East Broadway Bus Near 367 Grand Street

Cliff supplied the first photo. 367 Grand is between Essex and Norfolk and is now part of the Seward Park Hosing Complex
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Garaged East Broadway Buses

Cliff sent along a picture of some garaged East Broadway buses. According to Cliff this garage was at Cherry and Pike. Following the picture of the buses is a photo of the block from 1936 (the garage is on the right) and a map section from 1891
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1940-41 Mack CL Bus Brochure

As described from the previous post this brochure talks about the buses, built in '32 lasting almost 9 years (at that point) on tough New York City streets. Note Cliff's descriptions of the

CL’s engine located inside the bus to the right of the driver, underneath a cover. There was a great big gearshift lever for the manual transmission, so a driver, in the course of his career must’ve made a million or more gear changes. The fare was a nickel which you dropped into a 3-arm turnstile.

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An Old Mack AC Model Truck Deliverying Ballantine

Aa Cliff mentions in Chapter 5 this truck would have really struggled up Market Street