[Fulton Street, near Boerum Place, Brooklyn, NY]
Fulton Street, near Court St in front of Borough Hall, Brooklyn, NY. View of passengers boarding the first of two new buses for Brooklyn; the second is bus # 5379. These buses replaced the Putnam Avenue Line streetcars on February 5, 1950. Also shows the Tivoli Theater across Fulton Street; the marquee reads "Betty Hutton & Fred Astaire 'Let's Dance' & 'Dark City'." All the buildings in this view will be demolished in the next ten years for the Brooklyn Civic Center Project.
New York Transit MuseumFulton Street, near Boerum Place, ca. 1950.
Passengers are boarding the first of two new buses for Brooklyn. These buses replaced the Putnam Avenue Line streetcars on February 5, 1950. The Putnam Avenue Line began as a horsecar route in 1874 and became an electric trolley line in 1893. The streetcars were replaced briefly with buses in 1941 only to be returned to trolley service a year later in 1942, in an effort to save rubber, gas, and oil during the Second World War. In 1950, the B26 buses permanently replaced the trolleys.
Visible across the street is the Tivoli Theater; the marquee reads "Betty Hutton & Fred Astaire 'Let's Dance' & 'Dark City'." All of the buildings in this view would be demolished in the next ten years for the Brooklyn Civic Center Project.
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