West End Line (Brooklyn surface)
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The West End Line or New Utrecht Avenue Line was a
B64, which replaced the 86th Street Line
trolleys, until 2010). In 2013, the B64 route to Coney Island was restored.
History
Steam railroad (1863–1893)
The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad, incorporated in 1862 with
The road took its common name from the area of its terminal on Coney Island, where a hotel of the same name, but unconnected to the railroad, existed. Its terminal was known as
West End Terminal
, a name which survived upon major rebuilding in 1919 as New West End Terminal before that name fell into disuse.
The road was reorganized in 1868, on January 22, 1879, and again on December 1, 1885, the latter time changing its name to the Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad, formalizing the use of West End in the line's name. Before that time, the original steam dummy cars, which consisted of a locomotive and passenger car in one railroad-coach-type frame, were replaced by conventional steam locomotives pulling unpowered coaches.
Trolley line (1893–1947)
The
Park Row in Lower Manhattan on February 15, 1898.[19] The Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad and Atlantic Avenue Railroad were consolidated into the Nassau Electric Railroad in July 1898.[20][21]
The
Sea Beach Line; West End cars from Downtown Brooklyn continued to use the West End Line through Bath Beach.[24]
BRT control paved the way for the line to be connected to the elevated system, and, on December 19, 1900, trolleys between
overhead wire to Bath Beach.[27] A new bridge over Coney Island Creek was built to allow heavy elevated trains to run to Coney Island,[28] and this service, from Park Row to Coney Island, began on July 13, 1902, for ten cents.[29][30][31]
The
New York Consolidated Railroad) operated the trains to 38th Street, and the surface operation beyond to Coney Island was done by the Nassau Electric.[32]
Elevated operations on the surface ended on June 24, 1916, when the new elevated
Church Avenue Line (39th Street) until June 28, 1947.[citation needed
]
Stations
| Neighborhood | Station | Type | Opened | Transfers and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Splits from the BMT Fifth Avenue Line
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| Sunset Park | ||||
| 39th Street[1] | local/express | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| Borough Park | 44th Street[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 |
| 49th Street[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| 54th Street[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| 58th Street[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| Bensonhurst | ||||
| 64th Street[1] | local/express | June 1862 | Transfer available to the Sea Beach Line | |
| 69th Street[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| 74th Street[1] | local/express | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| 79th Street[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| Gravesend/Bath Beach | ||||
| 85th Street[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| Bath Beach Junction[1] | local/express | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| 22nd Avenue[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| Bay 35th Street[1] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| Coney Island | ||||
| 24th Avenue[2] | local/express | June 1862 | Mini-siding; demolished between 1920 and 1930[2] | |
| Bay 38th Street[2] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| 25th Avenue[2] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
| Tracks split to Unionville Depot | ||||
| Coney Island | ||||
| Bay 41st Street[2] | local | June 1862 | Demolished 1916 | |
Coney Island - Stilwell Avenue[2]
|
local/express | Transfer available to Culver, Sea Beach, Brighton Beach, Norton's Point and Sea Gate Lines | ||
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n "Streetcars and Spatial Analysis". blogspot. June 19, 2012. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Streetcars and Spatial Analysis". blogspot. Retrieved September 22, 2019.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. October 5, 1863. p. 2.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. October 9, 1863. p. 1.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 9, 1864. p. 2.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 9, 1864. p. 1.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. January 22, 1893. p. 19.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 8, 1893. p. 10.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 16, 1893. p. 1.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. March 14, 1893. p. 10.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 22, 1893. p. 9.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. November 20, 1893. p. 7.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. December 15, 1893. p. 6.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. April 3, 1896. p. 1.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. April 4, 1896. p. 16.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 18, 1896. p. 4.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. May 17, 1896. p. 31.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 7, 1896. p. 14.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. February 16, 1898. p. 16.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 14, 1898. p. 3.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 24, 1898. p. 27.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. November 6, 1898. p. 30.
- ^ a b McGraw Electric Railway Manual: The Red Book of American Street Railways Investments, 1908, pages 202-210
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. June 5, 1899. p. 12.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. December 14, 1900. p. 2.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. December 19, 1900. p. 1.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. December 19, 1900. p. 5.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. February 16, 1902. p. 40.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. February 20, 1902. p. 20.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 7, 1902. p. 3.
- Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. July 14, 1902. p. 9.
- ^ Reports of Decisions of the Public Service Commission, First District of the State of New York, 1922: "The Bay Ridge and Sea Beach trains were operated to their respective destinations by the New York Consolidated Railroad Company, but the West End trains were operated by that company only as far south as 38th street. From that point south, they were operated by The Nassau Electric Railroad Company."
- ^ "New Line to Bath Beach". The New York Times. June 24, 1916. p. 7.
- ^ James Blaine Walker, Fifty Years of Rapid Transit, 1864-1917, 1918, pages 254 to 255
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