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New Flyer Xcelsior XD60 (main vehicle) New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 (supplemental service) Began service: 1894 (Streetcar Line 31) April 1919 (B1) Ended service: August 12, 1948 (Streetcar Line 31) Route; Locale: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Communities served: Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach ...
Single-door bus used primarily on the routes BxM4C, 43, and 77. Also used occasionally on 10, 11 and shuttle loops. The Bee-Line Bus System, the bus system for Westchester County, operates a network of bus routes throughout Westchester County, serving destinations throughout much of the county and parts of The Bronx in New York City.
Between September 2009 and Q3 2011, a shuttle bus service, the B3K, ran between Gerritsen Avenue and the Kings Highway station to accommodate customers dispatched from the B and Q lines due to Phase II of the Brighton Line Station Rehabilitation project. [7] This service ran on weekdays via Avenue U and Ocean Avenue.
Guide-A-Ride is the bus stop information display for MTA Regional Bus Operations of New York City. It is a rectangular box attached to the bus stop pole that displays a route map and a schedule. Originally designed for MTA New York City Transit operations, it is also used for routes of the MTA Bus Company that were formerly privately operated. [1]
These eliminated the need for reversing trains but were separate from Friars walk. A new junction station with four platforms was constructed and opened on 1 November 1857, serving trains to Brighton, London, Uckfield, Newhaven, Eastbourne, and Hastings. To accommodate more platforms and reduce the tight curves, the station was rebuilt ...
The B2 designation was previously used for a bus route that began in 1922 by the Kings Coach Company that ran between Avenue U to the end of Barren Island where the Marine Parkway Bridge now began. In June 1936, the original B2 was renumbered the B32 (today’s Q35 ) as the current B2 began service in June 1936 under the Brooklyn-Manhattan ...
What is now the Franklin Avenue Line was part of the modern-day Brighton Beach Line until 1920, when the two lines were split north of Prospect Park. [2] [3] The Brooklyn, Flatbush, and Coney Island Railway (BF&CI), which built the Brighton Line, was incorporated in 1877 in order to connect Downtown Brooklyn with the hotels and resorts at Coney Island, Manhattan Beach, and Brighton Beach.
Although on the BMT Brighton Line, Seventh Avenue was built almost fifty years after the main segment of the line from Prospect Park to Brighton Beach opened in 1878. Prior to its opening, trains on the line used what is now the Franklin Avenue Shuttle and a connection to the elevated BMT Fulton Street Line on their way to the line's terminus at Fulton Ferry in Brooklyn or Park Row in Manhattan.