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(MTA) operates a number of
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routes in
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,
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; one minor route is privately operated under a city franchise. Many of them are the direct descendants of
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lines (see
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); the ones that started out as bus routes were almost all operated by the Brooklyn Bus Corporation, a subsidiary of the
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, until the
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took over on June 5, 1940. Of the 55 local Brooklyn routes operated by the
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, roughly 35 are the direct descendants of one or more streetcar lines, and most of the others were introduced in full or in part as new bus routes by the 1930s. Only the B32, the eastern section of the B82 (then the B50), the B83, and the B84 were created by New York City Transit from scratch, in 1978, 1966, and 2013, respectively.


List of routes

This table gives details for the routes prefixed with "B", those considered to run primarily in
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. For details on routes with other prefixes, see the following articles: *
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: Q7, Q8, Q24, Q35, Q54, Q55, Q56, Q58, Q59 * List of bus routes in Staten Island: S53, S79 Select Bus Service, S93 *
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: BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BM5, X27, X28, X37, X38 Service operation is generally defined as: * Weekday rush hours: 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM – 8 PM * Midday service: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM * Evening service: 8 PM – Midnight * Overnight service: Midnight – 6:30 AM Many routes do not operate overnights. Routes marked with an asterisk (*) run 24 hours a day. Connections to
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stations at the bus routes' terminals are also listed where applicable. Routes in the following tables are operated by
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, except the B100 and B103 routes which are operated by MTA Bus Company. All routes operate local service only except the B6, B35, B38, B41, B49, and B103 which also have limited-stop service, as well as the B44, B46, and B82, which also have Select Bus Service.


Routes B1 to B39


Routes B41 to B103


Subway shuttle routes

The following table lists the scheduled NYC Bus routes that temporarily replace portions of service on the
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due to system maintenance. IF NEEDED) --> , - , style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top , B93
, Bedford-Nostrand Avenues
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, Crown Heights–Utica Avenue
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( train) , East 98th Street, Livonia Avenue , train shuttle bus , - , style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top , B106
, Hewes Street
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() , Broadway, Delancey Street , train shuttle bus , - , style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top , B111
, Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues
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() , Wyckoff Avenue/Cypress Avenue, Cooper Street/Decatur Street, Bushwick Avenue , train shuttle bus , -


Route B110

This route is operated by Private Transportation Corporation under a franchise with the City of New York, and is the only unsubsidized route operating in Brooklyn. Buses on the B110 route do not accept MetroCard or OMNY, instead charging a one-way exact change fare of
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5.00. In October 2011, the B110 was reported in several New York newspapers to have signs requiring female passengers to sit in the back to avoid possible contact with men, as is considered necessary by some
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groups in the area it serves. The story was reported internationally. On October 20, the
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said it would shut down the line if the gender separation was not discontinued, and six days later, Private Transportation Corporation agreed to end this practice. , Private Transportation Corporation no longer enforces the Hasidic custom that men and women sit apart in social situations. Still, most Hasidic men and women riders choose to sit apart from each other, and do not complain about segregation.


Dollar vans

When the MTA discontinued some routes on June 27, 2010, operators of commuter vans, also known as dollar vans, were allowed to take over certain discontinued routes. In Brooklyn, these routes were the B23, B39 (which has since been restored), and B71. There are also dollar vans that operate to areas with little mass transit service, or provide an alternative mode of transportation to certain bus routes such as the B41 and B46. The vans, some licensed by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission and some unlicensed, charge a fare of $2.00, lower than the $2.90 fare for MTA-operated local buses, but without free transfers.


Route history


Routes B1 to B39


Routes B41 to B103


Proposed bus route changes

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network with 77 routes. The final redesign was initially expected in mid- or late 2020, but the first draft attracted overwhelmingly negative feedback, with 11,000 comments about the plans. The redesign was delayed due to the
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. Planning resumed in mid-2021. The original draft plan was dropped, and a revised plan with 85 routes was released on March 29, 2022. The MTA released a draft plan for Brooklyn's bus network on December 1, 2022. One bus route (the B39) remained completely unchanged, while the remaining routes underwent changes to their route, stop spacing, service frequencies, and/or service spans. For a list of changes to Queens bus routes, see . The Queens Bus Redesign Final Plan affects the B57 and B62 in Queens: those changes will happen on August 31st, 2025. Routes marked with an asterisk (*) are proposed to run 24 hours a day. For rush routes, streets with nonstop sections are notated in italics.


Former and never-operated routes

Note that the "B" prefix was not used for on-bus signage until the mid-1970s. On December 11, 1988, some of the Brooklyn "B" routes running primarily in Queens (the B53, B55, B56, B58, and B59 routes) were redesignated as "Q" routes.


References


External links

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1969 Brooklyn and Staten Island bus map
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