Bushwick Avenue Line
The Bushwick Avenue Line or Bushwick Line was a
public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mostly along Bushwick Avenue and Myrtle Avenue between Williamsburg and Ridgewood, Queens
.
History
The
Tompkins Avenue Line the next year.[4]
The
Calvary Cemetery.[9] The BCRR leased the Crosstown in mid-1889,[10] but did not restore the Bushwick Avenue branch to the ferry.[citation needed
]
Eventually, the
]At some point, westbound traffic to the
Wilson Avenue Line (Johnson Avenue and Broadway) to the crossing of Johnson and Bushwick Avenues, and eastbound Wilson Avenue cars were moved to the Bushwick Avenue Line.[citation needed] Streetcars were discontinued on September 1, 1947.[11]
References
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 3, 1868. p. 3.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. September 20, 1875. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. September 22, 1875. p. 2.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 10, 1876. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. August 18, 1879. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 27, 1888. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. October 2, 1888. p. 6.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. October 18, 1888. p. 6.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. April 22, 1887. p. 6.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. October 31, 1889. p. 8.
- ^ "Public Notice Bushwick Ave. Line". Flickr.com. New York City Board of Transportation. 1947. Retrieved February 15, 2024.