num_pages: 346
description: How We Got to Coney Island is the definitive history of mass transportation in Brooklyn. Covering 150 years of extraordinary growth, Cudahy tells the complete story of the trolleys, street cars, steamboats, and railways that helped create New York’s largest borough---and the remarkable system that grew to connect the world’s most famous seaside resort with Brooklyn, New York City across the river, and, ultimately, the rest of the world. Includes tables, charts, photographs, and maps.
language: English
title: How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County
titlecomplete: How We Got to Coney Island: The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County
ratings_count: 5
publisher: Fordham University Press