Associate Producer HELENA SAND ; Produced and Directed by CARSON DAVIDSON - filmed prior to Closure of the South Ferry spur December 22, 1950. Further reading Stelter, Lawrence, and Lother Stelter (1995). By the El: Third Avenue and Its El at Mid-Century. Flushing, NY: H&M Productions. . External links Remembering the Third Avenue El, MTA.info archive.org - The Third Avenue El (ca.1950s) - Bronx 3rd Avenue El (1900-1973) Gotham Center - The Rise and Decline of New York City's Third Avenue Elevated Train Line 1953 Vivian Maier photo by 59th St station, view southwards towards Chrysler Building Warner Pathé Newsreel: "The End of the El" 3rd Avenue 3rd Avenue Railway lines opened in 1878 Railway lines closed in 1973 Historic American Engineering Record in New York City 1878 establishments in New York (state) 1973 disestablishments in New York (state) History of the Bronx Transportation in the Bronx Third Avenue