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On November 1, 1918, a wooden-bodied train carrying an estimated 650 passengers derailed and crashed under Malbone Street near this location, killing nearly 100 people and injuring hundreds. Nearby Ebbets Field was turned into a makeshift hospital to care for the injured. The accident led to meaningful reforms and advancements in transit safety, training and infrastructure, and after this tragedy Malbone Street was eventually renamed Empire Boulevard.
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