Brooklyn Elevated Railroad

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The Brooklyn Elevated Railroad was a late 19th- and early 20th-century elevated railway company in Brooklyn, New York City, that operated several rapid transit lines before being absorbed into the city’s unified transit system.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct railroad company ⓘ
elevated railway company ⓘ
transit operator ⓘ
absorptionInto New York City unified transit system ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
fareSystem urban transit fares ⓘ
headquartersLocation Brooklyn ⓘ
industry public transportation ⓘ
rail transport ⓘ
infrastructureType steel elevated structures ⓘ
integratedInto New York City Subway predecessor network ⓘ
locatedIn Brooklyn ⓘ
New York City ⓘ
New York State ⓘ
networkType rapid transit lines ⓘ
operatedInBorough Brooklyn ⓘ
operatedInCity New York City ⓘ
operatedInPeriod early 20th century ⓘ
late 19th century ⓘ
partOf Brooklyn–Manhattan transit system precursor ⓘ
primaryFunction urban passenger transport ⓘ
propulsionSystem electric traction ⓘ
steam locomotives ⓘ
railGauge standard gauge ⓘ
railwayType elevated railway ⓘ
regulatoryJurisdiction State of New York ⓘ
linked to: New York State
servedArea Brooklyn neighborhoods ⓘ
Greater New York metropolitan area ⓘ
serviceType rapid transit ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
trackCharacter elevated ⓘ
transportMode rail ⓘ

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Referenced by (16)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Jamaica Line → historicalOperator → Brooklyn Elevated Railroad ⓘ
Jamaica Line → historicalOperator → Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Manhattan Railway elevated lines → connectedTo → Brooklyn elevated lines ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → controlled → Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → controlled → Kings County Elevated Railway ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → operatedLine → Broadway Elevated (Brooklyn) ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → operatedLine → Lexington Avenue Elevated (Brooklyn) ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → operatedLine → Fulton Street Elevated ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Forney locomotive → usedOn → Brooklyn elevated railways ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation → operatedLine → BMT Fulton Street elevated ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Brooklyn Elevated Railroad → partOf → Brooklyn–Manhattan transit system precursor ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Brooklyn, Flatbush and Coney Island line → system → Brooklyn elevated and surface railways ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Myrtle Avenue elevated in Downtown Brooklyn → partOfNetwork → Brooklyn elevated railway network ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Dual System of Rapid Transit → appliesToTransportationSystem → Brooklyn elevated railways ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad
Gates Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) → formerOperator → Brooklyn Elevated Railroad ⓘ
BMT Culver Line (elevated portion) → partOf → Brooklyn elevated railway network ⓘ
linked to: Brooklyn Elevated Railroad