The following

streetcar A tram (called a streetcar or trolley in North America) is a rail vehicle that travels on tramway tracks on public urban streets; some include segments on segregated right-of-way. The tramlines or networks operated as public transport a ...

lines once operated in

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The Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation concentrated on

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, but had some lines into Queens. Only the ones that significantly entered Queens are shown here; see

list of streetcar lines in Brooklyn The following streetcar lines once operated in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States. History The history of surface line operation in Brooklyn is long and very complicated, and is best presented under one of the following sub-article ...

for the others (mainly into Ridgewood).

Long Island Electric

The

Long Island Electric Railway The Long Island Electric Railway was a streetcar company operating in Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau County, New York, United States between 1894 and 1926. The company was partially owned by the Long Island Consolidated Electric Companies, a holdin ...

operated lines in eastern Queens until 1926. These lines were later operated by Jamaica Central Railways, until the company reorganized as

Jamaica Buses Jamaica Buses, Inc., also known as Jamaica Bus Lines or the Jamaica Bus Company, was a bus company in New York City, United States, operating local service in Queens and express service to Manhattan until January 30, 2006, when the MTA Bus Compa ...

, with bus service replacing trolley service in 1933.

Manhattan and Queens Traction

The Manhattan and Queens Traction Company was originally part of the

South Shore Traction Company The Manhattan and Queens Traction Company, also known as the Manahttan and Queens Transit Company, was a streetcar company operating in Manhattan and Queens County, New York between 1913 and 1937. History The Manhattan and Queens Traction Comp ...

based in

Sayville, New York Sayville is a hamlet (place), hamlet and census-designated place in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Located on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island in the Township of Islip, New York, Islip, the population of the CDP w ...

, which planned to build lines throughout Central and Western Suffolk, as well as Nassau and Queens County, before selling off its only lines to the

Suffolk Traction Company The Suffolk Traction Company is a former streetcar system in Suffolk County, New York. It operated primarily between Patchogue and Holtsville, but also included a route that served Blue Point, Bayport, and Sayville. It was opened in 1909 and ...

, and moving to New York City. Before reorganizing itself as M&QT, it operated a line across the

Queensboro Bridge The Queensboro Bridge, officially named the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, is a cantilever bridge over the East River in New York City. Completed in 1909, it connects the neighborhood of Long Island City in the borough of Queens with the Upper Ea ...

from

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to Long Island City until April 1937.

New York and Long Island Traction

The

New York and Long Island Traction Company The New York and Long Island Traction Company was a street railway company in Queens and Nassau County, New York, United States. It was partially owned by a holding company for the Long Island Rail Road and partially by the Interborough Rap ...

operated east to Freeport, Hempstead, and Mineola in Nassau County.

New York and Queens County

The

New York and Queens County Railway Queens Surface Corporation was a bus company in New York City, United States, operating local service in Queens and the Bronx and express service between Queens and Manhattan until February 27, 2005, when the MTA Bus Company took over the ...

operated in northern Queens. In 1932 it was reorganized as the New York and Queens Transit Corporation, and ended trolley service as it evolved into the Queens-Nassau Transit Lines in 1937.

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The Steinway Railway operated in northwestern Queens. In the Fall of 1939 the company was renamed as Steinway Omnibus and began operating bus lines over former trolley lines and in 1959 changed their name again to Steinway Transit.

Ocean Electric

The Ocean Electric Railway operated on The Rockaways.

New York and North Shore Traction

The

New York and North Shore Traction Company The North Shore Bus Company operated public buses in Queens, New York City. It was established in 1920 as the successor to the New York and North Shore Traction Company trolley system, and operated until 1947 when it went bankrupt, and its operati ...

operated from northeastern Queens east into Nassau County. By 1920, the company converted itself into the

North Shore Bus Company The North Shore Bus Company operated public buses in Queens, New York City. It was established in 1920 as the successor to the New York and North Shore Traction Company trolley system, and operated until 1947 when it went bankrupt, and its operat ...

References

* Williams Map and Guide Company
Map of the borough of Queens
1923

* The New York and Queens County Railway AND The Steinway Lines 1867-1939, Vincent F. Seyfried, 1950

an
Francis J. Goldsmith, Jr. Brooklyn El and Trolley Pages
(The JoeKorNer: Brooklyn Trolleys) * , Edition of June 30, 2003 *Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island by Stephen L. Meyers (2006). {{DEFAULTSORT:Streetcar lines in Queens

Queens, New York-related lists

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