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The Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway was a steam railroad operating in the borough of Briiklyn in New York City.
It was incorporated in 1877. (Note that there was an earlier, unrelated company called the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad Company, that was incorporated on June 25, 1869. Some references confuse the two.) It was possibly organized as a consolidation of The Flatbush & Coney Island Park and Concourse Railroad (organized 1876), and The Coney Island and East River Railroad (also organized 1876), but records are uncertain. Service actually began on July 2, 1878, running from Prospect Park (at Flatbush and Ocean Avenues) to the Brighton Beach Hotel, a hotel owned by the railway.
On August 19, 1878, the north end was extended to Atlantic Avenue and Franklin Ave. (then Franklin St.). The Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and the new BF&CIRR made an agreement whereby a connection would be made at that point and trains, both freight and passenger, of each of the two railroads would be able to travel along the other’s right of way. In particular, the BF&CIRR would be able to use the LIRR’s Flatbush Ave. terminal, while the LIRR would be able to use the BF&CIRR for travel between Long Island City (as well as points east on Long Island) to Coney Island. On December 14, 1883, the Long Island Rail Road evicted the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island from its Brooklyn depot after six seasons of service. This resulted from the 1880 purchase of the LIRR by Austin Corbin, who also owned the New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railroad, which competed with the BF&CIRR, as well as the LIRR's building a new line to Long Beach, and consequently wanting its patrons to go there rather than to Coney Island. The agreement had one more year to run, and so the BF&CIRR continued to use the LIRR's terminal in 1884.
Fulton St. elevatedIn 1887, the BF&CI was reorganized as the Brooklyn & Brighton Beach Railroad. Having lost its rights over the LIRR, the railroad began negotiations with the Kings County Elevated Railway to provide it with access to {{Wikipedia reference|Downtown Brooklyn]]. In 1896, through service began over the KCERy's Fulton Street elevated. Around the same time, the B&BBRR electrified (using trolley wire) from Fulton and Franklin Sts. to Newkirk Av., and the rest of the line was electrified in 1900. Upon electrification of the Fulton St. elevated, a ramp was built at Fulton and Franklin Sts., and on July 9, 1900 through service began to Park Row using the Fulton St. elevated and the Brooklyn Bridge.
The year 1900 saw the KCERy take over control of the B&BBRR, and in turn the KCERy was taken over by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT).
(For subsequent history see BMT Brighton Line.)
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| Defunct New York City Transit Operators
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| Steam railroads later converted to rapid transit systems
| Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad • Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road • Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad • Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad • Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railway • Coney Island Elevated Railway • Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad • Marine Railway • New York and Coney Island Railroad • New York and Manhattan Beach Railway • New York and Sea Beach Railroad • New York and Sea Beach Railway • New York, Brooklyn and Manhattan Beach Railroad • Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad • Sea Beach Railway • Sea View Railroad
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| Rapid transit systems
| Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation • Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company • Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad • Interborough Rapid Transit Company • Kings County Elevated Railway
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| Streetcar systems
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Avenue C Railroad Company • Belt Line Railway • Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad • Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad • Broadway Surface Railroad • Broadway Railway Company • Brooklyn and North River Railroad • Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corporation • Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad • Brooklyn City Rail Road • Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad • Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad • Bush Terminal Railroad • Bushwick Railroad • Calvary Cemetery, Greenpoint and Brooklyn Railroad • Central Crosstown Railroad Company •
Central Park, North and East River Railroad • Chambers Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad • Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad Company • Columbus and Ninth Avenue Railroad • Coney Island and Brooklyn Rail Road • Coney Island, Fort Hamilton and Brooklyn Railroad • Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad • Eighth Avenue Railroad Company • Flushing and College Point Electric Railway • Fort George and Eleventh Avenue Railroad • Forty-Second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad Company • Fourth Avenue Street Railway • Fulton Street Railroad • Grand Street and Newtown Rail Road • Greenpoint and Lorimer Street Railroad • Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad • Interurban Street Railway • Jamaica Central Railways Company • Kings County Electric Railway • Lexington Avenue and Pavonia Ferry Railroad • Long Island City and Calvary Cemetery Railroad • Long Island City and Maspeth Railroad • Long Island City and Newtown Railway • Long Island Electric Railway • Manhattan and Queens Traction Company • Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line • Marine Railway • Maspeth Avenue and Toll Bridge Company • Maspeth Railroad and Bridge Company • Metropolitan Crosstown Railway • Metropolitan Street Railroad • Metropolitan Street Railway • Nassau Electric Railroad • Newtown Railway • New Williamsburgh and Flatbush Railroad • New York and Harlem Railroad Company • New York and North Shore Traction Company • New York and Queens County Railway Company • New York and Queens Transit Corporation • New York City Railway Company • New York Railways Company • Ninth Avenue Railroad Company • Park Avenue Railroad • Queensboro Bridge Railway Company • Rikers Avenue and Sanford Point Railroad • Second Avenue Railroad • Sixth Avenue Railroad Company • South Brooklyn Street Railroad • South Ferry Railroad Company • Steinway and Hunters Point Railroad • Steinway Railway Corporation • Third Avenue Railroad • Third Avenue Railway • Third Avenue Transit Corporation • Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway • Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad • Twenty-Third Street Railroad Company • Union Railroad (Brooklyn) • Union Railway Company of New York City • Van Brunt Street and Erie Basin Rail Road
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| Bus systems
| Affiliated Bus Transit Corporation • Argus Line Transportation Corporation • Avenue B & East Broadway Transit Company • B&L Transportation • Bilow Bus Line • Brooklyn Bus Corporation • Command Bus Company • Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation • Concourse Bus Lines • Courier Bus Company • Eastern Parkway, Brownsville and East New York Transit Relief Association • East Side Omnibus Corporation • Fifth Avenue Coach Company • Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Incorporated • Flushing Heights Bus Company • General Omnibus Corporation • Greater Cities Bus Lines • Green Bus Lines • Hamilton Bus Company • Independent Buses • Jamaica Bus Line • Jamaica Buses • Kings Coach Company • Liberty Bus Transportation • Liberty Lines Express • Long Island Coach Company • Madison Avenue Coach Company, Incorporated • Manhattan & Queens Bus Corporation • Midland Coach Corporation • Municipal Motorbus Company • National City Bus Lines • New York Bus Service • New York City Omnibus Corporation • North Shore Bus Company • Pioneer Bus Company • Plum Beach Auto Stage • Queens Auto Traction • Queens Bus Corporation • Queens Bus Lines • Queens-Nassau Transit Lines • Queens Surface Corporation • Queens Transit Corporation • Rauchwerger Bus Company • Richmond Hill Bus Line • Ruoff Brothers • S&C Buses • S&F Transportation • Steinway Omnibus Corporation • Steinway Transit Corporation • Surface Transit, Incorporated • Surface Transportation Corporation of New York • Triangle Bus Company • Triboro Coach Corporation • Woodside-Astoria Transportation Company • Z&M Coach Company
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