I haven’t got much today except a look at this ancient, rusted signpost left over from the early days of the Grand Central Parkway, built from the Triboro Bridge to the city line (where it changes its name to the Northern State Parkway) in stages between 1931 and 1936, with the Triboro Bridge connection the last piece built.
Union Turnpike, which widened Union Avenue, a rural route connecting Glendale and Hillcrest, was deputized to serve as the service road for both the Jackie Robinson (Interboro) Parkway and the GCP. The sign was hanging in there in 2014, when I got this photo, on the south side of Union Turnpike at 135th Street in the northern end of Briarwood.
Check out the ForgottenBook, take a look at the gift shop, and as always, “comment…as you see fit.”
8/11/17