Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation

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The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation was a major early 20th-century New York City rapid transit company that operated subways and elevated lines in Brooklyn and Manhattan before being absorbed into the city’s unified transit system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
public transit operator ⓘ
rapid transit company ⓘ
absorbedBy City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City
absorbedInto unified New York City transit system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BMT ⓘ
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit ⓘ
competedWith Independent Subway System ⓘ
Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateFormed 1923 ⓘ
dissolved 1940 ⓘ
endDate 1940 ⓘ
fareSystem flat fare ⓘ
formedFrom Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company reorganization ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
industry public transportation ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
networkType dual-contract private operator ⓘ
notableStructure BMT Chambers Street station complex ⓘ
operatedInBorough Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
operatedInCity New York City ⓘ
operatedLine BMT Brighton Line ⓘ
BMT Broadway Line ⓘ
BMT Canarsie Line ⓘ
BMT Culver Line (elevated portion) ⓘ
BMT Fourth Avenue Line ⓘ
BMT Franklin Avenue Shuttle (precursor line) ⓘ
BMT Fulton Street elevated ⓘ
BMT Jamaica Line ⓘ
BMT Lexington Avenue elevated ⓘ
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line ⓘ
BMT Nassau Street Line ⓘ
BMT Sea Beach Line ⓘ
BMT West End Line ⓘ
operatedMode elevated railway ⓘ
subway ⓘ
ownership privately owned ⓘ
partOfSystem New York City Subway ⓘ
predecessor Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
regulatoryContext Dual Contracts ⓘ
serviceArea Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
serviceType rapid transit ⓘ
successor City of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York City

New York City Board of Transportation ⓘ

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BMT Jamaica Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Jamaica Line → historicalAffiliation → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Peter Witt streetcar → operator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Nassau Street Line → historicalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Jamaica Line → historicalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Division → operatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Division → historicallyOperatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brighton Express → operatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT 2 (Fourth Avenue Local) → operatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Montague Street Tunnel → builtBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Fourth Avenue Line → successorTo → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Liberty Avenue elevated → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → reorganizedAs → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → predecessorOf → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Canarsie Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Sea Beach Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Astoria Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Fourth Avenue Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
New York City Subway N train → successorOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT lines → hasOrigin → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT lines → historicalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
City Hall–Broadway station → openedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Queensboro Plaza → laterServedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station → partOfSystem → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Flushing Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) → openedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation → alsoKnownAs → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation
Prince Street station → laterOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Culver Line → operator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Culver Line → partOf → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit system ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation
MTA New York City Transit Subdivision B → historicalOrigin → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT West End Line → laterOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
IND/BMT Division → includesFormerSystem → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Franklin Avenue Line → historicalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Astoria Boulevard station → originalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Broadway–Lexington Avenue route (historical planning name) → associatedWith → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation
Broadway (Astoria Line) → openedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
K train → operatedOnSystem → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Myrtle Avenue elevated in Downtown Brooklyn → partOf → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Myrtle Avenue elevated in Downtown Brooklyn → ownerDuringBMTEra → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation subway network → operatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Dual System era of New York City rapid transit → participant → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Dual System era of New York City rapid transit → operator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Dual System era of New York City rapid transit → relatedTo → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → successor → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
subject linked to: BRT
West End Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
West End Line → partOf → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit system (historically) ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation
Canarsie Line → laterOwnedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brighton Beach Line → operator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ