Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation

E278718
defunct company public transit operator rapid transit company

The Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation was a major early 20th-century New York City rapid transit company that operated subways and elevated lines in Brooklyn and Manhattan before being absorbed into the city’s unified transit system.

Try in SPARQL Jump to: Surface forms Statements Referenced by

All labels observed (4)

Label Occurrences
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation canonical 34
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit 1
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf defunct company ⓘ
public transit operator ⓘ
rapid transit company ⓘ
absorbedBy New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York
absorbedInto unified New York City transit system ⓘ
alsoKnownAs BMT ⓘ
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit
competedWith Independent Subway System (IND) ⓘ
surface form: Independent Subway System

Interborough Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
country United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
dateFormed 1923 ⓘ
dissolved 1940 ⓘ
endDate 1940 ⓘ
fareSystem flat fare ⓘ
formedFrom Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company reorganization ⓘ
historicalEra early 20th century ⓘ
industry public transportation ⓘ
locatedIn New York City ⓘ
networkType dual-contract private operator ⓘ
notableStructure Chambers Street subway station ⓘ
surface form: BMT Chambers Street station complex
operatedInBorough Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
operatedInCity New York City ⓘ
operatedLine BMT Brighton Line ⓘ
BMT Broadway Line ⓘ
BMT Canarsie Line ⓘ
BMT Culver Line (elevated portion) ⓘ
BMT Fourth Avenue Line ⓘ
BMT Franklin Avenue Line ⓘ
surface form: BMT Franklin Avenue Shuttle (precursor line)

Brooklyn Elevated Railroad ⓘ
surface form: BMT Fulton Street elevated

BMT Jamaica Line ⓘ
BMT Lexington Avenue elevated ⓘ
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line ⓘ
BMT Nassau Street Line ⓘ
BMT Sea Beach Line ⓘ
BMT West End Line ⓘ
operatedMode elevated railway ⓘ
subway ⓘ
ownership privately owned ⓘ
partOfSystem New York City Subway ⓘ
predecessor Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company ⓘ
region Northeastern United States ⓘ
regulatoryContext Dual Contracts ⓘ
serviceArea Brooklyn ⓘ
Manhattan ⓘ
Queens ⓘ
serviceType rapid transit ⓘ
successor New York City ⓘ
surface form: City of New York

Board of Transportation of the City of New York ⓘ
surface form: New York City Board of Transportation

Referenced by (37)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

BMT Jamaica Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Jamaica Line → historicalAffiliation → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Peter Witt streetcar → operator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Nassau Street Line → historicalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Jamaica Line → historicalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Division → operatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Division → historicallyOperatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brighton Express → operatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT 2 (Fourth Avenue Local) → operatedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Montague Street Tunnel → builtBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Myrtle Avenue Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Fourth Avenue Line → successorTo → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Liberty Avenue elevated → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → reorganizedAs → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company → predecessorOf → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Canarsie Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Sea Beach Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Astoria Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Fourth Avenue Line → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
New York City Subway N train → successorOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT lines → hasOrigin → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT lines → historicalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
New York City Subway City Hall–Broadway station (R,W) → openedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: City Hall–Broadway station
Queensboro Plaza → laterServedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station → partOfSystem → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
168th Street (BMT Jamaica Line) station → formerOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Flushing Avenue station (BMT Jamaica Line) → openedBy → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation → alsoKnownAs → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit
Prince Street station → laterOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Culver Line (historical BMT operation) → operator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: BMT Culver Line
BMT Culver Line (historical BMT operation) → partOf → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
subject surface form: BMT Culver Line
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit system
MTA New York City Transit Subdivision B → historicalOrigin → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT West End Line → laterOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
IND/BMT Division → includesFormerSystem → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
BMT Franklin Avenue Line → historicalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Astoria Boulevard station → originalOperator → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
Broadway–Lexington Avenue route (historical planning name) → associatedWith → Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation ⓘ
this entity surface form: Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT)