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Bay Ridge Branch

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The Bay Ridge Branch is a rail line owned by the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) and operated by the New York and Atlantic Railway in New York City. [1]

48 relations: Atlantic Branch, Bay Ridge, Brooklyn, Borough Park, Brooklyn, Brooklyn, Car float, Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel, CSX Transportation, Culver Line (surface), East New York station, East New York, Brooklyn, Evergreen Branch, Fresh Pond station, Glendale, Queens, Glossary of rail transport terms, Gothamist, Government of New York City, Greenpoint, Brooklyn, Greenville Yard, Greenville, Jersey City, Hell Gate Bridge, Hunts Point, Bronx, Interstate Commerce Commission, Kibibyte, Long Island Rail Road, Manhattan Beach Branch, Montauk Branch, Myrtle Avenue station (LIRR), New Utrecht, Brooklyn, New York and Atlantic Railway, New York City, New York City Department of City Planning, New York City Subway, New York Connecting Railroad, New York New Jersey Rail, New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway, Queens, Rail freight transport, Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island, Railway electrification system, Réseau Express Régional, Regional Plan Association, Single-track railway, The Bronx, Upper New York Bay, West End Line (Brooklyn surface), Yankee Stadium, 65th Street Yard.

Atlantic Branch

The Atlantic Branch is an electrified rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.

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Bay Ridge, Brooklyn

Bay Ridge is a neighborhood in the southwest corner of the New York City borough of Brooklyn.

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Borough Park, Brooklyn

Borough Park (also spelled Boro Park) is a neighborhood in the southwestern part of the borough of Brooklyn, in New York City, United States.

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Brooklyn

Brooklyn is the most populous borough of New York City, with a census-estimated 2,648,771 residents in 2017.

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Car float

A railroad car float or rail barge is an unpowered barge with rail tracks mounted on its deck.

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Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel

The Cross-Harbor Rail Tunnel (also known as the Cross Harbor Rail Freight Tunnel) is a proposed freight rail transport tunnel under Upper New York Bay in the Port of New York and New Jersey between northeastern New Jersey and Long Island, including southern and eastern New York City.

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CSX Transportation

CSX Transportation is a Class I railroad operating in the eastern United States and the Canadian provinces of Ontario and Quebec.

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Culver Line (surface)

The Culver Line, Gravesend Avenue Line, or McDonald Avenue Line was a surface public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along McDonald Avenue and built by the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad.

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East New York station

East New York is a station on the Long Island Rail Road's Atlantic Branch in East New York, Brooklyn, where that branch passes through the historic Jamaica Pass.

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East New York, Brooklyn

East New York is a residential neighborhood in the eastern section of the borough of Brooklyn in New York City, United States.

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Evergreen Branch

The Evergreen Branch was a branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR) that ran in Brooklyn and part of Queens in New York City.

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Fresh Pond station

Fresh Pond (formerly known as Bushwick Junction) was a Long Island Rail Road station along the Lower Montauk Branch, located on an open cut near Fresh Pond Road and Metropolitan Avenue in Fresh Pond, Queens.

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Glendale, Queens

Glendale is a middle class neighborhood in the west-central portion of the New York City borough of Queens.

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Glossary of rail transport terms

Rail terminology is a form of technical terminology.

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Gothamist

Gothamist LLC was the operator, or in some cases franchisor, of 8 city-centric websites that focused on news, events, food, culture, and other local coverage.

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Government of New York City

The government of New York City, headquartered at New York City Hall in Lower Manhattan, is organized under the New York City Charter and provides for a "strong" mayor-council system.

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Greenpoint, Brooklyn

Greenpoint is the northernmost neighborhood in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Greenville Yard

Greenville Yard is a freight rail yard in the Port of New York and New Jersey.

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Greenville, Jersey City

Greenville is a neighborhood of Jersey City in Hudson County, New Jersey, United States.

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Hell Gate Bridge

The Hell Gate Bridge, originally the New York Connecting Railroad Bridge or The East River Arch Bridge, is a steel through arch railroad bridge in New York City.

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Hunts Point, Bronx

Hunts Point is a neighborhood located on a peninsula in the South Bronx of New York City.

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Interstate Commerce Commission

The Interstate Commerce Commission (ICC) was a regulatory agency in the United States created by the Interstate Commerce Act of 1887.

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Kibibyte

The kibibyte is a multiple of the unit byte for quantities of digital information.

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Long Island Rail Road

The Long Island Rail Road, legally known as the Long Island Rail Road Company and often abbreviated as the LIRR, is a commuter rail system in the southeastern part of the U.S. state of New York, stretching from Manhattan to the eastern tip of Suffolk County on Long Island.

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Manhattan Beach Branch

The Manhattan Beach Branch, Manhattan Beach Line, or Manhattan Beach Division was a line of the Long Island Rail Road, running from Fresh Pond, Queens, south to Manhattan Beach, Brooklyn, New York City, United States.

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Montauk Branch

The Montauk Branch is a rail line owned and operated by the Long Island Rail Road in the U.S. state of New York.

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Myrtle Avenue station (LIRR)

Myrtle Avenue was a train station along the Evergreen Branch of the Long Island Rail Road.

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New Utrecht, Brooklyn

New Utrecht was established in 1652 by colonists from the Netherlands in Western Long Island, what is today Bensonhurst, Brooklyn, New York, United States.

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New York and Atlantic Railway

The New York and Atlantic Railway (NY&A) is a short line railroad formed in 1997 to provide freight service over the tracks of the Long Island Rail Road, a public commuter rail agency which had decided to privatize its freight operations.

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New York City

The City of New York, often called New York City (NYC) or simply New York, is the most populous city in the United States.

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New York City Department of City Planning

The Department of City Planning (DCP) is the department of the government of New York City responsible for setting the framework of city's physical and socioeconomic planning.

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New York City Subway

The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system owned by the City of New York and leased to the New York City Transit Authority, a subsidiary agency of the state-run Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

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New York Connecting Railroad

The New York Connecting Railroad or NYCR is a rail line in the borough of Queens in New York City.

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New York New Jersey Rail

New York New Jersey Rail, LLC is a switching and terminal railroad that operates the only car float operation across Upper New York Bay between Jersey City, New Jersey and Brooklyn, New York.

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New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad, commonly known as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in northeastern United States from 1872 to 1968, dominating the region's rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century.

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Proposed expansion of the New York City Subway

Since the opening of the original New York City Subway line in 1904, and throughout the subway's history, various official and planning agencies have proposed numerous extensions to the subway system.

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Queens

Queens is the easternmost and largest in area of the five boroughs of New York City.

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Rail freight transport

Rail freight transport is the use of railroads and trains to transport cargo as opposed to human passengers.

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Rail freight transportation in New York City and Long Island

From the start of railroading in America through the first half of the 20th century, New York City and Long Island were major areas for rail freight transportation, but their location, across the Hudson River from northeastern New Jersey, and thus most of the United States, has always posed problems for rail traffic.

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Railway electrification system

A railway electrification system supplies electric power to railway trains and trams without an on-board prime mover or local fuel supply.

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Réseau Express Régional

The Réseau Express Régional (Regional Express Network), commonly abbreviated RER, is a hybrid suburban commuter/rapid transit system serving Paris, France and its suburbs.

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Regional Plan Association

The Regional Plan Association of the United States is an independent, not-for-profit regional planning organization, founded in 1922, that focuses on recommendations to improve the quality of life and economic competitiveness of a 31-county New York–New Jersey–Connecticut region in the New York metropolitan area.

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Single-track railway

A single-track railway is a railway where trains traveling in both directions share the same track.

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The Bronx

The Bronx is the northernmost of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Upper New York Bay

Upper New York Bay, or Upper Bay, is the traditional heart of the Port of New York and New Jersey, and often called New York Harbor.

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West End Line (Brooklyn surface)

The West End Line or New Utrecht Avenue Line was a surface transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along New Utrecht Avenue and other streets between Coney Island and Sunset Park.

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Yankee Stadium

Yankee Stadium is a stadium located in the Concourse neighborhood of the Bronx in New York City.

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65th Street Yard

The 65th Street Yard, also Bay Ridge Rail Yard, is a rail yard on the Upper New York Bay in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

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Bay Ridge Branch (LIRR), Bay Ridge Branch (Long Island Rail Road).

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bay_Ridge_Branch

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