Wilson Avenue Line

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The Wilson Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mostly along Rockaway Avenue and Wilson Avenue between Canarsie and Williamsburg. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B60 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

[edit] History

The line was built after 1897^[1] by the Nassau Electric Railroad to gain access to Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Bridge into Manhattan. The line began at Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway on the Canarsie Line and ran north and west along Rockaway Parkway, Rockaway Avenue, Cooper Street, Wilson Avenue, Morgan Avenue, Johnson Avenue, and Broadway to the bridge. Later, eastbound traffic from the bridge was rerouted to use the Bushwick Avenue Line (South 4th Street, Meserole Street, and Bushwick Avenue) to the crossing of Bushwick and Johnson Avenues, and westbound Bushwick Avenue cars were moved to the Wilson Avenue Line. Buses were substituted for streetcars on May 27, 1951.

[edit] References

1. ^ Rand McNally, Brooklyn and vicinity, 1897 Atlas of the World