B42 (New York City bus)

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This article is about the former surface trolley line. For the now-demolished parallel surface railroad, see BMT Canarsie Line.
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Rockaway Parkway Line
Canarsie Pier
Length1.3 miles (2.1 km)[1] (entire route)
Service
OperatesAll times
Ridership474,318 (2022)[2]
TimetableB42
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The Rockaway Parkway Line is a

bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority
.

The

Wilson Avenue Line (now the B60 bus) continues north on Rockaway Parkway from the end of the B42 to Williamsburg
.

History

The line was originally operated as an electric streetcar by the

Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) Company system, subsequently reorganized as the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation
in 1928 before passing to city ownership in 1940.

Initially cars were through-routed between

Rockaway Parkway
and Glenwood Road, the Rockaway Parkway Line crossed the rapid transit line's surface right-of-way. The rapid transit line then turned east on private-right-of-way to parallel the trolley line to the shore and ferry.

A Canarsie Pier bound B42 leaving the Rockaway Parkway station
Former private ROW

When the elevated train service was truncated at the Rockaway Parkway station after the 1917 summer season, the BRT operated a shuttle trolley on the former surface elevated line trackage, but did not discontinue the Rockaway Parkway Line.

Under city ownership, the trolley shuttle on the former elevated line's right-of-way was abandoned on November 21, 1942. On the same day, the terminals of the Wilson Avenue and Rockaway Parkway lines were changed from the Canarsie Depot to the Rockaway Parkway station, essentially turning the Rockaway Parkway Line into a replacement of the Canarsie Line shuttle. At the Canarsie Pier end of the line, the Rockaway Parkway trolleys were rerouted via St. Jude Place and Canarsie Road in order to access the former shuttle station at the shore.

In recognition of the fact that the Rockaway Parkway Line was replacing the survivor of a former rapid transit service, a

a MetroCard
.

Buses designated B42 were substituted for streetcars on April 29, 1951.[4]

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network.[5][6] As part of the redesign, the B42 would retain its route, but closely spaced stops would be eliminated. The B42 would be supplemented by the existing B60 route and the new B76 route, which would also run along Rockaway Parkway and Rockaway Avenue.[7]

References

  1. ^ Google (May 10, 2017). "B42" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved May 10, 2017.
  2. ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2022". mta.info. August 3, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
  3. ^ The Merchants' Association of New York, Pocket Guide to New York, March 1906, p. 64
  4. ^ "Public Notice Rockaway Parkway Line". Flickr.com. New York City Board of Transportation. 1951. Retrieved February 15, 2024.
  5. ^ Brachfeld, Ben (December 1, 2022). "Draft plan for new Brooklyn bus network aims to finally end decades of slow, unreliable service". amNewYork. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  6. ^ Spivack, Caroline (December 1, 2022). "Brooklyn bus riders could finally get faster service under MTA redesign". Crain's New York Business. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  7. ^ "Draft Plan: B42 Local". MTA. Retrieved 2022-12-06.
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