Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation

Images are representative of the piece you will receive Over 75 years old Preferred stock 1930's and 1940's Issued, canceled Quayle & Son Machine printed signatures 12 1/8" (w) by 8 1/4" (h) NA Historical Context The Brooklyn & Queens Transit Corporation (a B.M.T. subsidiary) operated an extensive network of trolley and bus lines in Brooklyn and Queens, with the primary focal points being Flushing and Coney Island. Some of their more famous routes included the Hamilton Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Ocean Avenue and Sumner Avenue Lines.In 1929 the Electric Railway President's Conference Committee was formed under the direction of Dr. Thomas Conway. 28 operating companies and 25 manufacturers participated in the ERPCC. Their goal was to develop a replacement for the 74,000 streetcars then in service in the United States, of which 40,000 were over 20 years old.Field work was primarily carried out on the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corp. using several of t