Identifier: trolleyexploring00chil (find matches)
Title: Trolley exploring : an electric railroad guide to historic & picturesque places about New York, New Jersey, and New England
Year: 1904 (1900s)
Authors: Childe, Cromwell
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Publisher: Brooklyn, N.Y. : Brooklyn Daily Eagle
Contributing Library: Columbia University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: The Durst Organization

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e, shaded by superb old trees. Thereare fine views of New York Bay and the Narrows. FortHamilton, the terminus, is 8.J- miles from New York City Hall. The old Fort is one of the most interesting of American fortifi-cations. It is a somewhat ancient stone fortress, strengthened withmodern earthworks. Its military reservation contains 96 acres.Opposite it, out in the Lower Bay, is Fort Lafayette, usedfor political prisoners during the Civil War; of late years a placefor storing explosives. ROUTE 16. To Coney Island from Second avenueand Thirty-ninth street, by way of BathBeach, Bensonhurst and Ulmer Park. Over perhaps the most delightfully built-up section of Brooklynssuburbs, the car passes through Dyker Meadow, BathBeach and BensorvKvirst. At Ulmer Park (Vnionville) here is one of the most extensive of metropolitan summer resorts,r^iis is another 5-cent ride from New York, and may also be reached>y way of Thirty-ninth Street ferry (Whitehall street, New York)erriage extra, 5 cents.
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KINO MANOR, JAMAICA. 34 Trolley Exploring. NOTE.—In taking these Long Island routes the trolley travelershould remember that there are frequently many and diverseways of reaching the starting points given here. He can best learnjust what these are, in each case, by making careful inquiries ofconductors and transfer agents. Many a 5-cent piece can besaved in this way. This is the case in all trolley riding, butespecially in the heart of Brooklyn, where the lines are many andcriss-cross constantly. It should also be remembered that theBrooklyn Elevated railroads are invaluable for reaching thesuburbs quickly* andy in many instances, transfers are issuedand there is no extra fare to pay. ROUTE 17. To Coney Island from T^ird avenueand Sixty-fifth street, through Kings High-way and Gravesend. The old Sea Beach line, 51 minutes from New York City Hall.A 10-cent fare. The open country until Kings Highway isreached. The line passes through Gravesend, of historic note. Gravesend was establis

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