86th Street Line (Brooklyn)

Former streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York City

86th Street Line

Overview
Status| Demolished
Line number| 34
Locale| Bensonhurst
Termini|

* 65th Street terminal
* Coney Island Stilwell Avenue

Stations| 35
Service
Type| Streetcar
System| B&QT
History
Opened| 1894
Closed| August 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.

## History

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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.[2] The company was later leased by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation.[3] 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.[4] 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 Crospey Avenue.[5] The 86th Street line would then later merge back with the West End Line at the intersection of Crospey and Stillwell avenue. The line closed on August 12, 1948 and was demolished some time later.[1]

## Pre-1930 Stations list

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Neighborhood  | Station  | Type  | Tracks  | Services  | Opened  | Transfers and notes

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Bay Ridge
65th Street Terminal Station | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Ramp down from elevated station[6]
67th Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Bay Ridge Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Transfer to Bay Ridge Avenue line
4th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
5th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
72nd Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Bay Ridge Parkway  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
77th Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
80th Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
83rd Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Fifth Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Fort Hamilton Parkway  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Dyker Heights
7th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
12th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
14th Avenue-86th Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Benson Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
14th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Bath Beach
15th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
16th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
17th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Tracks Merge at Bay 19th Street with the West End Line[7]
Bay 18th Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
20th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
21st Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Bay Parkway  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
23rd Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
24th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
25th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Track Splits to Unionville Depot
Bay 41st Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Bay 44th Street  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Gravesend
28th Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Harway Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Avenue Z  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Coney Island
Neptune Avenue  | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Demolished 1948
Stillwell Avenue | local  | all  | 86th Street Line  | 1894  | Connections to the West End Line surface, Sea Gate, Norton's Point and Sea Beach Line (As of 1948)

## References

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1. ^ a b "Brooklyn Trolleys". 6 February 2016. Archived from the original on 2016-02-06. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
2. ^ Herries, W. (1895). Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 245. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
3. ^ "Of the Nassau-Transit Railroad Consolidation Deal". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. November 6, 1898. p. 30.
4. ^ "Brooklyn, 3rd Ave El 65th Station, Trolley and Tunnel". subchat.com. Mellow One. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
5. ^ Brooklyn Trolleys [dead link]
6. ^ "Home".
7. ^ "OldNYC". OldNYC. Retrieved 29 November 2022.
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "21 Jul 1916, 2 - Times Union at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.

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