B103 (New York City bus)

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Downtown Brooklyn-Canarsie Line
Avenue H/Avenue M Line
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A Canarsie-bound B103 Limited bus in Downtown Brooklyn.
Overview
System MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator MTA Bus Company
Garage Spring Creek Depot
Vehicle New Flyer C40LF CNG
Began serviceJune 16, 1986
Route
Locale Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Communities served Downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, Windsor Terrace, Kensington, Flatbush, Flatlands, Canarsie
Start Downtown Brooklyn  - Cadman Plaza West & Tillary Street
Via Third Avenue (northbound), Fourth Avenue (southbound), Prospect Expressway, Avenue H, Avenue M
End Canarsie  – Williams Avenue & Flatlands Avenue
Length11.9 miles (19.2 km)
Other routes BM2 Canarsie/Spring Creek/Midtown/Downtown
Service
Operates5:30 AM - 2:30 AM
Annual patronage2,496,944 (2022) [1]
TransfersYes
Timetable B103
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The B103 constitutes a bus route in the New York City borough of Brooklyn. Originally operated by Command Bus Company, the bus route is now operated by MTA Bus Company, running between Downtown Brooklyn and Canarsie.

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Route Description

The southbound B103 begins at Tillary Street and Cadman Plaza West and heads east on Tillary Street to Adams Street, where it turns south on Adams Street until Livingston Street, where it turns left there, runs down it until Flatbush Avenue, where it turns right and right again onto 4th Avenue. It continues southbound on 4th Avenue, until 17th Street, which it uses to merge onto the Prospect Expressway and exits onto McDonald Avenue. It continues down McDonald Avenue, then Church Avenue, Coney Island Avenue, and Cortelyou Road until it reaches Flatbush Avenue. It turns south onto Flatbush Avenue and passes through Flatbush Junction. After passing through Flatbush Junction, it turns left onto Avenue H and continues down it as it merges into Glenwood Road, and turns onto East 80th Street, and then turns onto Avenue M until East 105th Street, where it turns north onto said street until Flatlands Avenue, and runs east onto Flatlands Avenue until it turns north on Williams Avenue, where it terminates. [2] [3]

The northbound B103 starts on Flatlands Avenue and Williams Avenue and has the same route as the southbound B103 until Ocean Parkway, where it turns north to merge onto the Prospect Expressway, and exits on Prospect Avenue to turn north onto 3rd Avenue, running on it until its northern end at Schermerhorn Street, and does two left turns onto Flatbush Avenue, and then Livingston Street, where it continues down to Boerum Place and dogleg turns onto Joralemon Street and turns right onto Cadman Plaza West until Johnson Street, where it terminates. [2] [3]

The B103 operates limited-stop service with no definitive local counterpart, with the B6, B37 and B41 all providing local service along different sections of the route. The B103 also employs a short turn service in which half of the runs short turn at Flatbush Junction heading westbound. [2]

History

The B103 bus began service on June 16, 1986. [4] The former terminus was at East 94th Street and Flatlands Avenue and requested trips to Cozine Avenue and Ashford Street. [5]

On December 5, 2005, [6] the MTA Bus Company took over the routes from Command Bus Company, including the B103 bus. [7] In 2006, Saturday service was added. [6]

On April 21, 2008, the B103 stopped operating with a closed-door policy, in which boarding eastbound bus service was only permitted in Downtown Brooklyn, while boarding westbound buses was only permitted between Canarsie and Church Avenue and East 5th Street.[ citation needed ] Instead, riders would be permitted to alight or board at any stops on the route, like other limited-stop routes. [8]

On November 8, 2008, Canarsie-bound service was rerouted from Third Avenue to Fourth Avenue between Flatbush Avenue and Bergen Street. [9]

The B103 and the BM2 were rerouted and extended to Williams Avenue and Flatlands Avenue on May 4, 2009. The change was made to provide service on a more direct route instead of reversing direction to terminate at Flatlands Avenue and East 94th Street. As part of the change, bus stops at Flatlands Avenue and East 94th Street and Avenue J and East 102nd Street were discontinued, and stops were added at East 105th Street and Flatlands Avenue, and at Flatlands Avenue and Williams Avenue. [10] On September 6, 2009, due to increased ridership, the span of Saturday B103 service was increased, and Sunday service was introduced. [11] Expanded service and extra trips between Brooklyn College and Canarsie was then added on weekdays in 2009, Saturdays in 2010, and Sundays in 2012.

In January 2012, the MTA Board voted to approve a plan to reroute westbound B103 service to operate without stops between Prospect Expressway and Flatbush Avenue, running along Seventh Avenue, Ninth Street, and Fifth Avenue instead of along Third Avenue. The stop at State Street and Third Avenue was discontinued. [6] This change, which took effect on February 26, 2012, was made since traffic along on Third Avenue had become increasingly heavy. [12]

In January 2014, the MTA Board voted to add three stops to the B103 in Gowanus and Boerum Hill, in coordination with the restoration of B37 service along Third Avenue. The stops were added to provide for transfers to and from the B37, which would not go to its prior terminal in Downtown Brooklyn at Livingston Street and Court Street. [13] This change took effect on April 6, 2014. [14]

Bus redesign

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. As part of the redesign, B103 service would be discontinued west of Flatbush Avenue, and would be extended on its eastern end to the New Lots Avenue station. Closely spaced stops would be eliminated. [15] [16]

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References

  1. ↑ "Subway and bus ridership for 2022". mta.info. August 3, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  2. 1 2 3 MTA Regional Bus Operations. "B103 bus schedule".
  3. 1 2 "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ "Opening Ceremony As New Bus Route Rolls". Canarsie Courier. June 19, 1986. pp.  3, 46.
  5. ↑ Former B103 bus schedule on commandbus.com via archive.org
  6. 1 2 3 "MTA Bus Operations Committee Meeting January 2012" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2012. pp. 53–57. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 31, 2012.
  7. ↑ "MTA Completes Takeover Of Bus Lines". Queens Chronicle. December 7, 2005.
  8. ↑ "MTA Bus Company Service Advisories". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2008. Archived from the original on April 18, 2008.
  9. ↑ "Bus Service Advisories". mta.nyc.ny.us. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2009. Archived from the original on May 2, 2009. Retrieved June 28, 2019.
  10. ↑ "MTA Bus Company Service Advisories". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2009. Archived from the original on August 23, 2009.
  11. ↑ "MTA Bus Company Service Advisories". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2009. Archived from the original on September 22, 2009.
  12. ↑ "Effective Sunday, February 26, 2012 Westbound Route Adjustment in Park Slope, Gowanus and Boerum Hill". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2012. Archived from the original on February 21, 2012. Retrieved May 29, 2023.
  13. ↑ "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting January 2014" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2014. p. 6.14–6.23. Archived from the original (PDF) on January 27, 2014. Retrieved June 4, 2023.
  14. ↑ Archived April 7, 2014, at the Wayback Machine B103 Limited: "New bus stops in Gowanus", mta.info
  15. ↑ "Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign Draft Plan". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 1, 2022.
  16. ↑ "Draft Plan: B103 Limited". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
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