Brooklyn Heights Railroad
| Company type | Private |
|---|---|
| Industry | Street railway |
| Founded | July 20, 1891 |
| Founder | Eliphalet Williams Bliss |
Area served | New York City, Brooklyn |
| Products | Streetcar services |
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad operated as a street railway enterprise in New York, functioning under lease agreements to run streetcar services owned by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company. Its inception traced back to the Montague Street Line, a cable car service linking the Wall Street Ferry with downtown Brooklyn via Montague Street, which began service on July 20, 1891. The railroad was under the proprietorship of industrialist Eliphalet Williams Bliss.
Controlled lines
During the period from 1895 to 1899, the Brooklyn Heights Railroad oversaw a variety of routes, including but not limited to:
B
- Bay Ridge Line
- Bath Beach and Bensonhurst Line extending to Ulmer Park
- Brighton Beach Line
- Bergen Beach Line
- Bowery Bay Line
- Broadway Line
- Broadway and Jamaica Avenue Line
- Brooklyn Hills Line
- Bushwick-Meeker Line
- Bushwick Avenue Line
C
- Calvary Cemetery Line
- Corona Line
- Court Street Line
- Crosstown Line
- Coney Island and Brighton Beach Line
- Cypress Hills Line with Extension
E
- East New York Line
F
- Flatbush Avenue Line
- Flushing Avenue Line
- Forest Park Line
- Fort Hamilton Line (Third Avenue)
- Fresh Pond Line
- Fulton Street Line
- Furman Street Line
G
- Gates Avenue Line
- Glendale Line
- Graham Avenue Line
- Grand Street Line
- Greene and Gates Avenues Line
- Greenpoint Line
H
- Hamilton Avenue Line
- Holy Cross Cemetery Line
J
- Jamaica Avenue surface route (Jamaica Line)
K
- Kingston Avenue Line
L
- [Lorimer Street Line]
- [Lutheran Cemetery Line]
M
- [Manhattan and Nassau Avenues Line]
- [Meeker Avenue Line]
- [Meeker Street Line]
- [Metropolitan Avenue Line]
- [Montague Street Line]
- [Myrtle Avenue surface line]
N
- [Nassau Avenue Line]
- [Nostrand Avenue surface line]
P
- [Putnam Avenue Line]
- [Putnam Avenue and Halsey Street Line]
R
- [Reid Avenue Line]
- [Ralph Avenue Line]
- [Richmond Hill and Jamaica Line]
- [Ridgewood Line]
S
- [Sea Beach line leading to Coney Island]
- [Second Avenue surface line]
- [Sumner Avenue Line]
T
- [Third Avenue surface line reaching Fort Hamilton and Bensonhurst]
- [Tompkins Avenue Line]
U
- [Union Avenue line (Brooklyn)]
- [Utica Avenue surface line (Brooklyn)]
In addition, the company maintained a partial stake in the Bridge Operating Company, which administered the route over the Williamsburg Bridge in partnership with New York Railways.