Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company.
This company, incorporated in 1874, operated the most extensive elevated railroad network in Brooklyn. The first of what eventually became five lines opened in 1885.
From the description of Records, 1875-1897. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155459797
The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company was incorporated in 1874 and became an extensive elevated railroad in Brooklyn and, after the consolidation of 1898, New York City. The first rail was laid in 1883, and the railroad opened to the public in May of 1885. W. Fontaine Bruff was president of the company until circa 1883, when Henry W. Putnam became president. Putnam was succeeded by Adolf Ladenburg in 1892.
The original elevated line ran from Washington and York streets along Flushing Avenue to Grand Avenue and then Myrtle Avenue. It was taken out of service in 1889 and replaced by 1890 with four main lines:
- The Broadway line, running from the Broadway Ferry in the neighborhood of Williamsburg to Van Sicklen Avenue in the neighborhood of East New York
- The Lexington line, running from the Brooklyn Bridge to Van Sicklen Avenue in East New York
- The Myrtle Avenue line, running from the Fulton Ferry to Wyckoff Avenue in the neighborhood of Ridgewood
- The Fifth Avenue line, running from the Brooklyn Bridge to Fifth Avenue and 36th Street in the neighborhood of Sunset Park
A fifth line, the Fulton Street line, owned by the Kings County Elevated Railroad Company, was also later added to the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad's system.
- Sources:
- Cunningham, Joseph, and Leonard DeHart. A History of the New York City Subway System: Rapid Transit in Brooklyn. New York?: Cunningham, 1977.
- Fischler, Stan. Uptown, Downtown: A Trip through Time on New York's Subways. New York: Hawthorn Books, 1976.
- Howard, Henry W.B., ed. The Eagle and Brooklyn. Brooklyn, N.Y.: The Brooklyn Daily Eagle, 1893.
From the guide to the Brooklyn Elevated Railroad Company records, 1875-1897, (Brooklyn Historical Society)
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