Talk:BMT Canarsie Line

Former stations
Stations when it was a steam line included the following:
 * terminal at Denton Avenue (Schenck Street?) and 96th Street

Merge?
Should this article be merged into this article? Angrymansr (talk) 19:23, 14 December 2007 (UTC)


 * There was a discussion a while ago about this, where it was decided that they should be left separate: Wikipedia talk:WikiProject New York City Public Transportation/Archive 2. Larry V (talk &#124; e-mail) 07:29, 16 December 2007 (UTC)

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Comments in regards to Good Article nomination
Here are some comments in regards to the Good Article nomination for this page:


 * The History section is unbalanced in some places. There are 4 paragraphs about the line's automation and 6 paragraphs about the 14th Street Tunnel shutdown. As it is, the article would probably fail to meet GA criterion 3b.
 * Meanwhile, there are barely two sentences about the start of construction. There is only one sentence about the history of the line between 1940 and 2000. This violates GA criterion 3a.
 * The 14th Street Tunnel shutdown should probably be its own article, with a short summary here. (✅ by me. epicgenius (talk) 21:55, 28 June 2018 (UTC))
 * There are a few unsourced statements. And some of the sources are self-published content, like nycsubway.org or Trains Are Fun. This needs to be fixed under GA criterion 2b.

epicgenius (talk) 00:17, 28 June 2018 (UTC)

Claim of proposed closure in the 1980s
I have removed a line of text from the "Mid- to late 20th century" section, which was as follows: "By the 1980s, the Canarsie Line was proposed for closure, as it was dilapidated and only had a ridership of 40,000 a day." I have done this for a few reasons: firstly, the source cited does not verify the claim presented here, or even mention that period of time at all. Secondly, this claim appears to originate from a speech given by the MTA chairman Joseph Lhota in 2012, but there are no historical primary sources to back this up. This article discusses the controversy Ehburrus (talk) 14:26, 24 November 2022 (UTC)
 * I too have not been able to find any contemporary sources that actually talk about this proposed closure. That is a red flag - if closure was indeed proposed, it should have been discussed in at least one contemporary source, and it likely would have been a controversial move discussed by multiple sources. – Epicgenius (talk) 21:37, 16 July 2023 (UTC)