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	BMT Brighton Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In 1940, the BMT was purchased by the City of New York and operation passed to the city's Board of Transportation, which already operated the city-built Independent Subway System (IND).
		On September 8, 2002 Brighton passenger service was suspended west of Brighton Beach due to the complete rebuilding of the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue terminal station, which had deteriorated due to the effects of salt water corrosion and deferred maintenance.
		The entire main line of the Brighton Line (excluding the Franklin Avenue Shuttle) is chained BMT A.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/BMT_Brighton_Line (2173 words)

	Encyclopedia: BMT Brighton Line
		The Brighton Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn, New York City.
		At the same time, the remaining portion of the line south of Neptune Avenue was replaced with a four-track elevated structure, including a four- to six-track elevated line extension, connecting the Brighton Line to the new Coney Island terminal at Surf and Stillwell Avenues.
		On September 7, 2002 Brighton passenger service was suspended west of Brighton Beach due to the complete rebuilding of the Stillwell Avenue (Coney Island) terminal station, which had deteriorated due to the effects of salt water corrosion and deferred maintenance.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/BMT-Brighton-Line (437 words)

	Brighton Beach (BMT Brighton Line station) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Brighton Beach is a station of the Brighton Beach Line of the BMT division of the New York Subway.
		It is located over Brighton Beach Avenue and running west from Coney Island Avenue in the community of Brighton Beach on Coney Island in Brooklyn, New York City.
		Brighton Beach station is the terminal of the B train service (Brighton Beach-6th Avenue Express) weekdays, and a way station for the Q train service (Brighton Beach Local-Broadway Express).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brighton_Beach_(BMT_Brighton_Line_station) (131 words)

	Brighton Beach Line (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The BRT was reorganized as the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporaion (BMT) in 1923.
		The original line was a two-tracked high-speed surface steam railroad operating from Bedford Station, at Atlantic Avenue near Franklin Avenue in the City of Brooklyn, at which point it made a physical connection to the Long Island Rail Road's Atlnatic Avenue branch.
		After Park Place, the line broadens from one to two tracks and the right-of-way transforms from 1999 reconstruction to near-original 1878 right-of-way, including the original railroad-style tunnel under Eastern Parkway, at the south end of which is the rehabilitated Botanic Garden station of 1928.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/b/br/brighton_beach_line.html (1498 words)

	BMT Brighton Line: Manhattan Bridge
		The Manhattan Bridge serves as the main connection between the BMT subway lines of Brooklyn and the 6th Avenue and Broadway subway lines in Manhattan.
		BMT Broadway Subway at Canal Street; the south side tracks to the BMT Nassau Street subway north of Chambers Street.
		The south side tracks were used mostly during rush hour for services provided via the Nassau Street loop (which connected the BMT 4th Avenue and BMT Brighton Line to Manhattan via the Manhattan Bridge on the north end and the Montague Street tunnel on the south end).
	www.nycsubway.org /perl/stations?193:1909 (805 words)

	Middle East Open Encyclopedia: Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The BMT was a national leader in the transit industry, and was a proponent of advanced urban railways, participating in development of advanced streetcar designs, including the PCC car, whose design and advanced components influenced railcar design worldwide for decades.
		Its Brooklyn lines include one long subway line, the BMT Fourth Avenue Line, and one subway connector, hooking the pre-existing BMT Brighton Beach Line to the main subway at a large flying junction at DeKalb and Flatbush Avenues.
		Several Brooklyn lines extend into Queens, and these are elevated, except for the final station on the Myrtle Avenue Line, which is on the surface, and the last two stations of the BMT Jamaica Line, which is in a new (1989) subway (officially the BMT Archer Avenue Line).
	www.baghdadmuseum.org /ref/index.php?title=Brooklyn-Manhattan_Transit_Corporation (1768 words)

	BMT Brighton Line
		The line was elevated from the Fulton El connection at Fulton and Franklin, then ran in an open cut from north of Prospect Park to Newkirk Avenue, then ramped up to an embankment to Sheepshead Bay, where the line descended to the surface for the last section to Coney Island.
		Brighton Line service consisting of "D" trains began operating from 205th St and B ainbridge Avenue in the Bronx, via Grand Concourse, Central Park West and new 6th Avenue express tracks over the north side of the Manhattan Bridge to Brighton Beach.
		BMT Broadway Subway to 57th St and B trains ran via the Broadway subway to Astoria.
	www.nycsubway.org /bmt/brighton (2842 words)

	Atlantic Pacific Complex
		BMT Brighton Line (Atlantic Avenue) Opened 3/11/1920: 2 tracks on 1 island platform, current station has 3 staircases to the passageway and 2 staircases to the Hanson Place side at the north end.
		There are 2 ghost booths from the Brighton line area to the IRT area, along with the following staircases: 2 HEET access points to LIRR tracks #1 and 2.
		BMT 4th Ave line (Atlantic Ave-Pacific Street) opened 9/13/1915: This area is served by the D/N/R and rush hour M trains.
	www.stationreporter.net /atlpac.htm (1385 words)

	About Chrystie Street Connection (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The line, opened on November 26, 1967, connects the former IND Sixth Avenue Line east of Broadway-Lafayette Street with the Williamsburg Bridge (via the BMT Nassau Street Line) and the Manhattan Bridge.
		The Q (BMT Brighton Line express) is absorbed by a rerouted D, which uses the IND Sixth Avenue Line local tracks (except rush hours, when it runs express) and heads down the connection onto the BMT Brighton Line to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue (running express in Brooklyn from morning rush hours through early evenings).
		A free transfer is established between the IRT Eastern Parkway Line's Atlantic Avenue station and the same-named station on the BMT Brighton Line.
	70.84.119.226 /~puresear/PSWiki/index.php?title=Chrystie_Street_Connection (1916 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Brighton Line - Originally the Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad.
		In the early 1920's the line was cut back to the Rockaway Parkway station and a trolley service (with free transfer) was inaugurated.
		This line ran at ground level until 1917 when it was elevated.
	www.trainnet.org /Libraries/Lib003/BMTNAMES.TXT (472 words)

	:::► Dictionary of Meaning www.mauspfeil.net ◄::: (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The line operated from Fulton Ferry via Fulton Street and Myrtle Avenue to the former stagecoach stables at Marcy Avenue.
		The lease by the Brooklyn Heights was ended and the lines the BCRR controlled in 1893 and more became its lines again on October 19, 1919.
		Nevertheless, the Brooklyn City did not become part of the BMT, but remained a separate company until June 1, 1929, when the BMT formed the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation to consolidate all of its surface operations in one operating company, which finally ended the corporate existence of the Brooklyn City.
	www.mauspfeil.net /Brooklyn_City_Railroad.html (578 words)

	LIRR History Part 2 - Page 21
		In time the Brighton line was taken over by the B.R.T. and is at present operated as a part of the New York Consolidated Railway with steel multiple unit subway electric trains.
		The line from Bay Ridge to Manhattan Beach junction was used for some time and afterwards abandoned to the use of freight alone.
		This line, and the Culver Road from Kensington junction at Cortelyou Road and Gravesend Avenue south to Coney Island is the present Culver Line of the B.M.T. The New York and Coney Island Railroad from Coney Island to the Point was leased to the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad in 1879.
	www.rapidtransit.net /net/thirdrail/0104/reif21.html (603 words)

	DeKalb Avenue (BMT station) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		BMT Fourth Avenue Line and BMT Brighton Line
		To the north, the outside and center tracks head towards the Manhattan Bridge, with a flying junction to split the tracks between two on the south side (to the BMT Manhattan Bridge Line) and two on the north side (to the IND Chrystie Street Connection).
		The four outer tracks split at a flying junction with two becoming the BMT Brighton Line and two becoming the Fourth Avenue Line local tracks.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/D/DeKalb-Avenue-(BMT-station).htm (607 words)

	Coney-Transportation (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The line, which ran from 25th and 5th Avenue in Brooklyn, where it connected to horsecars, was extended to Coney Island in 1867.
		Between 1904 and 1908 there was a major upgrade to the Brighton Line and the line was elevated from the Fulton El connection, then ran in an open cut from north of Prospect Park to Newkirk Avenue.
		During the "Dual Contracts" period of subway construction in the late teens, the surface part of the Brighton Line from Sheepshead Bay was elevated and increased to four tracks.
	naid.sppsr.ucla.edu /coneyisland/articles/transportation.htm (3737 words)

	M (New York City Subway service) - Art History Online Reference and Guide
		During middays, it extends to Chambers Street in Manhattan; during rush hours it extends further to Bay Parkway (and is the only line to use the connection from the BMT Nassau Street Line to the Montague Street Tunnel).
		On March 5, 1944, the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line was closed west of Bridge Street, and all 11 trains were truncated there (with a free transfer to the at Jay Street-Borough Hall).
		On April 26, 1986, the south Brooklyn terminal was moved to 95th Street (running local on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line), and in 1987, it was moved again to use the BMT West End Line.
	www.arthistoryclub.com /art_history/BMT_10 (895 words)

	Subway Centennial - Wired New York Forum
		The path of the IRT, as that first line was officially known, recapitulated the city's past and anticipated its future.
		Queens Boulevard line One of many local usages for parts of entire lines, in this case the E and the F. Redbirds The old cars painted red as part of an anti-graffiti campaign.
		At the end of his shift he was asked to run the Brighton Beach line, known for its sharp turns.
	www.wirednewyork.com /forum/showthread.php?t=4676 (10149 words)

	New York City Subway chaining (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Chaining lines are routes on physical railroad lines that are usually described by one or two letters for the purpose of identifying locations on those lines.
		The BMT A line begins again in the middle of the Manhattan Bridge span on the north side tracks, passes through DeKalb Avenue and then becomes the Brighton Line for that line's entire distance to Coney Island Terminal.
		Especially it shows that "south" on several lines (including the BMT Jamaica Line, the IND Fulton Street Line and the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line) that run in an easterly to northerly compass direction for their entire route are nevertheless running railroad south.
	www.info-pedia.net /about/new_york_city_subway_chaining (1185 words)

	IND Photos (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Many believe that the IND was built to destroy the IRT and BMT lines.
		In Brooklyn, the Culver Line shared the 4th Ave subway with the other Coney Island lines, after the 5th Ave el was torn down.
		Of course this was temporary, as after Chrystie St opened, the F replaced D as the D moved to the BMT Brighton line.
	thejoekorner.quuxuum.org /nyctind/header.htm (204 words)

	biology - Avenue H Station House
		The Avenue H Station House or Fiske Terrace Station is a landmarked structure in Brooklyn, New York City.
		It serves as the headhouse for the Avenue H station of the BMT Brighton Beach Line of the New York Subway system.
		Built in 1906 as a real estate office of the T.B. Ackerson Company to sell homes in its Fiske Terrace development in Midwood, the structure was converted to use as a railroad station house by 1907.
	www.biologydaily.com /biology/Avenue_H_Station_House (310 words)

	Brooklyn Encyclopedia Article, Description, History and Biography @ TheArts.us (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Variously called the "City of Trees," "City of Homes," or the "City of Churches" in the 19th century, Brooklyn is now often styled the "Borough of Homes and Churches" or even sometimes called "The Planet", popularized by Guru from the rap duo Gangstarr, for its large diversity, population, and size.
		At its westernmost section, Brooklyn is closest to Staten Island at the Narrows, and the two are connected there by the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, where the Upper and Lower New York Bays meet.
		25.1% of the population and 22.0% of families are below the poverty line.
	thearts.us /encyclopedia/Brooklyn (3535 words)

	List of New York City Subway inter-division connections - Wikpedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Because the IRT system uses narrower tunnels and cars than the BMT and IND, the only possible inter-division revenue connections are between BMT and IND lines.
		Crossover tracks between northbound IRT Flushing Line and BMT Astoria Line at Queensboro Plaza (the Flushing Line's only connection to the rest of the system, originates from when both lines north of Queensboro Plaza were dual-operated)
		Since April 29, 1956, the IND Culver Line has gone into Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue, where it connects to the BMT Brighton Line, BMT Sea Beach Line and BMT West End Line.
	www.bostoncoop.net /~tpryor/wiki/index.php?title=List_of_New_York_City_Subway_inter-division_connections (508 words)

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