86th Street Line (Brooklyn)

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

The streetcar line was built by the Nassau Electric Railroad in 1894 to make more profits for the company. The company was later leased by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. 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. 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. 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.Brooklyn Trolleys 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.

Pre-1930 Stations list NeighborhoodStationTypeTracksServicesOpenedTransfers and notesBay Ridge65th Street Terminal Stationlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Ramp down from elevated station67th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Bay Ridge Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Transfer to Bay Ridge Avenue line4th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 19485th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194872nd Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Bay Ridge Parkwaylocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194877th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194880th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194883rd Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Fifth Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Fort Hamilton Parkwaylocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Dyker Heights7th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194812th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194814th Avenue-86th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Benson Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194814th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Bath Beach15th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194816th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 194817th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Tracks Merge at Bay 19th Street with the West End LineBay 18th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface 20th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface21st Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surfaceBay Parkwaylocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface23rd Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface24th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface25th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surfaceTrack Splits to Unionville DepotBay 41st Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surfaceBay 44th Streetlocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surfaceGravesend28th Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surfaceHarway Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Avenue Zlocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Coney IslandNeptune Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Demolished 1948Stillwell Avenuelocalall86th Street Line1894Connections to the West End Line surface, Sea Gate, Norton's Point and Sea Beach Line (As of 1948)

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