The Brooklyn Heights Railroad was a street railway company in the U.S. state of New York. [1] It leased and operated the streetcar lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, but started out with the Montague Street Line, a short cable car line connecting the Wall Street Ferry with downtown Brooklyn along Montague Street. Eliphalet Williams Bliss owned the railroad. [2]
According to articles in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, BHRR included the following lines between 1895 and 1899:
The railroad also partially owned the
Bridge Operating Company, a line across the
Williamsburg Bridge that was also owned by
New York Railways.
The Brooklyn Heights Railroad was a street railway company in the U.S. state of New York. [1] It leased and operated the streetcar lines of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company, but started out with the Montague Street Line, a short cable car line connecting the Wall Street Ferry with downtown Brooklyn along Montague Street. Eliphalet Williams Bliss owned the railroad. [2]
According to articles in the Brooklyn Daily Eagle, BHRR included the following lines between 1895 and 1899:
The railroad also partially owned the
Bridge Operating Company, a line across the
Williamsburg Bridge that was also owned by
New York Railways.