ARRT'S ARRCHIVES
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TO CONEY ISLAND via
THE NEW YORK AND SEA BEACH RAILROAD
Revised January 9 2021

DEE SNOOK SENDS THIS SCAN OF AN 1880 STOCK CERTIFICATE. THANKS DEE!
SEA BEACH PALACE REACHED BY NEW YORK & SEA BEACH R.R.
AT THIRD AVENUE CONNECTIONS WERE MADE WITH THE
NEW YORK & MANHATTAN BEACH AND WITH THE BROOKLYN
CITY RAILROAD'S STEAM DUMMY LINE ON THIRD AVENUE.
AT BATH JUNCTION CONNECTIONS WERE MADE WITH
THE BROOKLYN, BATH & CONEY ISLAND RAILROAD
BAY RIDGE
FERRY TERMINAL SERVING NEW YORK AND SEA BEACH RAILROAD
AND PERHAPS NEW YORK AND MANHATTAN BEACH RAILWAY
N.Y.& S.B.R.R. SIDE-TANK LOCOMOTIVE
N.Y.& S.B.R.R. LOCOMOTIVE WITH FOUR-WHEEL TENDER
ON MAY 12, 1883 THE COMPANY WAS REORGANIZED AS
THE NEW YORK & SEA BEACH RAILWAY COMPANY
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THE BRIGHTON BRANCH
IN 1886 THE N. Y. & S. B. LEASED THE
SEA BEACH & BRIGHTON RAILROAD
- FORMERLY THE NEW YORK & BRIGHTON BEACH RY.
1887 MAP
A CONNECTION WAS MADE NEAR AVENUE W AND ONE TRACK WAS USED BETWEEN
THERE AND OCEAN PARKWAY.
SERVICE WAS PROVIDED FOR ONLY ONE SEASON.
SUBSEQUENTLY NEW YORK & SEA BEACH RAILWAY PASSENGERS COULD RIDE FROM
SEA BEACH PALACE TO BRIGHTON BEACH ON THE CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED RY.
IN 1889 A BRANCH WAS INSTALLED BETWEEN KINGS HIGHWAY AND THE NEW BROOKLYN JOCKEY CLUB.
IT IS BELIEVED THAT SERVICE WAS PROVIDED FOR ONLY ONE SEASON.
IN 1909 A CONNECTION TO WEST END TERMINAL WAS INSTALLED CONTROLLED FROM THIS TOWER.
LOOKING NORTH - WEST END LINE AT LEFT, SEA BEACH AT RIGHT. TOWER ID IS A GUESS.
ON AUGUST 29, 1896 THE COMPANY WAS REORGANIZED AS
THE SEA BEACH RAILWAY COMPANY. IN NOVEMBER 1897
IT WAS PURCHASED BY THE BROOKLYN RAPID TRANSIT
COMPANY AND LEASED TO THE BROOKLYN HEIGHTS RAILROAD.
N.Y.& S.B.R.R. AND N.Y.& M.B.RY. TUNNELS UNDER FOURTH AVENUE LOOKING EAST
N.Y.& S.B.R.R. AND N.Y.& M.B.RY. TUNNELS UNDER FOURTH AVENUE LOOKING EAST
LOOKING WEST IN 1949 - THE LONG ISLAND RAIL ROAD TUNNEL HAD BEEN
GREATLY ENLARGED (IN 1917). THE SEA BEACH TUNNEL WAS STILL THERE.
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CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED RAILWAY
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BROOKLYN, BATH AND CONEY ISLAND RAIL ROAD
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EVERGREEN BRANCH
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MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH
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BRIGHTON BEACH
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CULVER TERMINAL
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CULVER LINE
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