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	Early Rapid Transit in Brooklyn, 1878 to 1913
		Brooklyn suburbs were areas such as Midwood, Bensonhurst, and if you were wealthy and didn't mind a long ride, the ocean areas of Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach and Coney Island.
		In 1873, Corbin and his family moved to Coney Island on the advice of his son's doctor, for his son was gravely ill and the doctor recommended the sea and salt air for comfort.
		In 1886, the Coney Island Elevated was reorganized as the Sea View Railroad and purchased by the BRT in 1897.
	www.nycsubway.org /articles/earlyrapidtransitinbrooklyn.html (8698 words)

	Old Coney Island - The Hotels (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		What followed was John Wyckoff's Coney Island House in 1840 and then additional tourist development began in 1846 in the far westerly point of the beach (and also closest to Manhattan by boat) that was later to be known as Norton's Point or Coney Island Point (now Sea Gate).
		Coney Island's three big luxury hotels, the Manhattan Beach, the Oriental, and the Brighton Beach, were surely the epitome of a gracious and leisurely age, a unique expression of their era.
		Coney Island's seedier section was immediatley to the west so it was frequented by the upper middle class rather than the "old money" wealthy.
	www.geocities.com /buddychai2/Brooklyn/Hotels.html (2834 words)

	Coney Island History - Early Years (1609-1880) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		SHELL ROAD: During the early 19th century there was considerable discussion in the community of Gravesend of building a shell road across the creek to the nearby beach, since the only existing approach involved crossing the creek at low tide.
		He advised that âthe bathing dress should be made of woolen fabric...as it retains the heat of the body and therefore prevents a too rapid evaporation.
		The beach at Coney Island Point was booming because it was close to Manhattan by boat and it attracted many of Boss Tweed's corrupt friends, who frequented the beach on summer weekends.
	www.geocities.com /buddychai2/Brooklyn/ConeyHist.html (5803 words)

	Clinton Goveas :: Wikipedia Reference
		All of these modes are completely grade-separated from road and pedestrian crossings, and most crossings of two subway tracks are grade-separated with flying junctions.
		The oldest right-of-way, that of the BMT West End Line, was in use in 1863 as a steam railroad called the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road.
		The Staten Island Railway operates with R44 subway cars on a fully grade-separated right-of-way, but is typically not considered part of the subway, and is connected only via the free, city-operated Staten Island Ferry.
	www.clintongoveas.com /wikipedia/?title=New_York_City_Subway (5513 words)

	The Neighborhoods of Brooklyn
		Bath Beach, named for the English spa of Bath, was developed as a retreat for well-to-do families who escaped the city on weekends to sail, sunbathe, and swim.
		Bath Beach was a part of the original Brooklyn town of New Utrecht, and before its heyday it was rural and sleepy.
		The 58-acre Shore Road Park --which connects Owl's Head Park at the northern end of Bay Ridge to the southernmost Fort Hamilton area--boasts a two-and-a-half mile winding path on which walkers, joggers, and roller-bladers enjoy breathtakingly clear views of the New York City harbor.
	partners.nytimes.com /books/first/m/manbeck-brooklyn.html (1600 words)

	The New BMT Coney Island Terminal by Paul Matus - The Third Rail - May 2003
		When the little trains of Charles Gunther's Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad first crossed the Gravesend marshes to reach Coney Island on June 8, 1864, visitors found a typically sunny Long Island barrier beach, home to dunes, beach plums nd rabbits.
		To be sure, it wasn't completely deserted; nearly four decades earlier a shell road was built, and Coney's first resort hotel, the Coney Island House, opened its doors for business.
		This was not an ideal journey, and in the late 1870s there was a veritable boom of steam railways, each seeking another way to bring beachgoers to the sea and relieve them of a portion of their funds in ticket sales before it was all spent on refreshments, hotel rooms and Three-Card Monte dealers.
	thethirdrail.net /0305/stillwell1.html (325 words)

	New Page 2
		Brooklyn is connected to the borough of Staten Island by the Verrazano Narrows Bridge, the world's longest suspension bridge.
		Brooklyn has a land area of approximately 73 square miles, with a population of over 2.3 million, and is the largest provider of homes in the City of New York.
		Brooklyn is home to many areas of manufacturing, particularly the garment district, whose workers represent a large portion of the borough's manufacturing employment.
	www.brooklyn-realestate.com /neighborhood-main.html (13286 words)

	The Third Rail - Gunther and his Railroad - page 1
		The date of the opening of the Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island (West End Line) is a matter of some dispute, with dates of 1862, 1864, 1865 and 1867 showing up in current histories.
		Lately it seems that the general consensus is that the line reached Bath Beach in 1864 and ran through to Coney Island in 1867.
		The date is of a little historic import in that this was the first steam road to reach Coney and a bit of the original (albeit many times renewed) right-of-way exists and, if it predates 1865, it may be the oldest surviving original rapid transit right-of-way on the New York City subway system.
	thethirdrail.net /9909/westend1.htm (871 words)

	Coney-Transportation
		The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad initially ran to Bath Beach (where 18th Avenue meets the shore of the Lower Bay, north of Coney Island) in 1864.
		The line, which ran from 25th and 5th Avenue in Brooklyn, where it connected to horsecars, was extended to Coney Island in 1867.
		Where Coney was visited primarily by the rich in the 19th century and later by the middle class, who could both afford the island's food and entertainment, this new group was different and poor.
	www.westland.net /coneyisland/articles/transportation.htm (3737 words)

	utrecht
		There were dirt roads that wended their way between the farms known as Kouwenhoven Lane, Bergen Lane (today's 47th Street) and Lott Lane.
		The main drag, though, in the pre-1850 era was known as the Road From New Utrecht to Flatbush, which was literally true, since the borderline between the two towns lay approximately where today's 45th Street is today.
		Old New Utrecht Road continued in a generally southerly direction until it reached the junction of 18th Avenue, 53rd Street, and the Long Island Rail Road's Bay Ridge Branch.
	www.forgotten-ny.com /Alleys/utrecht/utrecht.html (899 words)

	New York Subway
		Its two Brooklyn lines are in subway with a single elevated extension that reaches into Queens, and the Flushing Line, its sole major Queens line is entirely elevated except for a short portion approaching its East River tunnel and its terminal in Flushing.
		A short piece of surface route of this railroad, near Coney Island Creek, is the oldest existing piece of rapid transit right-of-way in New York City, and in the U.S., having opened on June 8, 1864.
		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 Jamaica Avenue Line, which is in a new (1989) subway.
	en.mcfly.org /New_York_Subway (3960 words)

	Coney-Early Years
		Dutch officials assured Lady Moody that the local indians belonged to the big-animal Bear Band known as Konoh, and were no danger since they only used the oceanfront area as a hideout for women and children.
		On May 7, 1654 an Indian named Guttaquoh, declared to be the owner of "Coyne Island ," (he called it Narrioch) formally put his mark on a deed conveying the Island* to the forty Gravesend patentees.
		Judge Egbert Benson, in a report to the New York Historical Society in 1816, argued that "Coney" came from "Conyn" the name of a Dutch family that once lived at the beach.
	www.westland.net /coneyisland/articles/earlyhistory.htm (4709 words)

	BMT West End Line - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		(Redirected from Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road)
		Its terminal was known as West End Terminal, a name which survived upon major rebuilding in 1919 as New West End Terminal before that name fell into disuse.
		Former: 3rd Av • 5th Av • Brooklyn Bridge • Fulton St • Lexington Av
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Brooklyn,_Bath_and_Coney_Island_Rail_Road (934 words)

	Manhattan Beach
		On the East NY end, Corbin had negotiated a deal with the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach RR to run his line all the way up to Atlantic Ave., using the outer edge of the latter’s ROW.
		In 1885 a connection was made with Andrew Culver’s Prospect Park and Coney Island RR (the current Culver line –; F train) at Parkville, which enabled Culver trains to go to Manhattan Beach.
		The Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) system had been busily uniting all the various rapid transit lines and in late 1896 a connection between the Fulton St. El and the Brighton line, long and successfully opposed by Corbin, was made which cut into Manhattan Beach revenues.
	www.lirrhistory.com /nymbry.html (1505 words)

	LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD HISTORY, Online Museum of Long Island Rail Road and Photo Gallery
		RAIL ROAD AT WOODSIDE TO FLUSHING, WITH A BRANCH TO WHITESTONE.
		THE NEWTOWN & FLUSHING RAIL ROAD WAS INCORPORATED MARCH 8, 1871.
		BY RAIL TO THE SEA - TO THE ROCKAWAYS
	arrts-arrchives.com /index.html (1325 words)

	1863 - The real meaning from Timesharetalk wikipedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		The raid would become notorious in the North as one of the most vicious atrocities of the Civil War.
		September 6 - American Civil War: Confederates evacuate Battery Wagner and Morris Island in South Carolina.
		October 5 - The Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Rail Road starts operations in Brooklyn, New York; this is now the oldest right-of-way on the New York City Subway, the largest rapid transit system in the United States and one of the largest in the world.
	www.timesharetalk.co.uk /wiki.asp?k=1863 (1962 words)

	Transportation to Coney Island - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		B68: Windsor Terrace – Coney Island via Coney Island Avenue
		B74: Coney Island – Sea Gate via Mermaid Avenue
		B82: Starrett City – Coney Island via Kings Highway/Flatlands Avenue
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Transportation_to_Coney_Island (882 words)

	Phil's Collection of New York Railroad Memorabilia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
		Also gaining favoritism in my topics of collecting, is exonumia and emphera from railroads that operated in the City of Brooklyn, NY.
		Most of these railroads were created to service the growing visitors to the hotels located at that glorious resort by the sea; Coney Island, and the Brighton and Manhattan Beaches.
		These railroads were eventually purchased and consolidated into the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co.; and which after many years of successful operation, the BRT itself was absorbed into the present day New York City Transit Authority.
	members.aol.com /brghtnbchexp/railroad.html (1166 words)

	Online Museum of Long Island Rail Road and Photo Gallery
		THE CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND - THE STEWART LINE
		THE STEWART LINE - CENTRAL RAIL ROAD OF LONG ISLAND - Page ONE - Revised JUNE 1, 2002
		THE U.S. OPEN and the L.I.R.R. LONG ISLAND MOTOR PARKWAY Part 2 -NEW MAY 18
	arrts-arrchives.nstemp.com (600 words)

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