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The Baltimore and New York Railway was a railroad line built by the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) from Cranford, New Jersey, to the western side of the Arthur Kill Bridge in New Jersey, connecting with the North Shore Branch of Staten Island Rapid Transit. The line was built to provide the B&O access to a terminal in New York City, in ...
In 1888, subsequent to building the Arthur Kill swing bridge between New Jersey and northwestern Staten Island, [4] the Baltimore & Ohio Railroad (the owners of the Staten Island Railway until 1971) proposed a tunnel between Staten Island and Brooklyn. [5] In 1890, Staten Island developer Erastus Wiman, who controlled the railway, sponsored a ...
Brooklyn and Staten Island: Kings and Richmond: NY-304: Outerbridge Crossing: Extant Cantilever: 1928 1991 NY 440 and Route 440: Arthur Kill: Staten Island, New York, and Perth Amboy, New Jersey: Richmond County, New York, and Middlesex County, New Jersey
A prior attempt to link Brooklyn and Staten Island, using the Staten Island Tunnel, had commenced in 1923 but was canceled two years later. [2]: 135 [10] [11] That tunnel would have extended New York City Subway service from Brooklyn to Staten Island. [12] This proposal was also revived with the announcement of the Liberty Bridge.
Long-hidden space under Brooklyn Bridge reopens after 15 years — and public is in awe: ‘Huge for the community’ Desheania Andrews, Steve Janoski November 18, 2024 at 6:13 PM
The R7 was created on November 21, 1964, the same day the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge was opened, and ran across the bridge to provide service between Brooklyn and Staten Island, running between Fourth Avenue-95th Street and Clove Road-Victory Boulevard.
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