Brooklyn Bridge trolleys Brooklyn Bridge trolleys From 1898 to 1950, various companies operated local trolley lines over the Brooklyn Bridge, taking passengers from many points in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, United States to the Park Row terminal in Lower Manhattan. These lines entered the bridge roadway from Fulton Street or Sands Street in Downtown Brooklyn, some of them using elevated trackage at the Sands Street elevated railway station. Initially, all lines reached the bridge by way of the Brooklyn Heights Railroad's Graham Avenue Line tracks in Sands Street. Cars could enter Sands Street to the west at Fulton Street (many Brooklyn
Culture of Brooklyn the borough, flocking to world-class cinemas like BAM. After Radio City Music Hall, Brooklyn Technical High School houses the second largest auditorium in New York City with seating capacity of over 3,000. Brooklyn has been the setting for a variety of television shows, including the 1950s era "Honeymooners" starring Jackie Gleason, and the 1970s sitcom, "Welcome Back, Kotter", starring Gabe Kaplan. In the 1980s, "The Cosby Show" was set in a Brooklyn Heights brownstone. In the 1990s, "Brooklyn Bridge" (about a Jewish American family living in Brooklyn in the middle 1950s) starring Marion Ross aired on CBS. There are a