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On January 28, 1951, the line was replaced with bus service, designated "B-61", [3] [27] between Greenpoint and Red Hook (the later terminal labeled as "Erie Basin"). [ 3 ] [ 28 ] In February 1960, the Transit Authority rerouted the bus route between Clinton Hill and Downtown Brooklyn, from Myrtle Avenue onto Park Avenue, due to traffic congestion.
X- routes are operated by New York City Transit, while BM-routes are operated by MTA Bus Company. All routes operate nonstop between Brooklyn and Manhattan via the Gowanus Expressway or Prospect Expressway to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, with some routes continuing non-stop via the FDR Drive to reach Midtown.
New bus route created on August 31, 2014, to provide north–south service along Manhattan's west side. [80] M14A M14D (M14) New York City Omnibus Corporation bus route (M17 - 14) replaced New York Railways' 14th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 20, 1936.
Routes in the following tables are operated by New York City Transit, except the B100 and B103 routes which are operated by MTA Bus Company. All routes operate local service only except the B6, B35, B38, B41, B49, and B103 which also have limited-stop service, as well as the B44, B46, and B82, which also have Select Bus Service.
Bus service numbered the B63 replaced streetcar service on February 20, 1949. [14] In February 2011, the B63 became the first bus route in Brooklyn to test the tracking real time arrival system called MTA Bus Time. [15] [16] The pilot program was implemented after similar technology had been tested on the M16 and M34 buses in Manhattan during ...
On January 2, 2011, a branch of the Bx4 called the Bx4A was created to run via Metropolitan and Tremont Avenues to replace service on the western part of the Bx14 route, which was discontinued on June 27, 2010, due to budget cuts. [7] [8] In 2018, the MTA released its Fast Forward Plan, aimed at speeding up mass transit services. [9]
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Express bus service began along the corridor on August 2, 1971, as the Q18X, as the first New York City Transit express service between Queens and Manhattan. [38] The route was renumbered the X18 in 1976, before being renumbered to its current designation, the X68, on April 15, 1990.