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B26 (New York City bus)

The **Putnam Avenue Line** is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, running mostly along Fulton Street, Putnam Avenue, and Halsey Street between downtown Brooklyn and Ridgewood, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the **B26 Halsey/Fulton Streets** bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

## Route description

The B26 bus route begins at the Jay Street–MetroTech subway station in Downtown Brooklyn, connecting with the New York City Subway's Template:NYCS trains. It heads east on Fulton Street, turning off onto Putnam Avenue, and uses Nostrand Avenue (eastbound) and Bedford Avenue (westbound) to reach Halsey Street. Just before the Queens border, the route turns northwest on Wyckoff Avenue, ending with a loop at the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues subway station (Template:NYCS trains) clockwise via Putnam Avenue, Ridgewood Place, Palmetto Street, and back on to Wyckoff Avenue. Along the way, passengers can transfer to the subway at DeKalb Avenue (Template:NYCS trains), Clinton–Washington Avenues (Template:NYCS trains), and Halsey Street (Template:NYCS trains).

## History

The Brooklyn City Rail Road opened a branch of their Fulton Street Line along Putnam Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and Halsey Street to Broadway by 1874. By 1897, cars could also use a short spur along Howard Avenue from Halsey Street north to Broadway. The line was extended northeast past Broadway on Halsey Street to the Queens County line and northwest on Wyckoff Avenue to Ridgewood after 1897.

Putnam Avenue horse cars were replaced with electric trolleys on July 17, 1893.

Buses were substituted for streetcars on September 21, 1941, but the line was converted back to streetcars between November 29, 1942 and February 5, 1950.

In January 1995, the B26 was extended from Adams Street and Johnson Street to a new terminal at Cadman Plaza West and Tilllary Street to eliminate operational problems. To access the terminal at Adams, the B26 used a cut through the median separating the main and service roads of Adams Street, which was dangerous for buses to traverse. In addition, the terminal was congested with illegal parking, the park at the terminal was considered unsafe at night, there was no bus dispatcher at the terminal, and as passengers traveling to the Court Street/Montague Street area had to cross eight-lane Adams Street. At the new terminal, illegal parking was less of a problem, the area was safer, and because the B26 would share a terminal with the B38 and B52, the bus dispatcher assigned to those routes could also do so for the B26.

## References

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Template:B&QT streetcar lines
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1. ↑ Template:Cite NYC bus map
2. ↑ J.B. Beers and Company, Brooklyn, 1874 (with Brooklyn City Rail Road lines overprinted)
3. ↑ Rand McNally, Brooklyn and vicinity, 1897 Atlas of the World
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Far Rockaway Depot

The **Far Rockaway Depot** is a Queens Divison bus depot situated on Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Beach 49th Street (49-19 Rockaway Beach Boulevard) in Arverne / Edgemere, Queens on the Rockaway Peninsula (40.592950°N 73.779614°W). The depot was used by Green Bus Lines until January 9, 2006, when MTA Bus took over Green Bus Lines and started operating the old company's bus routes. The depot, as well as JFK Depot, are owned by GTJ Reit, Inc., except for the newly built annex building which is owned by the MTA-NYCTA, and had been used by Green Bus Lines Inc. before being leased to the City of New York and MTA Bus in 2006 for a period of 21 years. The depot has two storage lots and a small maintenance facility. Following damage from Hurricane Sandy, the facility was closed between October 2012 and February 2013, with its fleet housed at Building 78 on the grounds of John F. Kennedy International Airport two blocks away from the JFK Depot. In 2014, the MTA opened a new annex building with a modern and updated maintenance facility, to expand this facility in order to maintain and support more buses. The project to fully restore the depot was scheduled to begin in 2015, but has yet to begin as of 2016. It has also been proposed to partially power the facility using wind turbines.

## Fleet (shared with JFK Depot)

* OBI Orion VII OG HEV
* OBI Orion VII NG HEV
* MCI D4500CL
* Prevost X3-45

## Routes

Local Routes: Q11, Q21, Q22, Q35, Q41

Express Routes: QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18
S79 (New York City bus)

The **S79 Select Bus Service** constitutes a bus route in Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York running primarily on Richmond Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, and Narrows Road in Staten Island, and 92nd Street, 4th Avenue, 86th Street, and Fort Hamilton Parkway in Brooklyn. It is based at the Yukon Depot.

The S79 was originally a branch of the R103, which is also the current S78. The R103 was renamed the S103 and on April 15, 1990, the route was split into two services: the S78 for the Tottenville service, and the S79 for the Staten Island Mall service. In 2012, the S79 was converted to Select Bus Service, the first route in Staten Island to do so.

## Route description and service

The S79 begins at Ring Road and Marsh Avenue, near Staten Island Mall, and uses Ring Road to access Platinum Avenue, and then Richmond Avenue, while buses heading to the mall uses Ring Road and Marsh Avenue to access the terminus. It then continues along Richmond Avenue until it turns to Hylan Boulevard. It then goes along the boulevard for most of the length until it turns to Steuben Street and then Narrows Road, and then goes on the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, and uses exit 17 to access 92nd Street, and turns right fro 4th Avenue from 92nd Street, and then continues until it ends at 86th Street, near the 86th Street station on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line. Buses heading to Staten Island uses 86th Street and Fort Hamilton Parkway to access the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge.

This route uses rigid 40-foot Nova LFS diesel buses, and is the only SBS line that does not utilize off-board fare collection. Additionally, it was the only SBS line in the 5 boroughs that did not use 60-foot articulated buses before the B46 SBS was introduced as well as the only SBS line to not have blue destination signs until July 2017. Riders must pay the fare on board, as they do on local, limited-stop, and express buses.

The S79 Select Bus Service does not run late nights.

## History

The S79 was originally the S103, which ran between St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp "E" and Tottenville. The segment along Richmond Avenue to the Staten Island Mall was initiated in the early 1980s.

The R103 was renumbered the S103, and on April 15, 1990, the S103 was split into two routes; the S78 assumed the Tottenville service, while the S79 assumed the Staten Island Mall service.

The northern terminal was moved to Bay Ridge, Brooklyn on September 13, 1992 as part of the TA's Fare Deal improvements program.

On September 2, 2012, the S79 was converted to an SBS route, with the number of stops cut by about three-quarters. It was the first bus route in Staten Island to do so. While the routing was left mostly intact, the S79 had all local service eliminated and replaced by local service on the S59 route along Richmond Avenue and the S78 route along Hylan Boulevard. The route was also straightened through New Springville to bypass the Yukon Bus Depot.
B24 (New York City bus)

The **B24** bus constitutes a bus route in Brooklyn. Originally two streetcar, then bus routes, it was converted to bus operation.

## Description

The bus route begins at Washington Plaza bus terminal, and continues until it turns left onto Rodney Street, and then continues until it turns right onto Metropolitan Avenue, and continues until it turns left onto Woodpoint Road and right again at Maspeth Avenue. Then it contiues until it turns left onto Kingsland Avenue. Then it contiues until it turns right at Meeker Avenue. It continues until it gets on the ramp and onton the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway. Then it crosses the Kosciuszko Bridge and then heads onto Exit ? onto 48th Street. Then it turns left onto 48th Street, and goes on until turning left on 47th Avenue, and then right on 47th Street. It goes on until it turns left onto Greenpoint Avenue. Then it continues until an interruption is made by turning right onto Starr Avenue and then left onto Van Dam Street and back onto Greenpoint Avenue. It continues until it goes in a loop around the ? building, turning right onto West Street, again on Kent Street, again on Franklin Street, and then left onto Greenpoint Avenue again. Then it continues until it finally ends at Greenpoint and Manhattan Avenues.

## History

*See also: B29 (New York City bus)*
The Calvary Cemetery Line (Greenpoint Avenue) streetcar ran until January 26, 1930, by which then buses were substituted and designated the B24. The Meeker and Marcy Avenues Line streetcar ran until April 17, 1939.

The Meeker and Marcy Avenues Line streetcar was substituted with buses, which was designated the **B29**. The bus route was merged with the B24 bus on June 30, 1949, and the B24 was renumbered the B24/29. Meanwhile, parts of the B29 that were not merged with the B24 was designated as the **B30**, running between Greenpoint and Woodside, Queens. This bus route was discontinued on September 10, 1995 due to a budget crisis.

A bus route designated the **B27** traveled on the same circular route as the B29, but went in the opposite direction. It was merged with the B24 on 1969.

Around the 1970s, the "29" designation was dropped, making it the B24 once again.

Weekend service on the B24 was discontinued in June 2010, and was restored on January 6, 2013.
Q42 (New York City bus)

The **Q42** constitutes a bus route in Queens, New York, running between Jamaica and Addisleigh Park, primarily on Liberty Avenue, 174th Street, and Sayres Avenue. This bus route runs weekdays only.

The Q42 was originally operated by North Branch Transit, which started this bus route in 1934. It was then operated by Bee Line Incorporated, Green Bus Lines, and finally North Shore Bus Company, before being taken over by the New York City Board of Transportation.

## Route description

The Q42 begins at Archer Avenue and 158th Street, at the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station on the Archer Avenue Lines, and continues on Archer Avenue until it turns to 165th Street and then Liberty Avenue. It then continues on the avenue until it turns to 177th Street, and continues along that street as well until it turns to 106th Avenue, Polhemus Avenue, Fern Place, Rex Road, 108th Avenue, and then 174th Street. It then continues on 174th Street until it turns to 111th Avenue and then Sayres Avenue, in which is continues on until it ends at 180th Street.

## History

The Q42 began service on March 27, 1934, and was originally operated by North Branch Transit. It was later operated by Bee Line, Inc., then Green Bus Lines, and then North Shore Bus Company until 1947.

The original western terminus was the 169th Street subway station. Service was rerouted to Jamaica Center on December 11, 1988.

Overnight service was eliminated on September 10, 1995 due to a budget crisis.

On August 29, 1993, two-way traffic on Archer Avenue and Jamaica Avenue was restored between 138th Street and 168th Street, undoing changes that took effect in November 1990. The change was made to alleviate heavy traffic on Jamaica Avenue. Q42 service began running on Archer Avenue in both directions. Buses were rerouted to run along Archer Avenue, 165th Street and Liberty Avenue.

Midday service was eliminated on June 27, 2010 due to another budget crisis; it was then restored on January 7, 2013. Before the restoration, service ran during weekday rush hours only.

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network. The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020, and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback. A revised plan was released in March 2022. As part of the new plan, the Q42 would retain its existing routing in Addisleigh Park, but would be extended on its western end to Jamaica Hospital, replacing the Q24 as the main direct connection from Jamaica Avenue to the hospital and avoid terminating and laying over in downtown Jamaica.
Bx8 (New York City bus)

The **Bx8** consitiutes a bus route in the Bronx, New York, running primarily on Throgs Neck Boulevard, Crosby Avenue, Williamsbridge Road, Bronxwood Avenue between Williamsbridge and Locust Point.

Part of the Bx8 was originally the Bx23, and the former Bx40 split branched services at Edgewater Park and Locust Point. In September 1989, they were merged to form the Bx8.

## Route description

The Bx8 begins at Longstreet Avenue and Tierney Place, and continues on Longstreet Avenue, Giegerich Place, and Locust Point Drive, while buses heading to the terminus use Locust Point Drive and Tierney Place. It uses various streets including Chaffee Avenue, Longstreet Avenue, Harding Avenue, Pennyfield Avenue, Lawton Avenue, Throgs Neck Expressway service road, Schley Avenue, Ellsworth Avenue, Randall Avenue, Clarence Avenue, Phillip Avenue, Dean Avenue, Layton Avenue, Otis Avenue and Logan Avenue for northbound buses, Bruckner Boulevard and Hollywood Avenue for southbound buses, Crosby Avenue, and Westchester Avenue. It then continues on Westchester AVenue until it makes a turn to East Tremont Avenue, which it continues on until it goes on Williamsbridge Road, and then Bronxwood Avenue. It then continues on the avenue until it uses East 226th Street and turns to White Plains Road to access the terminus, while buses heading southbound use White Plains Road and East 222nd Street to access Bronxwood Avenue.

Some buses use Meagher Avenue and Adee Drive to access Edgewater Park Oval. Additionally, some weekday trips originate or terminate at Westchester Square.

## History

The northern portion of the Bx8 began on November 1, 1927, and the southern portion began on June 15, 1934 by Bronx Coach.
The original northern terminus was at Burke Avenue (2, 5 trains). Service was extended to its current terminus via Bronxwood Avenue in July 1974.

The original south-eastern terminus was at Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue (6, <6> trains). Service was merged with the former Bx23 service (Westchester Avenue-Buhre Avenue to Throgs Neck-Schley Avenue) and former Bx40 split branched services (at Edgewater Park and Locust Point) in September 1989.

In March 1995, the Bx8 began using East 222nd Street heading southbound instead of East 225th Street to avoid a narrow street. This recommendation was made as part of the North East Bronx Comprehensive Community Planning Study.

Service was initially rerouted from Crosby Avenue to Stadium Avenue via Country Club in June 2010 due to budget-related reductions, partially replacing the former Bx14 service. Bx8 service was reverted to its original routing on January 2, 2011 due to opposition from Country Club and Locust Point residents.
Fresh Pond Depot

The **Fresh Pond Depot** is a bus depot located at 66-99 Fresh Pond Road, on the east side of Fresh Pond Road south of Madison Street in Ridgewood, Queens (40.706400°N 73.896111°W), adjacent to the west of the Fresh Pond Yard of the New York City Subway. It was the site of a trolley depot called the Fresh Pond trolley yard, which was opened in 1907 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT). In addition to repair shops, the barn hosted a "trolley car school" where new motormen were trained using a mockup of a streetcar's driver cabin. The trolley barn was acquired by the city in 1940, and was closed after the final trolley route from the depot, the Richmond Hill Line (today's Q55 bus), was motorized into trolley bus service on April 26, 1950. The barn was razed in 1957. Construction of the current bus depot was built by the Transit Authority following the motorization of trolley service. Construction began in March 1959. In June 1959, a contract was awarded to rebuild the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line to provide adequate clearance for the passage of buses underneath to the depot. The new depot opened on July 27, 1960, at the cost of $2 million. The new depot was built to be 250 feet (76 m) wide by 500 feet (150 m) long. The initial capacity of the depot was 185 buses. The construction of the depot was required due to the loss of the West 5th Street Depot. In addition, the new depot replaced the Maspeth Trackless Trolley Depot, and Bergen Street depots located in Brooklyn. The new garage featured automatic fueling and washing facilities. The depot is currently assigned around 200 buses, but has been assigned as many as 262 in the past.

The depot and subway yard are located in an area once known as Fresh Pond, named for two freshwater ponds located just north of Metropolitan Avenue.

## Bus Routes

### Current

* B7
* B13
* B20
* B26
* B52
* B54
* Q54
* Q55
* Q58

### Former

Prior to the opening of the Grand Avenue Depot in 2008, 6 bus routes were also assigned to the depot.

* B18 (discontinued and part of it merged with B13 in 2002)
* B24 (moved to Grand Avenue Depot in 2008)
* B38 ( Local route moved to Grand Avenue Depot in 2011,Moved to Grand Avenue Depot in 2019)
* B39 (moved to Grand Avenue Depot in 2008)
* B48 (moved to Grand Avenue Depot in 2008)
* B57 (moved to Grand Avenue Depot in 2008)
* Q59 (moved to Grand Avenue Depot in 2008)

## Fleet

* + OBI Orion VII NG HEV
	+ New Flyer XD40
M79 (New York City bus)

The **79th Street Crosstown Line** is a bus line in Manhattan, New York City, running mostly along 79th Street on the Upper West and Upper East Sides of Manhattan. Originally a bus route owned by the private Green Bus Lines, it now comprises the **M79 Select Bus Service** bus line.

The M79 local bus route was identified as a heavily traveled corridor in a 2009 study by the DOT and NYCTA, and in a December 2013 study by the Pratt Center for Community Development of Brooklyn. It was converted to SBS on May 21, 2017.

## Route description

The M79 bus runs crosstown along 79th Street in Upper Manhattan. The route begins at West 79th Street and Riverside Drive in the Upper West Side. It proceeds east along 79th Street to Amsterdam Avenue, where the eastbound bus then follows 79th Street to Amsterdam Avenue and uses Amsterdam Avenue to get to 81st Street, and the westbound bus uses 81st Street to get to Columbus Avenue and then take that down to 79th Street. After Central Park West, the bus then crosses the 79th Street Transverse through the park, stopping about halfway through the transverse. The M79 exits the transverse at East 79th Street and 5th Avenue, continuing on East 79th Street through the Upper East Side until turning left onto York Avenue and then right again onto 80th Street before arriving to its terminus at 80th Street. The bus then turns right on East End Avenue and then right onto 79th Street to start its westbound route.

The westbound bus then continues on 79th Street to Fifth Avenue. After this, the bus keeps straight and merges onto the 79th Street Transverse. It then leaves the Transverse on the intersection of Central Park West and 81st Street and continues along 81st Street to Columbus Avenue and then turns left onto it and then turns right onto 79th Street 2 blocks later. It continues along 79th Street to its westbound terminus at Riverside Drive.

Unlike other SBS routes and most bus rapid transit lines, the M79 SBS does not have long bus lanes, but rather employs short queue jump lanes, which give buses priority at intersections.

## History

### Early history

On November 30, 1921, the New York City Department of Plants and Structures began operating the M17 bus on 79th Street. From 1933 to 1936 the bus line was taken over by Green Bus Lines. On June 22, 1936, the New York City Omnibus Corporation became in charge of M17 traffic. Route M17 became M79 in March 1989.

### Select Bus Service

The M79 was identified as a potential bus rapid transit corridor in 2009, under Phase II of the city's Select Bus Service program. To accommodate the Select Bus Service conversion, 79th Street was to be renovated with plants and trees, and new benches.

The M79 SBS route debuted on May 21, 2017. The M79 SBS is based at the Michael J. Quill Depot.

## In popular culture

* The route is mentioned in a Vampire Weekend song of the same name on their self-titled debut album.
Bx16 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Norwood – East 206th Street and Bainbridge Avenue / Norwood–205th Street station

### **Via**

Bainbridge Avenue, East 233rd Street, Nereid Avenue

### **End**

Eastchester – Ropes Avenue and Boston Road

The **Bx16** constitutes a bus route in the Bronx, New York running primarily on Bainbridge Avenue, East 233rd Street, and Nereid Avenue, between Norwood and Eastchester.

The Bx16 was originally part of the original Bx14 and the original Bx19. In February 1984, these services were merged to create a new split branched service.

## Route description

The Bx16 begins at East 206th Sreet and Bainbridge Avenue, at Norwood–205th Street station on the IND Concourse Line, and uses East 206th Street, Mosholu Parkway North, and Van Cortlandt Avenue East to access Bainbridge Avenue, while buses heading to the terminus terminate at East 206th Street. It then continues on Bainbridge Avenue until it goes on Jerome Avenue, then makes a turn to East 233rd Street, Webster Avenue, and then Nereid Avenue. It then continues on Nereid Avenue until it turns to Mundy Lane, Pitman Avenue, Baychester Avenue, and East 233rd Street. It then continues on East 233rd Street until it makes a turn to Dyre Avenue and then Boston Road. It then continues on Boston Road until it uses McOwen Avenue, Hollers Avenue, and Ropes Avenue to access the terminus, while buses heading to Norwood turns to Boston Road.

## History

The Bx16 was originally the former Bx14 and the former Bx19 buses. The first version of the Bx14 ran between Williamsbridge and Eastchester, while the first version of the Bx19 ran between Wakefield and Baychester.

The first version of the Bx14's service between East 233rd Street-Seton Avenue and Pelham Manor-Ropes Avenue was merged with former Bx19 service at Baychester Avenue (segment between Nereid Avenue and East 233rd Street). Edenwald Avenue and Seton Avenue services were discontinued.

The Bx19's Baychester Avenue segment between Nereid Avenue and East 233rd Street was merged with former Bx14 service (segment between East 233rd St-Seton Avenue and Pelham Manor-Ropes Avenue).

The remainder of the original Bx19 route was discontinued, with the southern portion partially replaced by the Bx31.

Also, the Boston Road segment of the former Bx7 bus between Dyre Avenue and Ropes Avenue was replaced by a newly created, split branched Bx16 service.

The portions of former Bx14 and Bx19 services were merged to create a new split branched service, the Bx16, to Pelham Manor in February 1984.

The Bx16 originally served either Mundy Lane and Pelham Manor all times except nights until March 1993, when weekday only service started alternating to either terminals until 7pm.

The Mundy Lane service was merged with the Pelham Manor split branched service in 1993, running weekday evenings and weekends only.

This service change also applied for all weekday service in September 2007.
S56 (New York City bus)

The **S56** constitutes a bus route in Staten Island, New York, running primarily on Foster Road, Woodrow Road, Arden Avenue, Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Avenue, between New Springville at Staten Island Mall and Rossville.

The S56 was originally designated the R115, which ran in a loop from Princes Bay to Rossville. On September 13, 1987, the route was split into S55 (clockwise) and S56 (counter-clockwise), as a loop service with layover at Tottenville High School.

## Route description and service

The S56 begins at Ring Road and Marsh Avenue, and it continues on Marsh Avenue until it turns to Platinum Avenue, then Richmond Avenue. It then continues on the avenue until it turns to Arthur Kill Road, and goes on until it turns to Arden Avenue. It then goes on the avenue for a length until it turns to Woodrow Road. It then continues on Woodrow Road until it turns to Foster Road, and continues on Foster Road until it turns to Amboy Road, Seguine Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, and Luten Avenue. It then continues on Luten Avenue until it ends at Eyelandt Street.

The S56 runs on weekdays only.

## History

The S56 was originally a route named the R115, which ran in a loop around Princes Bay and Rossville, and Arden Heights. The route was initially operated by the Staten Island Coach Company, then the Isle Transportation Company. When Isle Transportation went bankrupt in 1947, the New York City Board of Transportation took over the routes, including the R115, on February 23rd of the same year.

The R115 was renumbered the S115.

On September 13, 1987, the route was split into the S55 (clockwise) and S56 (counter-clockwise), as a loop service with layover at Tottenville High School. Service on Seguine Avenue between Hylan Boulevard and Johnson Terrace at Purdy Place was discontinued. Service was rerouted off of Huguenot Avenue to Luten Road to serve Tottenville High School. Bus service was scheduled to connect with the SIRT at Annadale.

The route was restructured in the late 1980s to serve the Staten Island Mall; S55 via Annadale Road; S56 via Foster Road, Rossville Avenue and Arthur Kill Road.
B36 (New York City bus)

The **B36** constitutes a bus route in Brooklyn. It was originally a streetcar route called the Seagate Avenue Line. This bus route runs from Seagate Avenue to Sheepshead Bay Avenue.

## Description

The bus route begins near Seagate Avenue. It then goes on West 37th Street, turning right at Bayview Avenue, and again at West 33rd Street. WIP

## History

The Seagate Avenue Line streetcar ran until December 1, 1946. It originally ran on Seagate Avenue (via a separate bus) until 1978. It also originally ran via Neptune Avenue. Service was then rerouted via Coney Island Hospital in 1978.

## B36S

A variant of the B36, numbered the B36S, ran as a shuttle loop in the gated community of Seagate, which was not open to the public. The route was 1.4 miles (2.3 km) long, and weekday service operated from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a frequency of 12 to 15 minutes, and weekend service operated from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.. on a 12-minute headway.

It was formerly numbered the B73 until 1969, when the route was renumbered the B36S, although this wiki could not confirm an exact date. It would then run until in 1988, when it was discontinued due to low ridership. The route only averaged two passengers per trip. Its discontinuation affected 118 weekday passengers and 69 weekend daily passengers. A public hearing was held on October 17, 1988 so that the local community could respond to the route's proposed discontinuation.
Bx29 (New York City bus)

The **Bx29** constitutes a bus route in the Bronx, New York, running primarily on City Island Avenue and Rochelle Street, between City Island and Co-op City.

The Bx29 was originally the Bx12 to City Island. In 1990, the Bx12 to City Island was replaced with the newly-formed Bx29 bus route.

## Route description

The Bx29 begins at City Island Avenue and Rochelle Street, and continues along City Island Avenue until it turns to City Island Road. It continues on City Island Road until it goes on Shore Road, then turns to Bruckner Boulevard, Wilkinson Avenue, Bruckner Boulevard East, New England Thruway Service Road East, and on the New England Thruway. It then continues on the thruway until it goes on Palmer Avenue, and then Hutchinson Parkway East, while buses heading eastbound use Stilwell Avenue, De Reimer Avenue, and Erskine Place to access the New England Thruway. It then continues on Hutchinson Parkway East until it uses Bartow Avenue, Access Road, Co-op City Boulevard, and Bartow Avenue to access the northern terminus, while southbound buses use Bartow Avenue to access Hutchinson Parkway East.

## History

The Bx29 was originally the City Island portion of the Bx12. In early 1990, the MTA proposed a dedicated route from City Island to Pelham Bay, the current Bx29. The Bx29 was introduced in 1990 as the eventual replacement of the Bx12 branch to City Island, running all times except nights. Late night service in the neighborhood was discontinued after the Bx12 was shifted over to Co-op City in September 1990. The Bx12 continued to run to City Island through mid-1990, but the bus routes were split by 1991.

The original northern terminus was at Co-op City-Bartow Avenue. Service was extended to serve Bay Plaza Shopping Center on November 5, 1995.

As part of the MTA's 2017 Fast Forward Plan to speed up mass transit service, a draft plan for a reorganization of Bronx bus routes was proposed in draft format in June 2019, with a final version published in October 2019. The plan included discontinuing service north of Pelham Bay Park, with the Bx23 covering this portion, and restoring late night service in the neighborhood. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the changes were halted for over a year. In February 2022, it was announced that the modifications would take place on June 26, 2022.
SIM2 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Lower Manhattan – Church Street and Worth Street (last drop-off), Broadway and Warren Street (first pick-up)

### **Via**

Church Street (northbound), Broadway (southbound), Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Huguenot Avenue, Hylan Boulevard

### **End**

Tottenville – Craig Avenue and Hylan Boulevard

The **SIM2** bus route constitute a public transit line in Staten Island and Manhattan, New York. It runs along Church Street northbound and Broadway southbound in Manhattan, and Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Huguenot Avenue, and Hylan Boulevard in Staten island, Between Lower Manhattan and Tottenville in Staten Island.

## Current route

The SIM2 starts at Broadway and Warren Street, while the last stop is at Church Street and Worth Street, and uses that street to access the first stop. It then uses Broadway to access Battery Place, while buses heading to the last stop go on Trinity Place and then Church Street. It then goes on Battery Place until it turns to West Street and then heads to the Brooklyn-Battery Tunnel, and then goes on the Gowanus Expressway in Brooklyn. It then continues on the Interstate 278, and then the West Shore Expressway until it uses exit 7 and then goes on West Service Road, while buses heading to Manhattan go briefly on Glen Street and then go back on the expressway until it uses West Shore Expressway again, and continues on the expressway until it uses exit 5 to access the West Service Road again, while buses heading to the West Shore Expressway use the East Service Road. It then turns to Arthur Kill Road, Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Huguenot Avenue, and then Hylan Boulevard. It then continues on Hylan Boulevard until it ends at Craig Avenue.

## History

The SIM2 route replaced the X17C and X19 routes in the Staten Island Bus Redesign. It was extended from Huguenot to Tottenville via Hylan Boulevard. As of January 13, 2019, off-peak service was eliminated due to low ridership.
Q45 (New York City bus 1939–2011)

The **Q45** consituted a bus route in Queens, New York, that ran between Jackson Heights and Glendale, primarily on Roosevelt Avenue, 69th Street, Calamus Avenue, and 80th Street.

The Q45 was originally operated by Triboro Coach Corporation, which began the route on October 1, 1939, along with the Q47. The Q45 would be taken over by MTA Bus Company in 2006, and would be merged into an extended Q47 in 2011.

## Route description

The Q45 began at Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street stations, at the Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal, and continued along Roosevelt Avenue until it turned to 69th Street. It then continued on 69th Street until it turned to Calamus Avenue, while buses heading to Jackson Heights used 69th Place and 51st Avenue to access 69th Street. It then went on Calamus Avenue for a length until it headed to 79th Street, Grand Avenue, and then 80th Street. It then continued on 80th Street until it turned to Cooper Avenue, and ended at 81st Street. Buses heading to Jackson Heights then used Cooper Avenue, 82nd Street, 81st Street again, and Cooper Avenue again.

## History

The Q45 began service on October 1, 1939, the same date the Q47 was created. It was originally operated by Triboro Coach Corporation.

On February 2, 2006, Triboro Coach ceased operations and the Q45, as well as all other routes operating under Triboro Coach, were picked up by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Under the MTA, the route was extended from Eliot Avenue to Glendale at The Shops at Atlas Park on August 31, 2008.

On September 4, 2011, the Q45 was merged into the Q47, and all Q45 bus stops were now served by the Q47, however service frequency and service hours remained.
Bx3 (New York City bus)

### **End**

Washington Heights – George Washington Bridge Bus Station Broadway & West 179th Street

### **Length**

4.4 miles (7.1 km)

The **Bx3** bus constitutes the **University Avenue Line** public transit line in The Bronx and Manhattan, operating between Washington Heights, Manhattan at Broadway & 179th Street, and Kingsbridge, Bronx, at 238th Street station on the 1 line. It operates mainly via University Avenue, serving the West Bronx and Upper Manhattan.

## Current route

The Bx3 starts with the Bx11, Bx13, Bx35 and Bx36 buses at 179th Street in Washington Heights, Manhattan. It then uses 181st Street to access the Washington Bridge, which it uses to get to The Bronx. Immediately after the bridge, it turns onto University Avenue, which it continues on until Kingsbridge Road, serving Morris Heights and University Heights. After doing a dogleg turn onto Sedgwick Avenue, it passes through the Kingsbridge Heights neighborhood, before using 238th Street to its terminus at Broadway.

## History

Buses replaced University Avenue Line streetcars on October 25, 1947, operating as the Bx38. The route was renamed to the Bx3, and extended from 181st Street to 179th Street in September 1985. Until 1995, late night service terminated at Kingsbridge Road, it was extended to 238th Street in 1995.

## Equipment

The Bx3 operates out of Kingsbridge Depot. It uses Kingsbridge's fleet of 40-foot (12-metre) buses.
S61 and S91 buses

The **S61** and **S91** buses constitutes two bus routes in Staten Island, New York, running primarily on Victory Boulevard, Bradley Avenue, and Forest Hill Road, between the St. George Ferry Terminal and New Springville.

## Route description and service

The S61 begins at St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp A, and goes on Bay Street until it turns to Victory Boulevard. It then continues on Victory Boulevard until it turns to Bradley Avenue, Harold Street, and then Forest Hill Road. It then goes on Forest Hill road for a length until it turns to Travis Avenue, Merry Mount Street, Richmond Hill Road, and Marsh Avenue. It then continues on Marsh Avenue until it turns to Platinum Avenue and Richmond Avenue. It then continues on Richmond Avenue until it uses Yukon Avenue, and ends at Forest Hill Road. Eastbound buses use Forest Hill Road and Independence Avenue to access Richmond Avenue.

During rush hours, the S91 runs to St. George during AM hours and New Springville during PM hours. During weekday AM rush hours, the S61 does not run to St. George, and is replaced with the S91, which makes all local stops west of Jewett Avenue and Victory Boulevard.

The S61 does not run during late nights.

## History

Unlike most of the bus routes in Staten Island, which originally had different designations before they were renumbered by service patterns, the S61 had no R-prefix route. The S61 was presumably created in 1990.

The S91 was created in an unknown date, as a rush-hour, limited-stop variant of the S61.
Baisley Park Depot

The **Baisley Park Depot** is a Queens Division bus depot located at the southeast corner of Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and Linden Boulevard (114-15 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard) in South Jamaica, Queens (40.688187°N 73.785020°W), northeast of Baisley Pond Park. It is owned by GTJ Reit Inc. (Green, Triboro, Jamaica) Realty Investment Trust, Inc., successor to the former operators and Command Bus Company, and leased to the City of New York, and operated by MTA Bus Company for a period of 21 years. The brick facility was opened in 1966 and was operated by Jamaica Buses; the company's original depot was located across the street (114-02 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard) before the land was acquired by New York State in 1958. On January 30, 2006, it was leased to the City of New York and MTA Bus. Later that year, a bus operator training center was opened at the facility. In 2016, the depot began receiving articulated buses. These buses are mainly used by the Guy R. Brewer Boulevard routes.

## Fleet

* OBI Orion VII OG HEV
* New Flyer XD60
* MCI D4500CL

## Routes

Local Routes: Q64, Q110, Q112

Articulated Local Routes: Q111, Q113, Q114

Express Routes: QM21

The Q64 used to be the Q65A of Queens Surface Corporation, later operating from the MTA's College Point Depot until 2010, and moderately uses articulated buses.
Flushing Heights Bus Company

The **Flushing Heights Bus Company** was a bus operator in the borough of Queens in New York City. It operated the Q17 and Q25 bus routes; the Q17 was ultimately taken over by North Shore Bus Company while the Q25 was taken over by Queens-Nassau Transit Lines.

## History

The Flushing Heights Bus Company was founded in 1928. It had 25 buses in commission, was headquartered at 154-13 65th Street, Flushing, New York, and had a bus garage at 61-44 Fresh Meadow Road, Flushing Heights. It began operating the Q17 circa 1928. The Q25 bus routes also began service in 1928.

On April 20, 1933, the New York State Transit Commission (NYSTC) granted the Flushing Heights Bus Company a certificate of convenience and necessity for operation of a Flushing-Hillcrest route via Parsons Boulevard. While the company had sought a route between Flushing and Jamaica, it was restricted on its southern end to 75th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard due to the opposition of the [[New York and Queens Transit Corporation, which operated a competing trolley route along 164th Street.

The North Shore Bus Company acquired the franchises to the Flushing Heights Bus Corporation routes on September 22, 1935. North Shore expected to get the franchises for both the Q17 and Q25, which were then operated by Flushing Heights. North Shore was only allowed to keep the Q17 route, and as compensation, the city assured them of a new route between Flushing and Jamaica via Main Street. This route would go into service when a bridge was built to carry Main Street over the Grand Central Parkway; this route is today's Q44.

The Q25 was subsequently taken over by the Queens-Nassau Transit Lines.
B31 (New York City bus)

The **B31** constitutes a bus route between Midwood and Gerritsen Beach. Originally a streetcar route, it is now a bus route operated by New York City Transit.

## Description

The bus route brings at the Kings Highway station on the BMT Brighton Line. Then it continues, mostly running on Avenue R and Gerritsen Avenue, until it ends at Gerritsen Avenue and Lois Avenue at Gerritsen Beach.

## History

It began in 1922 by Kings Coach Company, numbered 3A. It was subsequently renumbered the B31. The former western terminus was Avenue U (BMT Brighton Line) station.

In 1989, it was rerouted to the B2 western terminus (Kings Highway (BMT Brighton Line) station. A public hearing was held on June 22, 1989. The change was made to provide a direct connection to Kings Highway, which had more subway service as it was an express stop. The extension also allowed for connections to the B5, B7 and B50. Two alternatives were considered to extend the route. The first would have extended it north along Gerritsen Avenue to Avenue R and then follow the B2 to Kings Highway. The second alternative would have kept the route along Avenue U to Ocean Avenue before turning north to Avenue R and then running along the B2 route. The first alternative was chosen as it was the more direct route, had fewer bus transfer impacts, and provided additional service along Gerritsen Avenue.

Overnight service was discontinued on 2010.
Q15 and Q15A buses

The **Q15** and **Q15A** constitute two bus routes running between Flushing and Beechhurst, in Queens.

## Route description

The first stop of the Q15 and Q15A begins at Roosevelt Avenue and Main Street, and uses Prince Street, 39th Avenue, and Main Street to access the eastbound portion of Roosevelt Avenue, while the last stop is at Roosevelt Avenue and Union Street. It then goes on until it goes on Bowne Street and then 41st Avenue to go on 150th Street. It then continues on the street until the Q15 uses the Cross Island Parkway service road, the northbound portion to access 150th Street, and the northbound and southbound portions, and Francis Lewis Boulevard to access 154th Street.

Meanwhile, The Q15A continues on 150th Street and then turns to 7th Avenue, Clintonville Street and 10th Avenue to access 154th Street.

Both buses continue until they turn right on 162nd Street, left on 9th Avenue, and again on 166th Street. It continues for a short stretch until it terminates at Powells Cove Boulevard. Southbound buses then turn left on the boulevard.

## History

The Q15 bus began on April 3, 1924 and was originally owned by Raunchwerger.

The Q15A was originally the Q14, which began on August 2, 1920 as DP&S Route 54. It was also originally owned by Rauchwerger.

On November 29, 1956, the NYCTA approved a series of changes to citywide bus service to take effect January 22, 1957. One of the planned changes was the institution of late night service on the Q15, providing joint service along the two branches to Whitestone and Beechhurst.

Overnight service was eliminated on September 10, 1995 due to a budget crisis.

On June 27, 2002, Beechhurst-bound Q15 buses were rerouted to the Cross Island Parkway Service Road from 15th Drive to speed up service.

The Q15A replaced the Q14 service on June 27, 2010 due to another budget crisis.
Castleton Depot

**Castleton Depot**, also called **Castleton Avenue Depot**, is a Staten Island Division bus depot located on 1390 Castleton Avenue and fills the block bounded by Jewett Avenue, Hurst Street, Castleton Avenue, and Rector Street in Port Richmond (40.633464°N 74.128929°W). A large parking lot on the east side of Rector Street is also used for bus storage. The depot was constructed in the late 1940s to provide urgently needed storage space for city-owned buses on Staten Island. When Isle Transportation went bankrupt in 1947, the city's Board of Transportation (predecessor of NYC Transit) took control of the majority of Staten Island bus operations. It was built to hold 135 buses, and can now store about 340 buses.

Following the closure of the Brook Street Depot, Isle Transportation's original facility, in 1958, Castleton Depot was the only city-owned depot on Staten Island and was known as Staten Island Depot. The next permanent depot to open in the borough was Yukon Depot, opened in 1981.

## Fleet

* OBI Orion VII EPA10
* Nova Bus LFS LF40102
* MCI D4500CT
* Prevost X3-45

## Routes

* Local Routes: S40, S42, S46, S48, S51, S52, S53, S54, S66, S76, S81, S86, S90, S93, S96, S98
* Express Routes: SIM3, SIM22, SIM32, SIM33C, SIM34, SIM35
B39 (New York City bus)

The **B39** constitutes a bus route in Brooklyn and Manhattan. Originally a streetcar route, it is now operated by New York City Transit. As of 2021, this is the only local bus route in Brooklyn that runs to the borough of Manhattan.

## Description

It begins at the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, where it then goes onto the Williamsburg Bridge, and continues on Delancey Street until it ends at Allen Street.

## History

### Streetcar service

Williamsburg Bridge streetcars began running in 1904 under the auspices of the New York City Department of Plants and Structures. The city contracted the Bridge Operating Company, formed in July 1904 and jointly owned by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT) and Metropolitan Street Railway, to operate the service.

After the BRT entered receivership in 1919, the city took over the Bridge Operating Company. Brooklyn cars were terminated at Washington Plaza, and 33 Brill safety cars arrived in 1921 for bridge local service. On December 1, 1923, service on the now-Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) lines over the Williamsburg Bridge ended, due to decreasing profits and a dispute with the city over tolls. BMT service was truncated to Washington Plaza in Williamsburg, and bridge service was replaced with municipal shuttle service. On February 15, 1931, BMT streetcars once again began running to Manhattan after municipal shuttle service ended. Only the Nostrand, Ralph, Reid, and Tompkins lines resumed traveling over the bridge, while the remaining lines continued to terminate in Brooklyn.

### Decline and conversion to bus service

Around this time, many streetcar lines in Brooklyn and the rest of the city began to be replaced by buses, particularly after the unification of the city's three primary transit companies (including the BMT) under municipal operations in June 1940. On December 4, 1948, the Williamsburg Bridge Local shuttle, the last of the streetcar lines to run over the bridge, was replaced by the B39 bus.

For five months beginning on May 1, 1999, no fare was collected due to the Williamsburg Bridge subway reconstruction.

It was discontinued on June 27, 2010 due to a budget crisis, and replaced by a dollar van. Daytime service was then restored on January 6, 2013.

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. The B39 is the only route with no modifications at all.
Jackie Gleason Depot

The **Jackie Gleason Depot**, called the **Fifth Avenue Depot** until June 30, 1988, is a bus depot located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 36th and 39th Streets in Sunset Park, Brooklyn (40.651932°N 74.001923°W), just west of the 36th-38th Street Yard and Ninth Avenue station of the New York City Subway. The depot had been a passenger terminal named Union Station. Steam trains ran from some of the outlying parts of Downtown Brooklyn where they then continued their journey into Manhattan. Following that, it operated as an elevated car inspection shop from sometime in the early 1900s until approximately 1940, when it was acquired by the city's Board of Transportation. In 1944, it began operation as a bus garage called Fifth Avenue Depot. In 1959, the depot was equipped with heaters to circulate hot water through the heating and cooling systems of buses that had to be stored outside due to the lack of storage space. The depot was later rebuilt, and it opened on September 6, 1984. On June 30, 1988, the depot was renamed after Jackie Gleason, who grew up in Brooklyn and played bus driver Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners; this renaming occurred one year after Gleason's death. The depot later housed a bus built in 1949 similar to that used on the show, part of the New York Transit Museum fleet.

The depot facilitated the first testing of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in 1992, when a dual-fueled CNG/Diesel bus was housed in the facility. The bus was fueled at the Brooklyn Union Gas Company facility in Greenpoint, Brooklyn. In November 1995, the NYCTA installed a fueling station (leased from Brooklyn Union) at the cost of $1.6 million for several Transportation Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) RTS-06 CNG and a fleet of BIA Orion 5.501 CNGs. The depot was fully equipped with CNG on June 7, 1999, with the original "slow-fill" fueling station replaced with a "fast-fill" station. It became the first NYCTA depot to support CNG buses. Also, this depot has been modified to accommodate articulated-buses, with the B35 converted to articulated buses as of September 1, 2018.

## Fleet

* New Flyer C40LF CNG
* New Flyer XN40 CNG
* New Flyer XN60 CNG

## Routes

Current Local Routes: B4, B8, B9, B11, B16, B37, B43, B61, B63, B67, B68, B69, B70

Current Articulated Local Routes: B35

Former Local Routes: B19 (discontinued 1988), B23 (discontinued 2010), B33 (discontinued 1992), B51 (moved to Grand Avenue Depot in 2008), B71 (discontinued 2010), B75 (discontinued 2010), B77 (discontinued 2010)

## References

1. ↑ New York City Transit (2000). 2000 Insider's Guide 10. Retrieved on April 16, 2022.