Brooklyn Heights Railroad

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]

A Brooklyn Heights Railroad tower car from 1891.

Controlled lines

According to articles in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, BHRR included the following lines between 1895 and 1899:

B

C

  • Calvary Cemetery Line
  • Corona Line
  • Court Street Line
  • Crosstown Line
  • Coney Island and Brighton Beach Line
  • Cypress Hills Line
  • Cypress Hills Extension

E

F

G

H

J

  • Jamaica Line

K

  • Kingston Avenue Line

L

M

N

P

R

S

T

U


The railroad also partially owned the Bridge Operating Company, a line across the Williamsburg Bridge that was also owned by New York Railways.

References

  1. Homer Fink, Heights History: Brooklyn Heights Railroad, Brooklyn Heights Blog, USA, September 27, 2006.
  2. Lords of Owls Head brownstoner.com


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