The BCRR leased the Bushwick Railroad on July 27, 1888. On October 18, 1888, the court ruled that the BCRR had no right to operate over the Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad trackage on Manhattan Avenue, gained through an 1875 agreement between the Bushwick and Crosstown Railroads.
The BCRR gained control of the Bushwick Railroad on July 27, 1888. A court ruling on October 18, 1888, established that the BCRR did not have permission to operate trains over the Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad's tracks on Manhattan Avenue, which was secured through a 1875 agreement between the two railroads.