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#REDIRECT [[Bus depots of MTA Regional Bus Operations#Jackie Gleason Depot]]
[[Image:Jackie Gleason Bus Depot.jpg|right|200px]]
[[Image:GleasonBus.JPG|375px|thumb|An 1995 Orion V CNG bus inbound to Jackie Gleason Depot]]

On [[June 30]], [[1988]] the [[MTA New York City Transit buses|New York City Transit Authority's]] '''Fifth Avenue Bus Depot''' in [[Brooklyn]] was renamed for native [[Brooklynite]] [[Jackie Gleason]] who played the character of bus driver [[Ralph Kramden]] on [[The Honeymooners]]. Kramden worked for the fictional Gotham Bus Company. It is located on 5th Avenue & 39th Street in the neighborhood of [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn|Sunset Park]] in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York]], adjacent to the [[36th-38th Street Yard]] of the [[New York City Subway]]. The Jackie Gleason Depot is part of the [[MTA New York City Bus#Brooklyn Division|Brooklyn Division]] of bus depots in the [[MTA New York City Transit buses]].

Around 1995, the depot converted to [[compressed natural gas]] (CNG) operation. It is one of two CNG bus depots in New York City Transit (along with [[West Farms Depot]], with [[College Point Bus Depot]] and [[Spring Creek Bus Depot]] in MTA bus) and the only all CNG bus depot in the city.

==Types of buses==
The Jackie Gleason Bus Depot runs the following stock of buses. All active buses are 40 feet long, 102 inches wide, are wheelchair accessible, and are powered by [[Compressed Natural Gas|CNG]].

===Active Fleet===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Year
! Manufacturer
! Model
! Numbers
! Total
|-
|1994
|'''[[Orion Bus Industries|BIA Orion]]
|05.501 CNG
|317
|1
|-
|1995
|'''BIA Orion'''
|05.501 CNG
|581-610
|30
|-
|1998-1999
|'''[[New Flyer Industries|New Flyer]]'''
|C40LF
|800-856
|57
|-
|2000
|'''New Flyer'''
|C40LF
|857-958, 960-987, 989
|131
|-
|2003
|'''Orion'''
|07.501 CNG
|7560-7659
|100
|-
! colspan=4 style="text-align: right;" | Total
! style="text-align: left;" | 319
|}

===Museum fleet===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Bus Type!!Bus Number(s)!!Total
|-
|'''1948 GM-TDH5101''' || 2969 (was 4789) ||align=right| 1
|-
|colspan="3" align="center" |'''''The MTA's official Jackie Gleason bus.'''''
|-
|'''1956 MACK''' || 6259 ||align=right| 1
|-
|'''1963 GM-TDH5303''' || 3758 ||align=right| 1
|-
|'''1970 GM-T6H5305A''' || 5227 (was 4401) ||align=right| 1
|-
|'''1981 GMC RTS-04''' || 1201 ||align=right| 1
|-
|colspan="2" align="right"|'''Total''' ||align="right"|'''5'''
|}

===Other buses===
{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Bus Type!!Bus Number(s)!!Total
|-
|'''1981, 1982 GMC RTS-04''' || 1291, PA2504-used for [[MetroCard]] sales ||align=right| 2
|-
|'''1982, 1985 GMC RTS-04''' || PA1848, 4219-used for Hospital Audiences Incorporated ||align=right| 2
|-
|colspan="2" align="right"|'''Total''' ||align="right"|'''4'''
|}

==Bus routes served by the Jackie Gleason Bus Depot==
All services unless otherwise noted run daily.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!Route name
!Terminal A
!Streets traveled
!Terminal B
!Hours
|-
|B8
|Bay Ridge: 95 Street [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-R.svg|20px]] station<br>Dyker Heights: [[Veterans Administration|VA]] Hospital<br>Flatbush: Newkirk Avenue [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-2.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-5d.svg|20px]] station
|18th Avenue and Avenue D
|Brownsville: Hegeman Avenue & Rockaway Avenue
|All Times
|-
|B9
|Bay Ridge: Shore Road & 70 Place
|60th Street and Avenue M
|[[Kings Plaza]]<br>Flatlands: Flatbush Avenue & Avenue L
|Bay Ridge to/from [[Kings Plaza]]: 5:35AM-12:05AM<br>Bay Ridge to/from Flatlands: 4:45AM-2:20 AM
|-
|B11
|Flatbush Avenue [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-2.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-5d.svg|20px]] station
|49th Street, 50th Street, and Avenue J
|Brooklyn Army Terminal: 1 Avenue and 58 Street
|4:07AM-1:05AM
|-
|B16
|Bay Ridge: Shore Road & 4th Avenue
|Fort Hamilton Parkway, 13 Avenue, and 14 Avenue
|Prospect Park [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-B.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-Q.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-S.svg|20px]] station
|4:35AM-1:35AM
|-
|B23
|Borough Park: 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-D.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-M.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-N.svg|20px]] station
|[[Sixteenth Avenue Line|16th Avenue]] and [[Cortelyou Road Line|Cortelyou Road]]
|Ditmas Park: Flatbush Avenue & Cortelyou Road
|5:30AM-11:30PM
|-
|B35
|Sunset Park: 39th Street & 1st Avenue<br>
Kensington: Church Avenue [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-F.svg|20px]] station
|[[Church Avenue Line|Church Avenue and 39th Street]]
|Brownsville: Mother Gaston Boulevard & New Lots Avenue<br>
Remsen Village: Kings Highway & Chruch Avenue
|Local Service: All Times<br>Limited Service: 6:27AM-10:38PM<br>When Limited Service runs, Local Service only runs between Kensington and Brownsville
|-
|B37
|Bay Ridge: Shore Road & 3rd Avenue
|[[Third Avenue Line (Brooklyn surface)|3rd Avenue]]
|Downtown Brooklyn: [[Brooklyn Borough Hall|Borough Hall]]
|All Times
|-
|B43
|Greenpoint: Box Street & Manhattan Avenue
|[[Graham Avenue Line|Manhattan Avenue, Graham Avenue]], [[Tompkins Avenue Line|Tompkins Avenue, and Throop Avenue]]
|Prospect Park [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-B.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-Q.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-S.svg|20px]] station
|All Times
|-
|B61
|Queensboro Plaza [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-N.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-W.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-7.svg|20px]] station
|[[Crosstown Line (Brooklyn surface)|Van Brunt Street, Manhattan Avenue, and Park Avenue]]
|Red Hook: Van Brunt Street & Beard Street
|All Times
|-
|B63
|Bay Ridge: Shore Road & 4th Avenue
|[[Fifth Avenue Line|5th Avenue and Atlantic Avenue]]
|Cobble Hill: Columbia Street & Atlantic Avenue
|All Times
|-
|B65
|Crown Heights: Ralph Avenue & Saint Johns Place
|[[Bergen Street Line|Bergen Street and Dean Street]]
|Downtown Brooklyn: Jay Street [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-A.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-C.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-F.svg|20px]] station
|All Times
|-
|B67
|Kensington: Cortelyou Road (Ditmas Avenue [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-F.svg|20px]] station)
|McDonald Avenue and [[Seventh Avenue Line|7th Avenue]]
|Downtown Brooklyn: Sands Street & Jay Street
|All Times
|-
|B68
|[[Coney Island]]: Stillwell Avenue [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-D.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-F.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-N.svg|20px]][[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-Q.svg|20px]] station
|[[Coney Island Avenue Line|Coney Island Avenue and Brighton Beach Avenue]]
|Windsor Terrace: Bartel Pritchard Square (15 St-Prospect Park [[Image:NYCS-bull-trans-F.svg|20px]] station)
|All Times
|-
|B69
|Park Slope: 19th Street & Prospect Park West
|[[Vanderbilt Avenue Line|Prospect Park West, 8th Avenue, and Vanderbilt Avenue]]
|Downtown Brooklyn: Sands Street & Jay Street
|5:07AM-1:33AM
|-
|B70
|Sunset Park: 39th Street & 1st Avenue
|[[Eighth Avenue Line (Brooklyn surface)|7th Avenue and 8th Avenue]]
|Dyker Heights: VA Hospital
|4AM-1:48AM
|-
|B71
|Crown Heights: Sterling Place & Rogers Avenue
|[[Union Street Line|Union Street]] and Eastern Parkway
|Cobble Hill: Hicks Street & Sackett Street
|5:25AM-9PM
|-
|B75
|Park Slope: 20th Street & Prospect Park West
|[[Smith Street Line (surface)|9th Street, Court Street, and Smith Street]]
|Downtown Brooklyn: Sands Street & Jay Street
|All Times
|-
|B77
|Park Slope: 5th Avenue & 10th Street
|9th Street and Lorraine Street
|Red Hook: Coffey Street & Van Brunt Street
|All Times
|}

==See also==
*[[MTA New York City Transit buses]]
*[[MTA Bus Company]]
*[[MTA New York City Bus#Brooklyn Division|Brooklyn Division]]
*[[Bus models used in New York City Transit]]

==External links==
*[http://www.mta.info/nyct NYC Transit Authority website]
*[http://www.geocities.com/transit_world/MTABUSROSTER.html Urban Transit Club (UTC) New York City Bus Roster]
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*[http://www.gleasondepot.net]
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