Talk : List of streetcar lines in Manhattan/Consolidation
New York City Railway , originally Interurban Street Railway ; name changed February 10 , 1904 ; transferred to receivers August 1 , 1908 ; reorganized as New York Railways December 1911
Metropolitan Street Railway , formed December 12 , 1893 by merger (owned by MTCo); leased to ISRy February 14 , 1902
Broadway Railway , bought by MTCo October 1890; merged into MSRy December 12 , 1893
South Ferry Railroad , originally South Ferry Railway ; sold February 29 , 1888 ; transferred March 11 , 1889 to new company bought by MTCo January 3 , 1889 ; merged into MSRy December 12 , 1893
Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad , originally Avenue C Railroad ; sold May 26 , 1874 ; transferred June 9 , 1874 ; bought by MTCo June 1886; merged into MSRy December 12 , 1893
Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad , bought by MTCo June 1886; leased to HWS&PFRR May 13 , 1890
Chambers Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad , bought by MTCo June 1886; merged into HWS&PFRR January 31 , 1891
Sixth Avenue Railroad , leased to HWS&PFRR February 1 , 1892 (not owned by MTCo)
Ninth Avenue Railroad , leased to HWS&PFRR March 12 , 1892 (not owned by MTCo)
Twenty-third Street Railway , bought by MTCo March 1890; leased to HWS&PFRR April 25 , 1893
Lexington Avenue and Pavonia Ferry Railroad , bought by MTCo May 1893; merged into MSRy May 28 , 1894
Metropolitan Crosstown Railway , bought by MTCo March 1891; merged into MSRy May 28 , 1894
Fulton Street Railroad , originally North and East River Railroad ; transferred November 1 , 1895 to new company bought by MTCo October 1895; operating agreement February 19 , 1896 ; abandoned June 1 , 1908
Columbus and Ninth Avenue Railroad , bought by MTCo May 1893; merged into MSRy November 12 , 1895
New York and Harlem Railroad City Line , leased to MSRy June 11 , 1896
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad , originally Twenty-eighth and Thirtieth Street Railroad ; changed to Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Street Railroad September 25 , 1885 ; sold September 30 , 1896 ; bought by MTCo October 1896; canceled October 1 , 1908 ; sold January 4 , 1912 and reorganized as Mid-Crosstown Railway ; sold to 3ARy
Eighth Avenue Railroad , leased to MSRy November 23 , 1895
Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway , owned by MTCo with an operating agreement December 21 , 1896
Second Avenue Railroad , leased to MSRy January 28 , 1898
Fort George and Eleventh Avenue Railroad , owned by MSRy since its creation on November 21 , 1898 ; franchise granted December 5 , 1899 for the Boulevard (Broadway) from 130th Street to 182nd Street (later 175th Street?) and along 145th Street from Broadway to the new power house (146th Street and Lenox Avenue, presumably), operating agreement November 1 , 1905
Third Avenue Railroad , leased to MSRy April 13 , 1900 ; separated January 6 , 1908 ; sold March 1 , 1910 and reorganized as Third Avenue Railway
Central Crosstown Railroad , leased to MSRy February 8 , 1904
Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad , Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad , and Chambers Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad , June 1886
South Ferry Railroad , March 1889
Twenty-third Street Railway and Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad , March 1890
Broadway Railway , October 1890
Metropolitan Crosstown Railway , March 1891
Sixth Avenue Railroad , February 1892
Ninth Avenue Railroad , March 1892
Central Park, North and East River Railroad , October 1892
Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad , March 1893
Thirty-fourth Street Ferry and Eleventh Avenue Railroad , April 1893
Lexington Avenue and Pavonia Ferry Railroad , May 1893
Columbus and Ninth Avenue Railroad , May 1893
Fulton Street Railroad , November 1895
Eighth Avenue Railroad , November 1895
Eighth Avenue Line
Combinations:
extended to South Ferry, moved to West Broadway, using South Ferry Railway, Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad, Metropolitan Crosstown Railway, Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad, Central Park, North and East River Railroad (West Broadway between Vesey and Fulton)
Canal Street Crosstown Line
New York and Harlem Railroad City Line , June 1896
Twenty-eighth and Twenty-ninth Streets Crosstown Railroad , October 1896
Second Avenue Railroad , January 1898
Third Avenue Railroad , One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Street Railroad , Forty-Second Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railroad , Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad , and Kingsbridge Railway , April 1900
Broadway Branch Line , Kingsbridge Line , Avenue D Line , Avenue B Line , Third Avenue Line , Third and Amsterdam Avenues Line , Tenth Avenue Branch Line , Grand Street Line , 42nd Street Crosstown Line , 110th Street Crosstown Line , 125th Street Crosstown Line
Combinations: Broadway Branch Line extended south, Seventh Avenue and Fort Lee Ferry Line , Sixth and Amsterdam Avenues Line extended
Central Crosstown Railroad and Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad , February 1904
Stayed with New York Railways
Sixth Avenue Railroad , February 1 , 1892 lease remained
Broadway and Seventh Avenue Railroad , May 13 , 1890 lease remained
Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad , January 10 , 1876 lease to the Twenty-third Street Railway remained
Christopher and Tenth Street Railroad , April 26 , 1890 lease to Central Crosstown Railroad remained
Central Crosstown Railroad , owned majority of stock
Twenty-third Street Railway , April 25 , 1893 lease remained
Thirty-fourth Street Crosstown Railway , owned the entire stock; December 21 , 1896 operating agreement remained
Forty-second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad , April 6 , 1893 lease remained
Fort George and Eleventh Avenue Railroad , owned the entire stock
Bridge Operating Company , owned half of the stock
Brooklyn and North River Railroad , owned one-quarter of the stock
Third Avenue Railway
Eighth and Ninth Avenues Railway
Other independent companies
Abandoned