Global InformationB61 and B62 buses information
b61, b62 | |||
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| Crosstown Line Park Slope−Red Hook−Downtown Brooklyn−Long Island City | |||
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| Overview | |||
| System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | ||
| Operator | New York City Transit Authority | ||
| Garage | Jackie Gleason Depot (B61) Grand Avenue Depot (B62) | ||
| Vehicle | New Flyer C40LF CNG New Flyer Xcelsior XN40 (B61) New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 (B62) | ||
| Began service | January 28, 1951 (B61 Red Hook−Greenpoint service)[1] January 2010 (B62 Downtown Brooklyn−Long Island City service)[2] | ||
| Route | |||
| Locale | Brooklyn and Queens, New York, U.S. | ||
| Communities served | Downtown Brooklyn, Boerum Hill, Cobble Hill, Red Hook, Gowanus, Park Slope, Windsor Terrace (B61) Long Island City, Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Vinegar Hill, Downtown Brooklyn (B62) | ||
| Start | Downtown Brooklyn – Fulton Mall/Jay Street–MetroTech station
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| End | B61: Park Slope/Windsor Terrace – 20th Street and Prospect Park West/Green-Wood Cemetery B62: Long Island City – Queens Plaza | ||
| Length | 9.7 miles (15.6 km) (Red Hook to Long Island City)[2] | ||
| Other routes | Crosstown Line | ||
| Service | |||
| Operates | 24 hours[3][4] | ||
| Annual patronage | 1,894,533 (B61, 2023); 1,583,405 (B62, 2023)[5] | ||
| Transfers | Yes | ||
| Timetable | B61 B62 | ||
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The Crosstown Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, running along Van Brunt Street and Manhattan Avenue between Red Hook and Long Island City, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B61 and the B62 bus routes. The northern section, the B62, is operated by MTA New York City Bus' Grand Avenue Depot in Maspeth, Queens, and the southern section is the B61, operated by MTA New York City Bus' Jackie Gleason Depot in Sunset Park. The entire route was a single line, the B61, until January 3, 2010;[2] the B62 was previously a separate, parallel route between Downtown Brooklyn and Greenpoint,[6] now part of the B43 route. The streetcar line, B61 and the original B62 previously operated from the now-closed Crosstown Depot in Greenpoint.[7]
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
BklynEagle-B61Start-Jan1951was invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ a b c "B61 Split Into Two Routes", mta.info
- ^ MTA Regional Bus Operations. "B61 bus schedule".
- ^ MTA Regional Bus Operations. "B62 bus schedule".
- ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
- ^ "1976 Brooklyn Bus Map". wardmaps.com. New York City Transit Authority. 1976. Retrieved March 28, 2016.
- ^ "Riders on New Buses Will Triple in July". New York World-Telegram. Fultonhistory.com. May 12, 1960. pp. B1–B2. Retrieved January 10, 2016.