Broadway Line (Brooklyn surface)

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The Broadway Line (also known as the East New York Line)

bus route, but no bus currently operates over the entire length of Broadway, with the BMT Jamaica Line
above.

History

Horsecar and streetcar service

On August 20, 1858, the

Brooklyn City Rail Road's Greenpoint Line tracks on Kent Avenue.[citation needed
]

An extension from East New York to Cypress Hills was jointly owned with the Brooklyn City and Newtown Railroad and was operated by steam power.

Reid Avenue Line, running from Broadway Ferry to Fulton Street and Reid Avenue opened on October 27, 1873.[10]

The Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad was organized on November 24, 1893, and, on January 15, 1894,[11] absorbed the Broadway Railroad Company. Electric streetcars began operating on the route on August 1, 1894.[12][13] On July 1, 1898, the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) acquired the route.[14]

On December 1, 1923, service over the Williamsburg Bridge ended, with all service ending at Broadway Ferry. Service was extend to Jamaica Avenue via Fulton Street and Crescent Street on October 15, 1928.[15]

In April 1946, service was cut back from Broadway Ferry to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza.[15]

Replacement by bus service

On January 15, 1950, the streetcar line was discontinued and replaced by an extension of the B22 Atlantic Avenue bus by 1.25 miles (2.01 km) from Van Sinderen Avenue at the

Ralph and Rockaway Avenues Line streetcar that ran along Broadway to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza.[16][17] Broadway-Jamaica elevated trains provided substitute service along Crescent Street and Fulton Street. After the discontinuation of service, a group of local residents organized a mass meeting protesting the move, and a committee appeared at meetings of the Transit Commission and the Board of Estimate to request replacement bus service. Brooklyn's commissioner on the Board of Transportation agreed with the request, and pushed for the inauguration of bus service. This new bus route, the B27, started on March 12, 1950, running along Fulton Street between Alabama Avenue and Elderts Lane.[18] This route was discontinued on February 1, 1955 due to low ridership.[19]

References

  1. ^ The Citizen Almanac. Brooklyn Citizen. 1894.
  2. ^ Commissioners, New York (State) Board of Railroad (1886). Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York.
  3. ^ "For East New York, Evergreens and Cypress Hills Cemeteries, Brooklyn Water Works, Race Courses, &c., &c. Broadway Railrod Company of Brooklyn". The Brooklyn Times Union. June 17, 1859. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  4. ^ Surveyor, New York (State) State Engineer and (1860). Annual Report of the State Engineer and Surveyor of Railroad Statistics of the State of New York. State Engineer and Surveyor's Office.
  5. ^ Manual. Brooklyn (New York, N. Y. ) Common Council. 1864.
  6. ^ "Brooklyn Railroads and Real Estate". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 29, 1859. p. 2. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  7. ^ Poor, Henry Varnum (1860). History of the Railroads and Canals of the United States ... J.H. Schultz & Company.
  8. ^ "Railroad Extension". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 30, 1860. p. 2. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  9. ^ Stiles, Henry Reed (1884). The Civil, Political, Professional and Ecclesiastical History, and Commercial and Industrial Record of the County of Kings and the City of Brooklyn, N. Y. from 1683 to 1884. Munsell.
  10. ISBN 978-0-7385-5761-8
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  11. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2024-02-25.
  12. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac ...: A Book of Information, General of the World, and Special of New York City and Long Island ... Brooklyn Daily Eagle. 1895. p. 245. Archived from the original on January 24, 2024. Retrieved January 21, 2016.
  13. ^ Commissioners, New York (State) Board of Railroad (1894). Annual Report of the Board of Railroad Commissioners of the State of New York.
  14. Newspapers.com
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  15. ^ a b Watson, Edward B.; Linder, Bernard (October 1969). "Brooklyn Trolley Companies" (PDF). Electric Railroaders' Association. 12 (5): 3.
  16. ^ "Public Notice Broadway Trolley Line Atlantic Ave. Bus Line". Flickr.com. New York City Board of Transportation. 1950. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  17. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved February 22, 2024.
  18. ^ "E.N.Y.-Cypress Residents Hil Bus Fight Victory". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. March 14, 1950. Retrieved February 25, 2024.
  19. ^ Linder, Bernard (August 1965). "BMT Trolley Routes 1940-1956" (PDF). New York Division Bulletin. 8 (3). Electric Railroaders' Association: 4.
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