The Grand Street and Newtown Railroad was a street railway company in the

U.S. state In the United States, a state is a constituent political entity, of which there are 50. Bound together in a political union, each state holds governmental jurisdiction over a separate and defined geographic territory where it shares its sove ...

of New York. The company operated two lines - the Grand Street Line from Williamsburg to Elmhurst and the

Meeker Avenue Line The Meeker and Marcy Avenues Line was a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 ...

from Williamsburg to West Maspeth. The company was chartered in 1859. The

Brooklyn City Rail Road The Brooklyn City Railroad (BCRR) was the oldest and one of the largest operators of streetcars (horsecars and later trolleys) in the City of Brooklyn, New York, continuing in that role when Brooklyn became a borough of New York City in 1898. In ...

leased it on May 1, 1890.

Brooklyn Daily Eagle :''This article covers both the historical newspaper (1841–1955, 1960–1963), as well as an unrelated new Brooklyn Daily Eagle starting 1996 published currently'' The ''Brooklyn Eagle'' (originally joint name ''The Brooklyn Eagle'' and ''King ...

, Takes Possession of the New Lines, May 1, 1890, page 6

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Streetcar lines in Brooklyn Streetcar lines in Queens, New York Predecessors of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation Defunct New York (state) railroads 1859 establishments in New York (state) Railway companies established in 1859 Railway companies disestablished in 1890 {{US-rail-transport-stub