Yates Avenue and Flatbush Railroad Company (Brooklyn, NY) Stock Certificate

Description

Product Details
Nicely engraved antique stock certificate from the Yates Avenue and Flatbush Railroad Company dating back to the 1880's. This document measures approximately 8 1/2" (w) by 5" (h).
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Historical Context
The
was organized in 1881 to build a branch of the Broadway Railroad, beginning at Broadway and Yates Avenue (present-day Marcus Garvey Boulevard) in Bedford–Stuyvesant, continuing south on Yates to Fulton Street, then east on Fulton, where it ran over the Brooklyn City Rail Road's Fulton Street Line to Troy Avenue, and continued south on Troy to end at Bergen Street.
The Broadway Railroad leased the line on December 31, 1881. The Brooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad, owned by the Long Island Traction Company (later the
or BRT), leased the Broadway Railroad in early 1894, and the line was electrified in late October.
After the
, which owned the Bergen Street Line, was leased to the Brooklyn Heights Railroad (another BRT property) in 1899, Sumner Avenue cars were extended south/east along the Bergen Street, Saint Johns Place, and Ralph Avenue lines to Brownsville and west along the Bergen Street Line to Hamilton Ferry in Red Hook. The BRT would become the
(BMT) in 1923.