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[KevinKorell]

From New York Newsday, 8/9/03:

Clang, clang, clunk went the Brooklyn trolley.

A year after the borough toasted a plan to roll street cars on the Red Hook waterfront, the projectis dead, halted by red ink and legal controversy.

The full story is here.

[Sloan]

 

 

Brooklyn considers a waterfront streetcar

For years, developers have been drawn to the Brooklyn and Queens waterfront, enticed by its skyline views and proximity to Manhattan.

But while the waterfront has decent subway connections to Manhattan, the paucity of north-west transportation connecting Astoria to, say, Red Hook, has long been a source of frustration. The G train alone just doesn’t cut it.

http://www.capitalne...front-streetcar