Adams Street and Boerum Place Line
The Adams Street and Boerum Place Line was a
City Hall
area.
History
In 1873, the
Smith Street Line) trackage in Water Street.[1][2][3] After some delay caused by disagreements over the grade of the street[4] and an injunction from the DeKalb Avenue Line over the use of its tracks in Front and Fulton Streets,[5] the new line opened on May 13, 1874.[6] By 1880, both directions had moved to Front Street, and the track on Adams Street between Front and Water Streets was unused.[7][8]
On February 2, 1885, the Atlantic Avenue Railroad leased the
Bergen Street Line), which ran from the Hamilton Ferry along Sackett Street, Hoyt Street, and Bergen Street to Albany Avenue.[9] Tracks were laid in Boerum Place and Bergen Street, connecting this new acquisition to the junction at Atlantic Avenue and Boerum Place, and a new crosstown routing (the Hoyt and Sackett Streets Line) between Hamilton Ferry and Fulton Ferry, along Sackett Street, Hoyt Street, Bergen Street, Boerum Place, Smith Street, and Front and Water Streets, began operations on December 14, 1885.[10][11] The line was changed to electric trolley operations on July 10, 1893.[12][13]
References
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 22, 1873. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. August 11, 1873. p. 3.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. August 12, 1873. p. 2.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. November 24, 1873. p. 2.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 12, 1874. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 13, 1874. p. 4.
- ^ Geo. W. Bromley & E. Robinson, Atlas of the Entire City of Brooklyn Complete in One Volume, 1880, plates 1 and 2
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. November 22, 1884. p. 2.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle, In New Hands, February 2, 1885, page 4
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. December 14, 1885. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. December 20, 1885. p. 10.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 8, 1893. p. 10.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 10, 1893. p. 10.