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Added January 23, 1898

• Flushing and Graham Avenues Line BRT (Sands Street) (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937; placed back on the bridge by 1948 when it was bustituted; cut back to Adams and High Streets then)

Added February 15, 1898 (5 total)

• DeKalb Avenue Line CI&B (kept on the bridge in 1937; cut back to High and Adams Streets before being bustituted in 1949)
• Fifth Avenue Line NE to Coney Island via West End and to Fort Hamilton (Sands Street?) - the only one taken off by 1906 (truncated to Fulton Ferry and South Ferry; same in 1916)
• Fulton Street Line BRT (kept on the bridge in 1937)
• Myrtle Avenue Line BRT (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)

Added February 17, 1898 (7 total)

• Gates Avenue Line BRT (cut back by 1937)
• Park Avenue Line NE not in April 1901 list; possibly an error - it is in July 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; discontinued in 1930)

Added February 19, 1898

• Smith Street Line CI&B to Coney Island (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)

Added February 21, 1898 (9 total)

• Flatbush Avenue Line BRT (cut back in 1937)

Added February 24, 1898

• Third Avenue Line BRT (ended at Borough Hall in 1916)

One more

• According to "New Lines of Travel". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 25 February 1898. p. 2. the next ones were Putnam and Seventh. So where's the other one? Did Third somehow count as two? Did it include Court Street?

Added March 3, 1898 (12 total)

• Putnam Avenue Line BRT (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)

Added March 4, 1898 (13 total)

• Seventh Avenue Line NE (kept on the bridge in 1937)

As of March 7, 1898 there were 14 total

Added by June 1898

• Ralph and Myrtle Avenues Line BRT (introduced at the same time) (no longer existed in 1906)

Added May 20, 1898 (formal opening)

• Sea Beach Line BRT via both Court Street and Flatbush Avenue to Third Avenue; Sundays and holidays only (see July 31 article) (still on the bridge in 1906; became rapid transit by 1916)

Added July 1, 1898

• Flushing Avenue Line BRT (Sands Street) (still on the bridge in 1948 when it was bustituted; cut back to Adams and High Streets then)

Unknown additions

• Bergen Street Line NE by February 1900; after February 1898 (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
• Court Street Line BRT by April 1901 (note that this was also part of the Sea Beach; it may have been added then) (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
• Erie Basin Line BRT not even introduced until after 1916 (may have replaced Hicks Street Line? that didn't go to Park Row) (kept on the bridge in 1937)
• Flushing and Knickerbocker Avenues Line BRT by April 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; discontinued before 1937)
• St. Johns Place Line NE by July 1900, but not in April 1901 list; possibly an error; after February 1898 (ran to Borough Hall in 1916)
• Union Street Line NE wasn't built until 1901 (still on the bridge in 1916; rerouted away from downtown before 1937)
• Vanderbilt Avenue Line NE by April 1901; probably by September 1898; after February 1898; mentioned in May 23, 1898, but possibly not running yet; the line was connected to the Culver Line in mid-1899 (still on the bridge in 1916; cut back by 1937)
• Brooklyn Bridge Local (existed in 1916)

Remaining in 1944

• Smith Street Line, DeKalb Avenue Line, Seventh Avenue Line^[1]

1906

• Sands to Fulton to a Brooklyn Heights line: Court Street Line, Flatbush Avenue Line, Fulton Street Line, Gates Avenue Line, Putnam Avenue Line, St. Johns Place Line, Seventh Avenue Line, Third Avenue Line, Union Street Line
• Sands to Washington: DeKalb Avenue Line (via Fulton), Myrtle Avenue Line (via Myrtle), Park Avenue Line (via Concord), Smith and Ninth Streets Line (via High), Vanderbilt Avenue Line (via Concord)
• Sands to Adams: Bergen Street Line
• Sands to the east: Flushing Avenue Line, Flushing-Knickerbocker Line, Graham Avenue Line

1916

• Sands Street station upper level to Fulton and a Brooklyn Heights line: Court Street Line, Flatbush Avenue Line, Fulton Street Line, Gates Avenue Line?, Myrtle Avenue Line, Putnam Avenue Line, Union Street Line
• Sands to Washington: DeKalb Avenue Line (via Fulton), Park Avenue Line (via Concord), Smith and Ninth Streets Line (via High), Vanderbilt Avenue Line (via Concord)
• Sands to Adams: Bergen Street Line, Seventh Avenue Line
• Sands to the east: Flushing Avenue Line, Flushing-Knickerbocker Line, Graham Avenue Line
• Cut back to Borough Hall: St. Johns Place Line, Third Avenue Line

"1930"

• Sands to Adams (eastbound via High between Washington and Adams): Erie Basin Line
• Sands to Adams/Jay (via Washington, High, Adams, returning via Sands, Jay): Third Avenue Line
• Sands to Jay (eastbound via High between Washington and Jay): Seventh Avenue Line, Smith Street and Coney Island Avenue Line
• Sands to Jay (via Washington and High, returning via Adams and Myrtle): DeKalb Avenue Line
• Sands to the east (eastbound via High between Washington and Jay): Flushing Avenue Line, Graham Avenue Line
• Looped via Sands, Adams, Prospect, Jay: McDonald and Vanderbilt Avenues Line
• Looped via Myrtle, Adams, High, Jay: Smith Street Line
• Looped via Jay, Sands, Washington, Concord: Park Avenue Line
• Looped on the west side of Court north of Tillary: Putnam Avenue Line, St. Johns Place Line
• Looped via Myrtle, Court, Willoughby, Ashland: Greenpoint Line
• Looped via Livingston, Court, Willoughby, Boerum: Flatbush Avenue Line
• Looped via Willoughby, Court, Myrtle, Jay: Greene and Gates Avenues Line
• Fulton Street to Fulton Ferry: Fulton Street Line

This brochure details the patterns starting on January 10, 1937, when each route was changed to serve only one terminal; unfortunately it does not show the pre-change routings. It does mention that 9 lines had gone to Park Row, including Flatbush Avenue.

Park Row via Fulton, Washington, and private ROW west of Washington north of Tillary (where did this connect to the bridge?)

• DeKalb Avenue Line
• Fulton Street Line

Park Row via Court, Fulton, and private ROW splitting north of Tillary

• Erie Basin Line
• Seventh Avenue Line (via Livingston)

Park Row via Sands

• Flushing Avenue Line

Fulton Ferry via Fulton

• Bergen Street Line (via Boerum, Atlantic, Court)
• St. Johns Place Line (via Livingston, Court)
• Third Avenue Line (via Livingston, Court)

Looped on Fulton at Sands

• Court Street Line

Looped at Boro Hall on Livingston, Court, Joralemon, Fulton, Boerum

• Flatbush Avenue Line

Looped at Boro Hall on Adams, Myrtle, Washington, Fulton

• Gates Avenue Line
• Putnam Avenue Line

Looped at Boro Hall on Jay, Willoughby, Adams, Myrtle

• Greenpoint Line
• Myrtle Avenue Line

Looped at Brooklyn Bridge on Adams, High, Washington, Sands

• Graham Avenue Line
• McDonald-Vanderbilt Line
• Smith-Coney Island Line

Through on Court, Joralemon, Willoughby

• Crosstown Line

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