The Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad (BQC&S) was a
street railway company in
Brooklyn
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and
Queens
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,
New York,
United States
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. It originated as a horsecar line until it was acquired by the
Long Island Traction Company on November 24, 1893 and convert it into a subsidiary. The railroad was electrified in 1894.
Under the supervision of LITC, the BQC&S was placed in charge of other trolley lines which were also acquired by the LITC. These lines included the
Yates Avenue and Flatbush Railroad and the extension of the
Cypress Hills Line from 1883,
Brooklyn, Bushwick and Queens County Railroad and
Ralph Avenue Line from 1885, the
North Second Street and Middle Village Railroad in 1870: along Metropolitan Avenue, the 1869 established
Grand Street Ferry and Middle Village Railroad, the 1864 established Metropolitan Railroad along North 6th Street and Bushwick Avenue, the 1890-built
Jamaica and Brooklyn Railroad bought in 1894, which included the
Jamaica, Woodhaven and Brooklyn Railway,
East New York and Jamaica Railroad,
Jamaica and Brooklyn Plank Road,
Long Island Electric Company (not to be confused with the
Long Island Electric Railway), and the
Jamaica and Woodhaven Plank Road. The railroad also built the
Bergen Street Trolley Coach Depot,
which today is the New York City Transit Sign Shop.
As with the rest of the LITC, it was acquired by the
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a public transit holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate railway lines in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It was a prominent corporation and industry leader using ...
on July 1, 1898.
References
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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