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Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company
Brooklyn Rapid Transit logo on a
1907 Brooklyn Union Elevated car
Service
TypeRapid transit and Streetcar
History
Opened1896; 128 years ago (1896)
Closed1923; 101 years ago (1923)
(acquisition by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation)
Technical
Track gauge4 ft 8+12 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Minimum radius?

The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) was a public transit holding company formed in 1896 to acquire and consolidate railway lines in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States. It was a prominent corporation and industry leader using the single-letter symbol B on the New York Stock Exchange.

It operated both passenger and freight services on its rail rapid transit, elevated and subway network, making it unique among the three companies which built and operated subway lines in New York City. It became insolvent in 1919. It was restructured and released from bankruptcy as the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation in 1923.

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