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  Pictures dated c. 1936 and 2002
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The Interboro Parkway
The Interboro (Jackie Robinson) Parkway links the Grand Central Parkway and Van Wyck Expressway to Pennsylvania Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn.
"Reflecting early parkway design, the Jackie Robinson Parkway had a design speed of 35 MPH, 10-foot-wide travel lanes and winding curves. It also lacked emergency breakdown shoulders and acceleration-deceleration lanes. .. . [T]he basic design reflected an era of leisurely Sunday drives."
Note the expanse of undeveloped land in the 1936 picture - a striking contrast to what is there today.
Source:
- Quote from: NYC Roads.com
Reference:
- Barry Lewis, Kew Gardens: Urban Village in the Big City, p. 27
(Kew Gardens Council for Recreation and the Arts 1999)