Brooklyn Bridge Trolleys

HISTORY

Initially, all lines reached the bridge by way of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad 's Graham Avenue Line tracks in Sands Street. Cars could enter Sands Street to the west at Fulton Street (many Brooklyn Heights lines) or to the east at Washington Street ( Coney Island And Brooklyn Railroad 's DeKalb Avenue Line ) or Adams Street ( Nassau Electric Railroad 's Adams Street And Boerum Place Line ).¹ From Washington Street, tracks ran east on High Street to the CI&B's Smith Street Line , Concord Street on the Nassau Electric's Park Avenue Line and Vanderbilt Avenue Line , and Myrtle Avenue on the Brooklyn Heights's Myrtle Avenue Line . The first line across the bridge was the Graham Avenue Line , a minor line approaching downtown from the east on Sands Street. This line was chosen because of its half-hour headway, and its cars began crossing the bridge on January 23 , 1898 .² ³

tracks in this 1936 photo.]]
A new elevated trolley line on the Brooklyn end of the bridge opened on , Brooklyn Bridge, 1883-1933 ( also at Google Books )

On January 26 , 1908 , Brooklyn Bridge Local trolley service between the two ends of the bridge was introduced. The Cable Car s of the New York And Brooklyn Bridge Railway , on whose tracks the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company was providing through Elevated Railway service, were discontinued the next day. Local trolley service ended in 1930.

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