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((Short description|Railroad in New York City))
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 | caption     = South Brooklyn Railway junction, under Exit 23 of the [[Gowanus Expressway]]
 | type        = Freight rail
 | system      = None; connected to [[New York City Subway]]
 | status      = Operating
 | locale      = [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn|Sunset Park]], [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]]
 | start       = [[South Brooklyn Marine Terminal]] (west)
 | end         = [[36th–38th Street Yard]] (east)
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 | operator    = [[New York City Transit Authority]]
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The '''South Brooklyn Railway''' ((Reporting mark|SBK)) is a [[railroad]] in the [[New York City]] borough of [[Brooklyn]]. It is owned by the [[government of New York City]] and operated by the [[New York City Transit Authority]]. Its original main line ran parallel to 38th Street from the [[Upper New York Bay]] to [[McDonald Avenue]], and south on McDonald Avenue to the [[Coney Island Yards]], mostly underneath the former [[Culver Shuttle]] and the [[IND Culver Line]] of the [[New York City Subway]].

Parts of the original line still exist. The section between the [[BMT West End Line]]'s [[Ninth Avenue (BMT West End Line)|Ninth Avenue]] station and its interchange yard at Second Avenue and 39th Street is still open. The section under the IND Culver Line has been paved over. Today, it runs only from the [[36th–38th Street Yard]] in the east to the [[South Brooklyn Marine Terminal]] in the west.

==Private operation==
((Stack|
[[File:John Wolfe Ambrose's Brooklyn Terminal at 39th Street Ferry.jpg|275px|thumb|1893 photo of the 39th Street Brooklyn Ferry Terminal owned by SBR&T.]]
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The South Brooklyn Railroad and Terminal Company was incorporated September 30, 1887 to build from the end of the [[Brooklyn, Bath and West End Railroad]] (West End Line) at 38th Street and 9th Avenue northwest to the foot of 38th Street, and was leased to the BB&WE,  allowing BB&WE trains to run to the 39th Street Ferry.<ref>((cite web|title=SBRT information|url=http://arrts-arrchives.com/sbrt.html|access-date=October 5, 2016))</ref> The land purchases were completed in 1892, and the South Brooklyn Railway & Terminal Company built a terminal station and freight house at Third Avenue.<ref name=trainweb/> The company was not a "railroad" in the strictest sense, as it did not own any rail vehicles, but instead owned several city blocks to lease to other railroads that wished to connect to the ferry terminal at 39th Street.<ref name=trainweb>((cite web|url=http://www.trainweb.org/bedt/indloco/sbr.html|title=South Brooklyn Railway|work=trainweb.org))</ref>

The Prospect Park and South Brooklyn Railroad connected the [[Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad]] (Culver Line) to the South Brooklyn Railroad in 1890, and the latter was bought by the [[Long Island Rail Road]] in 1893. The LIRR obtained the South Brooklyn Railway & Terminal Company lease on the land in 1897 and used steam powered locomotives.<ref name=trainweb/> As these locomotives could not be used for freight operations, the line was electrified in 1899; however, the LIRR occasionally ran steam-powered special trains to the Brooklyn Jockey Club Racetrack at [[Kings Highway (Brooklyn)|Kings Highway]] and [[Ocean Parkway (Brooklyn)|Ocean Parkway]].<ref name=trainweb/> After foreclosure of the South Brooklyn Railroad & Terminal Company in December 1899, the company was reorganized as the South Brooklyn Railway on January 13, 1900.<ref name=trainweb/><ref name="NYTransitCommissionReport-Jan1922">((cite book|title=State of New York Transit Commission: First Annual Report (April 21, 1921-December 31, 1921)|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=T1tLAQAAMAAJ&pg=PA425|access-date=25 July 2016|date=January 9, 1922|publisher=J.B. Lyon Company))</ref>

The [[Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company]] acquired the railway on August 31, 1902,<ref name="NYTransitCommissionReport-Jan1922"/> but the LIRR still ran the trains until 1903 or 1905.<ref name=trainweb/> After the cessation of LIRR operations, the BRT started passenger service and transferred freight service to a subsidiary, [[Brooklyn Heights Railroad]], which provided freight service with three locomotives, with a fourth delivered in 1907. It carried mail for the [[U.S. Post Office Department]], as well as lumber, cement, sand, stone, ashes, pipe, marble for headstones, and granite for curbstones.<ref name=trainweb/>

At its greatest extent, the line ran along Second Avenue, then merged with the [[BMT West End Line]] from [[Fourth Avenue (Brooklyn)|Fourth Avenue]] to the [[Ninth Avenue (BMT West End Line)|Ninth Avenue]] station. From there, it ran at street level under the [[BMT Culver Line]] down McDonald Avenue to Avenue X.<ref name=fny>((cite web|url=http://forgotten-ny.com/2001/05/i-cover-the-waterfront-brooklyns-waterfront-railroads/|title=I COVER THE WATERFRONT. Brooklyn's waterfront railroads|work=forgotten-ny.com|date=5 May 2001))</ref>

[[File:5 Av Culver portal jeh.JPG|thumb|left|250px|Another view of SBK merge with [[BMT West End Line]]]]

On February 28, 1907, the South Brooklyn Railway and the Brooklyn Heights Railroad were split from each other, but both were still owned by the BRT. The South Brooklyn Railway was a separate subsidiary company that carried both passengers and freight, to avoid the BRT from being operated under [[Interstate Commerce Commission]] regulations. The Brooklyn Heights Railroad leased the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad, which included the Prospect Park and South Brooklyn Railroad, giving it a line to Coney Island.<ref name=trainweb/>

In 1909, the South Brooklyn Railway was granted a request by the Public Services Commission to discontinue the use of the Third Avenue freight yard and station, on the Prospect Park and Coney Island Railroad's property. The freight house, which was leased from the LIRR, was deteriorating, and the South Brooklyn Railway did not want to build a new one on LIRR property, instead preferring to build a replacement on the property of the [[New York and Sea Beach Railroad]], using Sea Beach trackage to access the new terminal. The South Brooklyn Railway bought another locomotive.<ref name=trainweb/> In 1913, all of the BRT's lines were reorganized, and all ownership of freight operations was transferred to the South Brooklyn Railway.<ref name=trainweb/>

The location of the South Brooklyn Railway helped in the construction of new BRT subway and elevated lines in Brooklyn, as materials could be brought in via its trackage. A temporary connection at 38th Street and Fourth Avenue allowed South Brooklyn Railway equipment to enter the [[BMT Fourth Avenue Line]] construction site.<ref name=trainweb/> In June 1922, the South Brooklyn Railway bought much of the LIRR-owned Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad. By 1923, the Prospect Park & Coney Island Railroad and the New York & Coney Island Railroad were merged into the South Brooklyn Railway. The BRT filed bankruptcy that year and was reorganized into the [[Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation]], which still operated the South Brooklyn Railway.<ref name=trainweb/>

== City operation ==
[[File:38st 2av yard jeh.jpg|thumb|right|250px|Second Avenue interchange yard]]
The South Brooklyn Railway, along with the other non-[[rapid transit]] properties of the BMT, was transferred to the [[New York City Board of Transportation]] on June 1, 1940.<ref name="PRRC 1940">((cite web|url= http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1940%20Aug%2004.wd.pdf |title=PRR Chronology, 1940 ))&nbsp;((small|(35.3&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]))), August 2004 Edition</ref> That year, freight traffic went up significantly due to the start of [[World War II]]. The South Brooklyn Railway also got some trucks to deliver incoming freight directly to customers. In 1946, after the war, South Brooklyn Railway purchased two [[Geo D. Whitcomb Company#Whitcomb Locomotive Company|Whitcomb]] ex-[[United States Army|U.S. Army]] diesel locomotives.<ref name=trainweb/>

Operations were transferred to the [[New York City Transit Authority]] on June 15, 1953.<ref name="PRRC 1953">((cite web|url= http://www.prrths.com/Hagley/PRR1953%20Dec%2004.pdf |title=PRR Chronology, 1953 ))&nbsp;((small|(48.7&nbsp;[[Kibibyte|KiB]]))), December 2004 Edition</ref> Passenger service on McDonald Avenue ended on October 31, 1958, and thereafter the South Brooklyn Railway started using the surface trackage solely for freight.<ref name=trainweb/> In 1960, two more diesel electric locomotives were bought. On December 27, 1961, the line was de-electrified, due to the high cost of refurbishing the [[Overhead catenary|overhead trolley wire]]. Electric locomotives #4, 5, 6, and 7, which had [[third rail]] [[Contact shoe|conduction shoes]], were given to the NYCTA for subway and elevated operation.<ref name=trainweb/>

The switches at Kensington Junction were locked so that the branch was completely separated up to the Ninth Avenue & 20th Street Depot, which thereby became an unneeded facility because passenger streetcar operation had ended. At the same time, freight usage of the South Brooklyn Railway declined because of the increasing use of [[semi-trailer truck]]s. The McDonald Avenue trackage was no longer in use by 1978, and paved over by 1991.<ref name=trainweb/> After the closure of the McDonald Avenue tracks, the South Brooklyn Railway's freight operations were moved from the Second Avenue yard to the [[36th–38th Street Yard]], where it still operates.<ref name=fny/> In 1994, the last non-NYCTA customer on the line closed; the South Brooklyn Railway was then used almost exclusively for subway connections to the LIRR [[Bay Ridge Branch]] via the [[South Brooklyn Marine Terminal]], [[Bush Terminal]], and [[Industry City]].<ref name=trainweb/>

== Current status ==
[[File:R156 locomotive delivered to MTA.jpg|thumb|left|250px|The primary function of the South Brooklyn Railway is the occasional delivery of new rolling stock for the subway, such as this [[MP 8AC-3|R156]] work locomotive.]]
The South Brooklyn Railway provides one of only two track connections between the [[New York City Subway]] and the rest of the American rail network. During the 1988 and 1999 reconstruction of the subway tracks on the [[Williamsburg Bridge]], this connection allowed trains from the ((NYCS|J/Z)), ((NYCS|L)) and ((NYCS|M)) services, which were otherwise isolated during that period, to travel to [[Coney Island Complex|Coney Island Yard]] for major work. At the other mainline rail connection at the [[Linden Shops]], subway trains traveled via the [[Bay Ridge Branch]] of the [[Long Island Rail Road]] to the [[Brooklyn Army Terminal]]. From there, the at-grade [[New York Cross Harbor Railroad]] brought the cars up to the interchange yard at Second Avenue, where the South Brooklyn Railway took them to Coney Island Yard via the [[BMT West End Line]].<ref name=fny/><ref>[http://www.oldnyc.com/crossharbor_rr/sbrw/sbrw_1.html Cross Harbor] oldnyc.com</ref>

The South Brooklyn Railway has two locomotives, N1 and N2, a pair of [[GE Transportation Systems|GE]] 47T Diesels. They can also be used on the subway when not needed for the SBK.<ref name=trainweb/>

A refurbishment of the interchange with [[New York New Jersey Rail, LLC]] at the [[South Brooklyn Marine Terminal]] Second Avenue Yard was completed in May 2012. A new ramp was installed at the 38th Street Yard at Fourth Avenue to allow receipt of new [[MP 8AC-3|R156]] locomotives and other [[New York City Subway rolling stock|subway rolling stock]] that were delivered on flat cars.<ref>((cite web|url=http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/sbr.html|title=South Brooklyn Railway|work=trainweb.com))</ref>

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== Locomotive roster==
{| class="wikitable"
!Unit No.
!Model of locomotive
|-
|SBK N1
|rowspan="2"|GE 47T switcher
|-
|SBK N2
|-
|SBK 5
|rowspan="3"|[[Steeplecab]]
|-
|SBK 6
|-
|SBK 7
|-
|SBK 9
|65-ton Whitcomb
|-
|SBK 12
|rowspan="2"|[[GE 70-ton switcher]]
|-
|SBK 13
|-
|SBK 9425
|[[Boxcab]]
|-
|colspan="2"|<ref>((Cite web|url=http://www.rrpicturearchives.net/locoList.aspx?id=SBK|title = SBK - South Brooklyn Railway Company Locomotive Roster - Railroad Picture Archives.NET))</ref>
|}

== References ==
((reflist))

== External links ==
* [http://members.trainweb.com/bedt/indloco/sbr.html South Brooklyn Railway] Industrial, Offline Terminal Railroads and Rail-Marine Operations of Brooklyn, Queens, Staten Island, Bronx & Manhattan
* [http://www.oldnyc.com/crossharbor_rr/sbrw/sbrw_1.html Cross Harbor] oldnyc.com
* [http://forgotten-ny.com/2001/05/i-cover-the-waterfront-brooklyns-waterfront-railroads/ Brooklyn’s waterfront railroads] at [[Forgotten NY]]
* [http://arrts-arrchives.com/sbrt.html Arrt's Arrchives: South Brooklyn Railway]

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