I Love Red Hook, Post 2 of 2 - Relics of Brooklyn's Streetcar Past
Along the waterfront at the end of Van Brunt St. in Red Hook, Brooklyn sit these two abandoned streetcars, the end result of an attempt by one loyal trolley advocate to revive the long dead transportation method. As many as 1,800 trolleys once operated in Brooklyn, their ubiquity contributing to the name of the borough's now defunct baseball team, the Brooklyn Dodgers (Brooklynites were known as "trolley-dodgers").
These two were collected by the aforementioned trolley advocate as a means of preserving what he sees as a proud cultural heritage and are on display for all to see. They look really cool at dusk with the light of sunset beaming through all the rusted, seafoam green parts.
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