# East New York Loop
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{{Short description|Former New York City rapid transit line}}
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The '''East New York Loop''' was a short rapid transit structure in the [East New York](/source/East_New_York%2C_Brooklyn) neighborhood of [Brooklyn](/source/Brooklyn), [New York City](/source/New_York_City), connecting the [Fulton Street Elevated](/source/Fulton_Street_Elevated) and [Broadway Elevated](/source/Broadway_Elevated_(Brooklyn)), and its associated service patterns. The changes were unpopular with residents and soon undone; the loop was later used to connect the [Canarsie Line](/source/Canarsie_Line) to the Broadway Elevated. As part of the [Dual Contracts](/source/Dual_Contracts), the loop was torn down and replaced by the multi-level [Broadway Junction](/source/Broadway_Junction_(New_York_City_Subway)).
== Layout ==
The Loop complex consisted of an at-grade [grand union](/source/grand_union) junction (configured as two doubled wyes) providing all possible connections between the Broadway Elevated and the Fulton Street Elevated, with a single curved platform along the [Cypress Hills](/source/Cypress_Hills_station)-bound Broadway Line, Park Row-bound Fulton Street Line, and the track for Cypress Hills-bound Broadway trains to switch to the Park Row-bound Fulton Street line, as well as an island platform on the Fulton Street line and a side platform on the Broadway Ferry-bound Broadway line.[{{cite web |last=Williams |first=Keith |date=August 6, 2012 |title=Weaving the Broadway Junction tapestry |url=http://theweeklynabe.com/2012/08/06/history-of-broadway-junction-brooklyn/ |website=theweekylnabe |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200415045536/http://theweeklynabe.com/2012/08/06/history-of-broadway-junction-brooklyn/ |archive-date=April 15, 2020 |access-date=March 1, 2025 }}][{{cite web| title=Broadway Junction Loop Detail| url=http://theweeklynabe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bwj-loop-detail.png| archive-date=April 16, 2020| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200416020747/http://theweeklynabe.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/08/bwj-loop-detail.png| access-date=March 1, 2025| url-status=live}}]
==History==
The [Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company](/source/Brooklyn_Rapid_Transit_Company) acquired the [Broadway Elevated](/source/Broadway_Elevated_(Brooklyn)) ([Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad](/source/Brooklyn_Union_Elevated_Railroad)) on March 25, 1899,[{{cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50408312/|title=Transit in Possession of Brooklyn Elevated|date=March 25, 1899|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=1}}] and the [Fulton Street Elevated](/source/Fulton_Street_Elevated) ([Kings County Elevated Railway](/source/Kings_County_Elevated_Railway)) on July 6, 1899.[{{cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50385689/|title=To Run Road Next Week|date=July 7, 1899|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=1}}] Plans were soon made for a connection at East New York, where the two lines came within a block of each other. [Free transfer](/source/Free_transfer_(rail))s would be implemented between the elevated and surface lines here.[{{cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50347927/|title=New Transit System Needs a Fair Trial|date=November 2, 1899|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=6}}] The [electrified](/source/electrified_(rail)) loop opened on August 8, 1900, and immediately received complaints because of a forced transfer at the loop to shuttle trains or surface cars to continue beyond East New York during off-peak hours.[{{cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50353194/|title=Twenty-Sixth Warders Complain of New L Loop|date=August 10, 1900|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=3}}] The new service pattern was blamed for poor school attendance.[{{cite news|url=https://bklyn.newspapers.com/image/50363242/|title=Small School Attendance is Charged to the Loop|date=November 21, 1900|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|page=18}}] The Loop service was discontinued prior to 1906, though the structure remained until the reconfiguration under the Dual Contracts.