Union Avenue Line (Brooklyn)
The Union Avenue Line was a
Myrtle Avenue, Knickerbocker Avenue, Flushing Avenue, Throop Avenue, and Union Avenue from Ridgewood, Queens northwest to Greenpoint, Brooklyn
.
History
The Calvary Cemetery, Greenpoint and Brooklyn Railroad began operating the
Prospect Park,[4]
but were not carried through.
The Park Avenue Line, a
Brooklyn City Rail Road leased the Crosstown on August 1, 1889, and on August 2 it truncated the Union Avenue route to Park Avenue; about a month later the original owner - the Atlantic Avenue Railroad - began operating the Park Avenue Line with horse cars.[8]
On April 27, 1890, the Brooklyn City opened new trackage on
Graham Avenue Line), it rerouted the Union Avenue Line to run from Ridgewood to Greenpoint Ferry. This new route used Myrtle Avenue, Knickerbocker Avenue, Flushing Avenue, Throop Avenue, Union Avenue, Driggs Avenue, Manhattan Avenue, and Greenpoint Avenue.[9][10]
Streetcar service stopped running on December 1, 1945 on a temporary basis,[11] but service was never restored.
References
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 22 April 1887. p. 6.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 12 May 1887. p. 6.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 26 October 1887. p. 1.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 15 June 1887. p. 5.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 16 July 1887. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 20 July 1887. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 13 July 1889. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 4 October 1889. p. 6.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 25 April 1890. p. 1.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 28 April 1890. p. 1.
- ^ "Public Notice Union Avenue Line". Flickr.com. New York City Board of Transportation. 1945. Retrieved February 15, 2024.