old streetcars up and down flatbush
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Up and Down FlatbushUp and Down Flatbush
The George Conrad The George Conrad CollectionCollection
Produced by Bill VolkmerProduced by Bill Volkmer
The last large streetcar order from a The last large streetcar order from a major car builder before the PCC car.major car builder before the PCC car.
Brooklyn ordered 200 Peter Witt Cars Brooklyn ordered 200 Peter Witt Cars in 1930-31.in 1930-31.
150 from Osgood Bradley and 50 150 from Osgood Bradley and 50 from Brill.from Brill.
Third Ave. Ry built larger quantities Third Ave. Ry built larger quantities in the company shops.in the company shops.
Osgood Bradley photo Worcester, MA c. 1930
6000 Canarsie Depot 1944
Tillary St. Loop built in 1944 on the site of the demolished Sands St.
Elevated Terminal
Flatbush Ave. at Glenwood Road February 8, 1947
Flatbush Ave. at Glenwood Road February 8, 1947
Flatbush Ave. Livingston Curve Elimination November 18, 1947
Livingston Street at Flatbush Ave.
Livingston & Flatbush
Flatbush Ave. at Nostrand Ave. February 8, 1947
Flatbush Ave. passing Kings County Savings Bank
Church Ave. Line
6004 Putnam Ave. Line December 20, 1943
6006 on Putnam Ave. Line Washington St. and Myrtle Ave. July 20, 1943
6007 DeKalb Depot
6008 Adams turning into Willoughby September 26, 1947
6008 Nostrand Ave. Line
6010 Nostrand Ave at Lafayette St.
6010 Flatbush Ave. Ebbets Field Brooklyn 1950
6012 Flatbush Ave. at Bedford Ave. Brooklyn c.1950
6012 Flatbush Ave. at Avenue R
6013 Driggs at Manhattan Ave. Graham Ave. Line
6015 at Borough Hall - Crosstown Line
6018 Bedford & Driggs on Crosstown Line
6018 Broadway & Kent - Crosstown Line April 2, 1949
6021 Flatbush Ave. Grand Army Plaza C. 1950
6022-4109 on Graham Ave. at Messerole St. August 30, 1949
6157- 6024 Fulton St. at Rockwell 1941
6025 Navy St & Myrtle Ave. Crosstown Line
6027 Brooklyn Bridge Plaza September 14, 1946
6027 Putnam Line in snowstorm
6029 Willoughby, Adams & Fulton St. Crosstown Line April 21, 1946
6030 -1049 Livingston St. Putnam Line June 9, 1947
6033 Fulton St. at Hanover taken from Flatbush Ave. El Station c 1939
6033 on Myrtle at Court St
6034 Livingston at Hanover St. June 9, 1947
6035 on Church Ave. headed towards Flatbush Ave.
6037 Flatbush at Empire Blvd.
6037 Williamsburg Bridge
6038-6044 Fresh Pond Depot Yard November 16, 1941
6038 DeKalb Shop
6038 Fulton St. at Greene Ave. Gates Ave. line
6039 Wycoff Ave. at Halsey St.
6041 Fulton St. at Lafayette Ave. Putnam Line
6042 Flatbush Ave. between 7th & 8th Aves. Ad for ’47 Caddy!
6042 on Putnam at Fulton St.
6042 Tilden St. and Nostrand Ave.
6044 Fulton and Smith Streets
6044 on Court Street November 11, 1947
6045 on Putnam Line, Myrtle Ave. at Washington. This was the only car painted in the World’s Fair bus scheme (same as PCCs?).
6046 Lafayette & St. Felix Streets Putnam Line
6046 on Putnam Line- Weirfield St. about to turn left on Cypress.
6047 on Horace Harding Blvd. Worlds Fair Line Flushing Ridgewood c. 1939
6051 Tillary St. Loop Putnam Line
6052- 8490 Tillary St. Loop Flatbush Ave. Line
6052 on Fulton Street
Palmetto St. Flushing Ridgewood Line July 4, 1947
6055 Park Row Manhattan Flushing Line November 24, 1946
6058 Eastern Parkway October 13, 1946
6059-1069 Grand Army Plaza
6060 Smith St. Line - 9th St. at 8th Ave. August 1936
6062 Tillary St. Loop Fort Hamilton Line
6062 Richards St. Brooklyn Battery Tunnel
6064 on prw Fresh Pond Road Flushing Ridgewood Line
6064 Flushing Ridgewood Line
6069 Nostrand Ave. prw
6069 at LIRR Station Atlantic Ave. Flatbush Ave. Line June 12, 1947
6074 Flatbush at Farragut Road October 31, 1943
6076 Lawrence St Crosstown Line
6077
6077 DeKalb Shop
6080 Jay St. & Willoughby 1940s
6080 Leaving Canarsie Depot
6084 Hamilton Ave. & Richards St. c. 1941 15th St. Line
6086 Livingston Street June 9, 1947
6087 Flatbush Depot Ave. N and Utica Ave.
6094 Nostrand Ave. at Ave. U February 15, 1944
6096 9th Ave. Depot December 6, 1943
6099 Union at Fifth December 10, 1943
End of 6000-6099End of 6000-6099