Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company
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CompanyBrooklyn Union Elevated Railroad Company
Certificate Type
Common Stock
Date Issued
April 17, 1899
Canceled
Yes
Printer
American Bank Note Company
Signatures
Hand signed
Approximate Size
11 1/2" (w) by 8" (h)
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Historical Context
The Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad was incorporated on January 30, 1899, and acquired the property of the bankrupt Brooklyn Elevated Railroad on February 17. The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) gained control a month later, on March 25th, and leased the elevated company to the Brooklyn Heights Railroad on April 1. The other elevated company in Brooklyn, the Kings County Elevated Railway, was sold under foreclosure to the BRT on July 6, 1899, and reorganized on August 1 as the Kings County Elevated Railroad.
The first step in simplifying the corporate structure was made in 1900, when the Sea View Railroad (Brighton Beach Line) was merged into the Kings County Elevated (on May 9) and the Kings County Elevated was then merged into the Brooklyn Union Elevated (on May 24). The lease to the Brooklyn Heights was canceled effective March 1, 1907, after which the Brooklyn Union Elevated operated itself. At the same time, the lease of the ground-level Canarsie Railroad, which was run as part of the elevated system, was transferred to the Brooklyn Union Elevated. The Sea Beach Railway (Sea Beach Line) and South Brooklyn Railway (Culver Line), which had been operated by the Brooklyn Heights as part of its elevated system, were released for independent operation.
Thus, as of March 1907, the following lines were operated with elevated trains by the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad:
- Brighton Beach Line - Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Coney Island
- Broadway Line - Broadway Ferry, Williamsburg to Cypress Hills
- Canarsie Line - Broadway Ferry, Williamsburg to Canarsie Landing
- Fifth Avenue Line - Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Bay Ridge
- Fulton Street Line - Park Row, Lower Manhattan to City Line
- Lexington Avenue Line - Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Cypress Hills
- Myrtle Avenue Line - Park Row, Lower Manhattan to Ridgewood, Queens
The Sea Beach Railway was soon leased by the Brooklyn Union Elevated, but the other two lines - the Culver and the West End - continued to be operated separately. On November 30, 1912, the Brooklyn Union Elevated Railroad, Canarsie Railroad, and Sea Beach Railway merged to form the New York Consolidated Railroad.
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