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58 Joralemon Street

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Coordinates: 40°41′37″N 73°59′50″W / 40.693543°N 73.997335°W / 40.693543; -73.997335

The facade of 58 Joralemon Street.
The facade of 58 Joralemon Street.

58 Joralemon Street, in Brooklyn Heights, Brooklyn, New York, United States, is a Greek Revival structure built in 1847 as a private residence but is now a New York City Subway vent. The Interborough Rapid Transit Company acquired the property in 1907,[1] gutted the interior, and converted the structure to "the world’s only Greek Revival subway ventilator".[2] The ventilator also serves as an emergency exit from the eastern end of the New York City Subway's Joralemon Street Tunnel, which carries the IRT Lexington Avenue Line (4 and ​5 trains) between Bowling Green and Borough Hall, where it becomes the IRT Eastern Parkway Line (2, ​3, ​4, and ​5 trains).[3]

The door to 58 Joralemon
The door to 58 Joralemon

Through acquisitions, the property passed to the New York City Board of Transportation in 1940 and to the New York City Transit Authority in 1953, its current owner. As of 2010 it was valued at $2.8 million.[4] The exterior facade and black Lexan windows are the result of a 1999 agreement with the Landmarks Preservation Commission to help the facility blend into the neighborhood, which is a city-landmarked historic district.[5]

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Source: "58 Joralemon Street", Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, (2023, February 19th), https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/58_Joralemon_Street.

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2 (New York City Subway service)

Dual Contracts

Interborough Rapid Transit Company

City Hall station (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

Bowling Green station

Nostrand Avenue station (IRT Eastern Parkway Line)

Kingston Avenue station

Crown Heights–Utica Avenue station

Borough Hall/Court Street station

Hoyt Street station

Clark Street station

List of New York City Subway yards

Joralemon Street Tunnel

Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station

Franklin Avenue/Botanic Garden station

Early history of the IRT subway
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References
  1. ^ "Fresh Air for Tunnel: Plant Site Purchased". New-York Tribune. March 23, 1907. p. 4. Retrieved January 5, 2021 – via newspapers.com open access.
  2. ^ "A History of Willowtown & the Willowtown Association". The Willowtown Association. Archived from the original on January 20, 2012. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  3. ^ Hays, Tom; Sherman, Samantha (April 12, 2010). "Subterranean Police Presence Protects Subways From Terror". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Archived from the original on July 1, 2010.
  4. ^ Arak, Joey (April 13, 2010). "Brooklyn Heights Townhouse is actually a decoy". curbed.com. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  5. ^ Gill, John Freeman (December 26, 2004). "A Puzzle Tucked Amid the Brownstones". The New York Times. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
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