Facilities
Other than its main facility located along Kent Avenue between North 3rd and North 9th Streets (and eventually expanding to North 12th Street in the 1960s), the BEDT had other facilities located at:
- Pidgeon Street, Long Island City, Queens, NY; 1906 to 1977/1978;
- Warren Street, Jersey City, NJ; 1910 to approximately 1928.
- Queensboro Terminal, Long Island City, Queens, NY; 1914–1928?;
- Wallabout Terminal, Brooklyn, NY; 1935-1941 – absorbed into BNY operations;
- Greenville Yard, Jersey City, NJ; 1976–1978; BEDT leased this yard and carfloating rights from Conrail after 1976, and a Conrail locomotive would be leased to perform switcihng duties at Greenville. Carfloating service was provided to New York Dock and BEDT's own bridge traffic. This yard was used by BEDT from 1978 until the merger with New York Dock, in which the combines BEDT/New York Dock continued operations.
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