Talk:List of streetcar lines in Brooklyn/Depots

1896 list (partial?) edit

The following is from "Militia in the Strike". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 14 June 1896. p. 26.; the actual names are from other sources.

east side of Third Avenue between 25th and 26th Streets (depot)
east side of Nostrand Avenue on both sides of Carroll Street; later between Carroll and President Streets
Crosstown Depot, west side of Manhattan Avenue between Box and Clay Streets (depot)
east side of Franklin Street between Freeman and Greene Streets
southeast corner of Meeker Avenue and Henry Street (depot)
south side of Flushing Avenue a bit west of Marcy Avenue (depot), opened 1886^[1]
north side of Myrtle Avenue between Lewis Avenue and Broadway (stables)
south side of Myrtle Avenue a bit east of Harman Street (depot)
south side of Fulton Street a bit west of Brooklyn Avenue (depot; stable on south side of Herkimer Street); later only the latter (south side of Herkimer Street halfway between Brooklyn and New York Avenues)
between Quincy Street and Gates Avenue a bit east of Throop Avenue
Halsey Street Depot, north side of Halsey Street a bit east of Saratoga Avenue, opened November 4, 1885^[1]
52nd Street Depot, between Second Avenue and East River, between 52nd and 53rd Streets (power house and repair shop)
58th Street Depot, between Second and Third Avenues, between 58th and 59th Streets
Flatbush Depot, south side of Avenue N between 49th Street and Utica Avenue
Fresh Pond Depot
Maspeth Depot
Ridgewood Depot
Vernon Avenue Depot, north side of Duryea Place between Flatbush Avenue and Bedford Avenue

Third Avenue Depot, at Atlantic Avenue?
Fifth Avenue Depot, between Fifth and Sixth Avenues, between 23th and 24th Streets
Seventh Avenue Depot, east side of Seventh Avenue between 19th and 20th Streets
Ninth Avenue Depot; Prospect Park and Coney Island Depot, between Ninth and Tenth Avenues, between 19th and 20th Streets (PP&CI, leased by NERR)
Bergen Street Depot, between Bergen and Dean Streets a bit east of Albany Avenue
Butler Street Depot
Crosstown Depot
South Brooklyn Central Depot, north side of Bergen Street a bit east of Classon Avenue (depot)
southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 27th Street (BB&CI depot)

Canarsie Depot, south side of New Lots Road (realigned into Hegeman Avenue) between Chester Street and Rockaway Boulevard
Ulmer Park Depot

west-northwest corner of Broadway and Ellery Street (stables)
East New York Depot, northeast corner of Gillen Place (west of Fanchon Place) and Jamaica Avenue, plus a much larger area (labeled BRT)

Franklin Avenue Depot?, northwest corner of Franklin Avenue and Warren Street (Prospect Place), original depot from 1871^[2]
between Braxton Street (Windsor Place) and 15th Street, west of Coney Island Avenue
DeKalb Avenue Depot?, south side of DeKalb Avenue a bit east of Yates Avenue (Sumner Avenue) (depot)

39th Street Depot, between Second and Third Avenues, between 38th and 39th Streets

east side of Fifth Avenue between 36th and 37th Streets (BRT elevated depot)
south side of Wyckoff Avenue between Palmetto and Madison Streets (BRT)
bounded by Hamilton Avenue, Bush Street, and Smith Street (BRT)
east side of Smith Street between Ninth Street and Mill Street (Garnet Street) (BRT)
between Third Avenue and canal, between First and Second Streets (BRT power house)
Williamsburg Power House, west side of Kent Avenue between Division Avenue and Rush Street (BRT)
65th Street Depot?, between First and Second Avenues, between 63rd and 65th Streets (BRT yard)

^ ^a ^b "Quick Travel". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 7 January 1886. p. 1.
^ "The Newest of the City Railroads". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Brooklyn, NY. 23 October 1871. p. 2.