The line was later extended to Atlantic Avenue, where it connected with the main line of the LIRR. Because the LIRR had a competing hotel, there was a dispute and the LIRR terminated the connection. The map below shows the connection of the BF&CI RR to the LIRR tracks. The competing NY & Manhattan Beach RR is also shown.
Meanwhile, the BF&CI RR had re-organized as the Brooklyn & Brighton Beach RR, and arranged for through service with the Franklin Street El. By 1900, the B&BB RR was electrified, there was through-service to Manhattan, and it was a commuter line rather than a seasonal line. By 1907, all grade crossings were eliminated.
It is an interesting line to rail-fans because its track includes tunnel, open cut, embankment, and elevated sections. The placement of these track sections roughly corresponds to the decreasing elevation of the glacial moraine as it slopes southward toward the ocean. The map below shows the location of the different types of track.
Interesting. Was this line absorbed into existing lines, and if not, is the right of way still around? Wonder if they would want to revive it.
ReplyDeleteI'm sixty, and the trolleys were still around when I was a little boy. My grandmother used to take us to the beach via trolley, from Park Slope.
I have a page, a work in progress, part of a project I call The Museum of Brooklyn Art and Culture. We've had one show so far. It's at http://www.petersnewyork.com/MOBAAC/INDEX.html.
PeterD: It's today's B/Q lines.
ReplyDeleteThis line was also the site of the 1918 Malbone Street Wreck, the worst transit disaster in NYC history.