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Map of the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y., and vicinity showing the street railway system controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co

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Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division

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Maps of New York City and State

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Title
Map of the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y., and vicinity showing the street railway system controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co
Names
Street Railway Journal (Cartographer)
Street Railway Journal (Issuing body)
Collection

Maps of New York City and State

New York City

Brooklyn

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1903 (Inferred)
Place: New York, N.Y.
Publisher: Street Railway Journal
Library locations
Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
Shelf locator: Map Div. 14-1309 [Filed with N.Y.C. Rapid Transit [1910] as originally cataloged in the NYPL Dictionary catalog of the Map Division]
Topics
Brooklyn (New York, N.Y.)
Railroads, Elevated -- New York (State) -- New York
Trolley cars -- New York (State) -- New York
Queens (New York, N.Y.)
Genres
Maps
Notes
Content: Map is oriented with north at lower left corner.
Content: Includes radial distances from Brooklyn Bridge in miles.
Content: Shows surface lines, elevated lines and private rights of way in Brooklyn and Queens.
Content: "Street Railway Journal."
Content: Scale not given (W 74°02ʹ51ʺ--W 73°50ʹ10ʺ/N 40°48ʹ00ʺ--N 40°34ʹ01ʺ).
Physical Description
Extent: 1 map : color ; 27 x 43 cm
Type of Resource
Cartographic
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 897934210
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b20495295
Barcode: 33433087457317
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): a51f7de0-379e-013b-80a1-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1903: Issued
  • 2022: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y., and vicinity showing the street railway system controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1903. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c745e730-d2a9-012f-5ecc-58d385a7bbd0

Chicago/Turabian Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. "Map of the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y., and vicinity showing the street railway system controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 25, 2024. https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c745e730-d2a9-012f-5ecc-58d385a7bbd0

APA Format

Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division, The New York Public Library. (1903). Map of the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y., and vicinity showing the street railway system controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co Retrieved from https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c745e730-d2a9-012f-5ecc-58d385a7bbd0

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<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://qa-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/c745e730-d2a9-012f-5ecc-58d385a7bbd0 | title= (cartographic) Map of the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y., and vicinity showing the street railway system controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co, (1903) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=November 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Map of the borough of Brooklyn, N.Y., and vicinity showing the street railway system controlled by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Co