The Grand Street and Newtown Railroad was a street railway company in the U.S. state of New York. The company operated two lines - the Grand Street Line from Williamsburg to Elmhurst and the Meeker Avenue Line from Williamsburg to West Maspeth.Brooklyn Daily Eagle, One More Line - To Be Added to the City Railroad's List, April 7, 1890, page 6
The company was chartered in 1859. The Brooklyn City Rail Road leased it on May 1, 1890.Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Ratified the Lease, April 28, 1890, page 6Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Takes Possession of the New Lines, May 1, 1890, page 6
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