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Posted by
W.B.
on Mon Jun 8 07:58:28 2026
June 8, 1936 - The Book of First and Last Runs and Route Operational Changes
Manhattan, New York
New York Railways Corporation
Green Bus Lines, Inc.
New York City Omnibus Corporation
Buses replace streetcars on the 86th Street Crosstown line in Manhattan. The trolleys had been run by New York Railways; in addition, there was already an existing bus route along the street which had been started as an "emergency bus line," Route D, by the city's Department of Plant and Structures on November 3, 1919, and since 1933 had been run on one-year franchises by Green Bus Lines as Route M-5. All bus service will now be operated by New York City Omnibus as Route 18 (today's M86).
This was the last trolley line operated by New York Railways, the last of their routes to be "motorized," and the first of four Green Bus Lines routes in Manhattan to come under New York City Omnibus aegis (the other three will follow two weeks from this date).
(Sources: "Knell for Trolley Line," The New York Times, June 6, 1936; New York City Omnibus Corporation v. Commissioner, Docket No. 2757, 7 T.C.M. 899 (1948), United States Tax Court, entered November 30, 1948; "New York City Omnibus Corp." by Bernard Linder, Motor Coach Age, February 1969; "New York Railways Cars Quit 70 Years Ago," New York Division Bulletin, May 2006; "New York Railways Street Cars Quit 80 Years Ago" by Bernard Linder, New York Division Bulletin, June 2016.)
June 8, 1954 - The Book of Route Service Changes
Brooklyn, New York
New York City Transit Authority
BMT Surface Division
Effective as of this date, Route B-54 - Myrtle Avenue's easternmost terminus is cut back from Washington Street to Jay Street.
(Source:: Motor Coach Age, June-July 1975 - article by Bernard Linder, route history by Donald W. Harold and Mr. Linder.)
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