List of bus routes in Brooklyn

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates a number of bus routes in Brooklyn, New York, United States; one minor route is privately-operated under a city franchise. Many of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Brooklyn); the ones that started out as bus routes were almost all operated by the Brooklyn Bus Corporation, a subsidiary of the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, until the New York City Board of Transportation took over on June 5, 1940. Of the 54 local Brooklyn routes operated by the New York City Transit Authority, roughly 35 are the direct descendants of one or more streetcar lines, and most of the others were introduced in full or in part as new bus routes by the 1930s.

This table gives details for the routes prefixed with "B" - in other words, those considered to run primarily in Brooklyn by the MTA. For details on routes with other prefixes, see the following articles:

Route Terminals Major streets History Notes
Operated by NYCTA
Bay Ridge Kingsborough Community College Bay Ridge Avenue, 13th Avenue, 86th Street, and Brighton Beach Avenue Sheepshead Bay-area bus began April 1919 by Plum Beach Auto Stage
Bay Ridge Avenue Line streetcar until May 15, 1949
Bay Ridge Avenue and 86th Street portions were B34 until 1978
Midwood Kings Plaza Shopping Center Avenue R Began 1922 by Kings Coach Company
Bath Beach Bergen Beach Avenue U Began 1922 by Kings Coach Company
Bay Ridge Sheepshead Bay Bay Ridge Parkway, 86th Street, Neptune Avenue, and Emmons Avenue Began September 28, 1931 by BMT
Emmons Avenue portion was B21 until 1978
Bath Beach East New York Bay Parkway, Avenue J, Avenue H, Flatlands Avenue, and Cozine Avenue Bay Parkway bus began August 24, 1931 by BMT
Cozine Avenue bus began July 1, 1968 by NYCTA as the B84		 Both local and limited-stop service
Midwood or Flatlands Bedford-Stuyvesant Kings Highway, Saratoga Avenue and Thomas S Boyland Street (ex-Hopkinson Avenue) Began June 29, 1930 by BMT
Bay Ridge Brookdale Hospital, Brownsville 18th Avenue, Foster Avenue and Avenue D Began October 22, 1925 by Queens Bus Lines
Bay Ridge Kings Plaza Shopping Center 60th Street, Avenue M, and Flatbush Avenue Began October 28, 1931 by BMT
Brooklyn Army Terminal, Sunset Park Flatbush 50th Street, 49th Street, and Avenue J Began September 21, 1931 by BMT
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Cypress Hills Clarkson Avenue, East New York Avenue, and Liberty Avenue Began November 23, 1931 by BMT
Gateway Center Mall, Spring Creek Williamsburg Crescent Street, Cypress Hills Street, Wyckoff Avenue, and Bushwick Avenue Crescent Street bus began October 25, 1921 by Independent Buses
Wyckoff Avenue bus began November 30, 1931 by BMT as the B18
B18 merged with this route in 2002		 Via Queens
Crown Heights Brooklyn General Mail Facility Pitkin Avenue and Sutter Avenue Began August 1925 by Eastern Parkway, Brownsville and East New York Transit Relief Association
B15
 Bedford-Stuyvesant Brooklyn General Mail Facility or JFK Airport, Queens Marcus Garvey Boulevard (ex-Sumner Avenue), Lewis Avenue, New Lots Avenue, and Conduit Avenue Sumner Avenue Line streetcar until July 20, 1947
New Lots Avenue Line streetcar until June 28, 1941
Became B10 before being renumbered B15
Fort Hamilton Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Fort Hamilton Parkway, 14th Avenue, 13th Avenue, and Caton Avenue Began October 28, 1931 by BMT
Canarsie Crown Heights Seaview Avenue and Remsen Avenue Began August 17, 1931 by BMT
Brooklyn General Mail Facility Ridgewood, Queens Linden Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue, Decatur Street, and Summerfield Street Began November 30, 1931 by BMT
B23
 Borough Park Flatbush 16th Avenue and Cortelyou Road Sixteenth Avenue Line streetcar until January 26, 1930
Cortelyou Road Line streetcar until July 23, 1930
B24
 Williamsburg Greenpoint Kingsland Avenue, Meeker Avenue, Kosciusko Bridge, and Greenpoint Avenue Calvary Cemetery Line (Greenpoint Avenue) streetcar until January 26, 1930
Meeker and Marcy Avenues Line streetcar until April 17, 1939		 Via Sunnyside, Queens
B25
 Fulton Landing East New York Fulton Street Fulton Street Line streetcar until August 10, 1941
B26
 Downtown Brooklyn Ridgewood, Queens Fulton Street, Putnam Avenue, and Halsey Street Putnam Avenue Line streetcar until February 5, 1950
Midwood Gerritsen Beach Gerritsen Avenue Began 1922 by Kings Coach Company
B35
 Sunset Park Brownsville 39th Street and Church Avenue Church Avenue Line streetcar until October 31, 1956 Both local and limited-stop service
B36
 Coney Island Sheepshead Bay Surf Avenue and Avenue Z Sea Gate Line streetcar until December 1, 1946
B37
 Fort Hamilton Downtown Brooklyn 3rd Avenue Third Avenue Line streetcar until March 1, 1942
B38
 Downtown Brooklyn Ridgewood, Queens Lafayette Avenue and DeKalb Avenue DeKalb Avenue Line streetcar until January 30, 1949
B39
 Lower East Side, Manhattan Williamsburg Delancey Street and Williamsburg Bridge Williamsburg Bridge Local streetcar until December 4, 1948
B41
 Bergen Beach or Kings Plaza Shopping Center Downtown Brooklyn Flatbush Avenue Flatbush Avenue Line streetcar until March 5, 1951 Both local and limited-stop service
B42
 Canarsie Pier Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway Rockaway Parkway Rockaway Parkway Line streetcar until April 29, 1951
B43
 Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Greenpoint Empire Boulevard, Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn Avenue, Throop Avenue, Tompkins Avenue, Graham Avenue, and Manhattan Avenue Tompkins Avenue Line streetcar until August 24, 1947
Graham Avenue Line streetcar until December 21, 1948
Combined from B47 and B62 on September 10, 1995[1]
B44
 Sheepshead Bay Williamsburg Nostrand Avenue, New York Avenue, Bedford Avenue, and Lee Avenue Nostrand Avenue Line streetcar until April 1, 1951 Both local and limited-stop service
B45
 Downtown Brooklyn Crown Heights Atlantic Avenue and St. Johns Place St. Johns Place Line streetcar until August 24, 1947
B46
 Kings Plaza Shopping Center Williamsburg Utica Avenue, Malcolm X Boulevard (ex-Reid Avenue), and Broadway Utica and Reid Avenues Line streetcar until March 18, 1951 Both local and limited-stop service
B47
 Kings Plaza Shopping Center Bedford-Stuyvesant Ralph Avenue and Broadway Ralph Avenue Line streetcar until November 1, 1943
Ralph and Rockaway Avenues Line streetcar until May 27, 1951
Created as a result of a merge of the B40 and B78 in 2002
B48
 Prospect-Lefferts Gardens Greenpoint Classon Avenue, Franklin Avenue, Lorimer Street, and Nassau Avenue Franklin Avenue Line streetcar until October 28, 1945
Lorimer Street Line streetcar until December 14, 1947
B49
 Kingsborough Community College Bedford-Stuyvesant Ocean Avenue, Rogers Avenue, and Bedford Avenue Ocean Avenue Line streetcar until April 29, 1951
B51
 Downtown Brooklyn Lower Manhattan Manhattan Bridge began November 13, 1929 by BMT, replacing Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line streetcar
Formerly B15
B52
 Downtown Brooklyn Ridgewood, Queens Greene Avenue and Gates Avenue Greene and Gates Avenues Line streetcar until October 5, 1941
B54
 Downtown Brooklyn Ridgewood, Queens Myrtle Avenue Myrtle Avenue Line streetcar until July 17, 1949
B57
 Downtown Brooklyn Maspeth, Queens Flushing Avenue Flushing Avenue Line streetcar until November 21, 1948
B60
 Canarsie Williamsburg Rockaway Avenue and Wilson Avenue Wilson Avenue Line streetcar until May 27, 1951
B61
 Red Hook Long Island City, Queens Van Brunt Street, Hicks Street, Park Avenue, Wythe Avenue, Bedford Avenue, Driggs Avenue, Manhattan Avenue, and Jackson Avenue Crosstown Line streetcar until January 27, 1951
B63
 Fort Hamilton Cobble Hill 5th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue Fifth Avenue Line streetcar until February 20, 1949
B64
 Bay Ridge Coney Island 86th Street, Bath Avenue, and Stillwell Avenue 86th Street Line streetcar until August 12, 1948
B65
 Downtown Brooklyn Crown Heights Bergen Street and Dean Street Bergen Street Line streetcar until July 20, 1947
B67
 Kensington Downtown Brooklyn McDonald Avenue and 7th Avenue Seventh Avenue Line streetcar until February 11, 1951
B68
 Coney Island Park Slope Brighton Beach Avenue and Coney Island Avenue Coney Island Avenue Line streetcar until November 30, 1955
B69
 Windsor Terrace Downtown Brooklyn Prospect Park West, 8th Avenue, and Vanderbilt Avenue Vanderbilt Avenue Line streetcar until August 20, 1950
B70
 Dyker Heights Sunset Park 7th Avenue, 8th Avenue, and 39th Street Eighth Avenue Line streetcar until May 15, 1949
B71
 Cobble Hill Crown Heights Union Street and Eastern Parkway Union Street Line streetcar until December 1, 1945
B74
 Sea Gate Coney Island Mermaid Avenue Norton's Point Line streetcar until November 7, 1948
B75
 Park Slope Downtown Brooklyn 9th Street, Smith Street, and Court Street Court Street Line streetcar until July 17, 1949
Smith Street Line streetcar until February 11, 1951
Red Hook Park Slope Lorraine Street and 9th Street Began August 27, 1936 by BMT
Coney Island Starrett City Cropsey Avenue, Bay Parkway, Kings Highway, Flatlands Avenue, and Pennsylvania Avenue Began August 29, 1924 by Queens Bus Lines
Combined from B5 and B50 on September 10, 1995[1]
Starrett City East New York Pennsylvania Avenue and Van Siclen Avenue Began September 27, 1966 by NYCTA
Operated by MTA Bus Company
Midwood Mill Basin Quentin Road, Fillmore Avenue, and 66th Street Began February 3, 1960 by Pioneer Bus Company; later operated by Command Bus Company until 2005
Canarsie Downtown Brooklyn East 80th Street, Avenue H, Flatbush Avenue, Prospect Expressway, 4th Avenue, and 3rd Avenue operated by Command Bus Company until 2005
Saturday service added in 2006		 Limited-stop service
Operated by Private Transportation Corporation
Borough Park Williamsburg Fort Hamilton Parkway, 49th Street, 50th Street, and Brooklyn-Queens Expressway Private express franchised route, authorized by NYCDOT[3]

[edit] Former routes

Note that the "B" prefix was not added until the mid-1970s,[citation needed] and, on December 11, 1988, some of the Brooklyn "B" routes primarily in Queens were redesignated as "Q" routes.[4]

Route Major streets History
B5 Kings Highway Now part of the B82
B10 Marcus Garvey Boulevard (ex-Sumner Avenue), Lewis Avenue, and New Lots Avenue Now part of the B15
B15 Manhattan Bridge became an extension of the B63; now the B51
B18 Metropolitan Avenue, Morgan Avenue, Wyckoff Avenue, and Cypress Avenue Now part of the B13
B19 Cypress Hills Street and Gates Avenue Now part of the B13
B19 Carlton Street and Adelphi Street
B21 Oriental Boulevard, Brighton Beach Avenue, Ocean Parkway, Avenue Z, and Emmons Avenue Now parts of the B1, B36, and B4
B22 Broadway and Atlantic Avenue Now the Q24
B29 Metropolitan Avenue, Kingsland Avenue, and Meeker Avenue Now part of the B24
B30 East Williamsburg, Meeker Avenue - Sunnyside, Queens, via Humboldt Street, Kingsland Avenue, Greenpoint Avenue, Review Avenue, and 48th Street discontinued circa 1995, due to lack of ridership
B33 Hamilton Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Parkside Avenue, and Ocean Avenue discontinued in early 1990s, due to lack of ridership
B34 Bay Ridge Avenue, 13th Avenue, and 86th Street Now part of the B1
B40 Broadway, Ralph Avenue, and Liberty Avenue Now part of the B47 on Ralph Avenue
B47 Empire Boulevard, Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn Avenue, Throop Avenue, Tompkins Avenue, and Division Avenue Now part of the B43 (other than on Division Avenue)
B50 Kings Highway, Flatlands Avenue Now part of the B82
B53 Grand Street and Metropolitan Avenue Now the Q54
B55 Myrtle Avenue Now the Q55
B56 Jamaica Avenue Now the Q56
B58 Fresh Pond Road, Grand Avenue, and Corona Avenue Now the Q58
B59 Grand Street and Grand Avenue Now the Q59
B62 Flushing Avenue and Graham Avenue Now part of the B43
B66
 Court Street[5] Now part of the B75
B72 Junction Boulevard Became the Q72 in 1961[citation needed]
B78 Ralph Avenue Now part of the B47
B82 Avenue U[5] Now part of the B3
B84 Flatlands Avenue and Cozine Avenue Now part of the B6
B88 "Culture Bus Loop II" in Manhattan and Brooklyn discontinued in the late 1970s
B86 86th Street and 4th Avenue - Manhattan Beach, Kingsborough Community College, via 86 Street and Brighton Beach Avenue Proposed route in the 1990s.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b New York Times, Coming Transit Reductions: What They Mean for You, August 20, 1995, section 13, page 10
  2. ^ New York City Department of City Planning, Greenpoint-Williamsburg Environmental Impact Statement, Chapter 17: Transit and Pedestrians, March 4, 2005
  3. ^ Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Signs Legislation Extending Franchises for Unsubsidized Buses (press release), June 30, 2004
  4. ^ New York Times, All Aboard...Somewhere...for Subway Changes!, December 12, 1988, seciton B, page 1
  5. ^ a b New York Board of Transportation, Report for the Three and One-half Years Ending June 30, 1949

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