86th Street Line (Brooklyn)

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86th Street Line
Overview
StatusDemolished
Line number34
Locale Bensonhurst
Termini
Stations35
Service
Type Streetcar
System B&QT
History
Opened1894
ClosedAugust 12, 1948
Technical
Electrification Yes

The 86th Street Line or Streetcar Line #31 was a streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, mostly running along Bath Avenue and other streets between Coney Island and Sunset Park. Built by the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation as a Streetcar line this route has now been entirely replaced by the B1 and B64 buses.

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History

1906 atlas of Gravesend showing the 86th Street Line's main storage depot Nypl.digitalcollections.7b047324-ccf5-18d4-e040-e00a18066697.001.g.jpg
1906 atlas of Gravesend showing the 86th Street Line's main storage depot

The streetcar line was built by the Nassau Electric Railroad in 1894 to make more profits for the company. [1] The company was later leased by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. [2] In 1929 the company made a subsidiary company, the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, to run multiple Streetcar lines one of which was the 86th Streetcar Line.[ citation needed ] The line ran entirely on surface level except for the northern terminal where it went onto an island platform. The 86th Streetcar Line had connections to multiple lines including the Bay Ridge Line, West End Line and the Fifth Avenue Line. [3] In 1930, new tracks were made that split from the West End Line at 24th Avenue and went onto a right of way path used by trolleys to get to the Unionville Depot and onto Cropsey Avenue. [4] The 86th Street line would then later merge back with the West End Line at the intersection of Cropsey and Stillwell avenue. The line closed on August 12, 1948 and was demolished some time later. [5]

Pre-1930 Stations list

NeighborhoodStationTypeTracksServicesOpenedTransfers and notes
Bay Ridge
65th Street Terminal Station localall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Ramp down from elevated station [6]
67th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Bay Ridge Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Transfer to Bay Ridge Avenue line
4th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
5th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
72nd Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Bay Ridge Parkwaylocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
77th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
80th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
83rd Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Fifth Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Fort Hamilton Parkwaylocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Dyker Heights
7th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
12th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
14th Avenue-86th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Benson Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
14th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Bath Beach
15th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
16th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
17th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Tracks Merge at Bay 19th Street with the West End Line [7]
Bay 18th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
20th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
21st Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
Bay Parkwaylocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
23rd Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
24th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
25th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
Track Splits to Unionville Depot
Bay 41st Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
Bay 44th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
Gravesend
28th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
Harway Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Avenue Zlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Coney Island
Neptune Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948
Stillwell Avenue localall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface, Sea Gate, Norton's Point and Sea Beach Line (As of 1948)

References

  1. Herries, W. (1895). Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 245. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  2. "Of the Nassau-Transit Railroad Consolidation Deal". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. November 6, 1898. p. 30.
  3. "Brooklyn, 3rd Ave El 65th Station, Trolley and Tunnel". subchat.com. Mellow One. Retrieved February 7, 2020.
  4. Brooklyn Trolleys
  5. "Home".
  6. "OldNYC". OldNYC. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 "21 Jul 1916, 2 - Times Union at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.