SKU: T23

Until the post-World War II era, Brooklyn had a very extensive street railway system. Trolley tracks extended to every part of the Borough. Whether it was Coney Island, Prospect Park, Sea Gate, Canarsie, or Fresh Pond, you could get there by trolley. Downtown Brooklyn had a large network of lines, and a number of routes crossed into Manhattan via the Brooklyn and Williamsburg Bridges. Several lines extended to Queens, including the 1939 World's Fair site.

Brooklyn's trolley system began with the establishment of several horse car lines in 1854. By 1929, there were more than 3200 trolleys running over 50 lines encompassing 500 miles of track. The first modern streamlined trolley cars to run in the United States made their debut on October 1, 1936 when Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) car 1026 was put on display at Albee Square. Soon, 100 of these sleek streamliners provided comfortable and swift service on a number of Brooklyn trolley routes.

This program presents a nostalgic portrait of the Brooklyn system between 1936 and its abandonment in 1956. Included are rides over the Brooklyn and Williamsburg bridges; downtown scenes in the Tillary and Court Street areas; Fresh Pond, Ninth Ave. and Canarsie depots; the Prospect Park and Coney Island areas; Rockway shuttle; rare Norton's Point Shuttle; 39th St. Ferry Terminal; Coney Island shops; the Flushing-Ridgewood line; and BMT el trains on the suface.