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[edit] Additions

Added January 23, 1898

Flushing and Graham Avenues Line BRT (Sands Street) (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937; placed back on the bridge by 1948 when it was bustituted; cut back to Adams and High Streets then)

Added February 15, 1898 (5 total)

DeKalb Avenue Line CI&B (kept on the bridge in 1937; cut back to High and Adams Streets before being bustituted in 1949)
Fifth Avenue Line NE to Coney Island via West End and to Fort Hamilton (Sands Street?) - the only one taken off by 1906 (truncated to Fulton Ferry and South Ferry; same in 1916)
Fulton Street Line BRT (kept on the bridge in 1937)
Myrtle Avenue Line BRT (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)

Added February 17, 1898 (7 total)

Gates Avenue Line BRT (cut back by 1937)
Park Avenue Line NE not in April 1901 list; possibly an error - it is in July 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; discontinued in 1930)

Added February 19, 1898

Smith Street Line CI&B to Coney Island (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)

Added February 21, 1898 (9 total)

Flatbush Avenue Line BRT (cut back in 1937)

Added February 24, 1898

Third Avenue Line BRT (ended at Borough Hall in 1916)

One more

According to Brooklyn Daily Eagle, New Lines of Travel, February 25, 1898, page 2 the next ones were Putnam and Seventh. So where's the other one? Did Third somehow count as two? Did it include Court Street?

Added March 3, 1898 (12 total)

Putnam Avenue Line BRT (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)

Added March 4, 1898 (13 total)

Seventh Avenue Line NE (kept on the bridge in 1937)

As of March 7, 1898 there were 14 total

Added by June 1898

Ralph and Myrtle Avenues Line BRT (introduced at the same time) (no longer existed in 1906)

Added May 20, 1898 (formal opening)

Sea Beach Line BRT via both Court Street and Flatbush Avenue to Third Avenue; Sundays and holidays only (see July 31 article) (still on the bridge in 1906; became rapid transit by 1916)

Added July 1, 1898

Flushing Avenue Line BRT (Sands Street) (still on the bridge in 1948 when it was bustituted; cut back to Adams and High Streets then)

Unknown additions

Bergen Street Line NE by February 1900; after February 1898 (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
Court Street Line BRT by April 1901 (note that this was also part of the Sea Beach; it may have been added then) (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
Erie Basin Line BRT not even introduced until after 1916 (may have replaced Hicks Street Line? that didn't go to Park Row) (kept on the bridge in 1937)
Flushing and Knickerbocker Avenues Line BRT by April 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; discontinued before 1937)
St. Johns Place Line NE by July 1900, but not in April 1901 list; possibly an error; after February 1898 (ran to Borough Hall in 1916)
Union Street Line NE wasn't built until 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; rerouted away from downtown before 1937)
Vanderbilt Avenue Line NE by April 1901; probably by September 1898; after February 1898; mentioned in May 23, 1898, but possibly not running yet; the line was connected to the Culver Line in mid-1899 (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
Brooklyn Bridge Local (existed in 1916)

[edit] Routings to the bridge

1906

Sands to Fulton to a Brooklyn Heights line: Court Street Line, Flatbush Avenue Line, Fulton Street Line, Gates Avenue Line, Putnam Avenue Line, St. Johns Place Line, Seventh Avenue Line, Third Avenue Line, Union Street Line
Sands to Washington: DeKalb Avenue Line (via Fulton), Myrtle Avenue Line (via Myrtle), Park Avenue Line (via Concord), Smith and Ninth Streets Line (via High), Vanderbilt Avenue Line (via Concord)
Sands to Adams: Bergen Street Line
Sands to the east: Flushing Avenue Line, Flushing-Knickerbocker Line, Graham Avenue Line

1916

Sands Street station upper level to Fulton and a Brooklyn Heights line: Court Street Line, Flatbush Avenue Line, Fulton Street Line, Gates Avenue Line?, Myrtle Avenue Line, Putnam Avenue Line, Union Street Line
Sands to Washington: DeKalb Avenue Line (via Fulton), Park Avenue Line (via Concord), Smith and Ninth Streets Line (via High), Vanderbilt Avenue Line (via Concord)
Sands to Adams: Bergen Street Line, Seventh Avenue Line
Sands to the east: Flushing Avenue Line, Flushing-Knickerbocker Line, Graham Avenue Line
Cut back to Borough Hall: St. Johns Place Line, Third Avenue Line

"1930"

Sands to Adams (eastbound via High between Washington and Adams): Erie Basin Line
Sands to Adams/Jay (via Washington, High, Adams, returning via Sands, Jay): Third Avenue Line
Sands to Jay (eastbound via High between Washington and Jay): Seventh Avenue Line, Smith Street and Coney Island Avenue Line
Sands to Jay (via Washington and High, returning via Adams and Myrtle): DeKalb Avenue Line
Sands to the east (eastbound via High between Washington and Jay): Flushing Avenue Line, Graham Avenue Line
Looped via Sands, Adams, Prospect, Jay: McDonald and Vanderbilt Avenues Line
Looped via Myrtle, Adams, High, Jay: Smith Street Line
Looped via Jay, Sands, Washington, Concord: Park Avenue Line
Looped on the west side of Court north of Tillary: Putnam Avenue Line, St. Johns Place Line
Looped via Myrtle, Court, Willoughby, Ashland: Greenpoint Line
Looped via Livingston, Court, Willoughby, Boerum: Flatbush Avenue Line
Looped via Willoughby, Court, Myrtle, Jay: Greene and Gates Avenues Line
Fulton Street to Fulton Ferry: Fulton Street Line

[edit] 1937 service changes

This brochure details the patterns starting on January 10, 1937, when each route was changed to serve only one terminal; unfortunately it does not show the pre-change routings. It does mention that 9 lines had gone to Park Row, including Flatbush Avenue.