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Grand Street (other)
Grand Street may refer to: * Grand Street (magazine), an American magazine * Grand Street (film), a 2013 film starring Kelly McGillis New York City Streets * Grand Street (Manhattan), a street in New York City * Grand Street (Brooklyn), a street in New York City Train stations * Grand Street station (IRT Second Avenue Line), in Manhattan, demolished * Grand Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line), in Manhattan, demolished * Grand Street station (IRT Third Avenue Line), in Manhattan, demolished * Grand Street station (BMT Canarsie Line), in Brooklyn; serving the train * Grand Street station (IND Sixth Avenue Line), in Manhattan; serving the trains * Grand Street station (LIRR Evergreen Branch) a station along the former Evergreen Branch (see Manhattan Beach Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road in Brooklyn from 1868 to 1885 * Grand Street station (LIRR Main Line), a former station in Queens along Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road that also served the Rockaway Beach Branch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street (magazine)
''Grand Street'' was an American magazine published from 1981 to 2004. It was described by ''The New York Times'' as "one of the most revered literary magazines of the postwar era." History ''Grand Street'' was founded as a quarterly by Ben Sonnenberg in 1981. In 1989, it had a circulation of 4,000. When Jean Stein became editor and publisher in 1990, the magazine's format changed to encompass visual arts, visual art, and it began actively to seek out international authors and artists to introduce to its readers. Contributors Contributors to ''Grand Street'' included Anne Carson, Andrew Cockburn, Don DeLillo, John Ashbery, Jean Baudrillard, William Eggleston, William K. Everson, William H. Gass, Kent Haruf, Doug Henwood, Christopher Hitchens, Dennis Hopper, Kenzaburō Ōe, Jane Kramer, David Mamet, Susan Minot, Rick Moody, Michael Moore, Mark Rudman, Terence Kilmartin, Onat Kutlar, Michael Palmer (poet), Michael Palmer, Salman Rushdie, James Salter, W. G. Sebald, David Shields, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street Station (IND Sixth Avenue Line)
The Grand Street station is an express station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Grand Street and Chrystie Street at the border of Chinatown and the Lower East Side, it is served by the D train at all times and the B train on weekdays. Opened on November 26, 1967, this station was one of two added as part of the Chrystie Street Connection. The station has two tracks and two narrow side platforms, located approximately below ground. In the original plan for the station, this would have been a four-track, two-island platform station, with a transfer to the Second Avenue Subway. The fourth phase of the Second Avenue Subway, if built, would include new platform(s) with connections to the existing platforms. History Construction The station was built as part of the Chrystie Street Connection between the Sixth Avenue Line and the Manhattan and Williamsburg Bridges. The Chrystie Street Connection was first proposed in 1947 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street Settlement
Grand Street Settlement is a historic social service institution on the Lower East Side, Brooklyn, and the Bronx in New York City, United States. The institute was founded in 1916 in response to the needs of immigrants from Eastern and Southern Europe who were settling in the area. Today, over 17,500 New Yorkers currently participate in Grand Street Settlement's programs including early childhood education, youth development, older adult programs, and benefits assistance services for individuals and families. History Grand Street Settlement was founded in 1916 by a group of young adults who were part of the Stevenson Club at Madison House (the present Hamilton-Madison House) led by philanthropist Rose Gruening. The group perceived a need in the Lower East Side's immigrant communities for smaller settlement houses, and concluded that this would help these communities achieve self-sufficiency. They opened the Arnold Toynbee House (named after the British social reformer, Arn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street Shuttle
The Grand Street Shuttle was a New York City Subway service that operated during the long Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation project while the north tracks (connecting to the IND Sixth Avenue Line via the Chrystie Street Connection) were closed. It usually ran between Broadway–Lafayette Street and Grand Street, picking up the slack from rerouted or suspended and service. History Service disruptions that took the Manhattan Bridge north tracks out of service, with the shuttle running between Broadway–Lafayette Street and Grand Street, included the following: *March 12, 1984 and August 10 to November 3, 1985 ( and cut back to West Fourth Street–Washington Square) *April 30 to November 12, 1995 ( running only between Atlantic Avenue–Pacific Street and Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue while the was running between Norwood–205th Street and 34th Street–Herald Square). During the first phase of the Manhattan Bridge rehabilitation, from April 26, 1986 to December 11, 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street Station (LIRR Main Line)
Grand Street was a railroad station on the Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road. It stood on Grand Street (now Avenue) in the Elmhurst section of Queens, New York City, west of the present Grand Avenue – Newtown subway station on the IND Queens Boulevard Line. Though it was only operational for 12 years, it served both the Main Line and the Rockaway Beach Branch which broke away from the main line in Rego Park. The station opened as a pair of sheltered sheds on July 1, 1913, and served both local main line trains and as the original terminus of the Rockaway Beach Branch. The sheds were removed in 1922, and it was discontinued as a station stop in 1925. Three years later a new Rego Park Station was built on Whitepot Junction Bread and butter pudding is a traditional bread pudding in British cuisine. Slices of buttered bread scattered with raisins are layered in an oven dish, covered with an egg custard mixture seasoned with nutmeg, vanilla, cinnamon or other spices, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Manhattan Beach Branch
The Manhattan Beach Branch, Manhattan Beach Line, or Manhattan Beach Division was a line of the Long Island Rail Road, running from Fresh Pond, Queens, south to Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, United States. It opened in 1877 and 1878 as the main line of the New York and Manhattan Beach Railway. The tracks from Flatbush south to Manhattan Beach were removed from 1938 to 1941, while most of the rest is now the freight-only Bay Ridge Branch. At Manhattan Beach, the line extended east to Oriental Beach, and a branch to the Sheepshead Bay Race Track was provided north of Sheepshead Bay. Other lines in the Manhattan Beach Division included the West Brighton Beach Division (Culver Line), Bay Ridge Branch, and Evergreen Branch. History Planning for a line to Bay Ridge began in 1870 by the New York and Hempstead Plains Railroad (which built the Southern Hempstead Branch from Valley Stream to Hempstead). By 1873, the line was to run from Bay Ridge to East New York, where it ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street Station (LIRR Evergreen Branch)
Grand Street was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road The Long Island Rail Road , or LIRR, is a Rail transport, railroad in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York (state), New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County on Long Islan .... The station was built on May 15, 1878 by the South Side Railroad of Long Island between Metropolitan Avenue and Grand Street (Brooklyn) at the East River Ferry. From the Greenpoint Terminal it took 10 minutes to get here. Grand Street was closed on September 28, 1885. References External linksEVERGREEN BRANCH: another lost LIRR line (Forgotten New York) [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street Station (BMT Canarsie Line)
The Grand Street station is a station on the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of Grand Street and Bushwick Avenue in Brooklyn, it is served by the L train at all times. History Planning and opening In the Dual Contracts, adopted on March 4, 1913, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT; after 1923, the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation or BMT) was selected to operate a subway route from 14th Street in Manhattan to Montrose Avenue in Brooklyn. This became the 14th Street–Eastern District Line (later the Canarsie Line. In late 1915, the Public Service Commission began receiving bids for the construction of the 14th Street Line. MacArthur Brothers Co. had received a $1.336 million contract for the construction of section 5 in Brooklyn, which included a station at Grand Street, by June 1916. Organizations such as the Grand Street Board of Trade and the Grand Street Improvement Association were supportive of the project. The 14 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street (film)
Grand Street may refer to: * Grand Street (magazine), an American magazine * Grand Street (film), a 2013 film starring Kelly McGillis New York City Streets * Grand Street (Manhattan), a street in New York City * Grand Street (Brooklyn), a street in New York City Train stations * Grand Street station (IRT Second Avenue Line), in Manhattan, demolished * Grand Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line), in Manhattan, demolished * Grand Street station (IRT Third Avenue Line), in Manhattan, demolished *Grand Street station (BMT Canarsie Line), in Brooklyn; serving the train *Grand Street station (IND Sixth Avenue Line), in Manhattan; serving the trains *Grand Street station (LIRR Evergreen Branch) a station along the former Evergreen Branch (see Manhattan Beach Branch) of the Long Island Rail Road in Brooklyn from 1868 to 1885 *Grand Street station (LIRR Main Line), a former station in Queens along Main Line of the Long Island Rail Road that also served the Rockaway Beach Branch from 191 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street Station (IRT Third Avenue Line)
The Grand Street station was a station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City over the Bowery. It had three tracks and two island platform An island platform (also center platform (American English) or centre platform (British English)) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway inte ...s. This station closed on May 12, 1955, with the ending of all service on the Third Avenue El south of 149th Street. References External links * * IRT Third Avenue Line stations Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan 1955 disestablishments in New York (state) Railway stations in the United States closed in 1955 {{Manhattan-railstation-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Grand Street Station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)
The Grand Street station was a station on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and two side platforms. It was served by trains from the IRT Sixth Avenue Line and opened on June 5, 1878. It closed on December 4, 1938. The next southbound stop was Franklin Street. The next northbound stop was Bleecker Street Bleecker Street is an east–west street in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is most famous today as a Greenwich Village nightlife, nightclub district. The street connects a neighborhood popular today for music venues and comedy as well as a .... References * IRT Sixth Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1878 Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan 1878 establishments in New York (state) 1938 disestablishments in New York (state) {{Manhattan-railstation-stub Grand Street (Manhattan) Sixth Avenue Railway stations in the United States closed in 1938 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
