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15-564: The Bushwick Railroad opened the line from the Grand Street Ferry east to their stables on Bushwick Avenue in late May or early June 1868. The line began at the company's office at the intersection of Grand Street and Kent Avenue, and proceeded south on Kent Avenue ( Brooklyn City Rail Road 's Greenpoint Line ), east on Broadway ( Broadway Railroad 's Broadway Line trackage), north on Bedford Avenue, east on South Fourth Street and Meserole Street, and southeast on Bushwick Avenue. The line

30-605: Is a main shopping street, until reaching its northern end at Queens Boulevard in Elmhurst . The thoroughfare continues north and west beyond Queens Boulevard as Broadway until it terminates at Socrates Sculpture Park at the intersection of Vernon Boulevard in Astoria . Grand Street, Grand Avenue, and Broadway (Queens) are served by the following bus routes: Those four routes are operated by NYCT Bus . The rest are operated by MTA Bus Company : The following subway stations serve

45-599: The Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad 's Crosstown Line in Manhattan Avenue. There it turned north through Manhattan Avenue to Greenpoint Avenue, turning west there onto new trackage to reach the ferry. An extension was planned south to the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad depot via Graham Avenue, Tompkins Avenue, Brooklyn Avenue, Prospect Place, and Vanderbilt Avenue. This was built somewhat differently as

60-811: The Greenpoint Ferry became part of several lines, including the Lorimer Street Line , Union Avenue Line , and Calvary Cemetery Line . At some point, westbound traffic to the Williamsburg Bridge was rerouted to use the Wilson Avenue Line (Johnson Avenue and Broadway ) to the crossing of Johnson and Bushwick Avenues, and eastbound Wilson Avenue cars were moved to the Bushwick Avenue Line. Streetcars were discontinued on September 1, 1947. Grand Street Ferry The Grand Street Ferry

75-710: The Tompkins Avenue Line the next year. The Brooklyn City Rail Road extended its Myrtle Avenue Line east from its former terminus at Broadway to Bushwick Avenue and thence over the Bushwick Railroad's line to Myrtle Avenue Park in August 1879. The BCRR leased the Bushwick Railroad on July 27, 1888. On October 18, 1888, the court ruled that the BCRR had no right to operate over the Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad trackage on Manhattan Avenue, gained through an 1875 agreement between

90-819: The Bushwick and Crosstown Railroads. The Crosstown owned the Greenpoint and Calvary Cemetery Railroad , which included the Calvary Cemetery Line from Greenpoint Ferry to Calvary Cemetery . The BCRR leased the Crosstown in mid-1889, but did not restore the Bushwick Avenue branch to the ferry. Eventually, the Graham Avenue Line was extended over the trackage on Driggs Avenue, and the Greenpoint Avenue trackage to

105-534: The corridor: Grand Street and Grand Avenue are connected via a swing bridge over Newtown Creek. Construction began in August 1900 and was planned to be completed in October 1901, but the bridge did not open until December 1902. A report later found the delay was caused by incompetency from the contracted engineer, which eventually led to engineers from the New York City Department of Bridges commandeering

120-441: The east in order to pass through the property of several prominent land owners. Grand Street was opened from Bushwick Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue in 1858. In the 19th century, before the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge , the Grand Street Ferry connected Grand Street, Brooklyn to Grand Street , Manhattan . The Grand Street Line was a streetcar line along the road. Two Long Island Rail Road stations existed along

135-568: The former a few years later. This ferry article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Grand Street (Brooklyn) Grand Street and Grand Avenue are the respective names of a street which runs through the boroughs of Brooklyn and Queens , New York City , United States . Originating in Williamsburg, Brooklyn , Grand Street runs roughly northeast until crossing Newtown Creek into Queens , whereupon Grand Street becomes Grand Avenue, continuing through Maspeth where it

150-486: The north and South 1st Street, South 2nd Street and so on progressing to the south. Its initial segments from the East River were first named Washington Street and then Dunham Street. It was extended to the southeast to Roebling Street in 1812 and to the then village line between Rodney and Keap Streets in 1830. Soon after, the street was extended to Union Avenue in the new third ward of Williamsburg and bent on an angle to

165-557: The project. The current bridge is the third on the site. The first two were built in 1875 and 1890. When Williamsburg was an independent town (and, later, city), Grand Street was its first main east-west commercial street which acted as a dividing line between the Northside of town and the Southside of town. Street numbering originated here with North 1st Street, North 2nd Street (now Metropolitan Avenue ) and so on running parallel to Grand to

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180-647: The street in both boroughs. Grand Street (LIRR Evergreen station) along the Evergreen Branch near Willamsburg from 1868 to 1885, and Grand Street (LIRR Main Line station) , a station in Elmhurst along Main Line that also served the Rockaway Beach Branch from 1913 to 1925. At some point between the construction of the Williamsburg Bridge and 1913 (it appears on a 1913 map of Brooklyn ), Grand Street

195-456: Was a ferry route connecting Manhattan and Williamsburg, Brooklyn , New York City, joining Grand Street (Manhattan) and Grand Street (Brooklyn) across the East River . The first ferry connecting Manhattan to Williamsburg was established in the early 19th century, connecting to North Second Street in Williamsburg. The Grand Street Ferry began operations in 1812, and took over and stopped

210-582: Was connected to the bridge plaza from the elbow bend near Union Avenue by the Grand Street Extension (now named Borinquen Place) and this became the main flow for car traffic. In 1950, Grand Street was severed by the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway (BQE) between Marcy Avenue and Rodney Street. The street is referenced in songs and books from many local artists, including Tom Waits and Kathleen Brennan ("I Don't Wanna Grow Up", popularized by

225-614: Was soon extended southeast on Bushwick Avenue and east on Myrtle Avenue to Myrtle Avenue Park (near Cypress Avenue) in Ridgewood, Queens . A branch to the Greenpoint Ferry , through which cars were operated between this ferry and Ridgewood, was opened on September 18, 1875. This branch split at Graham Avenue, turning north along the Brooklyn City Rail Road 's Graham Avenue Line . At the end of that line, it turned west on several blocks of new trackage on Driggs Avenue before reaching

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