B26 (New York City bus)

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Halsey/Fulton Streets Line
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A bus on the B26 line traveling along Jay Street in Downtown Brooklyn
Overview
System MTA New York City Bus
Operator New York City Transit Authority
Garage Fresh Pond Depot
Vehicle Orion VII NG HEV
New Flyer Xcelsior XD40
Route
Locale Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Communities served Ridgewood, Bushwick, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn
Start Downtown Brooklyn  – Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street
ViaFulton Street, Halsey Street [1]
End Ridgewood, Queens  – Wyckoff Avenue and Palmetto Street
Length6.3 miles (10.1 km) [2]
Other routes B25 Fulton Street
B38 DeKalb/Lafayette Avenues
B52 Gates Avenue
B54 Myrtle Avenue
Service
OperatesAll times [1]
Annual patronage1,711,502 (2022) [3]
TransfersYes
Timetable B26
←  B25  {{{system_nav}}}  B31  →

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.

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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 A ,​ C ​, F , <F> ​​, and R 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 ( L ​and M 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 ( B ​,​ Q ​, and​ R trains), Clinton–Washington Avenues ( C train), and Halsey Street ( J train). [4]

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. [5] By 1897, cars could also use a short spur along Howard Avenue from Halsey Street north to Broadway. [6] 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. [7]

Buses were substituted for streetcars on September 21, 1941, [8] but the line was converted back to streetcars between November 29, 1942[ citation needed ] and February 5, 1950, when the route became the B26 bus route. [9]

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. [10]

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign for the Brooklyn bus network. [11] [12] As part of the redesign, B26 service on Putnam Avenue would be discontinued, and the B26 would become a "Rush" route, being rerouted to make limited stops along Fulton Street west of Bedford/Nostrand Avenues. The B26 would also replace overnight service on the B25 west of Franklin Avenue, making all local stops. Closely spaced stops would be eliminated. [13]

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References

  1. 1 2 MTA Regional Bus Operations. "B26 bus schedule".
  2. ↑ "Downtown Brooklyn Surface Transit Circulation Study" (PDF). 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Subway and bus ridership for 2022". mta.info. August 3, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  4. ↑ "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  5. ↑ J.B. Beers and Company, Brooklyn, 1874 (with Brooklyn City Rail Road lines overprinted)
  6. ↑ Rand McNally, Brooklyn and vicinity, 1897 Atlas of the World
  7. ↑ "How the New Tax is Levied". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 17, 1893. p. 10.
  8. ↑ "Putnam Ave. Buses Begin Operation Sept. 21st". Flickr.com. New York City Board of Transportation. 1941. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  9. ↑ "New Bus Line in Brooklyn" (PDF). The New York Times . February 5, 1950. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
  10. ↑
  11. ↑ Brachfeld, Ben (December 1, 2022). "Draft plan for new Brooklyn bus network aims to finally end decades of slow, unreliable service". amNewYork. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  12. ↑ "Brooklyn bus riders could finally get faster service under MTA redesign". Crain's New York Business. December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  13. ↑ "Draft Plan: B26 Rush". MTA. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
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