86th Street Line (Brooklyn)

The 86th Street Line or Streetcar Line #31 was a streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, mostly running along Bath Avenue and other Streets between Coney Island and Sunset Park. Built by the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation as a Streetcar line this route has now been entirely replaced by the B64 bus.

86th Street Line
Overview
TypeStreetcar
SystemB&QT
StatusDemolished
LocaleBensonhurst
Termini65th Street terminal
Coney Island Stilwell Avenue
Stations35
Line number34
Operation
Opened1894
ClosedAugust 12, 1948
Technical
ElectrificationYes

History
1906 atlas of Gravesend showing the 86th Street Line's main storage depot

The streetcar line was built by the Nassau Electric Railroad in 1894 to make more profits for the company.[1] The company was later leased by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation.[2] In 1929 the company made a subsidiary company, the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, to run multiple Streetcar lines one of which was the 86th Streetcar Line. The line ran entirely on surface level except for the northern terminal where it went onto an island platform. The 86th Streetcar Line had connections to multiple lines including the Bay Ridge Line, West End Line and the Fifth Avenue Line.[3]In 1930, new tracks were made that split from the West End Line at 24th Avenue and went onto a right of way path used by trolleys to get to the Unionville Depot and onto Crospey Avenue.[4] The 86th street line would then later merge back with the West End Line at the intersection of Crospey and Stillwell avenue. The line closed on August 12, 1948 and was demolished a while later.[5]

Pre-1930 Stations list
Neighborhood Station Type Tracks Services Opened Transfers and notes
Bay Ridge
65th Street Terminal Station local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Ramp down from elevated station[6]
67th St local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Bay Ridge Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Transfer to Bay Ridge Avenue line
4th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
5th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
72nd St local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Bay Ridge Parkway local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
77th St local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
80th St local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
83rd St local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Fifth Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Fort Hamilton Parkway local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Dyker Heights
7th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
12th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
14th Avenue-86th St local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Benson Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
14th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Bath Beach
15th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
16th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
17th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Tracks Merge at Bay 19th with the West End Line[7]
Bay 18th St local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface [8]
20th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
21st Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Bay Parkway local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
23rd Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
24th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
25th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Track Splits to Unionville Depot
Bay 41st Ast local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Bay 44th St local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Gravesend
28th Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface[8]
Harway Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Avenue Z local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Coney Island
Neptune Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Demolished 1948
Stillwell Avenue local all 86th Street Line 1894 Connections to the West End Line surface, Sea Gate, Norton's Point and Sea Beach Line (As of 1948)

References
  1. Herries, W. (1895). Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. p. 245. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
  2. "Of the Nassau-Transit Railroad Consolidation Deal". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. November 6, 1898. p. 30.
  3. "Brooklyn, 3rd Ave El 65th Station, Trolley andTunnel". subchat.com. Mellow One. Retrieved 7 February 2020.
  4. http://www.thejoekorner.com/scripted-map-display.shtm?http://www.thejoekorner.com/lines/brooklyn-trolleys/bmt-trolleys-31.jpg^86th%20Street
  5. http://www.thejoekorner.com/lines/brooklyn-trolleys/bklyntrolleys-frame.htm
  6. https://www.freewebs.com/mellowone/
  7. https://www.oldnyc.org/#703129f-a
  8. "21 Jul 1916, 2 - Times Union at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved 2020-03-30.
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