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George Farahat, the groom, told The Times that the man was clearly visible in surveillance recording, carrying the gift box to a black Mercedes-Benz SUV waiting in an alley outside the banquet hall.

His photograph shows the yellow-and-white train, a tangle of metal, on the corner of the narrow alley under a Subway restaurant sign, with the other train at the bottom of the hill below it.

With warm wood paneling, exposed concrete, terrazzo and low steel railings, the lively space feels both modern and nostalgic, with references to its past life as a bowling alley.

Videos shows officers surrounded a white utility van at the mouth of an alley in the 1200 block of Spence Street.

“I’ll be a French maid when I meet you at the door / I’m like an alley cat — drink the milk up, I want more.”