page_title: B61 and B62 buses
section_title: B62 bus route
hierarchical_section_title: B61 and B62 buses / Route description / B62 bus route
caption_attribution_description: English: The B62 stop in Downtown Brooklyn.
context_page_description: The Crosstown Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, running along Van Brunt Street and Manhattan Avenue between Red Hook and Long Island City, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B61 and the B62 bus routes. The northern section, the B62, is operated by MTA New York City Bus' Grand Avenue Depot in Maspeth, Queens, and the southern section is the B61, operated by MTA New York City Bus' Jackie Gleason Depot in Sunset Park. The entire route was a single line, the B61, until January 3, 2010; the B62 was previously a separate, parallel route between Downtown Brooklyn and Greenpoint, now part of the B43 route. The streetcar line, B61 and the original B62 previously operated from the now-closed Crosstown Depot in Greenpoint.
context_section_description: The B62 bus route operates between Schermerhorn Street and Boerum Place in front of the New York City Transit Headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn, and Queens Plaza South and 28th Street near the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City via Park Avenue and Manhattan Avenue at all times. This bus replaced the northern leg of the B61 route on January 3, 2010. The B62 is currently based out of Grand Avenue Depot in Maspeth, Queens.
caption: B62 stop at Jay St-MetroTech.
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