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THE BROOKLYN & JAMAICA RAIL ROAD THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD and ATLANTIC AVENUE |
FROM 1861 UNTIL 1877 STEAM TRAIN SERVICE WAS PROVIDED ONLY BETWEEN EAST NEW YORK AND JAMAICA. FROM 1861 UNTIL 1867 THIS SERVICE WAS PROVIDED BY THE BROOKLYN CENTRAL AND JAMAICA RAILROAD, A REORGANIZATION OF THE BROOKLYN AND JAMAICA RAILROAD. ![]() ![]() THE BROOKLYN CENTRAL AND JAMAICA OWNED THREE LOCOMOTIVES THE W.B. HUNTER WAS BUILT BY DANFORTH COOK & COMPANY IN 1860. IT BECAME THE LONG ISLAND'S NUMBER 40, "HUNTINGTON". HOWARD HOUSE WAS THE WESTERN TERMINAL OF THE B.C.& J.R.R. ![]() ![]() IN DECEMBER 1861 THE LONG ISLAND FARMER AND QUEENS COUNTY ADVERTISER WROTE: THE JACOB FROST WAS BUILT BY DANFORTH COOK & COMPANY IN 1861. IT BECAME THE LONG ISLAND'S NUMBER 39, "RIVERHEAD". IN 1885 IT WAS REBUILT INTO THIS TANK ENGINE. ![]() ![]() ![]() IN MAY 1861 THE LONG ISLAND FARMER AND QUEENS COUNTY ADVERTISER WROTE ![]() THE B. C. & J. R. R. TERMINATED AT ROCKAWAY ROAD (TURNPIKE). PEOPLE HAD TO WALK TO THE L. I. R. R. DEPOT. THE NEW YORK DAILY TIMES WROTE: DECEMBER 10 1861 ![]() ![]() THESE PROPERTY MAPS SHOW THE BROOKLYN & JAMAICA PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THE LONG ISLAND IN APRIL 1861 BETWEEN POINTS WEST OF VAN WYCK AVENUE AND THE EAST LINE OF ROCKAWAY TURNPIKE. ![]() ![]() THE PROPERTY TRANSFERRED TO THE L.I.R.R. ALSO INCLUDED ![]() DECEMBER 10 1861 ![]() IN DECEMBER 1861 THE LONG ISLAND FARMER AND QUEENS COUNTY ADVERTISER WROTE ![]() THE RIGHT OF WAY OF THIS COMPANY THEN EXTENDED ![]() IN FEBRUARY 1862 THE B. C. & J. WAS RUNNING "LOCAL" TRAINS BETWEEN EAST NEW YORK AND JAMAICA. ![]() IN THE LATE 1850'S THE L. I. R. R. RAN "LOCAL TRAINS" BETWEEN EAST NEW YORK AND JAMAICA. ![]() ![]() ![]() LONG ISLAND FARMER AND QUEENS COUNTY ADVERTISER JAN 28 1862 February 25, 1862 ![]() ![]() ![]() ![]() IN 1866 THE COMPANY WAS AGAIN REORGANIZED AS THE   BROOKLYN AND JAMAICA RAILWAY ![]() AND LEASED TO THE LONG ISLAND FROM JAMAICA TO CLASSON AVENUE. ![]()
![]() 1863 1870 ![]() ![]() THESE ARE THE FRONT AND REAR OF AN 1866 - 1867 COMMUTATION TICKET BETWEEN SOUTH FERRY AND JAMAICA. ![]() ![]() THIS IS FROM THE NOVEMBER 8, 1874 PUBLIC TIMETABLE ![]() THIS IS FROM AN EARLY 1877 PUBLIC TIMETABLE ![]() FREIGHT SERVICE WAS PROVIDED - BETWEEN EAST NEW YORK AND CLASSON AVENUE HORSES PULLED THE FREIGHT CARS. THE FREIGHT STATION WAS KNOWN AS "FRANKLIN AVENUE". THIS SHOWS THE FRONT AND PART OF THE REAR OF AN 1867 WAYBILL. ![]() ![]() RETURN TO HOME PAGE |