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On September 17, 1954, the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) approved a plan to cut Brooklyn bus service by 10%, including the elimination of B54 service between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. to cut costs. [22] Free transfers would have been provided between the B53 and B57 to make up for the loss of evening and overnight B54 service.
Of the 55 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. Only the B32, the eastern section of the B82 (then the B50), the B83, and the B84 were created by New ...
Following the success of MTA Bus Time on the B63, the program was expanded to all bus routes in the city. [18] On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. [19] [20] As part of the redesign, the B63 would maintain its existing routing, but closely spaced stops would be eliminated. [21]
The B47 is a surface transit line on Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City. Once a streetcar line, [5] it is now part of the B47 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority, Prior to 1995, it was the B78 route; the northern part of the route from St. Johns Place to Woodhull Hospital was part of the B40 line. The B47 was created ...
MTA Regional Bus Operations: Operator: New York City Transit Authority: Garage: East New York Depot: Vehicle: New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 OBI Orion VII NG HEV: Route; Locale: Brooklyn, New York, U.S. Communities served: East New York, Ocean Hill, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn ...
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 Transit Corporation. [8] On June 1, 1940, the City took over the B2 and all other BMT operations. Bus service was temporarily extended to Mill Basin to serve former Pioneer Bus Company riders.
On June 27, 2010, due to budget cuts, the B37 bus was discontinued and the B70 bus was rerouted from 7th Avenue to 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. When the B37 bus was restored in June 29, 2014, the B70 bus was rerouted back from 3rd Avenue to 7th Avenue in Bay Ridge. [5] On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network.
The B11 began service on September 21, 1931 under the operation of Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit, which was sold to the city on June 1, 1940. It originally ran between the Brooklyn Army Terminal and 18th Avenue. On November 12, 1978, daytime service was extended to the Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway station using the B6 route east of Coney Island Avenue.