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Q13 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Flushing – 39th Avenue and Union Street near Flushing–Main Street (7, <7> trains)

### **End**

Fort Totten – Fort Road and Cross Island Parkway

### **Length**

TBA

The **Q13** constitutes a bus route between Flushing and Fort Totten, in Queens. It is currently operated by New York City Transit under the MTA Regional Bus Operations brand. It is based at the Casey Stengel Depot.

## Route description and service

The Q13 begins at 39th Avenue and Union Street, in Flushing, and it turns left on the latter, while buses accessing its Flushing terminal uses 37th Avenue, 138th Street, and Union Street. It then turns on Northern Boulevard, which it continues on, until it turns to Bell Boulevard. It then continues on the boulevard until it turns on Totten Avenue, and continues on the avenue, until it ends.

The Q13 does not run during overnight hours.

## History

The Q13 bus service was started on March 14, 1920, as the DP&S Route 18, and was originally owned by Rauchwerger.

On July 11, 1966, the NYCTA moved the terminals of the Q13, Q14, Q16, Q28, and Q44FS from downtown Flushing to the Flushing Parking Field surrounded by 37th Avenue, Union Street, 138th Street, and 39th Avenue on a six-month pilot basis. The change, which was made at the request of multiple Queens elected officials, was intended to provide shelter for riders and reduce downtown congestion. However, due to immediate opposition from shoppers, who complained that the change forced them to walk four blocks to get from the subway to the buses, businessmen, and elected officials, on July 20, 1966, the NYCTA announced that it would undo the change on July 24. Q13, Q16, and Q28 service would go back to terminating on the north side of Roosevelt Avenue to the east of Main Street, while the Q14 and Q44FS service would resume terminating on the east side of Main Street at 39th Avenue.
Bx46 (New York City bus)

The **Bx46** constitutes a bus route in the Bronx, New York running primarily on Longwood Avenue, Tiffany Street, and Viele Avenue between Longwood and Hunts Point Cooperative Market.

The Bx46 was originally the Baretto Point Park Shuttle, which began service in 2008, running summer weekends only. In 2013, the shuttle was replaced with the current Bx46 route.

## Route description

The Bx46 begins at Prospoect Avenue and Westchester Avenue, at the Prospect Avenue station on the IRT White Plains Road Line, and uses Macy Place and Hewitt Place to access Longwood Avenue, while buses heading to the Longwood terminus use Prospect Avenue. It then continues on Longwood Avenue until it goes on Tiffany Street, and continues on this street as well until it turns to Viele Avenue. It then continues on Viele Avenue until it uses Ryawa Avenue, Hunts Point Avenue, and Food Center Drive to access the Hunts Point Cooperative Market terminus, while buses heading to Longwood use Halleck Street to access Viele Avenue.

## History

The Bx46 was originally the Baretto Point Park Shuttle, which began service on June 27, 2008 running summer weekends only, between Hunts Point at the Hunts Point Avenue station and Baretto Point Park. The original south-western terminus was at Longwood Avenue ( 6 <6> ​ trains). The original south-eastern terminus was the Barreto Point Park at Tiffany Street-Viele Avenue.

Seasonal summer service ran in 2008 and 2009 before being discontinued as part of 2010 budget-related service reductions, but was restored in Summer 2012 due to high demand.

On April 7, 2013, the Baretto Point Park Shuttle was replaced by the newly created Bx46. Service was extended from both ends, running between Prospect Avenue station on the IRT White Plains Road Line and the Hunts Point Cooperative Market via Longwood Avenue on the IRT Pelham Line and Barretto Point Park via Viele Avenue.
M116 (New York City bus)

The **116 Street Crosstown** is a surface transit route in Manhattan. Originally a streetcar route, it is now the **M116** bus route, running between East Harlem and Morningside Heights. It is currently based at the Manhattanville Depot.

## History

### Bus service

The New York City Omnibus Corporation bus route (M20 - 20) replaced New York Railways' 116th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 1, 1936.

Circa 1993, the M20 route became the current M116.
S51 and S81 buses

The **S51** and **S81** constitute bus routes in Staten Island, New York running primarily on Bay Street, Father Capodanno Boulevard, and Midland Avenue, between St. George Ferry Terminal and Grant City.

The S51 was originally a streetcar route, that was replaced with buses in 1934. The S81 was created in 2001 as a limited stop version of the S51.

## Route description

The S51 begins at St. George Ferry Terminal Ramp B, and continues along Bay Street until it turns to School Road then Lily Pond Avenue to access Father Capodanno Boulevard. It then continues on the boulevard until it turns to Midland Avenue, then uses Hylan Boulevard and Lincoln Avenue to access the terminus, while buses heading northbound use Richmond Road to access Midland Avenue. Some AM rush trips and all PM rush trips start/end at South Beach in the peak direction.

Some buses via Fort Wadsworth use New York Avenue and Battery Road instead of School Road and Lily Pond Avenue, and runs 7 days a week.

During rush hours, The S81 replicates the S51, but running via Fort Wadsworth. It heads to Grant City during PM hours only. It also makes all local stops south of Sand Lane and Father Capodanno Boulevard.

## History

The S51 bus was originally the route 2 streetcar, which ran between St. George Ferry Terminal and Shore Acres, and was operated by Staten Island Electric Railway, Richmond Light and Railroad Company, and finally Richmond Railways. On January 7, 1934, buses replaced streetcars, and was initially operated by Staten Island Coach Company, then the Isle Transportation Company, as route R2.

In 1947, Isle Transportation went bankrupt, and was taken over by the New York City Board of Transportation on February 23rd of the same year.

The R2MB became the S2, and then the S51 on April 15, 1990.

On the R2MB Summer Service, certain trips were terminated and originated at Midland Beach Bus Loop (Jefferson Avenue & Seaside (now Father Capodanno) Boulevard).

Service from Midnight to 5 a.m. was terminated at Midland Avenue and Kiswick Street.

The R2SB was discontinued; the Arrochar segment merged into the S104 (now the S52).

In January 1990, alternate buses began running through Fort Wadsworth between 6 a.m. and 10 p.m. Around January 12, 1991, the grounds of the United States Naval Station at the Fort were closed to the public due to security concerns due to the beginning of the Gulf War. The restriction became permanent after the war.

On March 27, 1995, alternate S51 buses during weekday rush hours in the off-peak direction, from St. George between 6 a.m. and 9 a.m. and from Grant City between 3 and 5:30 p.m. The began running through Fort Wadsworth at the request of the Defense Logistics Agency, which moved several employees to the Fort. Other alternatives considered included diverting all S51 service between 6 a.m.. and 7 p.m. and diverting the S53 and reverse peak-direction express bus trips.

In 2001, the S81 started service, as a rush hour, limited stop variant of the S51.
Q55 (New York City bus)

The **Richmond Hill Line** is a surface transit line on Myrtle Avenue in Queens, New York City. Once a streetcar line owned by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, it was replaced on April 26, 1950 by the B55 bus route. The trolley tracks were not removed until April 1955, when Myrtle Avenue was being repaved. The bus was renumbered on December 11, 1988 as the Q55 Myrtle Avenue (East) bus route (as opposed to the B54 route on the western portion of Myrtle Avenue), operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

## Current route

The current Q55 route is identical to the route it used when it opened in 1950. The Q55 begins at the Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal at the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Subway station on the Brooklyn-Queens border. It then runs via Myrtle Avenue, cutting through Forest Park, and continuing to Jamaica Avenue and Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill, where it meets up with the 121st Street subway station.

## Bus redesign

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network. As part of the redesign, the Q55 bus would have been extended to 170th Street and Jamaica Avenue in Jamaica, Queens. 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 Q55 would follow the previous plan mentioned above.

## External links

* Richmond Hill Trolley Line on Myrtle Avenue (Richmond Hill Historical Society)
* About NYC Transit; Historic NYC Trolley Photos (MTA.com)
Q80 (New York City bus 1969–1970)

The first version of the **Q80** constituted an experimental bus route run by New York City Transit. It only ran for around 5 months from September 8, 1969 to March 6, 1970. Ths bus ran rush hours only, with service only running every between 7 and 9 a.m., and from 4 to 7 p.m. It had only 8 or 9 riders on each bus.

## History

The Q80 was an experimental bus route. Originally scheduled for three months from September 8, 1969 to December 1969. The route was extended for another three months. Although the route was scheduled to be discontinued on March 5, 1970, the pilot was extended again on March 6, 1970. The NYCTA was seeking ways to increase ridership on the route. There were only 8 or 9 riders on each bus. Service ran between 7 and 9 a.m. and between 4 and 7 p.m.
B49 (New York City bus)

Crown HeightsBedford Avenue and Empire Boulevard (Limited-Stop service)

The **Ocean Avenue Line** is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, running mainly along Ocean, Bedford, and Rogers Avenues between Bedford-Stuyvesant and Manhattan Beach. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the **B49** bus route, operated by MTA New York City Bus. It is based at the Flatbush Depot.

## History

The B49 bus began as the Ocean Avenue streetcar line, which was opened on July 28, 1895 by the Nassau Electric Railroad. It ran between Williamsburg to Sheepshead Bay. On 1899, the line was cut back to Emmons and Ocean Avenues. The streetcar ran until April 29, 1951 when it was substituted for buses.

It was rerouted to serve the Sheepshead Bay subway station on November 12, 1978 (when the B1 bus was rerouted via Brighton Beach).

Southbound Limited-Stop service was started on September 5, 2006.

## Description

The B49 begins at Fulton Street and Bedford Avenue, at the Franklin Avenue station on the C train and the Franklin Avenue Shuttle. It then continues until it turns left at Dean Street and right at Bedford Avenue. It continues on Bedford Avenue northbound and Rogers Avenue southbound for most of its length until Foster Avenue, where it turns right and again on Ocean Avenue. It then continues on the avenue until it turns right onto Avenue Z and again on East 16th Street and it turns on Sheepshead Bay Road. It then turns on Emmons Avenue and Shore Boulevard, which becomes West End Avenue. it then continues until it turns left onto Oriental Boulevard and continues until it ends at Kingsborough Community College.

The B49 also employs a limited-stop service during morning rush hours, making limited stops on Bedford and Ocean Avenues. The limited-stop service runs between Bedford Avenue and Empire Boulevard and Kingsborough Community College.
Q47 (New York City bus)

The **Q47** constitutes a bus route in Queens, New York mainly running between LaGuardia Airport and Glendale. Formerly operated by Triboro Coach Corporation, it is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand.

## Route description

The route begins at Marine Air Terminal Road, near the Marine Air Terminal of LaGuardia Airport, and then continues on 82nd Street until it turns to Astoria Boulevard, then 80th Street. Southbound buses use 78th Street and 30th Avenue to access 77th Street and 31st Avenue, and from 10 AM-7 PM it serves Bulova Corporate Center; northbound buses use 77th Street and 25th Avenue to access 80th Street, and also serves Bulova Corporate Center from 6 AM-3 PM. It then continues until southbound buses use 73rd Street, 35th Avenue, 75th Street, or also Broadway to access Roosevelt Avenue, while northbound buses use 74th Street to access 31st Avenue. It then continues on Roosevelt Avenue until it turns onto 69th Street, and goes on until southbound buses turn to Calamus Avenue, while northbound buses use 69th Place and 51st Avenue to access 69th Street. It then continues on Calamus Avenue, until it turns to 79th Street, Grand Avenue, and then 80th Street. It then goes on the street for most of its length until it turns to Cooper Avenue, and turns right on 82nd Street, again a street near The Shops at Atlas Park, again on 81st Street, and left on Cooper Avenue, where it terminates.

## History

The Q47 bus service began on October 1, 1939, and was formerly operated by Triboro Coach Corporation.

On February 2, 2006, Triboro Coach ceased operations and the Q47, as well as all other routes operating under Triboro Coach, were picked up by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

It merged with the Q45, also a former Triboro Coach route, on September 4, 2011.

It was rerouted in East Elmhurst off of 77th Street southbound to accommodate the street's change to a one-way street in September 2016.

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network. As part of the redesign, the Q41's route would have been replaced by the QT4, a "high density" route running between Downtown Brooklyn and Jackson Heights, and the QT61, a "neighborhood" route running between Midtown Manhattan and East Elmhurst. 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. The southern part of the Q47 will be extended to Middle Village, to replace the Q67, which would be rerouted. The remaining portion of the route would be similar to the existing Q47.
Flabush Depot

The **Flatbush Depot** is a Brooklyn Divison bus depot located at 4901 Filmore Avenue in Flatlands, Brooklyn (40.615736°N 73.927059°W), near the Kings Plaza shopping center, where a number of bus routes terminate. The depot occupies two blocks just off Flatbush Avenue, bounded by Fillmore Avenue, East 49th Street, Avenue N, and Utica Avenue.

The Brooklyn Heights Railroad (part of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company) opened the depot in mid-1902 along its Flatbush Avenue Line (later the Bergen Beach Shuttle) on Avenue N. It eventually served a number of lines from the Flatbush area, including the Bergen Beach Shuttle, Flatbush Avenue Line, Nostrand Avenue Line, Ocean Avenue Line, and Utica Avenue Line. The barn began serving buses in 1931, and was acquired by the city in 1940. The depot was reconstructed under municipal operations in the late 1940s, designed by architect D. R. Collin of the BRT, and was intended to be the first of a new system-wide design. Few of the former BRT/BMT depots were rebuilt to match such designs. Only Ulmer Park Depot's garage building somewhat matches his new architectural design. The new Flatbush Depot opened for bus service on January 15, 1950, along with Ulmer Park Depot. An adjacent parking lot was added in 1965, and the depot was rehabilitated in 1991. In 2009, the depot became the first to dispatch buses equipped with Plexiglas partitions to protect drivers, after the December 1, 2008 murder of Edwin Thomas, a bus driver who was operating a bus on the B46 Limited route when this incident occurred.

## Fleet

* OBI Orion VII NG HEV
* New Flyer XD40
* New Flyer XD60
* Nova Bus LFS LF60102

## Routes

Local Routes: B2, B31, B41, B44, B46, B49

Articulated SBS Routes: B44 SBS, B46 SBS
Q29 (New York City bus)

### **End**

Jackson Heights – 82nd Street and Roosevelt Avenue / 82nd Street–Jackson Heights

### **Length**

3.7 mi (6 km)

The **Q29** constitutes a bus route between Glendale and Jackson Heights. Formerly operated by Triboro Coach Corporation, it is now operated by MTA Bus Company under the MTA Regional Bus Operations brand.

## Route description

The bus route begins at 81st and Myrtle Avenue, and uses 81st Street and 78th Avenue to access 80th Street, while buses heading to the terminus turns right on Myrtle Avenue and continues until it ends at the terminus. It then continues on 80th Street, until it turns onto Dry Harbor Road, which it continues on until it turns to Woodhaven Boulevard. It then goes on until westbound buses use Queens Boulevard, 90th Street, and Corona Avenue to access 91st Place, while eastbound buses use Corona Avenue, 92nd Street, 57th Avenue, and Hoffman Drive to access Woodhaven Boulevard. Buses then continue on 91st Place, then going on Hampton Street, until it uses Baxter Avenue, 83rd Street, Roosevelt Avenue, and turns left on 82nd Street, where it terminates. For buses heading southbound, they use 82nd Street, Ithaca Street, and Baxter Avenue to access Hampton Street.

## History

The Q29 bus service began in 1921, and was originally operated by Kings Coach Company, and then Triboro Coach Corporation.

On February 2, 2006, Triboro Coach ceased operations and the Q29, as well as all other routes operating under Triboro Coach, were picked up by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).
John F. Kennedy Depot

The **John F. Kennedy Bus Depot** or **JFK Depot**, along with Far Rockaway Depot, is an MTA Bus garage that was operated by Green Bus Lines prior by MTA Bus takeover on January 9, 2006. It is part of the Queens Division bus depots. It was the primary storage and maintenance facility for the company. The depot was built from 1951 to 1952 at the cost of $500,000. It is owned by GTJ Reit Inc (the successor to Green Lines) and is leased to the City of New York and operated by MTA Bus for a period of 21 years. JFK Depot is located in Springfield Gardens at 147th Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard (165-25 147th Avenue) near JFK Airport (40.661348°N 73.773916°W).

## Fleet (shared with Far Rockaway Depot)

* OBI Orion VII OG HEV
* OBI Orion VII NG HEV
* New Flyer XD60
* 2022-23 Nova Bus LFS LF40102 (on order)

## Routes

This depot houses the buses used on the following routes, all of which used to be Green Lines routes:

Local Routes: Q6, Q7, Q8, Q9, Q37, Q40, Q60

Articulated Local Routes: Q10, Q52 SBS

Former local routes: Q89 (discontinued 2010)

Former express routes: QM23 (discontinued 2010)
Hudson Pier Depot

The **Hudson Depot** or **Hudson Pier Depot** was located on Hudson River Pier 57 at 15th Street in the present Hudson River Park in Chelsea, Manhattan (40.743520°N 74.010386°W). The address was 11 11th Avenue. This depot was built from 1950 to 1954 as a shipping pier. The pier was abandoned in 1967 by Grace Line and remained unused for several years. In December 1971, the New York City Transit Authority took possession of the vacant building, and upgraded it to facilitate bus fueling and storage. This was opposed by the International Longshoremen's Association, who desired the facility to be reactivated for maritime operations, and by local civic organizations.The depot opened on September 11, 1972, replacing the 12th Street Depot, and providing indoor storage for over 200 buses previously parked on city streets. It held up to 165 buses. The Hudson Depot was intended to be temporary, but was kept in service when plans to construct new depots failed, and due to the closure of the 54th Street Depot. The depot was closed on September 7, 2003, the same day the 100th Street Depot reopened, and its routes such as the M6, M8, M9, M11, M14A/M14D, M21, M22, M16/M34, and half of the Q32 were transferred to the Michael J. Quill Depot (except the M11, which was transferred to Manhattanville, and later some M11 runs were shared with Michael J. Quill Depot in an effort to ease the severe overcrowding at Manhattanville Depot, where many of their buses are stored on the local streets during nighttime hours).
B78 (New York City bus)

The **B78** constituted a bus route in Brooklyn, that ran between Brownsville and Kings Plaza Shopping Center. It was based at the Flatbush Depot.

The bus route was originally a streetcar line, that was discontinued on November 1, 1943. It began in 1966 as a new route. The route would be combined with the B40 to create the B47.

## Route description

The route began at Rutland Road and East 98th Street, and used Rutland Road to access Rockaway Parkway, while bus heading to the terminus used Winthrop Street and East 98th Street. It then continued along Rockaway Parkway until it turned to Clarkson Avenue, Resmen Avenue, and then Ralph Avenue. It then mostly went along Ralph Avenue until it continued on Mill Avenue, and bore left on Avenue U, where it continued until ending at East 54th Street.

## History

The route was originally a streetcar line, named the Ralph Avenue Line. On November 1, 1943, the route was replaced with buses.

In 1966, the B78 was created as a new route running on Ralph Avenue. Previously, the designation was used for a short-lived shuttle that ran between Woodhaven and Ozone Park, from 1939 to 1940. The new route did not intersect with the B40.

It originally terminated at Mill Avenue and Avenue U. On September 11, 1970, Kings Plaza opened, and the B78 was extended to the new mall. It now terminated at Avenue U and East 54th Street.

On September 8, 2002, the B78 was merged with the B40 to form the B47 bus route.
B32 (New York City bus)

### Streets served/Via

Kent Avenue (northbound)/Wythe Avenue (southbound), Franklin Street, Pulsaki Bridge

### Annual ridership

TBA

The **B32** constitutes a bus route in Brooklyn. Unlike most bus routes in Brooklyn, it was not a streetcar route, but was instead created from scratch by the MTA, therefore it is one of the newest bus routes in Brooklyn. It is based at the Grand Avenue Depot.

## History

The route began on September 8, 2013, as a new bus route running from Williamsburg to Long Island City.

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. As part of the redesign, the B32 will be discontinued.

## References

1. ↑ Introducing new service between Williamsburg and Long Island City
Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company

The **Avenue B & East Broadway Transit Company, Inc.** was a bus operator in Manhattan.

It was organized in 1932 to run bus routes which had been operated as streetcars by the Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad. This was the first streetcar company to fail and for some time until 1932, a jitney operation had preceded the Avenue B company.

The main route was originally the M8-Grand Street Crosstown route; over time the Grand Street route became secondary in importance to the company's other route, M9-Avenue B. Only the M9 route continues to be operated; the designation M8 has been given to another route.

Although an independent company, the company coordinated its routes with those of the Third Avenue Transit Company (ultimately Surface Transit, Inc.) and exchanged transfers with that system.

In 1980 the company's operation was taken over by the New York City Transit Authority. (See this listing for details of the M9 as currently operated)
Bx26 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Bedford Park – Paul Avenue and West 205th Street / Bedford Park Boulevard station

### **End**

Co-op City – Earhart Lane and Erskine Place

The **Bx26** is a public transit route in the Bronx, New York that runs between Bedford Park and Co-op City, primarily on Bedford Park Boulevard and Allerton Avenue.

The Bx26 was originally the Bx17, which began service in 1928. In 1984, as part of the bus revamp in the Bronx, the Bx17 was renumbered the Bx26.

## Route description

The Bx26 begins at Paul Avenue and West 205th Street, and uses Paul Avenue to access Bedford Park Boulevard, while buses heading to the terminus use Goulden Avenue and West 205th Street. Buses continue on Bedford Park Boulevard until it turns to Kazimiroff Boulevard and then Allerton Avenue. It then continues on Allerton Avenue for a length until it uses Gunther Avenue, Bartow Avenue, Asch Loop, Bartow Avenue again, Hutchinson River Parkway East, Boller Avenue, Hunter Avenue, and Earhart Lane. It continues on Earhart Lane until it ends at Erskine Place.

## History

The Bx26 started service in 1928, numbered the Bx17. The original north-eastern terminus was at Westervelt Avenue. Service was extended to its current terminus in July 1974.

The original western terminus was at Allerton Avenue-White Plains Road (2, 5 trains). Service was extended to its current terminus in July 1974, in addition to having a former split branched service to Fordham Center.

On February 19, 1984, the entire Bronx bus system was revamped. As part of the revamp, the Bx17 was renumbered the Bx26.

Split branched service to Bedford Park originally ran all times except nights until December 1991, when it started running weekday rush hours, early weekend mornings and late evenings only.

Split branched service to Fordham Center originally ran all times except nights until September 10, 2000, when alternating Bx28 service to Fordham Center (originally running weekdays and Saturdays only) replaced it.
Service originally ran all of Co-op City from July 1974 to June 2010. Service to Co-op City will be restored as part of the Bx25 (a new route that will follow the pre-June 2010 route of the Bx26) as part of a redesign of the Bronx bus system.
Plum Beach Auto Stage

**Plum Beach Auto Stage** was a bus operator in Brooklyn, New York. On April, 1919 the company started a bus route in the Sheepshead Bay area, which would become part of the current B1 bus route.

## History

On April 1919, the company started bus routes in the Sheepshead Bay and Plumb Beach areas, lettered A, B, and C. They were feeder routes for elevated trains. They also operated school bus routes, and operated filling stations. Trolley lines had not been built in the area due to its sparse population, which did not warrant the cost of building them.

The letters were given numbers, so it was redesignated the 1A, 1B, and 1C. Around 1946, bus routes 1A and 1B were merged to form the B21, while the 1C route became the B1. The B21 would be replaced in 1978 with parts of the B1, B4, and B36.

## Bus routes

Bus Route A ran between Sheephead Bay station and Plum Beach Landing. It followed along Sheepshead Bay Road to Emmons Avenue, then via Emmons Avenue to Plum Beach Landing at Emmons Avenue and Ocean Avenue, following the Sea Gate Line. The route was 600 feet long.

Bus Route B ran between Sheepshead Bay station and Manhattan Beach, beginning at the Sheepshead Bay station on the BMT Brighton Line, and following along Sheepshead Bay Road to Emmons Avenue, along Emmons Avenue to West End Avenue, West End Avenue to Shore Boulevard, Shore Boulevard to Ocean Avenue, and Ocean Avenue to Oriental Boulevard, and finally Shore Boulevard to the eastern end at Manhattan Beach near Norfolk Court, which was at the end of the Sea Gate trolley line. This route was 1,000 feet long.

## References

1. ↑ Motor Transport - Volume 30 96. Hopkins Transportation Library/Stanford University Libraries (March 1923). Retrieved on May 30, 2022.
2. ↑ BrooklynBus (March 20, 2015). Re: Former Brooklyn Bus Routes. SubChat. Retrieved on July 25, 2023.
3. ↑ [Allan] (November 14, 2011). Thirty-Third Anniversary Of The Southwest Brooklyn Bus Route Changes. Bklyner. Retrieved on July 25, 2023.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 New York (N.Y.). Board of Estimate and Apportionment (1922). Minutes of the Board of Estimate and Apportionment of the City of New York 1114. M.B. Brown Printing & Binding Company. Retrieved on May 22, 2022.
Bx19 (New York City bus)

The **Bx19** consitutes a bus route in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York running primarily on West 145th Street, East 149th Street, and Southern Boulevard between Riverside State Park or Harlem during late nights in Manhattan and Bronx Park in The Bronx.

The Bx19 was originally two streetcar routes, which were replaced with buses in 1947 and 1948, numbered Bx30 and Bx31 repectively. It was also the Bx15B, which ran between Wakefield and Baychester. In July 1974, the Bx15B was renumbered the Bx19, and in February 1984, the Bx30 and Bx31 was merged into the Bx19.

## Route description

The Bx19 starts at Riverside State Park, or 145th Street and Broadway during overnight hours, and continues along West 145th Street until it goes on East 149th Street, continuing on that street until it turns to Southern Boulevard. It then continues on Southern Boulevard until it ends at New York Botanical Garden.

## History

Buses replaced the 149th Street Crosstown Line streetcars on August 16, 1947, numbered the Bx30, and Southern Boulevard Line streetcars on August 21, 1948, numbered the Bx31. The original northern terminus was at Fordham Road. Service was extended to its current terminus in July 1974.

The Bx19 was also originally the Bx15B, which ran between Wakefield and Baychester. On July 1, 1974, it was renumbered to the current Bx19.

On February 19, 1984, as part of the Bronx bus revamp, portions of the former Bx30 and Bx31 services were merged to create the Bx19. The eastern section at Bruckner Expressway-East 149th Street and Port Morris section was replaced by a rerouted Bx17 service.
B25 (New York City bus)

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The **Fulton Street Line** or **East New York Line** was a streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York City, running mainly along Fulton Street between Fulton Ferry and East New York. In 1941, the streetcar line was replaced by the **B25** bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

## Route description

The B25 bus route runs along Old Fulton Street and Fulton Street between Fulton Ferry and the Broadway Junction subway station (Template:NYCS Broadway Junction) in East New York, except in Downtown Brooklyn, where a block of the street past Borough Hall is closed. Along the way, subway transfers can be made at Court Street–Borough Hall (Template:NYCS Court-Borough), Jay Street–MetroTech (Template:NYCS MetroTech), DeKalb Avenue (Template:NYCS DeKalb), and at various points along the IND Fulton Street Line. The route is based out of East New York Bus Depot.

## History

The Brooklyn City Rail Road opened a line along Fulton Street from Fulton Ferry on July 6, 1854; it reached East New York by 1874. Buses were substituted for streetcars on August 10, 1941.

In September 1996, B25 service was made 24/7 to make up for the truncation of B41 service to Tillary Street. B25 service had run 24 hours on weekdays and Saturday, but not Sundays when the first trip departed at 7:40 a.m. It was then extended to Fulton Landing in 1998. On January 12, 1998, westbound service was rerouted along Front Street, Main Street, Water Street and Fulton Street between 7 a.m. and 7 p.m. on weekdays to stop at the corner of Water Street and Main Street.

## External links

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2. ↑ J.B. Beers and Company, Brooklyn, 1874 (with Brooklyn City Rail Road lines overprinted)
Eastchester Depot

The **Eastchester Depot** is a Bronx Division bus depot, located on Tillotson Avenue near Conner Street (40.884228°N 73.821717°W) off the New England Thruway (Interstate 95) in the Eastchester and Co-op City neighborhoods of the Bronx. It was built in 1970, and is owned by Edward Arrigoni, former president of New York Bus Service (NYBS), and has been leased to the City of New York and MTA Bus Company for twenty years with an option to purchase afterwards. It was renamed Eastchester Depot upon takeover on July 1, 2005. It previously housed the mass transit operations of NYBS, which operated express service between the Bronx to Manhattan as well as school bus operations.

This depot contains a major bus overhaul and repair facility/shop for various type of buses, a major "reserve storage" facility for out-of-service buses, and a storage facility for decommissioned and wrecked buses awaiting scrapping. The latter set of buses are stripped of usable parts such as windows and engine components, as well as reusable fluids such as motor oil and fuel, before the remaining shells and unsalvageable parts are sold for scrap. The scrapping program began in summer 2008. Under the MTA, the shop was upgraded with a new concrete floor. The facility underwent further renovations in the 2010s, replacing the maintenance building's roof and improving ventilation and pollution controls including containment of fuel spills. The upgraded facility opened on August 13, 2015.

## Fleet

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

## Routes

* Local Routes: Bx23, Q50 (split from the former Queens Surface route QBx1 in 2010)
* Express Routes: BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9, BxM10 (all former NYBS routes)
* Rush hour-only Express Routes: QM2, QM20, QM32 (shared with College Point Depot)
Comprehensive Omnibus Company

**Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation** was a bus operator in the borough of Manhattan in New York City. It was an affiliate of East Side Omnibus Corporation, organized in 1933, one year after the East Side company, by the same people. It operated three routes, all crosstown, two of which were taken over from Green Bus Lines when GBL was given franchises in Queens.

Comprehensive and East Side Omnibus were coordinated in their transfer policy with New York City Omnibus Co., all three companies exchanging transfers among their routes, even though Comprehensive and East Side were entirely independent in ownership from NYCO.

Both Comprehensive and East Side went bankrupt in 1948, and their routes were taken over by New York City, operated by the Board of Transportation (which later became a State operation, the New York City Transit Authority).
M72 (New York City bus)

The **M72** constitutes a bus route between Upper West Side and Upper East Side. It serves as a 72nd Street crosstown. This route is based at the Michael J. Quill Depot.

## History

The M72 was created on September 10, 1989 to provide 72 Street Crosstown service from East 72nd Street and York Avenue to 66th Street and Freedom Place via the 65 Street Transverse.

On December 20, 2009, due to New York State Department of Transportation construction on West 72nd Street, service was rerouted to a new terminal on West 66th Street between Riverside Boulevard and Freedom Place. Due to that construction, service had been rerouted via Riverside Boulevard, West 68th Street and Freedom Place. To bypass congestion on West 68th street, westbound service was rerouted via West 66th Street to the new terminal.
Staten Island Coach Company

The **Staten Island Coach Company** was a bus operating company, formed in 1925 as a subsidiary of Richmond Light & Railroad Company to operate buses which replaced streetcars operated by the parent company in Staten Island (the borough of Richmond in New York City). However, it was only in 1933 that authority to operate buses was granted by the city, by which time the Richmond Light & Railroad Co. had been reorganized, with its streetcar operations renamed Richmond Railways. Gradually, in 1933 and 1934, Staten Island Coach Co. bus routes replaced the Richmond Railways streetcar lines. At this point, two separate bus systems operated in Staten Island, as another network of bus lines was operated by Tompkins Bus Company In 1937, the Staten Island Coach Co. took over the Tompkins Bus Co. routes and the former Tompkins Bus Co. routes were given new route numbers in the 100's.

In 1946, the Staten Island Coach Co. went bankrupt, and the Isle Transportation Company, a company organized by a group of Staten Island Coach Co. employees, began operating the buses on Staten Island.
S57 (New York City bus)

The **S57** constitutes a bus route in Staten Island, New York running primarily on Amboy Road, Rockland Avenue, Bradley Avenue, and Willowbrook Road.

The S57 was originally the R111 route, and the northern segment of the R106. The northern segment (north of Victory Boulevard) of the R106 became the northern segment of extended R111.

## Route description and service

The S57 begins at Richmond Terrance and Park Avenue, and uses Church Street to access Port Richmond Avenue, while buses accessing the terminus use Richmond Terrance. It continues along Port Richmond Avenue until it turns to Post Avenue, Decker Avenue, Forest Avenue, and Willowbrook Road. It then continues on the road until it turns to Watchogue Road and then Bradley Avenue. It then goes on Bradley Avenue for a length until it turns to Brielle Avenue, and then turns to Rockland Avenue and Richmond Road. It then continues on Richmond Road until it uses Rose Avenue, New Drop Plaza, New Drop Lane, and Richmond Road again, and then goes on Amboy Road. It then continues on Amboy Road until it turns to Guyon Avenue and Hylan Boulevard, and uses Ebbitts Street and Mill Road to access the terminus, while buses heading northbound uses Mill Road and Tysens Lane.

Some buses use the loop at Seaview Hospital.

Some buses run between Port Richmond and Brielle Avenue on school days, providing service to Susan E. Wagner High School

The S57 does not run during late nights.

## History

The S57 was originally the R111 route, which ran between Castleton Corners and Oakwood. In the 1980s, the Oakwood destination changed to Ebbits Street and Hylan Boulevard, New Dorp.

It was also the northern segment of the R106, which ran between Castleton Corners and Port Richmond.

Some rush hour service ran to and from Ramp "A", Staten Island Ferry. There was also school Service, to and from Msgr. Farrell High School.

The entire R106 became the S67 upon renumbering in 1990. It was discontinued on June 27, 2010 due to a budget crisis. The northern part of the route was replaced with the R111.

The R111 service to Staten Island Ferry was truncated at Victory Boulevard, and was extended over the western end of R106 to Port Richmond to form the S57.
Amsterdam Depot

The **Amsterdam Depot** is a Bronx (formerly Manhattan) Division depot located on the entire city block bounded by Amsterdam Avenue, Convent Avenue, and 128th and 129th Streets in Manhattanville, Manhattan (40.814246°N 73.955365°W), several blocks south of the City College of New York. It was built in 1882 as a trolley depot for the Third Avenue Railway. The last trolley was operated from the building on May 17, 1947. The building was then expanded and reopened as a bus garage by Surface Transit Inc., a subsidiary of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company. The MaBSTOA assumed the depot's operations in 1962. The MTA shut down the Amsterdam Depot's bus operations on September 7, 2003, the day the new 100th Street Depot (since renamed the Tuskegee Airmen Depot) opened. The depot was part of the Manhattan Division until spring 1998, when it was transferred to the Bronx Division due to the opening of the Michael J. Quill Depot and the closure of the Walnut Depot. On January 6, 2008, MTA reopened the depot temporarily because of a rehabilitation project at the Mother Clara Hale Depot. Amsterdam Depot closed on June 27, 2010, due to service cuts. The M1 and M7 routes were transferred to Manhattanville, while the M98 route went to Michael J. Quill Depot. This garage now houses and maintains most of the museum and vintage bus fleet.

## Routes

Former routes: M1 (moved to Manhattanville Depot), M7 (moved to Manhattanville Depot), M98 (moved to Michael J. Quill Depot)
S44 and S94 buses

The **S44** and **S94** constitutes two bus routes in Staten Island, New York running primarily on Richmond Terrace, Henderson Avenue, Cary Avenue, Post Avenue, and Richmond Avenue between St. George Ferry Terminal and New Springville.

The S44 was originally the R102 route, and was renumbered to the S44. The S94 was introduced in 1994 as a limited stop service replicating the S44.

## Route description and service

The S44 begins at St. George Ferry Terminal at Ramp D, and goes on Richmond Terrance until it turns to Lafayette Avenue and Henderson Avenue. It then continues until it uses Bemet Avenue, Cary Avenue, Post Avenue, Post Richmond Avenue, Walker Street, and Morningstar Road. It then continues on the road until it goes on Richmond Avenue, which it continues on until it uses North Entrance Road, Ring Road, Platinum Avenue to access Richmond Avenue again. It then continues on Richmond Avenue until it uses Yukon Avenue to access the terminus. Buses heading northbound uses Forest Hill Road and Independence Avenue to access Richmond Avenue.

During rush hours, the S94 replicates the S44, going to St. George Ferry Terminal during AM rush hours and to New Springville during PM rush hours. The bus route make all local stops south of Jewett Avenue and Post Avenue.

## History

The S44 was originally the R102 route, which ran between St. George Ferry Terminal and Port Richmond, and rush hour service to and from Post Avenue and Jewett Avenue. It was extended southward to the Staten Island Mall in the early 1980s.

The R102 would be renumbered the S44.

In September 1994, the S94 service began, and was implemented as part of New York City Transit's Fare Deal Ridership Growth Service Initiative. The route was approved at the May 1994 MTA Board meeting.

S94 trips were implemented by converting some existing local trips to provide passengers traveling longer distances with quicker trips to and from St. George.

Service to St. George initially ran between 7:00 a.m. and 8:15 a.m. and service from St. George initially ran between 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m..
Q2 (New York City bus)

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The **Q2** bus route constitutes a public transit line in Queens, New York City. It runs between the 165th Street Terminal in Jamaica, Queens and UBS Arena and Belmont Park in Elmont, Nassau County. Originally operated by the North Shore Bus Company until 1947, the route is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand.

## Route description

The Q2 bus route begins at the 165th Street Terminal at bay 7, and uses 89th Avenue and 165th Street to access Hillside Avenue. It then goes on for a length until it turns right onto 187th Place, and again on Hollis Avenue. It goes on the avenue for most of its length until it goes on Springfield Boulevard and then turns right on Hempstead Avenue. it then continues until it goes on the Belmont Park Racetrack bus lane, where it ends near UBS Arena/Belmont Park.

For buses heading to Jamaica, it is similar to the eastbound route, except that it uses 188th Street to access Hillside Avenue, and uses Merrick Boulevard and 189th Street to access bay 7 of the 165th Street Bus Terminal.

## History

The Q2 bus route was originally operated by St. Albans Imp. in 1919 as DP&S Route 76. The route was later operated by Bee Line Bus Company and North Shore Bus Company.

Starting on May 2, 2007, during racing days, the Q2 began to stop inside the racetrack. On January 2, 2022, Q2 started servicing UBS Arena at all times.

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network. As part of the redesign, the Q2 bus would have contained one high-density "suwbay connector" route, the QT38. 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 Q2 would become a rush-hour only route with Hillside Avenue local service being provided by the Q1 bus route. There will be minor changes only to stop spacing.
M9 (New York City bus)

The **M9** is a local bus route that operates along the **Avenue C Line** (also known as the **Houston Street Line**), in Manhattan, New York City. The route runs mostly along Essex Street and Avenue C from Battery Park City to Kips Bay. Originally a streetcar line, the Avenue C Line is now part of the M9 route, as well as the M21, which operates on the Houston Street Line. Both the Avenue C and Houston Street segments were served by a single route, the M21, until June 2010. The M9 and M21 are operated by the New York City Transit Authority, and based out of the Michael J. Quill Depot.

## History

The Avenue C Railroad (changed to the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad in the early 1880s) was chartered June 3, 1874, and opened the Avenue C Line on October 18, 1869, connecting the Pavonia Ferry at the foot of Chambers Street with the Green Point Ferry at the foot of East 10th Street. Its route ran along West Street, a one-way pair of Charlton Street, Prince Street, and Stanton Street (eastbound) and Houston Street, 1st Avenue, and 3rd Street (westbound), Pitt Street/Avenue C, and 10th Street. By 1879, the line had been extended north on Avenue C from 10th Street, west on 17th Street (eastbound) and 18th Street (westbound), north over the Central Park, North and East River Railroad (First Avenue and East Belt Line) on Avenue A, 23rd Street, and 1st Avenue, west on 35th Street (westbound) and 36th Street (eastbound), north on Lexington Avenue, and west on 42nd Street to Grand Central Terminal. The Third Avenue Railroad also used the trackage on 42nd Street by 1884.

On November 29, 1893, the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad was merged into the Metropolitan Street Railway. The line was cut back to Avenue A at 24th Street by 1907; the trackage on 35th and 36th Streets was removed, while the other trackage became parts of the Lexington Avenue Line and 42nd Street Crosstown Line.

Buses were substituted for streetcars in September 1919. Service was suspended, but brought back in March 1929 by the Hamilton Bus Company. The Triangle Bus Corporation took over in 1935, and the New York City Omnibus Corporation acquired the route in 1940. That company changed its name to Fifth Avenue Coach Lines in 1956; the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority took over operations in 1962.

In 2010, because of service cuts, the M21 was rerouted from Avenue C to the FDR drive, becoming a river-to-river crosstown line along Houston St. To replace the M21 on Avenue C, the M9, which ran to 14th Street-Union Square via Avenue B and 14th St north of Houston St, was rerouted to Avenue C up to 23rd Street only. In 2013, the M9 was extended to 29th Street at Bellevue Hospital, the original northern terminus of the M21.

## References

1. ↑ New York Times, The New Railroad from River to River, October 16, 1869
2. ↑ New York Times, Street Car Lines at Law, September 9, 1884
B64 (New York City bus)

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Coney IslandMermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue at Stillwell Avenue (D, F, <F>, N, Q trains)

The **B64** constitutes a bus route between Bay Ridge and Coney Island. It was originally a streetcar route.

## Description

The bus route begins at Bay Ridge Avenue and Shore Road. It then turns at a couple of streets, and then goes on Bay Ridge Avenue. It then continues until an interruption at Seventh Avenue. It then continues onto Bay Ridge Avenue, until it turns right onto 13th Avenue. It stays on the Avenue until 86th Street, where it turns left onto the latter street. It then turns right onto 14th Avenue, and left onto Bath Avenue. It then continues on the avenue until it turns right onto 25th Avenue and left on Harway Avenue. It then goes on the street for a short distance until it turns right onto Stillwell Avenue. It the continues until it turns left until it ends at the Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue station bus terminal.

## History

The Bay Ridge Avenue Line streetcar ran until May 15, 1949. The Bay Ridge Avenue and 86th Street portion of the B1 were the B34 bus until November 12, 1978. The western end (13th Avenue and 86th Street) was swapped with B1 in July 2010. The southern terminus was originally Coney Island; service was cut back to Bath Beach in July 2010, but was restored on January 6, 2013.