Flatbush Avenue Line (surface)

A B41 Flatbush Avenue bus in Limited-Stop service.

The Flatbush Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along Flatbush Avenue between Downtown Brooklyn and Marine Park. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B41 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

History

The Brooklyn City Railroad opened the line, a branch of their Fulton Street Line, to the city line on July 14, 1860, and to Vernon Avenue in Flatbush about a week later.^[1] The Vernon Avenue Depot was built on the east side of the line at the terminal. The line was later extended to Bergen Beach along Flatbush Avenue and Avenue N, and later still the line along Flatbush Avenue was extended to Avenue U in Marine Park; the older route became the Bergen Beach Shuttle. Buses were substituted for streetcars on March 4, 1951.^[2]^[3]

References

↑ "Flatbush Avenue Railroad in Operation". Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY). July 14, 1860. p. 3.
↑ Brian J. Cudahy, How We Got to Coney Island: Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County, page xvi
↑ "ERA to Rattle Out Aboard a Trolley: Buses Will Succeed Old Cars on Brooklyn Thoroughfare at Dawn This Morning". The New York Times. March 4, 1951. Retrieved 19 January 2016.

Former streetcar lines in Brooklyn and other B&QT lines

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Current bus routes in Brooklyn

B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 B9 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B20 B23 B24 B25 B26 B31 B32 B35 B36 B37 B38 B41 B42 B43 B44 B45 B46 B47 B48 B49 B52 B54 B57 B60 B61 B62 B63 B64 B65 B67 B68 B69 B70 B74 B82 B83 B84 B100 B103 B110

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