This citation came to my attention on March 29, 2016 in subcat. The above photograph was taken on 10/2/31 and answers some questions concerning the link between the IND subway at Church Avenue ( on the current F and G) routes and the former BMT Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue. If memory serves correct, the Church Avenue station of the IND Prospect Park line opened in 1933. Through service through the link above did not open until October, 1954 when the IND subway "captured " the BMT Culver Line to Coney Island. I have posted pictures showing the area above around 1951 in which the three western tracks were not constructed. I saw a photo showing only one track, that is the northbound local track in existence around 1951 entering into the subway from the three track Culver Line at Ditmas Avenue. The photo above, facing south from Avenue C and "Gravesend Avenue " now McDonald Avenue shows the warehouse and part of the Culver Line structure at the extreme right of the photo. The retaining walls for the incline and the trolley support poles are already in place by 1931. We can thus say that at least for the incline, the incline was in existence by 1931. This is logical because part of the yard tracks are under the ramp tracks for a portion of the the incline. When was the ramp iron work joined to the Culver line to the south? This I do not know but pictures taken in 1951 shows PCC cars running in the area under the new structure that was untracked, except for the northbound local track. Probably the iron structure was joined after World War II was metal shortages were eased. Somewhere in the literature, it was described by an old timer in the 1930's or 1940's that a huge tree, that typically grows in lots in Brooklyn, and described in a "Tree Grows in Brooklyn" was growing in the middle of the ramp during this time.
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