The Adams Street and Boerum Place Line was a

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line in

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, running along Boerum Place and Adams Street. It served as access for the

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to the

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area.

History

In 1873, the

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passed a law authorizing the Atlantic Avenue Railroad, which included tracks through Atlantic Avenue from South Ferry to

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, to build a branch north on Boerum Place and Adams Street to Front and Water Streets, where it would run to Fulton Ferry, using Water Street westbound and Front Street eastbound. It would use some

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(

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) trackage in Front Street and

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( Smith Street Line) trackage in Water Street. After some delay caused by disagreements over the grade of the street and an

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from the DeKalb Avenue Line over the use of its tracks in Front and Fulton Streets, the new line opened on May 13, 1874. By 1880, both directions had moved to Front Street, and the track on Adams Street between Front and Water Streets was unused. On February 2, 1885, the Atlantic Avenue Railroad leased the South Brooklyn Central Railroad ( Bergen Street Line), which ran from the Hamilton Ferry along Sackett Street, Hoyt Street, and Bergen Street to Albany Avenue. Tracks were laid in Boerum Place and Bergen Street, connecting this new acquisition to the junction at Atlantic Avenue and Boerum Place, and a new crosstown routing (the

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) between Hamilton Ferry and Fulton Ferry, along Sackett Street, Hoyt Street, Bergen Street, Boerum Place, Smith Street, and Front and Water Streets, began operations on December 14, 1885. The line was changed to electric trolley operations on July 10, 1893.

References

{{B&QT streetcar lines Streetcar lines in Brooklyn Defunct public transport operators in the United States Defunct New York (state) railroads Predecessors of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation