Part of Manhattan Was Once Known as 'Death Avenue'

Name: Part of Manhattan Was Once Known as 'Death Avenue'
Uploaded: 2022-02-02
Duration: 286127
Description: A freight train in the middle of Manhattan? With cowboys riding ahead of it to warn away pedestrians? It’s true—but you have to go all the way back to 1846 for the origins of this "only in New York" story.

A freight train in the middle of Manhattan? With cowboys riding ahead of it to warn away pedestrians? It’s true—but you have to go all the way back to 1846 for the origins of this "only in New York" story. (04:46)

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