Crosstown Line (Brooklyn surface)

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The Crosstown Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States, running along a number of streets between Red Hook and Long Island City, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B61 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

[edit] History

The Nassau Railroad was incorporated in 1863^{[citation needed]} with the power to build from the Hunters Point Ferry through Williamsburg to Flatbush, with a branch to the South Ferry.^[1] The Greenpoint and Williamsburgh Railroad and Nassau Railroad merged in 1868 to form the Brooklyn City, Hunter's Point and Prospect Park Railroad, with the right to build from the Hunters Point Ferry to the South Ferry with a branch to Prospect Park.^[2]

[edit] References

1. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Laws of New York, September 13, 1866, page 4
2. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Railroad Consolidation, September 24, 1868, page 2