For generations the trolley rivaled the subway as a means of transportation in and around New York City. When Warren Nelson came home from the war in Europe his first job back in the civilian world was as a trolley driver. When the city made the transition to buses, Warren became a city bus driver. Years later Bobby Nelson joined the corps of city bus drivers, a vital part of the city transportation system.
The trolley was such an integral part of city life that the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team was so named to honor the “trolley dodgers,” the civilian population that had to keep a vigil for the many trolleys rolling about the city streets.
This particular video shows footage of Brooklyn trolley runs primarily along Fifth Avenue at Flatbush Avenue, Bergen Street, and Ninth Street. The title notes the time period as circa 1938, however, there are late 1940’s cars in the film. In particular, at 3:20 into the video a 1947 Studebaker is shown coming into view on the right, following the trolley.
The trolley was such an integral part of city life that the Brooklyn Dodgers baseball team was so named to honor the “trolley dodgers,” the civilian population that had to keep a vigil for the many trolleys rolling about the city streets.
This particular video shows footage of Brooklyn trolley runs primarily along Fifth Avenue at Flatbush Avenue, Bergen Street, and Ninth Street. The title notes the time period as circa 1938, however, there are late 1940’s cars in the film. In particular, at 3:20 into the video a 1947 Studebaker is shown coming into view on the right, following the trolley.
On his summer run to work at the Schrafft’s 912 Flatbush Avenue store, Gene Nelson rode the last trolley route in Brooklyn in the summer of 1957.
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