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TheBrooklyn, Queens County and Suburban Railroad (BQC&S) was astreet railway company inBrooklyn andQueens,New York,United States. It originated as a horsecar line until it was acquired by theLong Island Traction Company on November 24, 1893 and convert it into a subsidiary.[1] The railroad was electrified in 1894.[2]
Under the supervision of LITC, the BQC&S was placed in charge of other trolley lines which were also acquired by the LITC. These lines included theYates Avenue and Flatbush Railroad and the extension of theCypress Hills Line from 1883,Brooklyn, Bushwick and Queens County Railroad andRalph Avenue Line from 1885, theNorth Second Street and Middle Village Railroad in 1870: along Metropolitan Avenue, the 1869 establishedGrand Street Ferry and Middle Village Railroad, the 1864 established Metropolitan Railroad along North 6th Street and Bushwick Avenue, the 1890-builtJamaica and Brooklyn Railroad bought in 1894, which included theJamaica, Woodhaven and Brooklyn Railway,East New York and Jamaica Railroad,Jamaica and Brooklyn Plank Road,Long Island Electric Company (not to be confused with theLong Island Electric Railway), and theJamaica and Woodhaven Plank Road. The railroad also built theBergen Street Trolley Coach Depot,[3] which today is the New York City Transit Sign Shop.
As with the rest of the LITC, it was acquired by theBrooklyn Rapid Transit Company on July 1, 1898.[4]
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