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Posted by andy on Tue Feb 4 10:19:24 2020, in response to Brooklyn Bus Routes, posted by BusRider on Mon Feb 3 17:10:26 2020. In 1940, when NY City Board of Transportation (BOT) took over the BMT network, the entire bus and trolley system in Brooklyn was included. The BMT had a subsidiary, the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corp. (BQT) that had operated those routes. The majority were trolley routes; buses were introduced in the 1920’s as new routes were added.So after 1940 every surface route in Brooklyn was part of the NYC BOT except the Green Bus routes that connected with the IRT subways at New Lots and Flatbush Avenues. The BOT became NYC Transit Authority in 1953 and the Brooklyn bus routes continue to this day as NYC Transit property. The large trolley network was doomed after 1940, because the NYC BOT (read: Mayor LaGuardia) embraced a pro-bus policy for all surface routes. The last Brooklyn trolley ran in 1956 (B35/Church Ave.); a few trolley coach routes lasted until 1960. Motor Coach Age July 1975 issue covers the Brooklyn bus history in detail. Also, my own book From a Nickel to a Token has relevant information in Chapters 1, 5, and 8. |
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