Bronze plaque № 51855
New York, NY, United States
Brooklyn City Railroad Company Building 8 Old Fulton Street This handsome red brick building was built in 1860-61 as offices for the Brooklyn Railroad Company, one of New York's first large-scale transit operators. By 1897, the company served 22 million passengers annually, operating twelve lines ra
diating from the Fulton Ferry Terminal. Designed in the Italianate style, the building's distinctive façades incorporate granite quoins and cast iron piers. The building served as a factory before its
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