I was 13 when this line stopped running. Many a Saturday afternoon, as a child holding my mother's hand, I walked under that El as the train rumbled overhead. I, too, was fascinated. The music choice couldn't be more appropriate. Thanks for posting.
Born in 1947, I grew up on 166th St and Washington Ave with the 3rd Ave El just a block away. To add to the noise and excitement, the building right next door was the local fire station. Riding the El and the rest of the subway system was one of my earliest favorite pastimes, as was daredevil walking on the El's tracks and hanging off the outside of the train's last car. Had she known, my mother's jet black hair would have turned gray on the spot.
these pictures are outstanding..i grew up in Southern Cali and when i was grade school ,some of our text books had alot of pictures (looking back now) of NYC in the 70's and 80's...i guess thats where my fascination of new York in those decades was born...
There is a book called "By The El" by Lawrence Stelter. This book chronicles the 3rd Avenue El in the early 1950 before it was torn down in May of 1955. It has some excellent color pictures and stories of people who experience riding the El. My bedroom is facing 3rd Avenue and when I told people there was an El here, they did not believe me. lol
Thanks for the memories,I remember after shutting down the electrical power,I walked the tracks all the way from 3rd Ave where it began to the end on Gorham rd.thanks.
I was waiting for one pic so I can fully see how this line was back in the day , that shopping intersection with the pie shape building was all I needed to get the picture. Born in 89 from Harlem love seeing what I didn’t get to experience! Great work here!
I lived on Washington and 163rd from 53 to 63. Used to ride it uptown to end and back again. I could hear every train that came into the station, paused for transfer, and then left. I hear the music of the El still. Sure do miss it. Thank you for your service.
I lived near the El. I remember when it went out of business. Lived between near Willis Ave and Brown Place. This was around 1951 or 1953. What memories. Went to PS43. I then went to Wilton JR High school then Grace Dodge High School. There were two Catholic hospitals St Joseph and StMary on Brook Avenue. Are there still there or demolished. We first moved to 137th street 1951 a long time ago. I was 11 yrs old. Later the changes made us move. I will never forget where I grew up. Today is not the same.
there was a blizzard in '92.... I had come back from the Navy and was back living on Vyse near 172nd.... had an old pair of skis and pushed myself onto Southern Blvd, just ahead of the first train to run on that el since before the snowfall.....pushed myself down the slight incline toward Freeman Street.... the trains rumble set off a snow avalanche that overtook me and went on..... very unique.... remember, no traffic, people still hunkered down.... thanks for posting your shots from 1970.... I have a 16mm of a ride on the 3rd avenue around 1960....
I was born in 92 wayyyyy after. But it’s amazing what 149 used to be. The train above not underground. Thanks for sharing this is priceless and timeless. Love to everybody who lived during this golden era.
Great Video.. There's just something about 70's-80's NYC that is magic. Such a strong culture came out of the ghettos and it has left a long lasting impression on popular culture today. I was born in 1990 in Toronto, Canada but I'm very fascinated of this time period in NYC because as gritty and rough as it seems that it was, it also had so much charm and character.
Thank u for posting this. I love reading about nyc history. I'm in my early 30s so i didn't get to see the 3rd ave el Line. And times have sure change would have like for it to still be around. I heard people complain it was too low n very noisy.
Thank you so much for posting!! I grew up in East Harlem, and my mom use to take us to Alexanders for school shopping...and Hearns Dept store was right across the street!
Wooooow I'm sitting here tearing up in the eyes. I never knew about the El train. To see this is like crazy. I'm shocked, amazed, emotional and all the above right now this is crazy.
wow, thanks for the memories.born and raised @ 170& washington. p.s. 55, then is 148, i remember the el which was replaced with the bx55. i remember the bx 29 ran on washington ave when it was a two way street. thanks for the memories..
You did a fantastic job to the Third Avenue El line SHUTTLE or 8 train Bronx memories in this video. How i remember the Hub as a little boy. Remember the R 12 cars when they were Red then the platinum mist & blue stripe. I remember The 156th Street station & WEST FORDHAM ROAD stations. I cry inside ever since it's closure & later tearing it down after 1973. 😭💔 Third Avenue is Dead & hot during the summers. What a shame it wasn't saved. 2023 was The anniversary of the 3rd Avenue lines closure. Wonderful pictures & rap music with it. 🎶
wow!the first picture is where I grew up, 171st street and 3rd Ave. I lived on the second floor, right in front of the railroad tracks. You got use to the lights and the noise of the trains going by all day, especially during the summer when it was hot and the windows in the apartment were all open.you would sit out on the fire escapes all night long.
Cool to see. My grandparents grew up in the small Italian enclave around 150th and my grandpa would take the el to Fordham when he started attending on the GI bill.
I rember riding the EL riding from Fordham Road to 149th Street from seeing my mother working at Sears. When I was doing more reading, this was the last of the El that originally ran from near City Hall to Gun Hill Road. Manhattan service was discontinue from 1955. There is a book called "By the El" by Lawerence Stelter for anyone who is interested about the history of the 3rd Avenue with good color pictures as well.
wow outstanding vid. i remeber 3rd ave back these days. of course all has changed. thanks for showing a piece of history that i remembered when i was young.
omg, my mother went to your junior high school and was also raised in the south bronx....wouldn't be surprised if you knew each other....or any of the other commentators. I was born in the 90s in NYC and I'd give anything to have grown up in this era...seems like it was an awesome time.
Hot summers... Crowded streets... Mr. Softee (the ice cream man)... The 148 school yard... The 3rd Avenue El... What great memories of the neighborhood... What great childhood memories!
@Lismetdetu I definitely remember Hearns, which was right on 149th Street. The shoe store I remember best was FloreSheim (we couldn't afford their shoes, but I remember them) on 149th between 3rd and Cortlandt Avenue.
It was an awesome time... with all the good and bad (Yankees championships, afros, bell-bottom pants, DJs and dances in the park every Friday night, the height of gang wars, New York City blackouts (2), grafitti, etc.) I wouldn't trade it for anything else -- I am glad I got to live it!
Whoa, nostalgia man. 69 yrs ago I was born on 147th St. between St. Ann and Brook. We moved to Pelham Pkwy and White Plains Rd when I was 5. Lived there for the next 18 years. Fond memories of the Bronx. (No other NYC borough has "the" in front of it.
This Beat Rhythm Rymes depicts & defines this video undoubtedly & represents Da South Bronx too ah tee reminiscing & replaying ah time inn history within the era of the 1970’s apagan1959 whom edited & produced ah bar-none top-notch videoclip thanks!!!
Wow I remember the el from when I was a seven year old child my mom used to shop at Alexander and the five and ten and Herns and I remember the el running over third ave .it brings back memories.
I remembered Alexander's as well herns and 5 and 10 . I was born in 1970 so I got to see most except El train my parents nvr talk about it I learned the history by doing Research I'm originally from 142 Brook Avenue. Good old days will never be forgottenespecially when we used to get the fire hydrant
I used to live by 4 Apache the Bronx. The old Precinct in Simpson and than move to Melrose and then to East 171st Street between college and Teller by Clement Park.. I love growing up in the Bronx so many good memories.. thank you for sharing..
I grew up in the Bronx of the 60’s and 70’s. We used to go to Hearns where they had a junk table where everything was 4 cents. My mother would let me pick out something. I remember getting a comb. Those were our toys. We also went to Nedicks for frankfurters. That was such a long time ago.
@mbaker21969 I remember Bathgate Avenue very well. It was the shopping center for our neighborhood. Woolworth was the centerpiece that kept all the little bodegas, Jewish and Italian owned stores full with customers. I remember a place that sold live chicken that were killed and plucked while you waited. Now Bathgate is just an industrial park (I am sure it's needed, but they tore down my memories of the Bronx).
I lost sight of my mother as she ducked into the very live chicken place you remember. I was about 4 or 5 and surrounded by the crowded shoppers to the point where all I could see were adult backsides. I let loose a howl for "Mommy!" that could be heard in Brooklyn. That's my one memory of Bathgate Avenue.
I remember Bathgate Avenue in the 1950s. There was no place like it. Every store had its products on the sidewalk so people walked in the crowded street. There were dairy stores like Daitch, butchers, health foods. appetizing, delis, hardware, clothing, fruit and vegetables... There was an Italian deli and pizzeria, "Fazio's" But most places were Jewish. In the street were venders of hot chestnuts or sweet potatoes. And men who called out "A nickle a shopping bag! Five cents a bag! Five cents!"
Adrina here Pagan is referring just to the 3rd Ave L Train which to make it clear was a shuttle train that ran and service connecting four (4) major avenues like: 3rd ave, Park ave, Webster ave, and Grand Concourse even thought was four blocks up the hill.
O Yes, Me Too. I still remember this Claremont Park. But back then when I was small I didn't know it was Claremont Park back then. Because I was small. But I remember this Claremont Park with the Big Swings. I remember this Park had a little playground and a big playground over on the other side. and the Pool they had I remember the pool was hard cement and the pool was a stream where the water came out of and in the evening the water was going out of the pool down the drain.
What i love Clement Park as a child and as a teenager loved it even more I used to go night pool and climb the fence.. And when mother used to find out I used to get beat down lol .So much good memories there cuz lived East171 my college and Teller so I was close to the park..
i have this vid on my " liked".. again i saw it and i'm thankful you putting up something like this. my stepdad remembers the trolies that run up brook ave, as a matter of fact, i lived on st. ann's years ago when the street was still in an orange/ red bricks with the tracks on it. .
@MrNothingbutsoul Yes, 148 was built in the late 60s. I can remember my brother playing around the construction area and falling and breaking his leg. Still, that area brings back great memories for me, too. Thanks!
It was a big crime tairing down the Thrid Avenue Elevated line down because of these two selfish evil bastards could not stand for no extra elevated lines to be the way it is today. That's the reason why they have the 8 signs on the R62AS R62S. The R142/As has the 8 Thrid Avenue Elevated line announcements. All the old stops. It shows us the 8 Thrid Avenue Elevated and ninth Ave Elevated lines will definitely come back I tell you that right now.
@626SupremeLogic New York is an awesome city... I grew up in an area that most people would consider deprived and destitute, yet, I have only fond memories of my youth. I chose the rap that plays during my video, because it is positive and points out the strength it takes to live in those conditions and make it out.
I was born in 1178 Washington ave. A couple of years later 1968 '69, my family moved to 3809 3rd ave, right across from the El train corner of Claremont ave. Too bad I dont have any memories of that period since I was just a baby. My brother however; who is a bit older than me, does have a few memories that he has shared with me, and I just find it all very facinating. I just wish I would have been a little older back then!
Hey man thanx alot for sharing ! That was cool 1 of those pics looked straight out of the movie The French Connection The chade scene underneath the raised tracks sounds like u had an exciting Childhood Thanx again
I was looking everywhere online for these pictures im only 22 i went to that school too (its now ms 219) but yea i always wanted to see what it looked like thank you for uploading
thanks for the video I'm in maryland now and this brought back memories for me. I grew up on 170th street my building is in several shots 3673 right across from Martin Luther King Jr clinic I only had the el for a couple of years in my life before they scrapped it between the ages of 2 and 4 but I remember it so vividly it left such an impression. does anyone remember the Claremont park Station burning? or am I mistaken?
Me too. Livin' in Silver Spring, Maryland now and still a N.Y. Jets and Mets fan, used to hood up there in North Bronx: Fordham Road, Moshulu Park and Woodlawn, man. The only Mets fan in da Bronx, man. 8^D
My grandmother told me about the El back then. The platform at the 169st stop was at eye level with the windows to the apartment. My Aunt and uncles said you could look out the window right onto the platform. That's back when the PJ's had the fold out windows. I was born in 1980 so it was torn down before I got here ...I wrote a paper on the NYC subway back in HS.
I grew up on the Westchester Ave #6 line as a kid. I remember going to New Jersey on I-95 and going UNDER the 3rd Ave El. Then one day........it was gone. lol. To this day when i drive on the Cross Bronx Exprswy, 40 years later, i still look up for the El tracks. lol.
You took me back when you mentioned Alexander's on 149 Street. That's where my mom bought me my first pleather coat from when I was in junior high school.
I am assuming you're referring to the shot of the training approaching the 149th street station... The tracks and anything related to the 3rd avenue El are no longer there, but a majority of the buildings and some of the stores are still there. The shot was taken while the train was at 3rd Avenue and 150th street as it approached the station.
@JohnXL Alexander was definitely the big store in the area. Do you remember Hearns? That was the other big department on 3rd Avenue. Thanks for your response!
Wow thanks so much for posting this vid , i was raised in the Bronx in the late 90's early 2000's and I used to always go shopping on 3rd ave and I always felt like something about that area felt naked, it was so Strange and now I know why! Lolz cuz it used to be an elevated railway right in heart of 3rd ave.. I knew something was missing
You are 100% right the old 8 3rd Avenue elevated line is missing until this day every sense they torn down the old 8 3rd Avenue elevated line I'm 100% sure that the president they had that had fuses those people to tair down the old 3rd Avenue elevated line down on purpose had all the people were pissed off and hurt. There wasn't nothing wrong with the old 8 3rd Avenue elevated line and now people are still suffering behind this foolishness. What they tair down is what got to be put back together again.
I believe Wythe Avenue was on the other side of the Grand Concourse, and in kid terms, that was pretty far. Also, the El was taken down in '73, only 2 years after you moved to the Bronx -- so, I can see how you missed it. Thanks for you comments!
Thanku you found my old neighborhood pictures old 3rd Ave. Yeah I remember the L train n 20¢ tokens I lived right around the corner from it on a 156 at. N Brook Ave.
Edited 3/10/23. I’m 61years old I lived in the bronx most of my life now living in manhattan for work I remember the 3rd avenue el, I lived on 169th street and 3rd avenue. From 1:14 to 1:25 is my old block the Claremont projects the first building on the left. BOOGIE DOWN FOR LIFE.
Nice. I lived at the other end; Gun Hill / White Plains Rd, the end of the line. I remember it was the No. 8 train replaced by the BX55 bus. It's all gone now.
I lived 163 and third ave went to the school ps 140x probably call something else now eagle st. I remember 1986 the 3rd ave train system was done with. Much respect ✊ to you sir true bronxski
The El train adrina ran from 149th and 3rd to 215th Street and Gunhill Road.With special stop at Fordham Road and 3rd Ave which was in fron of Sears. I use to take it everyday to go to Theodore Roosevelt High School. I Thank may Aida Pagan for posting my Clearmount Station which is where I lived. Now I live between Panama, and Colombia.
The train from 149 street 3rd avenue to Gunhill road. 149 street & 3rd ave was great shopping . There was Hearn's - Korvettes - Woolworth- Neddetts if need a quick bite. Buster Brown shoes and many radio and television stores. Great times.
Nice pictures and I agree, it was burned down for greed and you never saw the faces behind who did because they paid someone else. But I remember the EL from the late 50's until I joined the Marines in 1965. I never went back after seeing all the changes when I got out 6 years later.
Wow! I grow up on 170th Street and Washingt (1420 to be exact). I want to P.S. 55, which was right in front on my building. Attended 148 and De Witt Clinton before going off to the Army.
We were neighbors... I lived at 1420 Washington. Yes, almost all the shops on 3rd from Bathgate to 149th Street were owned by Jews and all my teachers were Jewish, too. They were the only ones who'd cross the GWB to teach us. I have an immense amount of respect for them.
My uncle Dave and my mother were both teachers uncle career and mother and dad moved to New Jersey before we moved to Arizona she taught inplainsboro NJ school but in Arizona went to work for the state for over 20 years
real estate greed and corporate payoffs plain and simple why else would u tear down a EL u just painted 2 years earlier and replace it with a bus........a bus?
I lived by 183 and 3rd from 1966 to 1975 I'm taking all those special memories with me to my grave. life was so simple then I would ride my bike from Fordham Rd to 149 st
Thomas Ponzio I remember we could feel the train coming 2 stops away it was close to a hundred was falling apart dangerous is what city planners the building s streets suffered the black grease in the air not to mention noise a tracked lighting and the cost space it left it was an eyesore and Noone even remembers ##8 train
You say that the Third Avenue El was an eyesore as if the area in the Bronx through which the El traversed was so beautiful. It might have been an eyesore in your opinion, but there is an industrial beauty to an El not to mention the hysterical significance of the elevated railroad and let's not get into the ease for traveling. Any noise that it made could have eventually been reduced with new technologies and it could have been reinforced if it was falling apart. It was a hugh mistake to remove it. Some city planner really dropped the ball.
3rd Ave. El went all the way to Gun Hill Road and connected to the (2) & (5). It also went along Webster Ave and had a stop on Bedford Park Blvd. I was born in 1973 so I only know about it thru pictures, it's a damn shame it's gone. If it was still up, I would've taken a ride as a kid.
I was 13 when this line stopped running. Many a Saturday afternoon, as a child holding my mother's hand, I walked under that El as the train rumbled overhead. I, too, was fascinated. The music choice couldn't be more appropriate. Thanks for posting.
Born in 1947, I grew up on 166th St and Washington Ave with the 3rd Ave El just a block away. To add to the noise and excitement, the building right next door was the local fire station. Riding the El and the rest of the subway system was one of my earliest favorite pastimes, as was daredevil walking on the El's tracks and hanging off the outside of the train's last car. Had she known, my mother's jet black hair would have turned gray on the spot.
these pictures are outstanding..i grew up in Southern Cali and when i was grade school ,some of our text books had alot of pictures (looking back now) of NYC in the 70's and 80's...i guess thats where my fascination of new York in those decades was born...
Omg the memories...love the Bronx, was born in 68 & left in 89 ......still go visit but it has changed. I wouldn't trade it for the world.
Left in '89? You missed a lot of good stuff
I remember when trains on the 3rd Ave El had wicker seats, slated wooden floors, and screw in light bulbs.
There is a book called "By The El" by Lawrence Stelter. This book chronicles the 3rd Avenue El in the early 1950 before it was torn down in May of 1955. It has some excellent color pictures and stories of people who experience riding the El. My bedroom is facing 3rd Avenue and when I told people there was an El here, they did not believe me. lol
Thanks for the memories,I remember after shutting down the electrical power,I walked the tracks all the way from 3rd Ave where it began to the end on Gorham rd.thanks.
I was waiting for one pic so I can fully see how this line was back in the day , that shopping intersection with the pie shape building was all I needed to get the picture. Born in 89 from Harlem love seeing what I didn’t get to experience! Great work here!
I remember the elevated Trains. Grew up near there. Great Pictures.
I lived on Washington and 163rd from 53 to 63.
Used to ride it uptown to end and back again. I could hear every train that came into the station, paused for transfer, and then left.
I hear the music of the El still.
Sure do miss it.
Thank you for your service.
WOW! Fantastic! Thank you for this brother. I miss the rumble of the old train around the HUB. Thank you!!
The pictures are priceless works of art. Thank you for showing them.
I lived near the El. I remember when it went out of business. Lived between near Willis Ave and Brown Place. This was around 1951 or 1953. What memories. Went to PS43. I then went to Wilton JR High school then Grace Dodge High School. There were two Catholic hospitals St Joseph and StMary on Brook Avenue. Are there still there or demolished. We first moved to 137th street 1951 a long time ago. I was 11 yrs old. Later the changes made us move. I will never forget where I grew up. Today is not the same.
there was a blizzard in '92.... I had come back from the Navy and was back living on Vyse
near 172nd.... had an old pair of skis and pushed myself onto Southern Blvd, just ahead of
the first train to run on that el since before the snowfall.....pushed myself down the slight
incline toward Freeman Street.... the trains rumble set off a snow avalanche that overtook
me and went on..... very unique.... remember, no traffic, people still hunkered down....
thanks for posting your shots from 1970.... I have a 16mm of a ride on the 3rd avenue around
1960....
I was born in 92 wayyyyy after. But it’s amazing what 149 used to be. The train above not underground. Thanks for sharing this is priceless and timeless. Love to everybody who lived during this golden era.
Great Video.. There's just something about 70's-80's NYC that is magic. Such a strong culture came out of the ghettos and it has left a long lasting impression on popular culture today. I was born in 1990 in Toronto, Canada but I'm very fascinated of this time period in NYC because as gritty and rough as it seems that it was, it also had so much charm and character.
I agree. I can see the beauty among the grit
Yes very true.
Like a 🌹 growing out of the concrete.
Awesome Cherishable Memories of the Ole-School Bronx where I too was born and raised.
When the city was magical.
Thank u for posting this. I love reading about nyc history. I'm in my early 30s so i didn't get to see the 3rd ave el Line.
And times have sure change would have like for it to still be around. I heard people complain it was too low n very noisy.
I Love and miss my city
Thank you so much for posting!! I grew up in East Harlem, and my mom use to take us to Alexanders for school shopping...and Hearns Dept store was right across the street!
Wooooow I'm sitting here tearing up in the eyes. I never knew about the El train. To see this is like crazy. I'm shocked, amazed, emotional and all the above right now this is crazy.
wow, thanks for the memories.born and raised @ 170& washington. p.s. 55, then is 148, i remember the el which was replaced with the bx55. i remember the bx 29 ran on washington ave when it was a two way street. thanks for the memories..
You did a fantastic job to the Third Avenue El line SHUTTLE or 8 train Bronx memories in this video. How i remember the Hub as a little boy. Remember the R 12 cars when they were Red then the platinum mist & blue stripe. I remember The 156th Street station & WEST FORDHAM ROAD stations. I cry inside ever since it's closure & later tearing it down after 1973. 😭💔 Third Avenue is Dead & hot during the summers. What a shame it wasn't saved. 2023 was The anniversary of the 3rd Avenue lines closure. Wonderful pictures & rap music with it. 🎶
wow!the first picture is where I grew up, 171st street and 3rd Ave. I lived on the second floor, right in front of the railroad tracks. You got use to the lights and the noise of the trains going by all day, especially during the summer when it was hot and the windows in the apartment were all open.you would sit out on the fire escapes all night long.
Man, this sent chills down my spine & good memories.
Cool to see. My grandparents grew up in the small Italian enclave around 150th and my grandpa would take the el to Fordham when he started attending on the GI bill.
I rember riding the EL riding from Fordham Road to 149th Street from seeing my mother working at Sears. When I was doing more reading, this was the last of the El that originally ran from near City Hall to Gun Hill Road. Manhattan service was discontinue from 1955. There is a book called "By the El" by Lawerence Stelter for anyone who is interested about the history of the 3rd Avenue with good color pictures as well.
What about the 2nd Avenue El?
@@Interscope100 There are videos regarding the 2nd Avenue EL on TH-cam. Also, you can look up books on 2nd Avenue by a google search.
wow outstanding vid. i remeber 3rd ave back these days. of course all has changed. thanks for showing a piece of history that i remembered when i was young.
omg, my mother went to your junior high school and was also raised in the south bronx....wouldn't be surprised if you knew each other....or any of the other commentators. I was born in the 90s in NYC and I'd give anything to have grown up in this era...seems like it was an awesome time.
I remember going to 149th for school clothes with my Mom & sister.We used to love it.Thanks for the memories
Hot summers... Crowded streets... Mr. Softee (the ice cream man)... The 148 school yard... The 3rd Avenue El... What great memories of the neighborhood... What great childhood memories!
@Lismetdetu I definitely remember Hearns, which was right on 149th Street. The shoe store I remember best was FloreSheim (we couldn't afford their shoes, but I remember them) on 149th between 3rd and Cortlandt Avenue.
Floreshiem Playboys ... that was the shoe of choice for young men... seems like yesterday
Really good, clear, quality pictures! I was born in the BX back in 60. How I do miss the 3rd ave line.
Wow thanks for uploading this video! And the old days was beautiful!😉
It was an awesome time... with all the good and bad (Yankees championships, afros, bell-bottom pants, DJs and dances in the park every Friday night, the height of gang wars, New York City blackouts (2), grafitti, etc.) I wouldn't trade it for anything else -- I am glad I got to live it!
The South Bronx, the South South Bronx!!
Whoa, nostalgia man. 69 yrs ago I was born on 147th St. between St. Ann and Brook. We moved to Pelham Pkwy and White Plains Rd when I was 5. Lived there for the next 18 years. Fond memories of the Bronx. (No other NYC borough has "the" in front of it.
Also the only borough on the mainland!
This Beat Rhythm Rymes depicts & defines this video undoubtedly & represents Da South Bronx too ah tee reminiscing & replaying ah time inn history within the era of the 1970’s apagan1959 whom edited & produced ah bar-none top-notch videoclip thanks!!!
Thanks - much appreciated
Do you still visit the old neighborhood?
Wow I remember the el from when I was a seven year old child my mom used to shop at Alexander and the five and ten and Herns and I remember the el running over third ave .it brings back memories.
I remembered Alexander's as well herns and 5 and 10 . I was born in 1970 so I got to see most except El train my parents nvr talk about it I learned the history by doing Research I'm originally from 142 Brook Avenue. Good old days will never be forgottenespecially when we used to get the fire hydrant
I used to live by 4 Apache the Bronx. The old Precinct in Simpson and than move to Melrose and then to East 171st Street between college and Teller by Clement Park.. I love growing up in the Bronx so many good memories.. thank you for sharing..
I grew up in the Bronx of the 60’s and 70’s. We used to go to Hearns where they had a junk table where everything was 4 cents. My mother would let me pick out something. I remember getting a comb. Those were our toys. We also went to Nedicks for frankfurters. That was such a long time ago.
Was that across from young land.
@mbaker21969 I remember Bathgate Avenue very well. It was the shopping center for our neighborhood. Woolworth was the centerpiece that kept all the little bodegas, Jewish and Italian owned stores full with customers. I remember a place that sold live chicken that were killed and plucked while you waited. Now Bathgate is just an industrial park (I am sure it's needed, but they tore down my memories of the Bronx).
I lost sight of my mother as she ducked into the very live chicken place you remember. I was about 4 or 5 and surrounded by the crowded shoppers to the point where all I could see were adult backsides. I let loose a howl for "Mommy!" that could be heard in Brooklyn. That's my one memory of Bathgate Avenue.
Lol good story 😂
I remember Bathgate Avenue in the 1950s. There was no place like it. Every store had its products on the sidewalk so people walked in the crowded street. There were dairy stores like Daitch, butchers, health foods. appetizing, delis, hardware, clothing, fruit and vegetables... There was an Italian deli and pizzeria, "Fazio's" But most places were Jewish. In the street were venders of hot chestnuts or sweet potatoes. And men who called out "A nickle a shopping bag! Five cents a bag! Five cents!"
I went to the recruiting station at 149th Street but then enlisted at the one at Westchester Square back in the early 80s. Memories.
Good job I like I was born and raised in 148th Street and Saint Ann's I would like to see pictures and remember the old days thank you
Anybody remember theCrazy Eddies on 149th st and 3rd ave.
Adrina here Pagan is referring just to the 3rd Ave L Train which to make it clear was a shuttle train that ran and service connecting four (4) major avenues like: 3rd ave, Park ave, Webster ave, and Grand Concourse even thought was four blocks up the hill.
Every stop on the 3rd Avenue El from 149th street to Fordham Rd is filled with childhood memories for me. Thanks for the comments.
O Yes, Me Too. I still remember this Claremont Park. But back then when I was small I didn't know it was Claremont Park back then. Because I was small. But I remember this Claremont Park with the Big Swings. I remember this Park had a little playground and a big playground over on the other side. and the Pool they had I remember the pool was hard cement and the pool was a stream where the water came out of and in the evening the water was going out of the pool down the drain.
What i love Clement Park as a child and as a teenager loved it even more I used to go night pool and climb the fence.. And when mother used to find out I used to get beat down lol .So much good memories there cuz lived East171 my college and Teller so I was close to the park..
Hearns, Alexanders, McCrory's Woolworth, Greens, Nedicks, Davega, etc. The Hub! Great memories. Thanks.
And ...Ray's ..
Royals Furniture store on the North side of 3rd Avenue near ALEXANDERS.
i have this vid on my " liked".. again i saw it and i'm thankful you putting up something like this. my stepdad remembers the trolies that run up brook ave, as a matter of fact, i lived on st. ann's years ago when the street was still in an orange/ red bricks with the tracks on it. .
@MrNothingbutsoul Yes, 148 was built in the late 60s. I can remember my brother playing around the construction area and falling and breaking his leg. Still, that area brings back great memories for me, too. Thanks!
I'm from São Paulo city Brazil and I just wanna say "AMAZING"
It was a big crime tairing down the Thrid Avenue Elevated line down because of these two selfish evil bastards could not stand for no extra elevated lines to be the way it is today. That's the reason why they have the 8 signs on the R62AS R62S. The R142/As has the 8 Thrid Avenue Elevated line announcements. All the old stops. It shows us the 8 Thrid Avenue Elevated and ninth Ave Elevated lines will definitely come back I tell you that right now.
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New York is an awesome city... I grew up in an area that most people would consider deprived and destitute, yet, I have only fond memories of my youth. I chose the rap that plays during my video, because it is positive and points out the strength it takes to live in those conditions and make it out.
My father sold tokens at the 169th Street Station. He retired the year the El stopped running, 1973
I was born in 1178 Washington ave. A couple of years later 1968 '69, my family moved to 3809 3rd ave, right across from the El train corner of Claremont ave. Too bad I dont have any memories of that period since I was just a baby. My brother however; who is a bit older than me, does have a few memories that he has shared with me, and I just find it all very facinating. I just wish I would have been a little older back then!
Hey man thanx alot for sharing ! That was cool 1 of those pics looked straight out of the movie The French Connection The chade scene underneath the raised tracks sounds like u had an exciting Childhood Thanx again
I was looking everywhere online for these pictures im only 22 i went to that school too (its now ms 219) but yea i always wanted to see what it looked like thank you for uploading
thanks for the video I'm in maryland now and this brought back memories for me. I grew up on 170th street my building is in several shots 3673 right across from Martin Luther King Jr clinic I only had the el for a couple of years in my life before they scrapped it between the ages of 2 and 4 but I remember it so vividly it left such an impression. does anyone remember the Claremont park Station burning? or am I mistaken?
Me too. Livin' in Silver Spring, Maryland now and still a N.Y. Jets and Mets fan, used to hood up there in North Bronx: Fordham Road, Moshulu Park and Woodlawn, man. The only Mets fan in da Bronx, man. 8^D
Amo histórias
My grandmother told me about the El back then. The platform at the 169st stop was at eye level with the windows to the apartment. My Aunt and uncles said you could look out the window right onto the platform. That's back when the PJ's had the fold out windows. I was born in 1980 so it was torn down before I got here ...I wrote a paper on the NYC subway back in HS.
which pjs did it pass by?
@@majormindsbeats7740 Governor Morris. That would be Third Ave in the Bx.
Love the bronx born1972always😥
Great video! Used to work on 148 and 3rd. Right down the block from blimpys.
Lots of good memories, before going bad, thanks for sharing.
This just inspires me To Keep On taking pictures of my beautiful borough.
EFRAIN SANTIAGO do it brother there’s so much people don’t get to see from different roof tops from different parts of the X
I grew up on the Westchester Ave #6 line as a kid. I remember going to New Jersey on I-95 and going UNDER the 3rd Ave El. Then one day........it was gone. lol. To this day when i drive on the Cross Bronx Exprswy, 40 years later, i still look up for the El tracks. lol.
Thank you for this gift. And thanks for serving sir.
Yes, I remember John Bargain Store -- it was mom's favorite place.
My Mom and others too from that era. I miss the Ole-School Bromx. Cherishable Memories. Awesome!
I love the sound of trains to this day because of living near 3rd Ave El 1960's. 556 St. Paul's Pl. Near Cratona Park. (Spell check)
Crotona park
You took me back when you mentioned Alexander's on 149 Street. That's where my mom bought me my first pleather coat from when I was in junior high school.
I am assuming you're referring to the shot of the training approaching the 149th street station... The tracks and anything related to the 3rd avenue El are no longer there, but a majority of the buildings and some of the stores are still there. The shot was taken while the train was at 3rd Avenue and 150th street as it approached the station.
Great clip,the last photo of the trolley was taken on East 138 st. and Brown Place.The theater behind the trolley later became he Puerto Rico Theater.
Thanks for posting
@JohnXL Alexander was definitely the big store in the area. Do you remember Hearns? That was the other big department on 3rd Avenue.
Thanks for your response!
Nice video and footage thanks for sharing.
Wow thanks so much for posting this vid , i was raised in the Bronx in the late 90's early 2000's and I used to always go shopping on 3rd ave and I always felt like something about that area felt naked, it was so Strange and now I know why! Lolz cuz it used to be an elevated railway right in heart of 3rd ave.. I knew something was missing
You are 100% right the old 8 3rd Avenue elevated line is missing until this day every sense they torn down the old 8 3rd Avenue elevated line
I'm 100% sure that the president they had that had fuses those people to tair down the old 3rd Avenue elevated line down on purpose had all the people were pissed off and hurt. There wasn't nothing wrong with the old 8 3rd Avenue elevated line and now people are still suffering behind this foolishness. What they tair down is what got to be put back together again.
love it thank's for the post mate, keep safe all xx
I believe Wythe Avenue was on the other side of the Grand Concourse, and in kid terms, that was pretty far. Also, the El was taken down in '73, only 2 years after you moved to the Bronx -- so, I can see how you missed it.
Thanks for you comments!
Actually, that's 149th Street and Willis Avenue.
Thanku you found my old neighborhood pictures old 3rd Ave. Yeah I remember the L train n 20¢ tokens I lived right around the corner from it on a 156 at. N Brook Ave.
don't forget pieser's furnature, and thom mccan's shoes. when the hood was good.
I to went too P S 55 in 1957 those were the days 👍🏻👏🏻good old days
Edited 3/10/23. I’m 61years old I lived in the bronx most of my life now living in manhattan for work I remember the 3rd avenue el, I lived on 169th street and 3rd avenue. From 1:14 to 1:25 is my old block the Claremont projects the first building on the left. BOOGIE DOWN FOR LIFE.
Nice. I lived at the other end; Gun Hill / White Plains Rd, the end of the line. I remember it was the No. 8 train replaced by the BX55 bus. It's all gone now.
I am obsessed with NYC history ...
I lived 163 and third ave went to the school ps 140x probably call something else now eagle st. I remember 1986 the 3rd ave train system was done with. Much respect ✊ to you sir true bronxski
Great shots. Thanks for uploading.
The El train adrina ran from 149th and 3rd to 215th Street and Gunhill Road.With special stop at Fordham Road and 3rd Ave which was in fron of Sears. I use to take it everyday to go to Theodore Roosevelt High School. I Thank may Aida Pagan for posting my Clearmount Station which is where I lived. Now I live between Panama, and Colombia.
i lived on third avenue as a small child from infant to four and i remember running to my window when i would hear the train coming
The train from 149 street 3rd avenue to Gunhill road. 149 street & 3rd ave was great shopping . There was Hearn's - Korvettes - Woolworth- Neddetts if need a quick bite. Buster Brown shoes and many radio and television stores. Great times.
superb slideshow 🍸
Why did they tear it down? The Bx55, seemed impractical to me.
Nice pictures and I agree, it was burned down for greed and you never saw the faces behind who did because they paid someone else. But I remember the EL from the late 50's until I joined the Marines in 1965. I never went back after seeing all the changes when I got out 6 years later.
Thanks for sharing
okay so I would have to look in the library for that book "By the El" I know it's old.
Wow! I grow up on 170th Street and Washingt (1420 to be exact). I want to P.S. 55, which was right in front on my building. Attended 148 and De Witt Clinton before going off to the Army.
We were neighbors... I lived at 1420 Washington. Yes, almost all the shops on 3rd from Bathgate to 149th Street were owned by Jews and all my teachers were Jewish, too. They were the only ones who'd cross the GWB to teach us. I have an immense amount of respect for them.
My uncle Dave and my mother were both teachers uncle career and mother and dad moved to New Jersey before we moved to Arizona she taught inplainsboro NJ school but in Arizona went to work for the state for over 20 years
My aunt and uncle retired informed lee soil owners of what you speak
real estate greed and corporate payoffs plain and simple why else would u tear down a EL u just painted 2 years earlier and replace it with a bus........a bus?
I lived by 183 and 3rd from 1966 to 1975 I'm taking all those special memories with me to my grave. life was so simple then I would ride my bike from Fordham Rd to 149 st
Thomas Ponzio Your probably right.
Thomas Ponzio I remember we could feel the train coming 2 stops away it was close to a hundred was falling apart dangerous is what city planners the building s streets suffered the black grease in the air not to mention noise a tracked lighting and the cost space it left it was an eyesore and Noone even remembers ##8 train
Funny thing is the bus that replaced the 8 train is now gone too. No more Bx55. Half of the limited Bx15 and SBS Bx41 is whats left.
You say that the Third Avenue El was an eyesore as if the area in the Bronx through which the El traversed was so beautiful. It might have been an eyesore in your opinion, but there is an industrial beauty to an El not to mention the hysterical significance of the elevated railroad and let's not get into the ease for traveling. Any noise that it made could have eventually been reduced with new technologies and it could have been reinforced if it was falling apart. It was a hugh mistake to remove it. Some city planner really dropped the ball.
3rd Ave. El went all the way to Gun Hill Road and connected to the (2) & (5). It also went along Webster Ave and had a stop on Bedford Park Blvd.
I was born in 1973 so I only know about it thru pictures, it's a damn shame it's gone. If it was still up, I would've taken a ride as a kid.
Miss those days
I lived in 1460, went to headstart at St Paul's church in the basement next to the "big park", went to ps 55, Is 148 and South Bronx hs.
We were neighbors. I was one building over at 1420 Washington Avenue. I also went to PS 55 and IS 148. What year did you attend 148?
Well, my family lived in 1460 from 1965 to 2000. I went to 148 from 76 to 78.