1960 article from the ERA details the history of the Steinway Tunnel: Ground broken in 1892, and not used for subway service until 1915, this tunnel was an important link in the Queens portion of the Dual Contracts.

A New Subway Line for New York City, The Triborough System: Its History (1910)

Engineering News, March 10, 1910. A 1910 report on the so-called Tri-borough system, which was the genesis of the Dual Contracts. The Tri-borough plan included the Centre Street, Lexington Avenue, and the Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn) subway lines.

The Subway Problem (1911)

William Gibbs McAdoo's 1911 offer to build the Triborough System.

Two Lines of the Dual System In Operation (1915)

Public Service Record, June, 1915.

Brooklyn Approaches to Downtown Tubes (1917)

Public Service Record, November, 1917.

The Design of Subways (1918)

Public Service Record, October–November, 1918.

Mayor Hylan Held Responsible for New York's Subway Ills (1925)

Electric Railway Journal editorial criticizing Hylan and the Board of Estimate for problems completing the new subway lines of the Dual Contracts.

Build More Transit Lines – Rush Hour Relief for Passengers... (1924)

Two 1924 articles about the need for completion of the 14th St.-Eastern (Canarsie) and Nassau St. lines, and overcrowding on the Williamsburg Bridge routes.

Brooklyn's Subway Will Open Today (Fourth Ave. Line) (1915)

New York Times, June 19 & June 20, 1915.

The Fourth Avenue Subway in Brooklyn (1915)

Public Service Record, June, 1915.

Last Down-town Tunnel Holed Through (1917)

Public Service Record, July, 1917.

Broadway Subway Now Open (1917)

Public Service Record, September, 1917.

Opening of the Broadway Subway (1918)

New York Times, January 1, 1918.

Broadway Subway Opens (1918)

Electric Railway Journal, January 12, 1918.

Broadway-Fifty-ninth Street Extension of B.R.T. Subway, Opened to Queensboro Plaza... (1920)

New Line Supplements the Existing Extension of the Interborough Subway and Affords a Direct Route Without Transfer Crosstown and Downtown From Queens Borough. (New York Times, March 16, 1919.)

Tells How It Feels to Go Up In A Geyser (1916)

Man Shot Through River Bed From [Montague Street] Tunnel Was Never Squeezed So Tightly Before. Kept His Mouth Tight Shut. Body Of Third Victim Found-- Damage To New Subway More Serious Than Was Thought. (New York Times, February 21, 1916.)

New Rapid Transit Link in Operation (Culver Line) (1919)

New York Times, March 16, 1919.

The Construction of the Harlem River Tubes (1915)

A 1915 description of the engineering effort involved in building the IRT West Side Line's Harlem River Tubes, with many illustrations and photographs.

Opening a New Link of New York's Vast Subway System (1918)

Scientific American, July 1918.

Opening of Seventh Avenue and Lexington Avenue Lines (1918)

Public Service Record, July, 1918.

IRT H System Opens (1918)

New York Times, August 2, 1918.

The H Lines In Service (1918)

Public Service Record, June–September, 1918.

H System Subway Service Started – H System Trouble (1918)

Electric Railway Journal, August, 1918.

Design of the Diagonal Station and Connection (1918)

Public Service Record, December, 1918.

The Park Place Subway Station Escalators (1919)

Scientific American, 1919.

New Clark Street Tunnel Completed... (1919)

New York Times, March 16, 1919. Also from the New York Times: Clark Street Tunnel Ready (April 11, 1919), Clark Street Tunnel Tested (April 12, 1919), Fear B.R.T. Strike- Rush Use of Tunnel (April 13, 1919), New Subway Service Between Brooklyn and Manhattan Boroughs (April 13, 1919), Open Clark Street Line (April 16, 1919), Lessens Subway Crush (April 17, 1919), Dual System is Nearly Completed (May 4, 1919).