refusal to use Long Island Rail Road tracks in Queens, 66, 69–71
support for building Lexington Avenue line, 200–201
to operate Flushing line, 50
willingness to build Dual Systems Contracts lines, 153
International Ladies Garment Workers Union, 77
Interstate Commerce Commission, 237
Interstate Loop Line, 159, 161, 165, 166, 167, 168
Isaacs, Stanley M., 173, 206, 207–208, 213, 215
Jacob K. Javits Convention Center, 224
Jamaica, 253
Jamaica Avenue, 254
Jamaica Avenue line, 14, 47, 237, 244, 253
Jamaica Bay, 113, 127, 236
development as Seaport, 127–128
Jamaica High School, 88
Jamaica subway yards, 43
James, Darwin R., Jr., 31
Japan, 207, 208
Jarema, Stephen J., 208
Jarrett, Milton, 145
Javits, Jacob K., 219, 221
Jerome Avenue, 76, 86–87
Jerome Avenue line, 86–87, 233, 245
Jerome Park Reservoir, 77
Jersey City, 133–134, 159, 164
Jewish National Workers Alliance, 77
John F. Kennedy International Airport, 227
John S. Fitz and Associates, 169
Johnston, Herman W., 194, 196
accusations at Allied Civic Associations of Old Eastchester meeting, 189–190
letter to Newbold Morris, 193
membership on New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Committee, 173, 179
protest over de-funding of Burke Avenue line, 174–175
seeks city purchase of New York, Westchester and Boston Railway tracks, 181–182, 192
Johnston, William E., 181
Joint Committee for Public Improvements in the North Bronx, 82
Joseph, Lazarus, 213, 239, 240
Junction Boulevard, 49
Just, Max, 92
Kalikow, Peter, 225
Katonah Avenue, 76
Kaufman, Victor R., 10–11
Keane, Rev. Arthur B., 213
Keegan, Charles E., 198
advocacy for Burke Avenue line, 176–178, 188, 194
background, 95, 177
opposition to New York, Westchester and Boston Railway purchase, 191, 192
reactions to his statements, 188–189
Kennedy, John F., 92, 96, 245
Kent Avenue, 26
Kernan, Francis, 25
Kerrigan, Charles F., 133
Kevin, J. Richard, 35
Kew Gardens, 43
Kiley, Robert, 254
Kill Van Kull, 126
Kings County Elevated Railway, 24, 25
Kingsbridge, 76
Kinsley, Joseph E., 191, 206
advocacy for Burke Avenue line, 19, 177–178, 184, 188
background, 177
criticism of resolutions supporting subway expansion in Brooklyn, 19
opposition to demolition of elevated lines, 206
support for New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Purchase, 187, 192, 194
Klapper, Paul, 44
Knab, Frank E., 53, 54, 55, 59–60, 64, 65
Knox, John C., 106, 107, 187, 188, 190, 192, 194, 199
Knoxville Street Railway Company, 149
Koch, Edward I., 218, 219
Kornobis, Harry B., 34, 35
La Guardia, Fiorello H., 93, 135, 205, 240, 258, 259
absence from Hillside Houses opening, 99
action sought on Burke Avenue line, 190, 191
action sought on New York, Westchester and Boston Railway purchase, 182–183, 185, 187
advocacy for demolition of Fulton Street El, 142, 143
appointment of Charles P. Gross as Board of Transportation Chairman, 20, 21, 211
appointment of William Reid to Board of Transportation, 20
at opening ceremonies for the Dyre Avenue line, 196
Board of Estimate resolution on Flushing line, 71
concerns for subway financing, 20–21
discussion of 2nd Avenue line work, 209
discussion of Burke Avenue line, 98
discussion of Bronx Express Truck Highway plan, 107
1929 mayoral elections, 87, 88, 89, 256
1933 mayoral elections, 97
1936 plans for subway expansion, 16
1941 budget report, 195
1944 budget message, 209, 262
nomination of members to New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Committee, 173
opening ceremonies for Fulton Street subway, 142, 143
opposition to fare increase, 260, 261
opposition to Westchester and Bronx Railroad Authority legislation, 170
participation in start of demolition of 6th Avenue El, 207
peacekeeping at Burke Avenue Line hearing, 103
plans for Rockaway Beach Line, 15, 16
relationship with John H. Delaney, 11, 230, 258
renaming of North Beach Airport in his honor, 92, 258
tour of Burke Avenue Line service area, 104–105
La Guardia Airport, 175, 227
Lafayette Avenue (Bronx), 86, 256
Lafayette Avenue line (Bronx) 86, 89, 203, 209
Lafayette Avenue line (Brooklyn), 28, 39, 200
League of Women Voters, 83
LeBoutillier, George, 160
Lehman, Herbert H., 170, 171, 173, 180, 182, 183
Lenox Avenue line, 20, 76, 258
Lesser, Harry, 99, 103
Leviss, Sidney, 219
Lewis, Harold M., 165–166
Lewis, Nelson F., 117–118
Lexington Avenue, 159, 200
Lexington Avenue Elevated, 20, 258
Lexington Avenue subway, 32
distance to Hillside Houses, 98
impact of demolition of 2nd Avenue El, 208, 258
impact of demolition of 3rd Avenue El, 236, 258
inclusion in MESA plans, 224
IRT support for building, 200–201
meeting needs of the Upper East Side, 77
postwar service improvements, 228
problems with linking with 64th Street tunnel line, 249
proposed extension to New Jersey, 159
Levy, Samuel, 105
Lewis, Harold M., 107
Liberal Party, 234
Liberty Bridge, 133
Light Rail Transit, 224
Lincoln Avenue, 86
Lincoln Tunnel, 215
Lindsay, John V., 218, 219, 221, 223, 225, 250, 261
“Little Farms,” 121
Little Neck, 56, 68, 243
Little Neck Bay, 56, 68
Loewenthal, Frederick S., 83, 103, 105, 185
Long Island, 107 155
Long Island City, 36, 39, 40, 47, 68, 167, 251
Long Island City Railway Company, 24
Long Island Daily Press, 147–148
Long Island Daily Star, 54
Long Island Expressway, 251
Long Island Rail Road, 250
Atlantic branch, 247
City Planning Commission plans for integration with subway system, 247
creation of committee to study LIRR’s future, 250
desire to sell Rockaway Beach Line to Board of Transportation, 14–15
discussion of connection between Flushing and Port Washington Lines, 62–63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70
East Side Access program, 149
Far Rockaway line, 253
inclusion in Metropolitan Transit System plan, 156
inclusion in “New Routes” plan, 253
inclusion in Regional Plan of New York plan, 166, 167
inclusion in Port of New York Authority Plan, 167
inclusion in Suburban Transit Engineering Board plans, 167
Manhattan Beach line, 110
Montauk line, 247, 253
opposition to Metropolitan Tran
sit System plan, 160
plans for access to Grand Central Terminal, 250
plans for extension to Kennedy Airport, 253
plans to end Rockaway Beach Line service, 236
plans to link 2nd Avenue subway with LIRR lines, 213
Port Washington line, 55, 56, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 72, 236, 247, 253, 254, 257
sale of Rockaway Beach line, 237
63rd Street tunnel plans, 251
sufficiency of service to northeast Queens, 57
view of the Flushing Line as competition, 62
Whitestone branch, 63, 64, 65, 66, 68, 72
Long Island Star-Journal, 147–148
Loos, Charles, 92
Low, Robert A., 216, 218, 249
Low, Seth, 24, 27
Lower Manhattan, 168
Lucerne Place, 51
Luhn, George J., 111–112, 113
Lynch, John A., 135
Lynch, Rev. Joseph J., 249
Lyons, James J., 146, 216, 232, 234
advocacy for Burke Avenue line, 97–99, 100–101, 174, 178, 191–192, 197–198
advocacy for expanding subway system in the Bronx, 232
at opening of connection between the White Plains Road and Dyre Avenue lines, 244
background, 96–97
death of, 245
discussion of Burke Avenue line, 103, 104, 105, 175–176, 181, 229
end of term in office, 245
1939 capital budget, 179
1944 capital budget, 197
opposition to demolition of elevated lines, 206, 207, 208
opposition to fare increase, 240
relationship with A. Newbold Morris, 174, 175–176
relationship with Fiorello H. La Guardia, 97, 178
relationship with Robert Moses, 195
support for Empire City Racetrack, 233
support of purchase of New York, Boston and Westchester Railway, 186
tour of Bronx express truck highway route, 169
vote on New York, Westchester and Boston Railway tracks, 194
Madison Avenue (Manhattan), 157, 162
Madison Avenue (Queens), 51
Madison Avenue line, 200, 243
Maele, P.A., 191
Mahler, Anna, 83
Maloney, Carolyn B., 224
Mahoney, Walter J., 215
Main Street, 47, 61, 63, 67
Malba, 63
Malloy, Mrs. Edward, 96
Mand, George F., 97, 172, 179, 192
advocacy for New York, Westchester and Boston Railway purchase, 185
advocacy for the Burke Avenue line, 228
death of, 281
membership on New York, Westchester and Boston Railway Committee, 173, 179
1941 Board of Transportation capital budget, 197
opposition to demolition of elevated lines, 206
support for Bronx airport, 234
tour of Queens Boulevard line project, 232
Manhattan, 73, 133, 202
access from Utica Avenue line, 114, 119
advocacy for 1st Avenue line, 202
benefits of construction of Staten Island subway line, 126
construction of first subway line, 122
routing of Queens Parkway line, 154
support for demolition of 3rd Avenue El, 215
Manhattan Community Board No. 4, 218
Manhattan Community Board No. 8, 220
Manhattan East Side Alternatives Study, 224–225
Manhattan Avenue, 25
Manhattan Bridge, 200
Marcantonio, Vito, 232, 235
Marlboro, 123
Matthews Place, 51, 60
Mayer, Alex B., 92
Mazzetti, Frank, 234
McAdoo, William, 149
McAdoo, William Gibbs, 4, 149–153, 168, 286
the “Independent Subway” plan, 152
McAneny, George A., 262
as Chairman of New York State Transit Commission, 8, 38, 71
as president of the Board of Aldermen, 62
background, 274
discussion of Brooklyn–Queens Crosstown line, 36
discussion of Flushing line, 57, 59–60, 61, 62, 65–66
discussion of municipal ownership of subways, 38
discussion of suburban transit system, 155–156
on Board of Estimate’s subway committee, 4, 29
opposition to mixed-use tunnel between Brooklyn and Staten Island, 128–129
relationship with John F. Hylan, 71, 128–129
support for assessments to finance subway construction, 118
support for subway to Staten Island, 124–125
McAvoy, John W., 8, 130–131, 132
McAvoy Commission hearings, 131, 132
McCall, Edward, 36, 59, 62, 63, 65, 66
McCarthy, James A., 160
McDonald, Thomas, 78, 81, 82, 83, 91
McGoldrick, Joseph, 173, 186, 192, 194, 205
McGooey, John H., 132
McGrath, John P., 236
McKee, Joseph V., 77, 87, 94, 120, 176, 205, 206
McKenzie, John, 133
McMahon, Edward Ward, 41
McRickard, Samuel E., 90
Merritt, Edwin A., 2
Metro North Commuter Railroad, 149, 254, 286
Metropolitan Avenue, 154
Metropolitan Commuter Transportation Authority, 250
Metropolitan Hospital Center, 220
Metropolitan Rapid Transit Commission, 168
Metropolitan Street Railway Company, 199
Metropolitan Transit System Plan, 156–157, 160, 166, 201–202, 250
Metropolitan Transportation Authority, 149, 158, 216, 218, 223, 224, 225, 255, 262
financial issues, 254
Queens Subway Options Study, 253–254
Staten Island plans, 135
Utica Avenue line plans, 120
Midwood, 109, 136
Miller, Cyrus C., 8, 48, 50, 117, 118
Miller, Leverett S., 160, 162
Miller, Nathan C., 8
Milnor, William H., 113
Mitchel, John Purroy, 72, 262
background, 277, 278
concerns about assessment to finance subway construction, 118
discussion of Flushing Line, 59, 61–62, 65
discussion of McAdoo plan, 151–152
discussion of subway service to Staten Island, 125
discussion of Utica Avenue Line, 114
1917 mayoral elections, 36
support for Ashland Place connection, 138
support for connection of Flushing and Port Washington Lines, 65
Mitchell, MacNeil, 208–209, 216, 292
hearing on 1951 Transportation Bond Issue funds, 216
Moore, Harrison S., 52
Moran, Robert L., 99
Moroney, John, 83
Morris, A. Newbold, 19
discussion of Burke Avenue line, 173, 174, 175–176, 190–191, 195
discussion of purchase of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, 193
1945 mayoral elections, 20
1949 mayoral elections, 232, 234–235
relationship with James J. Lyons, 174, 175–176
speech on Burke Avenue Line and New York, Westchester and Boston Railway purchase, 188–189
support for purchase of the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway, 186
Morrisania, 76
Morrison, Henry P., 124
Moscowitz, Henry, 132
Moses, Michael, 194
Moses, Robert, 18, 258–259
Bronx Express Truck Highway and highway network, 106–107, 169, 172–173, 175, 178, 179, 180, 182, 183, 184, 186, 192, 195
on end of World’s Fair subway service, 45
opposition to Triborough Bridge and Tunnel Authority takeover of transit system, 238
role in Rockaway Beach line improvements, 235
role in Rockaway Beach line purchase, 236–237
Mosholu Parkway, 78, 154
Mott Avenue (Bronx), 77
Mount Vernon, 184
Mowbray, George, 179
MTA New York City Transit, 74, 120, 255
Mulholland, J. J., 180
Municipal Arts Society, 222
Murray Hill (Manhattan), 157
Murray Hill (Queens), 60
Myrtle Avenue (Brooklyn), 51–52
Myrtle Avenue (Flushing), 63
Myrtle Avenue Elevated, 24, 26, 27, 258
Narrows, The, 124
Narrows Tunnel, 133, 136
Board of Transportation plans, 135
construction work, 130
criticism of in McAvoy Commission Report, 13, 132
discussion of mixed-use tunnel, 129
early plans, 122, 124–125
groundbreaking, 129–130
legislation limiting use to passenger service, 131, 132
Regional Plan of New York plans, 166
stoppage of work, 131
Transportation Construction Commission report, 126–127, 133
use as a freight tunnel, 127–128
Nassau County, 68, 73, 164, 250
Nassau Street line, 257
Nathan, Edgar J., 207
New Dorp, 121
New Durham, 167
New England Thruway, 195
New Jersey, 107, 122, 126, 134, 155, 156, 166, 167, 262
New Jersey Legislature, 159, 163, 167, 168
New Jersey Transit, 254
New Lots Line, 252
New Rochelle, 107, 169, 182, 196
“New Routes” Program, 149, 217, 221, 223, 262
New York American, 64
New York Central Railroad, 76, 162, 167, 169, 199
New York City Board of Aldermen, 176
New York City Bureau of the Budget, 218
New York City Corporation Council, 66
New York City Council, 18, 195
New York City Transit Authority, 259
Chrystie Street connection , 215
extension of 6th Avenue Line, 216
formation of initial agency, 239
formation of second agency, 241
funding concerns, 244–245
funding of Rockaway Beach line purchase and system upgrades, 240
lack of proposals for line to Staten Island, 135
opening of Queens Boulevard Line–69th Street tunnel connection, 241
relationship of initial agency with Robert F. Wagner, Jr., 240
1953 Capital Plan, 214, 238, 240
1954 Capital Plan, 240
1962–1963 Capital Plan, 244
1964–1965 Capital Plan, 245
plans for creation of initial agency, 238
plans for 2nd Avenue line, 242
plans for 64th Street Tunnel, 248–249
plans for Utica Avenue line, 120
vote on fare increase, 240
vote to end 3rd Avenue El service in Manhattan, 214–215
New York City Transportation Administration, 218
New York Evening Post, 130
New York Hospital Center, 220
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (New Haven Railroad):