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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 ... [...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." Founding ''Grand Street'' was founded as a quarterly by Ben Sonnenberg in 1981. When Jean Stein became editor and publisher in 1990, the magazine's format changed to encompass visual art, and it began actively to seek out international authors and artists to introduce to its readers. Contributors Contributors to ''Grand Street'' included Andrew Cockburn, Don DeLillo, John Ashbery, Jean Baudrillard, William Eggleston, William K. Everson, William H. Gass, 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, Salman Rushdie, James Salter, W. G. Sebald, David Shields, Terry Southern, Saul Steinberg, José Saramago, Fiona Shaw, Quentin Tarantino, Willia ... [...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 in the Lower East Side and Chinatown neighborhoods of Manhattan, 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) connecting 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 p ... [...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 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. Over 10,000 individuals currently participate in Grand Street Settlement's programs. 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). 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. With the help of philanthropist Rose Gruening they opened the Arnold Toynbee House (named after the British social reformer, Arnold Toynbee) in a brownstone building at 257 Division Street. It was renamed Grand Street Settlement eight years later. In the 1920s and 1930s, the Settlement's mai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Forty-Second Street And Grand Street Ferry Railroad
The Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad was a horse-drawn streetcar line in Manhattan, New York City, United States. It ran from the 42nd Street Ferry on the Hudson River to the Grand Street Ferry on the East River. The line was distinguished by a light green light. At least until 1879, the tracks ran along 42nd Street, Tenth Avenue, 34th Street, Broadway, 23rd Street, Fourth Avenue, 14th Street, Avenue A, (using Second Street westbound to cut the corner), Houston Street, Cannon Street/Goerck Street (eastbound/westbound) and Grand Street. History The railroad was chartered on February 16, 1862 (some sources say 1863). In October 1863, the New York and Harlem Railroad, which had tracks down the middle of Fourth Avenue, took the Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad to court to prevent them from laying a track on each side of Fourth Avenue (between 14th Street and 23rd Street). The NY&H charged that the new tracks would obstruct access betwe ... [...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 Coney may refer to: Places * Côney, a river in eastern France * Coney, Georgia, an unincorporated community in the United States * Coney Island (other) People * Dean Con ... [...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 Rego Park is a neighborhood in the borough of Queens in New York City. Rego Park is bordered to the north by Elmhurst and Corona, to the east and south by Forest Hills, and to the west by Middle Village. Rego Park's boundaries include Queens .... 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 Junc ... [...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 The Evergreen Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) that ran in Brooklyn and part of Queens in New York City. The line, at its fullest extent, ran between Greenpoint, Brooklyn and Ridgewood, Queens. The line consisted of tw ... of the Long Island Rail Road. 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 This station opened on June 30, 1924 as part of the initial segment of the Canarsie Line, a product of the Dual Contracts, stretching from Sixth Avenue station in Manhattan to Montrose Avenue station. In 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program. A contract for two elevators at the station was awarded in December 2020. Station layout This underground station has two side platforms with two tracks. The mosaic band on both platforms features greys along with aqua, orange, ochre, light blue and light green. Near the south end of the station, there are gratings near the ceiling, with the tile band cut out to fit around them. A historically correc ... [...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 ... [...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, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...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 Railway stations closed in 1955 Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan 1955 disestablishments in New York (state) {{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 The IRT Sixth Avenue Line, often called the Sixth Avenue Elevated or Sixth Avenue El, was the second elevated railway in Manhattan in New York City, following the Ninth Avenue Elevated. The line ran south of Central Park, mainly along Sixth ... 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. References * IRT Sixth Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1878 Railway stations closed in 1938 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
