Hudson Avenue Line (surface)
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The Hudson Avenue Line was a horse car street railway line in Brooklyn
, New York City
, United States
, running mostly along Hudson Avenue near Downtown Brooklyn
. It was short-lived, operating only from 1867 to 1871, but its trackage rights
over the Brooklyn City Rail Road allowed the Atlantic Avenue Railroad
to operate South Ferry
-Prospect Park cars for many years.
The Hudson Avenue Railroad opened the line in late 1867, from the Hudson Avenue Ferry to Governeur Slip in Manhattan
south along Hudson Avenue and the Brooklyn City Rail Road's Flatbush Avenue Line
trackage on Flatbush Avenue to Ninth Avenue at Prospect Park. The ferry stopped running in early June 1868, and the company asked the Common Council to lay track in John Street and Bridge Street to the Bridge Street Ferry
to James Slip in Manhattan. Consent was given later that month, and the new line was opened by August 18, 1868. However, this did not draw enough traffic from the Bridge Street Ferry to turn a profit, and it shut down for the winter. In mid-1869, the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway (Atlantic Avenue Line) leased the Hudson Avenue Railroad, in part to use its Brooklyn City Rail Road trackage rights
to reach Prospect Park from South Ferry
; cars to the Bridge Street Ferry began operating again in August. The track was removed by the city in 1871 to build a sewer
, and was never relaid.
Brooklyn
Brooklyn is the most populous of New York City's five boroughs, with nearly 2.6 million residents, and the second-largest in area. Since 1896, Brooklyn has had the same boundaries as Kings County, which is now the most populous county in New York State and the second-most densely populated...
, New York City
New York City
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, United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
, running mostly along Hudson Avenue near Downtown Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn
Downtown Brooklyn is the third largest central business district in New York City , and is located in the northwestern section of the borough of Brooklyn...
. It was short-lived, operating only from 1867 to 1871, but its trackage rights
Trackage rights
Trackage rights , running rights or running powers is an agreement whereby a railway company has the right to run its trains on tracks owned by another railway company....
over the Brooklyn City Rail Road allowed the Atlantic Avenue Railroad
Atlantic Avenue Railroad
The Atlantic Avenue Railroad was a railroad company in the U.S. state of New York, with a main line connecting downtown Brooklyn with Jamaica along Atlantic Avenue. It was largely a streetcar company that operated its own trains, but the Long Island Rail Road operated both streetcars and steam...
to operate South Ferry
South Ferry, Brooklyn
South Ferry was a ferry landing on the Brooklyn side of the East River, at the foot of Atlantic Avenue at the border of the neighborhoods of Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights. The ferry known as South Ferry traveled to South Ferry, Manhattan...
-Prospect Park cars for many years.
The Hudson Avenue Railroad opened the line in late 1867, from the Hudson Avenue Ferry to Governeur Slip in Manhattan
Manhattan
Manhattan is the oldest and the most densely populated of the five boroughs of New York City. Located primarily on the island of Manhattan at the mouth of the Hudson River, the boundaries of the borough are identical to those of New York County, an original county of the state of New York...
south along Hudson Avenue and the Brooklyn City Rail Road's Flatbush Avenue Line
Flatbush Avenue Line (surface)
The Flatbush Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along Flatbush Avenue between Downtown Brooklyn and Marine Park...
trackage on Flatbush Avenue to Ninth Avenue at Prospect Park. The ferry stopped running in early June 1868, and the company asked the Common Council to lay track in John Street and Bridge Street to the Bridge Street Ferry
Bridge Street Ferry
The Bridge Street Ferry was a ferry route connecting Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York City, United States, joining James Slip and Bridge Street across the East River.-History:...
to James Slip in Manhattan. Consent was given later that month, and the new line was opened by August 18, 1868. However, this did not draw enough traffic from the Bridge Street Ferry to turn a profit, and it shut down for the winter. In mid-1869, the Brooklyn and Jamaica Railway (Atlantic Avenue Line) leased the Hudson Avenue Railroad, in part to use its Brooklyn City Rail Road trackage rights
Trackage rights
Trackage rights , running rights or running powers is an agreement whereby a railway company has the right to run its trains on tracks owned by another railway company....
to reach Prospect Park from South Ferry
South Ferry, Brooklyn
South Ferry was a ferry landing on the Brooklyn side of the East River, at the foot of Atlantic Avenue at the border of the neighborhoods of Cobble Hill and Brooklyn Heights. The ferry known as South Ferry traveled to South Ferry, Manhattan...
; cars to the Bridge Street Ferry began operating again in August. The track was removed by the city in 1871 to build a sewer
Sanitary sewer
A sanitary sewer is a separate underground carriage system specifically for transporting sewage from houses and commercial buildings to treatment or disposal. Sanitary sewers serving industrial areas also carry industrial wastewater...
, and was never relaid.