B48 (New York City bus)

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A B48 New Flyer XD40 on layover in Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Overview
System MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator New York City Transit Authority
Garage Grand Avenue Depot
Vehicle New Flyer Xcelsior XD40
New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40
Began serviceNovember 6, 1884 (streetcar service)
December 14, 1947 (bus service)
Route
Locale Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Communities served Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Clinton Hill, Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Landmarks served Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Park
Start Prospect Lefferts Gardens  – Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue / Prospect Park
ViaClasson/Franklin Avenues, Lorimer Street, Nassau Avenue
End Greenpoint  – Meeker Avenue and Gardner Avenue
Length6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Other routes B43 Graham/Tompkins/Throop Avenues
Service
Operates24 hours [1]
Annual patronage637,977 (2022) [2]
TransfersYes
Timetable B48
←  B47  {{{system_nav}}}  B49  →

The B48 bus route constitutes a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, running along Lorimer Street, Franklin Avenue, and Classon Avenue between Flatbush and Greenpoint. Originally the Lorimer Street streetcar line, it is now a bus route operated by MTA New York City Bus.

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Route description

The B48 bus route starts at Lincoln Road and Flatbush Avenue in Prospect Lefferts Gardens, near Prospect Park Station. From there, buses head north on Classon Avenue and south on Franklin Avenue through Crown Heights and Bedford–Stuyvesant to Flushing Avenue. Once it reaches Flushing Avenue, the B48 turns onto Wallabout Street and Flushing Avenue and then heads north on Lorimer Street. From there, buses run along the length of Lorimer Street until Nassau Avenue. The route then shifts onto Nassau Avenue, and heads east on that street until it ends at Meeker Avenue and Stewart Avenue in Greenpoint, near the Newtown Creek. [3]

History

Trolley service

The Greenpoint and Lorimer Street Railroad was incorporated on November 6, 1884 [4] to operate along the New Williamsburgh and Flatbush Railroad (Nostrand Avenue Line) from the Broadway Ferry in Williamsburg southeast to Lorimer Street, and then north on Lorimer Street, east on Driggs Avenue, north on Manhattan Avenue, west on Meserole Avenue, north on Franklin Street, and west on Greenpoint Avenue to the Greenpoint Ferry; southbound cars would use Nassau Avenue to Lorimer Street. [5] In addition to the NW&F, this route used the tracks of several other companies: the Brooklyn Crosstown Railroad's Crosstown Line on Driggs Avenue and Manhattan Avenue, the Brooklyn City Rail Road's Greenpoint Line on Franklin Street, and the Bushwick Railroad's Bushwick Avenue Line on Greenpoint Avenue. The franchise was approved on February 26, 1885, [6] and the line was opened by August. [7] The NW&F soon leased the G&LS, and Lorimer Street cars were sent south on the Nostrand Avenue Line to Prospect Park.[ citation needed ] In July 1889 the Brooklyn City Rail Road leased them both,[ citation needed ] and rerouted all cars but one per day (to preserve the charter) from Meserole Avenue to Greenpoint Avenue. [8]

Beginning May 30, 1896, the Lorimer Street Line was extended southeast from Prospect Park along the Flatbush Avenue Line and new Bergen Beach Line to Bergen Beach during the summer season. [9] [10]

On October 28, 1945, Lorimer Street cars were extended on both their northern and southern ends to replace discontinued service on the Franklin Avenue Line and on the Nassau Avenue Line. Lorimer Street service was rerouted on its northern end to absorb the Nassau Avenue Line east of Manhattan Avenue, ending at Meeker Avenue and Varick Avenue. On its southern end, service on the Franklin Avenue Line was replaced with Lorimer service rerouted to cut west on the Flushing Avenue Line, south on Franklin Avenue, west on Empire Boulevard, south on Ocean Avenue, and west on Parkside Avenue to Park Circle and Coney Island Avenue. [11]

Bus service

Buses replaced streetcars on December 14, 1947, which were then replaced with trolley buses on March 23, 1949. [12] Buses replaced trolley buses on July 27, 1960, and service was rerouted off Flushing Avenue between Nostrand Avenue and Franklin Avenue and onto Wallabout Street and Franklin Avenue. [13] The route now runs northbound on Classon Avenue rather than Franklin Avenue; the south end was truncated back to the east side of Prospect Park. From 2010 to 2013, it was further truncated to the Franklin Avenue station in Bedford–Stuyvesant.[ citation needed ] On January 6, 2019, the B13, B48, B57 and the B60 buses were moved from Grand Avenue Depot in Maspeth, Queens to the Fresh Pond Depot in Ridgewood, Queens. [14] The B48, B57, and the B60 moved back to Grand Avenue Depot on January 19, 2020.[ citation needed ]

On December 1, 2022, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. [15] [16] As part of the redesign, B69 service north of Flushing Avenue would take over the B48's route to Greenpoint, while the B48 would take over the B69's route north of Flushing Avenue. [17] [18] Closely spaced stops would also be eliminated. [15] [16] In addition, the B48 would no longer operate overnight. [18]

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References

  1. ↑ MTA Regional Bus Operations. "B48 bus schedule".
  2. ↑ "Subway and bus ridership for 2022". mta.info. August 3, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  3. ↑ "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  4. ↑ "A New Railroad Enterprise". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. November 6, 1884. p. 4.
  5. ↑ "The Aldermen". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. December 2, 1884. p. 2.
  6. ↑ "The Aldermen". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. February 27, 1885. p. 2.
  7. ↑ "First Accident on a New Street Railroad". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. August 28, 1885. p. 4.
  8. ↑ "To Hold Their Charter". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. September 7, 1889. p. 1.
  9. ↑ "Better Service to Bergen Beach". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. May 29, 1896. p. 2.
  10. ↑ "About Financial Brooklyn". Brooklyn Daily Eagle . Brooklyn, NY. January 3, 1897. p. 25.
  11. ↑ "Public Notice Changes in Service Due to Re - routing and Extension of Lorimer Street Line. Effective 5:00 A. M. Sunday, October 28, 1945". Flickr.com. New York City Board of Transportation. 1945.
  12. ↑ "Brooklyn Trackless Trolleys". nycsubway.org. Retrieved February 14, 2024.
  13. ↑ "Public Notice Bus Route B/48–Lorimer Street". Flickr.com. New York City Transit Authority. 1960.
  14. ↑ "MTA New York City Transit Implements Bus Service Enhancements for 2013". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 3, 2013. Archived from the original on December 2, 2020.
  15. 1 2 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.
  16. 1 2 Spivack, Caroline (December 1, 2022). "Brooklyn bus riders could finally get faster service under MTA redesign". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  17. ↑ "Draft Plan: B69 Local". MTA. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
  18. 1 2 "Draft Plan: B48 Local". MTA. Retrieved December 5, 2022.
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