Flatbush Bus Depot
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The Flatbush Bus Depot is located in the neighborhood of Flatlands in the borough of Brooklyn. It is at Fillmore Avenue between East 49th Street & Utica Avenue and not far from the Kings Plaza Shopping Center, where most of its routes terminate. The Flatbush Bus Depot is part of the Brooklyn Division of bus depots in MTA New York City Transit buses.
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[edit] Types of Buses
Flatbush Depot runs only 40-foot long, 102 inch-wide, wheelchair accessible RTS buses.
[edit] Active fleet
| Year | Manufacturer | Numbers | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | TMC | 8152, 8160, 8168, 8172, 8182, 8190, 8193, 8195-8197, 8199, 8321, 8324, 8334, 8337-8338, 8345-8346 | 18 |
| 1993 | TMC | 8401-8439, 8441, 8443, 8444, 8447-8450, 8453, 8455-8457, 8460 | 51 |
| 1998 | Nova Bus | 9382-9472, 9611-9616, 9618-9619, 9622, 9647-9659, 9666-9675, 9677-9699 | 146 |
| 1999 | Nova Bus | 5056-5124, 5141, 5170 | 71 |
| Total | 284 | ||
Flatbush Depot has four training buses: 5080, 5084, 9618, and 9655.
[edit] Museum fleet
| Bus Type | Bus Number(s) |
|---|---|
| 1970 GMC New Look T6H-5305A (remanufactured 1985) | 5227 (originally delivered as 4401) |
[edit] Bus routes served by the Flatbush Bus Depot
All services unless otherwise noted runs all times. Services are colored as they appear on the Brooklyn Bus Map.
| Route Name | Terminal A | Streets Traveled | Terminal B | Hours |
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| B2 | Midwood: Kings Highway   station |
Avenue R | Flatlands: Kings Plaza | 5AM-1AM |
| B31 | Midwood: Kings Highway station |
Gerritsen Avenue | Gerritsen Beach: Lois Avenue & Gerritsen Avenue | All Times |
| B41/B41 Limited | Downtown Brooklyn: Cadman Plaza | Flatbush Avenue | Flatlands: Kings Plaza Bergen Beach: Veterans Avenue & East 71st Street |
Local Service: All Times Limited Service 6:16 AM-8:40 PM weekdays; 10 AM to 9 PM Saturdays (to Kings Plaza only); 11 AM-6:30 PM (to Kings Plaza only) |
| B44/B44 Limited | Williamsburg: Flushing Avenue & Bedford/Nostrand Avenue Williamsburg Bridge Plaza |
Nostrand Avenue New York Avenue Bedford Avenue |
Sheepshead Bay: Avenue U & Nostrand Avenue Sheepshead Bay: Knapp Street & Emmons Avenue |
Local Service: All Times Limited Service: 6 AM to 9:30 PM daily When Limited Service is running, local service only runs between Avenue U and Flushing Avenue |
| B46/B46 Limited | Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bedford-Stuyvesant: DeKalb Avenue & Malcolm X Boulevard |
Malcolm X Boulevard Utica Avenue Broadway |
Flatlands: Kings Plaza | Local Service: All Times Limited Service: 5:30 AM-10:30 PM weekdays and Saturdays; 8 AM to 10:30 PM Sundays |
| B47 | Bedford-Stuyvesant: Woodhull Hospital (Flushing Avenue   station |
Broadway Ralph Avenue |
Flatlands: Kings Plaza | All Times |
| B49/B49 Limited | Bedford-Stuyvesant: Franklin Avenue   station |
Ocean Avenue Bedford and Rogers Avenues |
Manhattan Beach: Kingsborough Community College | Local Service: 4:06AM-2:14AM Sporadic late night weekend service south of Avenue S Limited service to Kingsborough CC: 6:47 AM-7:01 AM weekdays only |
[edit] See also
- MTA New York City Transit buses
- MTA Bus Company
- Brooklyn Division
- Bus models used in New York City Transit
[edit] External links
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| MaBSTOA garages | Bronx Division: Gun Hill • Kingsbridge • Mother Clara Hale • West Farms Manhattan Division: 100th Street • Manhattanville • Michael J. Quill |
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| MTA Bus garages | Baisley Park • College Point • Eastchester • Far Rockaway • John F. Kennedy • LaGuardia • Spring Creek • Yonkers | |
| NYC Transit Authority Garages | Brooklyn Division: East New York • Flatbush • Fresh Pond • Jackie Gleason • Ulmer Park Manhattan Division: 126th Street Queens Division: Casey Stengel • Jamaica • Queens Village Staten Island Division: Castleton • Yukon |
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| NYC Transit Central Maintenance Facilities | East New York • Zerega Avenue | |
| Other Information | Bus models • MetroCard • Other NYC transit | |
