Talk:Brooklyn Central and Jamaica Railroad

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According to [1] for the Brooklyn Central Railroad: "Proposed line, Fifth Avenue through Greenwood and Flatbush, through Lexington, Lafayette and Gates Avenues to the Broadway Railroad, and through Furman Street to Wall Street and Fulton Ferries" --NE2 07:26, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

In 1874, Furman Street was part of the Brooklyn City Railroad, but Atlantic Avenue and Fifth Avenue were not: [2] --NE2 10:45, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

The Brooklyn Traction Company apparently bought the stock of the Atlantic Avenue Railroad and Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad in 1893. The Nassau Electric Railroad owned the Atlantic Avenue Railroad; the Nassau Electric was leased to the Brooklyn Heights Railroad (BRT streetcars) in 1899. The Atlantic Avenue Railroad operated the Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad. The Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad and Park Avenue Horse Railroad merged in 1874 to form the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad, which leased the New York and Coney Island Railroad in 1879, and which the Atlantic Avenue Railroad bought in 1885 or 1887. It was leased to the Brooklyn Heights Railroad in 1899. The South Brooklyn Railway leased the New York and Coney Island Railroad, Prospect Park and South Brooklyn Railroad, and Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad. The Atlantic Avenue Railroad acquired the South Brooklyn Central Railroad in 1885. --NE2 10:55, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]

Here's a tree of leases and acquisitions:

Brooklyn Heights Railroad (BRT streetcars)
- Brooklyn and Brighton Beach Railroad (Brighton Line) inc. 1887, acquired 1889?
  - Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island Railroad opened 1878, reorg. 1887
- Sea Beach Railway (Sea Beach Line) inc. 1896, leased 1897
  - New York and Sea Beach Railway opened 1877, reorg. 1896
    - Sea Beach and Brighton Railroad inc. 1886, leased 1886, but never operated, became Boynton Bicycle Railroad
      - New York and Brighton Beach Railway opened 1880, reorg. 1886
- Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad (West End Line) inc. 1885, taken over 1898??
  - Brooklyn, Bath and Coney Island Railroad: opened 1864, reorg. 1885
  - South Brooklyn Railroad and Terminal Company leased
- Nassau Electric Railroad leased 1899
- Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad (Culver Line) inc. 1874, LIRR acquired 1893, Brooklyn Heights leased 1899
  - Park Avenue Railroad merged 1874
  - Greenwood and Coney Island Railroad merged 1874
  - New York and Coney Island Railroad opened 1879, leased 1879
  - Prospect Park and South Brooklyn Railroad leased 1879??

I'm confused, probably from looking at too much at once. --NE2 11:11, 22 December 2006 (UTC)[reply]