New-York tribune., 1901-05-05
THE NEWS OF BROOKLYN.
AFFAIRS OF THE BOROUGHs ON LONG LSLAND-HAPPENINGS
IN NASSA Z AND SUFFOLK.
PLANS FOR SUMNER RUSH
BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY
PREPARING FOR CROWDS AT
AT BEACH RESORTS.

Although the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
has not completed its summer time schedule the
general plans fer handling the travel TO COney
Island and Manhattan and Brighton beaches have
been settled BY study Of the following list it
will be that from the Manhattan end Of the
Brooklyn Bridge five separate lines will be run
10 Coney Island, one 10 Manhattan Beach and one
Brighton Beach. A line direct to Coney
Island from the Greenpoint ferries will con-
siderable Of the Eastern District territory. From
the Broadway ferries a line viii 10 Sheepshead
Bay where connection is made with a line running
between that point and Sea Gate. From the Thirty
ninth-st ferry two lines to Coney Island and
one goes from Hamilton Ferry
The company viii have two lines TO Coney Island
which were not operated last year. The one which
is expected to prove OF the greatest assistance in
preventing the overcrowding and congestion so an
noying last year is the through elevated route.
which is to run from the Manhattan end Of the
bridge over the Ftfth-ave division OF the elevated
system to Thirty-sixth-st and from there 10 Coney
Island over the old Brooklyn, Bath and West End
road which has been entirely reconstructed. Trains
OF four elevated viii direct 20 Coney Island
from Manhattan in less than hour. On Satur
days and Sundays the headway is fifteen minutes.
and astonishing number Of persons can be car
ried in this way. In the warmer months the head
way viii probably be reduced TO ten minutes IN the
rush hours. The new line from the Greenpoint fer
| ries will also accommodate large number OF Man
haitian people, and between this and the elevated
lines from the bridge will be greatly relieved, and
ing room on the cars OF the latter.
IN past years the complaint has been that Brook
lynites had chance because the cars Were al
ways packed before they reached this borough
this trouble and some cars viii be from Fulton
Ferry TO Coney Island TO accommodate the inter
The line from the Greenpoint ferries will transfer
70 and from fourteen others IN the Eastern DIS,
the city win be well covered. Following Is COM
plete list of the routes:
coURT-sT LLSEs-From Manhattan terminal Of BROCK.
Beach road.
THIRD-AvE. LINE-From Manhattan terminal Of
Brooklyn Bridge ana Fulton ferry via 1hirdaVe. ana
FTFrH-AvE. SURFACE; ILSE-From Manhattan ter
mina of Brooklyn Bridge via Fifth-ave and the Sea
FFrH-AvE ELEVATED LINE CIEwO-From Man
haitian terminal OF Brooklyn Bridge through elevated
West Enc road.
vAPERBIT LI0% Manhattan hat vssgs45i ssE@tH1l
ana Ninth aves and the Prospect Park and coney
mANHATTAN BEACH AND BRIGHTON BEACH LINE
From Manhattan terminal Of Brooklyn Brlage via M
1ss Beach road f'''"''1 '''e anu Tue -'''O'
BRIGHTON BEACH LINE-From Manhattan terminal Of
Brooklyn Bridge via FIatbush ave. line and the
Brooklyn and Brighton Beach road Also from Broad
LoRIAIER AND ToMPKINs CoNTSY ISLAND LINE
EFTO% & SEssng9nt enih and Twsn5yRTs 65na
and Kngston ayes. Bergen-st. Rogers-aye. Church
Also from Grand. Houston ana Broadway ferries con,
meeting with the main line at HarTisOn-evs' and
sEsRsEAD BAY AND ANaArTAS r sTc5 BAcTe% MsTcR
Rogers and Ocean connecting In
Sheepshead Bay with Coney Island and Grayesend
for Coney Island and Sea Gate
fHIRTY-NINTH-ST FERRY LINE-FrOm Thirty-ninth-
ferry via Prospect Park and COney Island road
EIGHTY-s -sIXTH=sT. AND THIRTY -NINTTH-sr FERRY
LlNE-Brom Thrty-ninth-st ferry 20 Coney Island
70 FourtesnthaTs to Bath-ase. TO coney Island
FIFrEENTTI-ST. LINE-From Hamilton ferry 10 Coney
Island via Hamion-ave.. Fifteenth-st., Stnth-ave
and Prospect Park and cOney Island road
CONNECTING LINES.
PROSPECT PARK AND coNEY ISLAND RoAp-From
70 Ey-sixt hist nd
Eifth-ave. transferring the Fitth-avs. elevated
line.
CONEY ISLAND AND GRAYESEND RAILwAY-From
Sea Gate 10 sheepEhead Bay. connecting with the
ocesn-eVe. line for Broadway ferries Sheepshead
Bay.
SEA VIEW RAILwAY-Fron Coney Island prospect
and coney Island RAiroad terlninal) 70 Brighton