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The
Metropolitan Transportation Authority
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(MTA) operates a number of
bus
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routes in
Brooklyn
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,
New York,
United States
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; one minor route is privately operated under a city
franchise
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. Many of them are the direct descendants of
streetcar
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lines (see
list of streetcar lines in Brooklyn
The following streetcar lines once operated in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, United States.
History
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); 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
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, until the
New York City Board of Transportation
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took over on June 5, 1940. Of the 55 local Brooklyn routes operated by the
New York City Transit Authority
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, 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 York City Transit from scratch, in 1978, 1966, and 2013, respectively.
List of routes
This table gives details for the routes prefixed with "B" - in other words, those considered to run primarily in
Brooklyn
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by the MTA. For details on routes with other prefixes, see the following articles:
*
List of bus routes in Queens
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Queens, New York, United States, under two different public brands. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines ...
:
Q7,
Q8,
Q24,
Q35,
Q54,
Q55,
Q56,
Q58,
Q59
*
List of bus routes in Staten Island
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Staten Island, New York, United States. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Staten Island). Many routes run ...
:
S53,
S79 Select Bus Service,
S93
*
List of express bus routes in New York City
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates 80 express bus routes in New York City, United States. Generally, express routes operated by MTA Bus Company are assigned multi-borough (BM, BxM, QM, SIM) prefixes. Exceptions to this rule ...
:
BM1,
BM2,
BM3,
BM4,
BM5,
X27,
X28,
X37,
X38
Service operation is generally defined as:
* Weekday rush hours: 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM – 8 PM
* Midday service: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
* Evening service: 8 PM – Midnight
* Overnight service: Midnight – 6:30 AM
Most routes do not operate overnights. Routes marked with an asterisk (*) run 24 hours a day. Connections to
New York City Subway stations at the bus routes' terminals are also listed where applicable.
Routes B1 to B103 and D99
Routes in this section are operated by
New York City Transit
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. All routes operate local service only except the B6, B35, B38, B41, and B49, which also have limited-stop service, as well as the B44, B46, and B82, which also have Select Bus Service.
Routes B100 and B103
These routes were formerly operated by the
Command Bus Company
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until MTA takeover in December 2005. The routes are currently operated by
MTA Bus Company
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.
Route B110
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This route is operated by Private Transportation Corporation under a franchise with the City of New York, and is the only unsubsidized route operating in Brooklyn. Buses on the B110 route do not accept MetroCard, instead charging a one-way exact change fare of
US$
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5.00.
In October 2011, the B110 was reported in several New York newspapers to have signs requiring female passengers to sit in the back to avoid possible contact with men, as is considered necessary by some
Hasidic Jewish
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groups in the area it serves.
The story was reported internationally. On October 20, the
New York City Department of Transportation
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said it would shut down the line if the gender separation was not discontinued,
and six days later, Private Transportation Corporation agreed to end this practice.
, Private Transportation Corporation no longer enforces the Hasidic custom that men and women sit apart in social situations. Still, most Hasidic men and women riders choose to sit apart from each other, and do not complain about segregation.
Dollar vans
When the MTA discontinued some routes on June 27, 2010, operators of commuter vans, also known as
dollar vans,
were allowed to take over certain discontinued routes. In Brooklyn, these routes were the B23, B39 (which has since been restored), and B71. There are also dollar vans that operate to areas with little mass transit service, or provide an alternative mode of transportation to certain bus routes such as the B41 and B46.
The vans, some licensed by the
New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission
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and some unlicensed, charge a fare of $2.00, lower than the $2.75 fare for MTA-operated local buses, but without free transfers.
Route history
Routes B1 to B39
Routes B41 to B103
Proposed bus route changes
In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network with 77 routes.
The final redesign was initially expected in mid- or late 2020,
but the first draft attracted overwhelmingly negative feedback, with 11,000 comments about the plans.
The redesign was delayed due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in New York City. Planning resumed in mid-2021. The original draft plan was dropped,
and a revised plan with 85 routes was released on March 29, 2022.
The Queens draft plan affects three existing bus routes: the B24, B57, and B62.
The MTA released a draft plan for Brooklyn's bus network on December 1, 2022. One bus route (the B39) remained completely unchanged, while the remaining routes underwent changes to their route, stop spacing, service frequencies, and/or service spans.
For a list of changes to Queens bus routes, see .
Routes marked with an asterisk (*) are proposed to run 24 hours a day. For rush routes, streets with nonstop sections are notated in italics.
Former and never-operated routes
Note that the "B" prefix was not added until the mid-1970s. On December 11, 1988, some of the Brooklyn "B" routes primarily in Queens (such as the B53, B55, B56, B58, and B59) were redesignated as "Q" routes.
References
External links
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1969 Brooklyn and Staten Island bus map
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Bus routes
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Bus routes in Brooklyn
*Brooklyn
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Lists of New York City bus routes