by DogBert
After the route was severed in the middle, the end that connected to the bushwick branch was LIRR owned (many of the lots still are MTA owned). On the fremont end, Conrail/CSX owned the tracks/property (and I assume ran the trains). When the LIRR/MTA bought the bay ridge route, they did not buy that stub of the evergreen. There were no known customers left by that time.
If I recall right CSX sold the last bit of old evergreen property they owned in the early 00's. They should have held out longer, as values around there have probably doubled or tripled since then.
There's a slew of detail on this here, along with photos from 2017 of every crossing.
http://ltvsquad.com/2017/09/06/brooklyn ... ad-part-2/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Lesser known is the 'Glendale and East River RR' which the Evergreen was originally part of. There's still a tiny few traces of the route to Greenpoint if you look extremely closely. http://ltvsquad.com/2017/09/06/brooklyn ... ad-part-1/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
If I recall right CSX sold the last bit of old evergreen property they owned in the early 00's. They should have held out longer, as values around there have probably doubled or tripled since then.
There's a slew of detail on this here, along with photos from 2017 of every crossing.
http://ltvsquad.com/2017/09/06/brooklyn ... ad-part-2/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
Lesser known is the 'Glendale and East River RR' which the Evergreen was originally part of. There's still a tiny few traces of the route to Greenpoint if you look extremely closely. http://ltvsquad.com/2017/09/06/brooklyn ... ad-part-1/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;