How We Got to Coney Island
Brian J. Cudahy
- A
- 150-year
- history
- of
- the
- planning,
- construction,
- and
- development
- of
- all
- forms
- of
- mass
- transportation
- in
- Brooklyn,
- New
- York.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.Praise
- for
- How
- We
- Got
- to
- Coney
- Island“This
- is
- an
- example
- of
- a
- familiar
- and
- decidedly
- old-fashioned
- genre
- of
- transport
- history.
- It
- is
- primarily
- an
- examination
- of
- the
- business
- politics
- of
- railway
- development
- and
- amalgamation
- in
- Brooklyn
- and
- adjoining
- districts
- since
- the
- mid-nineteenth
- century.”
- —The
- Journal
- of
- Transport History
