Brooklyn Heights Railroad

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A Brooklyn Heights Railroad tower car from 1891. The street railway review (1891) (14738488106).jpg
A Brooklyn Heights Railroad tower car from 1891.

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]

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Controlled lines

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

B

C

E

F

G

H

J

K

L

M

N

P

R

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

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