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> You can see these elevated lines crossing Northern Brooklyn in this map from 1949: https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1948.gif https:/

by anonu 9y ago

> You can see these elevated lines crossing Northern Brooklyn in this map from 1949: https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1948.gif https://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/system_1... One of the commuter tips is "Try to shop between 10 and 4". Were shoppers overwhelming the peak-hour commuters? EDIT: other interesting things on the map: the 5-digit telephone number.

tmm 9y ago
> other interesting things on the map: the 5-digit telephone number. It's not 5 digits, it's 7: MAin 5-6200. The first two digits are 6 (M) and 2 (A): 625-6200. Telephone exchanges used to be named, this particular one was called MAin. See also https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Telephone_exchange_names