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Calls to restore trolley service to Brooklyn probably started the day after trolley service — like the Dodgers — left Brooklyn. Many of those pleas, however, were based more on the dreamers’ romantic ...
Trolleys were mandated to only charge a nickel for a fare, and many began to go out of business. Champions of the car, like Robert Moses, couldn’t be happier. Next: By the 1930s, many of the trolley ...
Brooklyn Bridge protected bike lane opens ... This transformation is the first reconfiguration of the world-famous bridge since trolley tracks were permanently removed in 1950.
The new configuration — the bridge's first since the trolley tracks were removed in 1950 — earned mixed reviews from cyclists on its inaugural day.
Two acres of “The Arches,” named for the 53 arches under the historic bridge, reopened Thursday with the legendary “Brooklyn Banks” skateboarding site, which was shuttered in 2010 to serve ...