BROOKLYN TRACKLESS TROLLEYS
Trackless Trolleys (aka Trolley Coaches, Electric Buses) operated in
Brooklyn from 1930 to 1960. The coaches operated on seven routes and were
serviced in two depots. This brief history of the lines is from a reprint of a
fairly detailed description of the lines printed by the NYCTA in 1965.
Routes and Dates Operated
| ROUTE |
NAME |
YEARS |
| 23 |
Cortelyou Road |
1930 to 1952 and 1952 to 1956 |
| 45 |
St. Johns Place |
1948 to 1950 and 1954 to 1959 |
| 47 |
Tompkins Avenue |
1948 to 1960 |
| 48 |
Lorimer Street |
1949 to 1960 (9/49 to 4/50 buses temporarily replaced the
coaches because of street repairs) |
| 57 |
Flushing Avenue |
1949 to 1960 |
| 62 |
Graham Avenue |
1949 to 1960 |
| 65 |
Bergen Street |
1948 to 1960 |
Wire Map
Trackless Trolley Coach Diagram and Specs
Brooklyn
Cortelyou Trolley Coach
Bahn Layout of the
Trackless System
Requires the
BAHN
Shareware Program
The two depots used by the coaches were CROSSTOWN DEPOT located at
Commercial and Box Streets and the BERGEN STREET DEPOT at Bergen Street near
Kingston Ave. Both of these facilities are still being used by the NYCTA.
CROSSTOWN is used to do major repairs to diesel buses and BERGEN St is the
garage for Rapid Transit's fleet of Maintenance of Way trucks and vehicles.
Roster of Trolley Coaches
| NUMBER |
YEAR |
SEATS |
BUILDER |
| 1000 |
1930 - 1948 |
40 |
AmCar&Fndy |
| 1001 |
1930 - 1948 |
40 |
Twin Coach |
| 1002-7 |
1932 - 1948 |
40 |
Pullman |
| 3000-3199 |
1948 - 1960 |
43 |
St.Louis |
Trolley Coach Album
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Bergen St line at Kingston Ave. The Bergen yard
and shop is out of the photo to the left. |
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Flushing Ave line at Wilson Ave |
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This photo was taken during a fantrip with BRT
trolley 4573. It was posed with coach 3000 at Flatbush Ave and Livingston St.
4573 is now part of the Shoreline Trolley collection in Branford, CT. |
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This is the Cortelyou Road Line in August 1948.
It is coach #1002 at McDonald Ave. |
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