THE   PROSPECT   PARK   AND   SOUTH BROOKLYN    RAILROAD    COMPANY and   THE   CULVER   SHUTTLE

1888 STOCK CERTIFICATE FROM COLLECTION OF AND WITH THANKS TO JOHN M. SZABOL

THE PROSPECT   PARK   AND   SOUTH   BROOKLYN   RAILROAD   WAS   INCORPORATED   JUNE   15   1888   AND   RAN   FROM   GRAVESEND   AVENUE   TO   NINTH   AVENUE   WHERE   IT   CONNECTED   WITH   THE   BROOKLYN,   BATH  &  WEST   END   RAILROAD. IT   BECAME   PART   OF   THE   ROUTE   BETWEEN   GRAVESEND   AVENUE   AND   UNION   DEPOT   AND LATER   THE   39th   STREET   FERRY.   IT   WAS   USED   BY   PROSPECT   PARK   &   CONEY   ISLAND   AND   LONG   ISLAND   RAIL   ROAD   TRAINS. IT   BECAME   THE   CULVER   SHUTTLE   WHEN   THE   CULVER   LINE WAS   CONNECTED   WITH   THE   IND   OCTOBER  30,   1954.

FROM   A   1900   B.R.T.   MAP


THE   CULVER   SHUTTLE


FOURTEENTH   AVENUE   CROSSING
THIRTEENTH   AVENUE   STATION


LOOKING   WEST   TOWARD   THIRTEENTH   AVENUE   IN   1914


THIRTEENTH   AVENUE   STATION   AND   TROLLEY   CROSSING   IN   1914


THIRTEENTH   AVENUE   TROLLEY   CROSSING


THIRTEENTH   AVENUE   STATION   LOOKING   EAST




FORT   HAMILTON   PARKWAY   STATION






JUNCTION   OF   THE   PROSPECT   PARK  &  SOUTH   BROOKLYN   RAILROAD
AND   THE   BROOKLYN,   BATH &    WEST   END   RAILROAD   AT   NINTH   AVENUE


THE   EAST   END   OF   NINTH   AVENUE   STATION.
A   WEST   END   LINE   TRAIN OF STEEL CARS DEPARTING FROM THE UPPER LEVEL
AND A CULVER TRAIN OF WOODEN EL CARS DEPARTING FROM THE LOWER LEVEL




THE   LOWER   LEVEL   OF   NINTH   AVENUE   STATION   USED   BY   CULVER   LINE   TRAINS


THE   UPPER   LEVEL   OF   NINTH   AVENUE   STATION   USED   BY   WEST   END   LINE   TRAINS


THE   NEW   NINTH   AVENUE   STATION   OPENED   IN   JUNE   1916
THIS   IS   LOOKING   EAST


LOOKING   WEST


LOOKING   WEST


LOOKING WEST IN 1961


LOOKING   WEST   IN   1984      




A   SOUTH   BROOKLYN   RAILWAY   FREIGHT   AT   NINTH   AVENUE   IN   1937