Trolley Tracks Trashed In Brooklyn

Photo by Wally G

Those wanting to bring trolley service back to our streets suffered an upset this month when construction workers tore up some old rails in Brooklyn. And according to the NY Post, they aren't the only ones upset. Fulton Ferry landing preservationists are up in arms about losing the piece of history (dating back to the 20s) that was at the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park. To their credit, the workers did consult archaeologists and city landmarks officials before tearing up the tracks.

Some had also held out hope that these, and other rails still around the borough, would help reinstate the old trolley service—which many transit advocates have been fighting for. One of them, Bob Diamond, even says that "asphalt is a pretty good preservative. The ones on Old Fulton Street being removed could be used to restore trolley service in Downtown Brooklyn.”

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By Jen Carlson in News on January 25, 2010 5:29 PM

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wingedearth

Trolley opponents ought to be tarred and feathered.

Ed

While the rest of the world is building bullet trains and magna lifts, we're focused on trolleys ?

NannyState

Stimulus II baby!

S.K.

Here comes DUMBO Rapid Transit

longacre

Get over it. There are no trolleys coming. The only way a trolley is going to be built there is if Mr. Walentas pays for it, and if he wanted to he would have done it already.

duineaosta

Those are not trolley tracks. They belong to the Jay Street Connecting Railroad which helped move freight along the waterfront.

Galls

I have not been there in a while, but if that picture is of the tracks, then they are in fact trolley tracks, notice the flange.

duineaosta

Never heard of trolleys over there, just a one-day trolley run on Plymouth Street on the former Jay St Connecting Railroad Tracks. I'm not an expert on the flange but I do know the history of that immediate area by the entrance to Brooklyn Bridge Park.