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Posted by BrooklynBus on Fri Mar 20 19:02:12 2015, in response to Re: Former Brooklyn Bus Routes, posted by Spider-Pig on Fri Mar 20 12:05:50 2015. Pretty good, but there are a few errors and omissions.B66 was the Court Street route that was eliminated when Court and Smith were converted to one way. Believe it was a trolley not a bus. There were two B77s. One was the B77 and the other was the B77 S which operated from the Smith 9th Station to the foot of the Columbia Street pier. B80 was the World's Fair route from te Junction and the B81 began at Utica Avenueand Eastern Parkway. Both charged a quarter, ten cents more than the regular fare. I think 73 was used for the Sea Gate Shuttle before they started calling it the B36 shuttle. Around 1980, there also was the B74 Shoppers Special which want as far as Corbin Place when there was little shopping opportunity in Coney Island. The B72 was the Junction Blvd route. B85 was the Army Base shuttle in operation for a short time not too long after the B84 started. B43 was the Holy Cross Shuttle which was a trolley. B32 was the "Marine Park" bus route that operated from Avenue U to te end of Barren Island where the Marine Parkway Bridge now begins. There were some houses there before Floyd Benett Field was built. It was originally called the B2, but was renumbered B32 when the current B2 began operation in June 1936. When the bridge was completed, it was extended to Rockaway Park at the southern end and to the Juction at the northern end, switched operators to Green Lines and was renumbered the Q35. Many route numbers have been used more than once. The current B43 was originally the B47 before it was combined with the B62 Graham Avenue Route and the Flushiing Avenue portion was discontinued. The original B15 operated over the Manhattan Bridge. Bus routes numbered 1 through 21 were originally operated as bus routes and were not converted from trolley operation but they are not the same routes as they are today. The 31 was originally the 3A before being renumbered. The first bus routes were the A, B and C routes which became the 1A, 1B and 1C. I always forget which was which, but they operated from Ocean Parkway to Oxford Street via Brighton Beach Ave, from Ocean Parkway to Brigham Street via Avenue Z Sheepshead Bay Road and Emmons Ave and from Ocean Parkway and Avenue Z to Oxford Street via Avenue Z (return on Y), Sheepshead Bay Road, Emmons, West End and Oriental. The last one became the B1 and was later rerouted to Avenue X and 86 Street to 25 Avenue. It remained that way until 1978. The other two pieces were combined along Ocean Parkway and became the second B21 around 1946. The current B6 and B8 underwent numerous changes between the 1930s and 1950s. I believe the information is on Wickipedia. They were combinations of other bus routes, the original B10 and original B21. I believe the original B6 used Avenue M not Avenue J as far as E 16 St. From 60 Street until Utica it was the 21. (Later extended to Ralph, then Rockaway Parkway as the 6.). The 8 was a combination of the 8 and 10, the 8 being the 18th Avenue portion to I think Nostrand and the 10 from the Brighton Station to Kings Highway, later extended to E 83 Street (really Remsen) as the 8. The 9 was extended from E 16 St to Flatbush and then to Riis Park on summer weekends for a few years in the late 70s, then cutback to Kings Plaza. The 11 went to McDonald Avenue, was cutback to 18th Avenue and extended to Rockaway Parkway in 1978, and cutback a few years later to Flatbush. The extra free transfer on the B11 is still in effect. |
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