- Putnam Avenue Line
The Putnam Avenue Line is a
public transit line inBrooklyn ,New York City ,United States , running mostly along Fulton Street, Putnam Avenue, and Halsey Street betweendowntown Brooklyn andRidgewood, Queens . Originally astreetcar line , it is now the B26 Halsey/Fulton Streetsbus route , operated by theNew York City Transit Authority .B26 bus
The B26 bus route begins at the
Jay Street–Borough Hall subway station inDowntown Brooklyn . It heads east on Fulton Street, turning off onto Putnam Avenue, and uses Nostrand Avenue (eastbound) and Bedford Avenue (westbound) to reach Halsey Street. Just shy of theQueens line, the route turns northwest on Wyckoff Avenue, ending with a loop at theMyrtle–Wyckoff Avenues subway station counterclockwise via Putnam Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, and Wyckoff Avenue. Along the way, passengers can transfer to the subway at DeKalb Avenue, Clinton–Washington Avenues, and Halsey Street.History
The
Brooklyn City Rail Road opened a branch of their Fulton Street Line along Putnam Avenue,Nostrand Avenue , and Halsey Street to Broadway by 1874. [J.B. Beers and Company , [http://memory.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/r?ammem/gmd:@field(NUMBER+@band(g3804n+rr003520)) Brooklyn] , 1874 (with Brooklyn City Rail Road lines overprinted)] By 1897, cars could also use a short spur along Howard Avenue from Halsey Street north to Broadway. [Rand McNally , after 1897.Putnam Avenue
horse car s were replaced withelectric trolley s onJuly 17 ,1893 . [cite BDE|title=How the New Tax is Levied|md=July 17|y=1893|page=10]Buses were substituted for streetcars on
September 21 ,1941 , but the line was converted back to streetcars betweenNovember 29 ,1942 andFebruary 5 ,1950 .References
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