Bleecker Street Line: Difference between revisions

The '''Bleecker Street Line''' was a [[public transit]] line in [[Manhattan]], [[New York City]], [[United States]], running mostly along [[Bleecker Street (Manhattan)|Bleecker Street]], [[Crosby Street (Manhattan)|Crosby Street]], and [[Lafayette Street (Manhattan)|Lafayette Street]] from the [[West 14th Street Ferry]] in [[Chelsea, Manhattan|Chelsea]] to the [[Fulton Slip, Manhattan|Fulton Ferry]] in the [[Financial District, Manhattan|Financial District]]. It was the last [[horse car]] line in New York City, and was not replaced with a [[tram|trolley]] line or [[bus route]] when it was abandoned in 1917.<ref>"Manhattan's Lost Streetcars," by Stephen L. Meyers</ref>

The '''Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad''' was chartered [[December 12]], [[1864]] and began operations in April 1865. Eastbound cars ran along [[14th Street (Manhattan)|14th Street]], [[Hudson Street (Manhattan)|Hudson Street]], [[Bleecker Street (Manhattan)|Bleecker Street]], [[Crosby Street (Manhattan)|Crosby Street]], [[Howard Street (Manhattan)|Howard Street]], [[Lafayette Street (Manhattan)|Lafayette Street]], [[Reade Street (Manhattan)|Reade Street]], [[Centre Street (Manhattan)|Centre Street]], [[Park Row (Manhattan)|Park Row]], and [[Beekman Street (Manhattan)|Beekman Street]]. Westbound cars returned from the ferry on [[Fulton Street (Manhattan)|Fulton Street]], [[Gold Street (Manhattan)|Gold Street]], and [[Ann Street (Manhattan)|Ann Street]] to Park Row, and also used [[MacDougal Street (Manhattan)|MacDougal Street]], [[8th Street (Manhattan)|8th Street]], [[Greenwich Avenue (Manhattan)|Greenwich Avenue]], and [[12th Street (Manhattan)|12th Street]] rather than part of Bleecker Street. The [[Twenty-Third Street Railway]] leased the company on [[January 10]], [[1876]], and was subleased to the [[Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad]] on [[April 25]], [[1893]] and to the [[Metropolitan Street Railway]] on [[November 29]], [[1893]].<!--1885 article said that they were planning to use Broadway rather than Crosby; did this happen?-->

By 1907, the line had been abandoned east of the crossing of [[Broadway (Manhattan)|Broadway]], and only ran west to 14th Street; the trackage on 14th Street was used by the [[14th Street-Williamsburg Bridge Line]]. Service was terminated inon July 26, 1917.<ref>"Manhattan's Lost Streetcars," by Stephen L. Meyers</ref><ref>[http://www.cable-car-guy.com/html/ccmiscnpart.html#nylasthc "New York Loses its Last Horse Car" New York Times; Friday, July 29, 1917. Page 12 (Cable Car Lines in New York and New Jersey)]</ref>