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Billiard Room -- Crosstown Club House.

Men in uniform playing billiards in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit's Crosstown Clubhouse billiard room.

1906

Brooklyn Rapid Transit Crosstown Depot/Clubhouse

Billiard Room -- Crosstown Club House.

Men in uniform playing billiards in the Brooklyn Rapid Transit's Crosstown Clubhouse billiard room.

IMAGE DATE1906
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The Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company's Clubhouse was located on Manhattan Avenue in Clay Street.

The Electric Railway Review of 1903 reported of its opening on Tuesday, July 7th. The building cost a sum of $40,000 and included the headquarters for the BRT's Benefit Association, who at the time had over three thousand members. The clubhouse portion of the facility provided access for any employee of the train company to 200 lockers, four pool tables, four bowling lanes, and a sizeable library. For the two dollars a year, employees could also be instructed on a variety of subjects. Evening courses ranged from foundational classes such as penmanship, literature, music, and arithmetic, or on topics closely related to their trade like electricity and mechanical drawing. Students of these classes had additional admission to the clubhouse gym and bathing facilities. Companies at the turn of the century would provide amenities of this sort to keep their workforces happy.

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