B52 (New York City bus)
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Gates Avenues Line | |||
Ridgewood Terminal – Wyckoff Avenue & Palmetto Street | |||
Length | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) | ||
Other routes | B26 Halsey/Fulton Streets B38 DeKalb/Lafayette Avenues B54 Myrtle Avenue | ||
Service | |||
Operates | All times[1] | ||
Annual patronage | 1,996,446 (2022)[2] | ||
Transfers | Yes | ||
Timetable | B52 | ||
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The B52 is a
Route description
The B52's western terminus is at Cadman Plaza West south of Tillary Street near the Jay Street–MetroTech station in Downtown Brooklyn. From here, eastbound service heads north on Cadman Plaza West, east on Tillary Street and south on Adams Street before heading east on Fulton Street. Service continues along Fulton Street until it turns left onto Greene Avenue. Buses then turn right onto Franklin Avenue, before turning left onto Gates Avenue. Buses continue on Gates Avenue until they make a right at Irving Avenue, after which they turn left onto Palmetto Street before terminating at the Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal at Palmetto Street and Wyckoff Avenue near the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues station in Ridgewood.[1]
Westbound service continues north on Palmetto Street and then makes a left onto St. Nicholas Avenue. Service then turns left onto Gates Avenue, and continues via this street until it makes a right onto Classon Avenue. Buses then make a left onto Greene Avenue, and a right onto Fulton Street, which then becomes Joralemon Street. Service then turns right at Court Street, which turns into Cadman Plaza West, and reach the terminal.[1]
History
The
The B52 was rerouted to run two-way on Gates Avenue between Spring 1991 and October 1993 to accommodate the reconstruction of Greene Avenue and Quincy Street, which was subsequently deferred. The B52 returned to running eastbound on Quincy Street and Linden Street and running westbound on Gates Avenue. The local community then requested reinstating two-way service via Gates Avenue because the street was wider, there was less congestion, and because there were greater housing development densities on that street. Brooklyn Community Boards 2, 3 and 4 supported the change, and a public hearing was held on June 16, 1994.[6] The change went into effect in January 1995.[7]
References
- ^ a b c MTA Regional Bus Operations. "B52 bus schedule".
- ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2022". mta.info. August 3, 2023. Retrieved March 29, 2024.
- ^ J.B. Beers and Company, Brooklyn, 1874 (with Brooklyn City Rail Road lines overprinted)
- ^ Rand McNally, Brooklyn and vicinity, 1897 Atlas of the World
- ^ "Gates Ave. Trolleys Replaced By Buses". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 6, 1941. p. 9. Retrieved April 1, 2021.
- ^ "Public Hearing B52 Route Changes Planned". New York Daily News. May 4, 1994. Retrieved February 3, 2019.
- ^ * NYC Transit Committee Agenda September 1994. New York City Transit. September 16, 1994. pp. D.58.
- NYC Transit Committee Agenda September 1994. New York City Transit. September 16, 1994. pp. D.59.
- NYC Transit Committee Agenda September 1994. New York City Transit. September 16, 1994. pp. D.60.
- NYC Transit Committee Agenda September 1994. New York City Transit. September 16, 1994. pp. D.61.
External links
- Media related to B52 (New York City bus) at Wikimedia Commons