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The '''Brooklyn Heights Railroad''' was a [[street railway]] company in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York]].<ref>Homer Fink, ''[http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/262 Heights History: Brooklyn Heights Railroad]'', [http://brooklynheightsblog.com/ Brooklyn Heights Blog], USA, 27 September 2006.</ref> It leased and operated the streetcar lines of the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]], but started out with the [[Montague Street Line]], a short [[Cable car (railway)|cable car]] line connecting the [[Wall Street Ferry]] with [[downtown Brooklyn]] along [[Montague Street, New York|Montague Street]]. [[Eliphalet Williams Bliss]] owned the railroad.<ref>[http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/05/walkabout-the-lords-of-owl%E2%80%99s-head-part-2/ Lords of Owls Head] brownstoner.com</ref> |
The '''Brooklyn Heights Railroad''' was a [[street railway]] company in the [[U.S. state]] of [[New York]].<ref>Homer Fink, ''[http://brooklynheightsblog.com/archives/262 Heights History: Brooklyn Heights Railroad]'', [http://brooklynheightsblog.com/ Brooklyn Heights Blog], USA, 27 September 2006.</ref> It leased and operated the streetcar lines of the [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]], but started out with the [[Montague Street Line]], a short [[Cable car (railway)|cable car]] line connecting the [[Wall Street Ferry]] with [[downtown Brooklyn]] along [[Montague Street, New York|Montague Street]]. [[Eliphalet Williams Bliss]] owned the railroad.<ref>[http://www.brownstoner.com/blog/2012/05/walkabout-the-lords-of-owl%E2%80%99s-head-part-2/ Lords of Owls Head] brownstoner.com</ref> |
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==Controlled lines== |
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According to articles in the [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]], BHRR included the following lines between 1895 and 1899: |
According to articles in the [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]], BHRR included the following lines between 1895 and 1899: |
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There is a full list of lines in [[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]] 5/3/1896 page 16: |
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*[[Hamilton Avenue Line]] |
*[[Hamilton Avenue Line]] |
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*[[Furman Street Line]] |
*[[Furman Street Line]] |
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*[[Union Avenue Line (Brooklyn)|Union Avenue Line]] |
*[[Union Avenue Line (Brooklyn)|Union Avenue Line]] |
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By January 29 1895, it included the following lines; |
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*[[Bushwick Avenue Line]] |
*[[Bushwick Avenue Line]] |
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*[[Court Street Line]] |
*[[Court Street Line]] |
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By 1899 it also included these lines: |
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*[[Bay Ridge Line (surface)|Bay Ridge Line]] |
*[[Bay Ridge Line (surface)|Bay Ridge Line]] |
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*[[Bath Beach and Bensonhurst Line]] to Ulmer Park |
*[[Bath Beach and Bensonhurst Line]] to Ulmer Park |
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*[[Third Avenue Line (Brooklyn surface)|Third Avenue Line]] |
*[[Third Avenue Line (Brooklyn surface)|Third Avenue Line]] |
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*[[Tompkins Avenue Line]] |
*[[Tompkins Avenue Line]] |
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*[[Union Avenue Line (Brooklyn)|Union Avenue Line]] |
*[[Union Avenue Line (Brooklyn)|Union Avenue Line]] |
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The railroad also partially owned the [[Bridge Operating Company]], a line across the [[Williamsburg Bridge]] that was also owned by [[New York Railways]]. |
The railroad also partially owned the [[Bridge Operating Company]], a line across the [[Williamsburg Bridge]] that was also owned by [[New York Railways]]. |
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Revision as of 16:30, 16 June 2015
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad was a street railway company in the U.S. state of New York.[1] It leased and operated the streetcar lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, but started out with the Montague Street Line, a short cable car line connecting the Wall Street Ferry with downtown Brooklyn along Montague Street. Eliphalet Williams Bliss owned the railroad.[2]
Controlled lines
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According to articles in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, BHRR included the following lines between 1895 and 1899:
- Hamilton Avenue Line
- Furman Street Line
- Montague Street Line
- Myrtle Avenue Line
- Gates Avenue Line
- Putnam Avenue Line
- Fulton Street Line
- Flatbush Avenue Line
- Third Avenue Line to Fort Hamilton and Bensonhurst
- Court Street Line
- Flushing Avenue Line
- Crosstown Line
- Bushwick Avenue Line
- Tompkins Avenue Line
- Nostrand Avenue Line
- Lorimer Street Line
- Meeker Street Line
- Grand Street Line
- Broadway Line
- Jamaica Line
- Reid Avenue Line
- Ralph Avenue Line
- Sumner Avenue Line
- Greenpoint Line
- Graham Avenue Line
- Lorimer Street Line
- Calvary Cemetery Line
- Nassau Avenue Line
- Union Avenue Line
- Bushwick Avenue Line
- Court Street Line
- Crosstown Line
- Flatbush Avenue Line
- Flushing Avenue Line
- Fort Hamilton Line
- Fulton Street Line
- Furman Street Line
- Grand Street Line
- Greene and Gates Avenues Line
- Greenpoint Line
- Lorimer Street Line
- Meeker Avenue Line
- Myrtle Avenue Line
- Nostrand Avenue Line
- Putnam Avenue Line
- Second Avenue Line
- Third Avenue Line
- Tompkins Avenue Line
- Union Avenue Line
- Bay Ridge Line
- Bath Beach and Bensonhurst Line to Ulmer Park
- Brighton Beach Line
- Bergen Beach Line
- Bowery Bay Line
- Brooklyn Hills Line
- Broadway and Jamaica Avenue Line
- Bushwick-Meeker Line
- Calvary Cemetery Line
- Corona Line
- Court Street Line
- Sea Beach Line to Coney Island
- Crosstown Line
- Cypress Hills Line
- Cypress Hills Extension
- East New York Line
- Forest Park Line
- Fresh Pond Line
- Furman Street Line
- Graham Avenue Line
- Grand Street Line
- Ridgewood Line
- Greenpoint Line
- Greene and Gates Avenues Line
- Glendale Line
- Hamilton Avenue Line
- Holy Cross Cemetery Line
- Kingston Avenue Line
- Lorimer Street Line
- Lutheran Cemetery Line
- Manhattan and Nassau Avenues Line
- Metropolitan Avenue Line
- Montague Street Line
- Myrtle Avenue Line
- Nostrand Avenue Line
- Putnam Avenue and Halsey Street Line
- Ralph Avenue Line
- Reid Avenue Line
- Richmond Hill and Jamaica Line
- Sumner Avenue Line
- Coney Island and Brighton Beach Line
- Third Avenue Line
- Tompkins Avenue Line
- Union Avenue Line
The railroad also partially owned the Bridge Operating Company, a line across the Williamsburg Bridge that was also owned by New York Railways.
References
- ^ Homer Fink, Heights History: Brooklyn Heights Railroad, Brooklyn Heights Blog, USA, 27 September 2006.
- ^ Lords of Owls Head brownstoner.com
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