SS Myrtle Shuttle
E481016
SS Myrtle Shuttle was a short New York City subway shuttle service that operated along a remaining segment of the Myrtle Avenue elevated line in Brooklyn after most of the line was closed.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| SS Myrtle Shuttle canonical | 1 |
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T4935517 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Myrtle Shuttle Context triple: [BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, formerService, SS Myrtle Shuttle]
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A.
MV Arlanza
MV Arlanza was a British ocean liner built by the renowned shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff for passenger and cargo service in the mid-20th century.
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B.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
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C.
MV Puyallup
MV Puyallup is a large Jumbo Mark II-class passenger and vehicle ferry operating in the Washington State Ferries system, primarily serving busy routes in the Puget Sound region.
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D.
River Windrush
The River Windrush is a picturesque tributary of the River Thames in the Cotswolds and Oxfordshire, England, known for flowing through towns such as Bourton-on-the-Water and Witney.
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E.
S.S. Lotus
S.S. Lotus is the steamship at the center of the 1927 Permanent Court of International Justice case "The Lotus," a landmark decision in international law on jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: SS Myrtle Shuttle Target entity description: SS Myrtle Shuttle was a short New York City subway shuttle service that operated along a remaining segment of the Myrtle Avenue elevated line in Brooklyn after most of the line was closed.
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A.
MV Arlanza
MV Arlanza was a British ocean liner built by the renowned shipbuilding company Harland and Wolff for passenger and cargo service in the mid-20th century.
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B.
SS Nomadic
SS Nomadic is a preserved early 20th-century tender ship built to serve RMS Titanic and now a historic museum vessel in Belfast.
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C.
MV Puyallup
MV Puyallup is a large Jumbo Mark II-class passenger and vehicle ferry operating in the Washington State Ferries system, primarily serving busy routes in the Puget Sound region.
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D.
River Windrush
The River Windrush is a picturesque tributary of the River Thames in the Cotswolds and Oxfordshire, England, known for flowing through towns such as Bourton-on-the-Water and Witney.
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E.
S.S. Lotus
S.S. Lotus is the steamship at the center of the 1927 Permanent Court of International Justice case "The Lotus," a landmark decision in international law on jurisdiction over incidents on the high seas.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (36)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
New York City Subway shuttle service
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defunct rail service ⓘ |
| category |
Brooklyn rail transit
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Defunct New York City Subway services ⓘ New York City Subway shuttle services NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| closureReason | abandonment of most of Myrtle Avenue Elevated line ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| electrification | third rail ⓘ |
| fareControl | paid within subway system ⓘ |
| fareSystem | New York City Subway fare system ⓘ |
| infrastructureType | elevated railway ⓘ |
| lineSection | remaining segment of Myrtle Avenue Elevated in Brooklyn ⓘ |
| lineUsed | Myrtle Avenue Elevated NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| networkRole | feeder shuttle to rest of BMT Eastern Division network ⓘ |
| operator |
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
ⓘ
New York City Transit Authority NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ownedBy |
New York City
ⓘ
surface form:
City of New York
|
| partOf | BMT division of the New York City Subway NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| platformConfiguration | elevated platforms ⓘ |
| precededBy | full-length Myrtle Avenue Elevated service ⓘ |
| primaryFunction | provide local service on remaining Myrtle Avenue Elevated segment after closures ⓘ |
| railwayLineType | shuttle ⓘ |
| railwaySignalling | New York City Subway fixed-block signalling ⓘ |
| replacedService | through Myrtle Avenue Elevated trains to downtown Brooklyn and Manhattan ⓘ |
| servedBorough | Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| servedCity | New York City NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceArea | Myrtle Avenue corridor in Brooklyn NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| serviceFrequency | shuttle-only operation ⓘ |
| serviceLevel | local ⓘ |
| servicePattern | shuttle between terminal stations on Myrtle Avenue Elevated remnant ⓘ |
| serviceStatus | discontinued ⓘ |
| serviceType | rapid transit ⓘ |
| system | New York City Subway ⓘ |
| trackGauge | standard gauge ⓘ |
| usedRollingStock |
BMT Eastern Division subway cars
ⓘ
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line rolling stock ⓘ |
How these facts were elicited
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: SS Myrtle Shuttle Description of subject: SS Myrtle Shuttle was a short New York City subway shuttle service that operated along a remaining segment of the Myrtle Avenue elevated line in Brooklyn after most of the line was closed.
Referenced by (1)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.