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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

----->   1885   <-----




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.


go to ----> CONEY ISLAND ELEVATED RAILWAY

go to ----> BROOKLYN, BATH AND CONEY ISLAND RAIL ROAD

go to ----> EVERGREEN BRANCH

go to ----> MANHATTAN BEACH BRANCH

go to ----> BRIGHTON BEACH

go to ----> CULVER TERMINAL

go to ----> CULVER LINE

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