MISSION & VISION

Electric battery-powered, zero emission trolley service as a local hop-on-hop-off transit solution for underserved communities. An historic opportunity to bring back Brooklyn's trolleys as a visitor attraction in support of all local businesses.

DUMBO TO RED HOOK

A clean transit Capital Reconstruction Project to incorporate replaced trolley tracks for a local transit route linking Dumbo, Brooklyn Bridge Park and Red Hook.

From the pool of surviving vintage cars these “new-old" trolleys retain refurbished components, fixtures and fittings, trucks and woodwork, with new climate control, WIFI, and ADA compliant.

HERITAGE TOLLEYS

Single-Truck, Semi-Convertible Enclosed Trolley

Length: 30 feet • Width: 8.5 feet • Height: 13 feet

Weight: 24,400 lbs • Max Speed: 30 mph • Seating: 24 seated, 22 standees

BROOKLYN TROLLEY DODGERS

Trolley cars were the basic public transportation in Brooklyn for much of the last century. Indeed, the Brooklyn Dodgers were originally the Brooklyn Trolley Dodgers, so named for Brooklynites leaping aside from oncoming trolley cars.

The first urban light rail system began operations in New York City in 1832—two years before Brooklyn was incorporated into a city itself—as a small, boxy car pulled by horses over rails embedded in the street.

By the late 1880's electric generator and motor technology was a viable power source for streetcars, and in 1890 the City of Brooklyn opened the Coney Island Avenue line. Beginning in the 1920's, however, the trolley companies (all privately owned) began to be challenged by expanding automobile ownership.​

In the 1930's the Presidents' Conference Committee (PCC) was formed to solve the problems of urban transit but unfortunately, the progress in streetcar technology came too late to save New York City's trolley lines. On October 31, 1956, the last three trolley lines in Brooklyn ended their run.

WELCOME ABOARD

Today, as we face the problems of energy conservation, air and ground pollution, and traffic congestion, numerous municipalities that retained their trolley systems are now looking to expand them, while others have found funding to build anew.​

Help us bring back the only working trolleys in New York City and create a new clean transit and visitor attraction in Brooklyn. Ding-ding!

SAY HELLO