(This article is about the Metropolitan Street Railway in New York City. For the similarly named company in Kansas City, Missouri, see Metropolitan Street Railway (Kansas City, Missouri).) The Metropolitan Street Railway was a street railway company in the U.S state of New York. It should be noted that although the official name was "Metropolitan Street Railway," it has been described in a number of places as "Metropolitan Street Railroad." It owned and operated a system in Manhattan. It later leased the following companies: