Talk:Brooklyn Bridge trolleys

Additions
As of March 7, 1898 there were 14 total
 * Added January 23, 1898
 * Flushing and Graham Avenues Line BRT (Sands Street) (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937; placed back on the bridge by 1948 when it was bustituted; cut back to Adams and High Streets then)
 * Added February 15, 1898 (5 total)
 * DeKalb Avenue Line CI&B (kept on the bridge in 1937; cut back to High and Adams Streets before being bustituted in 1949)
 * Fifth Avenue Line NE to Coney Island via West End and to Fort Hamilton (Sands Street?) - the only one taken off by 1906 (truncated to Fulton Ferry and South Ferry; same in 1916)
 * Fulton Street Line BRT (kept on the bridge in 1937)
 * Myrtle Avenue Line BRT (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
 * Added February 17, 1898 (7 total)
 * Gates Avenue Line BRT (cut back by 1937)
 * Park Avenue Line NE not in April 1901 list; possibly an error - it is in July 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; discontinued in 1930)
 * Added February 19, 1898
 * Smith Street Line CI&B to Coney Island (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
 * Added February 21, 1898 (9 total)
 * Flatbush Avenue Line BRT (cut back in 1937)
 * Added February 24, 1898
 * Third Avenue Line BRT (ended at Borough Hall in 1916)
 * One more
 * According to the next ones were Putnam and Seventh. So where's the other one? Did Third somehow count as two? Did it include Court Street?
 * Added March 3, 1898 (12 total)
 * Putnam Avenue Line BRT (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
 * Added March 4, 1898 (13 total)
 * Seventh Avenue Line NE (kept on the bridge in 1937)
 * Added by June 1898
 * Ralph and Myrtle Avenues Line BRT (introduced at the same time) (no longer existed in 1906)
 * Added May 20, 1898 (formal opening)
 * Sea Beach Line BRT via both Court Street and Flatbush Avenue to Third Avenue; Sundays and holidays only (see July 31 article) (still on the bridge in 1906; became rapid transit by 1916)
 * Added July 1, 1898
 * Flushing Avenue Line BRT (Sands Street) (still on the bridge in 1948 when it was bustituted; cut back to Adams and High Streets then)


 * Unknown additions
 * Bergen Street Line NE by February 1900; after February 1898 (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
 * Court Street Line BRT by April 1901 (note that this was also part of the Sea Beach; it may have been added then) (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
 * Erie Basin Line BRT not even introduced until after 1916 (may have replaced Hicks Street Line? that didn't go to Park Row) (kept on the bridge in 1937)
 * Flushing and Knickerbocker Avenues Line BRT by April 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; discontinued before 1937)
 * St. Johns Place Line NE by July 1900, but not in April 1901 list; possibly an error; after February 1898 (ran to Borough Hall in 1916)
 * Union Street Line NE wasn't built until 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; rerouted away from downtown before 1937)
 * Vanderbilt Avenue Line NE by April 1901; probably by September 1898; after February 1898; mentioned in May 23, 1898, but possibly not running yet; the line was connected to the Culver Line in mid-1899 (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
 * Brooklyn Bridge Local (existed in 1916)


 * Remaining in 1944
 * Smith Street Line, DeKalb Avenue Line, Seventh Avenue Line

Routings to the bridge

 * 1906
 * Sands to Fulton to a Brooklyn Heights line: Court Street Line, Flatbush Avenue Line, Fulton Street Line, Gates Avenue Line, Putnam Avenue Line, St. Johns Place Line, Seventh Avenue Line, Third Avenue Line, Union Street Line
 * Sands to Washington: DeKalb Avenue Line (via Fulton), Myrtle Avenue Line (via Myrtle), Park Avenue Line (via Concord), Smith and Ninth Streets Line (via High), Vanderbilt Avenue Line (via Concord)
 * Sands to Adams: Bergen Street Line
 * Sands to the east: Flushing Avenue Line, Flushing-Knickerbocker Line, Graham Avenue Line


 * 1916
 * Sands Street station upper level to Fulton and a Brooklyn Heights line: Court Street Line, Flatbush Avenue Line, Fulton Street Line, Gates Avenue Line?, Myrtle Avenue Line, Putnam Avenue Line, Union Street Line
 * Sands to Washington: DeKalb Avenue Line (via Fulton), Park Avenue Line (via Concord), Smith and Ninth Streets Line (via High), Vanderbilt Avenue Line (via Concord)
 * Sands to Adams: Bergen Street Line, Seventh Avenue Line
 * Sands to the east: Flushing Avenue Line, Flushing-Knickerbocker Line, Graham Avenue Line
 * Cut back to Borough Hall: St. Johns Place Line, Third Avenue Line


 * "1930"
 * Sands to Adams (eastbound via High between Washington and Adams): Erie Basin Line
 * Sands to Adams/Jay (via Washington, High, Adams, returning via Sands, Jay): Third Avenue Line
 * Sands to Jay (eastbound via High between Washington and Jay): Seventh Avenue Line, Smith Street and Coney Island Avenue Line
 * Sands to Jay (via Washington and High, returning via Adams and Myrtle): DeKalb Avenue Line
 * Sands to the east (eastbound via High between Washington and Jay): Flushing Avenue Line, Graham Avenue Line
 * Looped via Sands, Adams, Prospect, Jay: McDonald and Vanderbilt Avenues Line
 * Looped via Myrtle, Adams, High, Jay: Smith Street Line
 * Looped via Jay, Sands, Washington, Concord: Park Avenue Line
 * Looped on the west side of Court north of Tillary: Putnam Avenue Line, St. Johns Place Line
 * Looped via Myrtle, Court, Willoughby, Ashland: Greenpoint Line
 * Looped via Livingston, Court, Willoughby, Boerum: Flatbush Avenue Line
 * Looped via Willoughby, Court, Myrtle, Jay: Greene and Gates Avenues Line
 * Fulton Street to Fulton Ferry: Fulton Street Line

1937 service changes
This brochure details the patterns starting on January 10, 1937, when each route was changed to serve only one terminal; unfortunately it does not show the pre-change routings. It does mention that 9 lines had gone to Park Row, including Flatbush Avenue.
 * Park Row via Fulton, Washington, and private ROW west of Washington north of Tillary (where did this connect to the bridge?)
 * DeKalb Avenue Line
 * Fulton Street Line
 * Park Row via Court, Fulton, and private ROW splitting north of Tillary
 * Erie Basin Line
 * Seventh Avenue Line (via Livingston)
 * Park Row via Sands
 * Flushing Avenue Line
 * Fulton Ferry via Fulton
 * Bergen Street Line (via Boerum, Atlantic, Court)
 * St. Johns Place Line (via Livingston, Court)
 * Third Avenue Line (via Livingston, Court)
 * Looped on Fulton at Sands
 * Court Street Line
 * Looped at Boro Hall on Livingston, Court, Joralemon, Fulton, Boerum
 * Flatbush Avenue Line
 * Looped at Boro Hall on Adams, Myrtle, Washington, Fulton
 * Gates Avenue Line
 * Putnam Avenue Line
 * Looped at Boro Hall on Jay, Willoughby, Adams, Myrtle
 * Greenpoint Line
 * Myrtle Avenue Line
 * Looped at Brooklyn Bridge on Adams, High, Washington, Sands
 * Graham Avenue Line
 * McDonald-Vanderbilt Line
 * Smith-Coney Island Line
 * Through on Court, Joralemon, Willoughby
 * Crosstown Line

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