How We Got to Coney Island - The Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County

How We Got to Coney Island is the definitive history of mass transportation in Brooklyn. Covering 150 years of extraordinary growth, Cudahy tells the complete story of the trolleys, street cars, steamboats, and railways that helped create New York's largest borough---and the remarkable system that grew to connect the world's most famous seaside resort with Brooklyn, New York City across the river, and, ultimately, the rest of the world. Includes tables, charts, photographs, and maps.

About the author

Brian J. Cudahy's books include Around Manhattan Island: And Other Maritime Tales of New York and A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways (both Fordham). He lives in Bluffton, SC.

Summary

Transportation historian Brian Cudahy shows how a unique blend of enterprises emerged in the final years of the 19th century to connect Coney Island with the independent municipality of Brooklyn, with New York City and, ultimately, with the rest of the world.

Product details

• Authors: Brian J. Cudahy
• Publisher: Fordham University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2002
• EAN: 9780823222094
• ISBN: 978-0-8232-2209-4
• No. of pages: 390
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 21 mm
• Weight: 563 g
• Subjects: Guides > Motor vehicles, aircraft, ships, space travel > General, dictionaries, handbooks; Non-fiction book > History > Regional and national histories