claim: Ed Decter is a Canadian.
evidence: The Boynton Bicycle Railroad was a monorail in Brooklyn on Long Island , New York .. monorail. monorail. Brooklyn. Brooklyn. Long Island. Long Island. New York. New York ( state ). It ran on a single load-bearing rail at ground level , but with a wooden overhead stabilising rail engaged by a pair of horizontally opposed wheels .. The railway operated for only two years , but the design was adopted elsewhere .