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The '''East New York Bus Depot''' is located on Jamaica Avenue and Broadway in the Broadway Junction neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]. East New York Bus Depot also operates one of the only bus routes that are operated by two bus depots in [[MTA New York City Transit buses]], which is the B20 which is also run by the [[Fresh Pond Bus Depot|Fresh Pond Depot]], although the East New York Depot only operates runs ending/beginning in East New York (See '''Bus routes served by the East New York Bus Depot'''). It had also rejected an order on Orion VII Hybrids in 2005, in favor of keeping an all RTS fleet, for operational reasons. Hybrids will however be delivered to ENY in either late 2006 or early 2007. The East New York Bus Depot is part of the [[MTA New York City Bus#Brooklyn Division|Brooklyn Division]] of bus depots in [[MTA New York City Transit buses]].
The '''East New York Bus Depot''' is located on Jamaica Avenue and Broadway in the Broadway Junction neighborhood of [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City|New York]]. East New York Bus Depot also operates one of the only bus routes that are operated by two bus depots in [[MTA New York City Transit buses]], which is the B20 or B60 which is also run by the [[Fresh Pond Bus Depot|Fresh Pond Depot]], although the East New York Depot only operates runs ending/beginning in East New York (See '''Bus routes served by the East New York Bus Depot'''). It had also rejected an order on Orion VII Hybrids in 2005, in favor of keeping an all RTS fleet, for operational reasons. Hybrids will however be delivered to ENY in either late 2006 or early 2007. The East New York Bus Depot is part of the [[MTA New York City Bus#Brooklyn Division|Brooklyn Division]] of bus depots in [[MTA New York City Transit buses]].


==Types of buses==
==Types of buses==

Revision as of 23:18, 18 October 2006

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The East New York Bus Depot is located on Jamaica Avenue and Broadway in the Broadway Junction neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York. East New York Bus Depot also operates one of the only bus routes that are operated by two bus depots in MTA New York City Transit buses, which is the B20 or B60 which is also run by the Fresh Pond Depot, although the East New York Depot only operates runs ending/beginning in East New York (See Bus routes served by the East New York Bus Depot). It had also rejected an order on Orion VII Hybrids in 2005, in favor of keeping an all RTS fleet, for operational reasons. Hybrids will however be delivered to ENY in either late 2006 or early 2007. The East New York Bus Depot is part of the Brooklyn Division of bus depots in MTA New York City Transit buses.

Types of buses

The East New York Bus Depot runs only 40-foot long, 102 inch-wide, wheelchair accessible RTS buses.

Active fleet

Year Manufacturer Numbers Total
1990-1991 TMC 8000, 8016, 8020, 8040, 8042, 8046, 8048, 8052-8053, 8055, 8060, 8066, 8069, 8080, 8082, 8086-8087, 8089, 8094-8097, 8114, 8119 24
1994 TMC 8671-8703 33
1996 Nova Bus 8895-8923, 8925, 8927-8928, 8930-8938, 9030-9033, 9035-9036, 9040-9041, 9048, 9052, 9057-9064, 9066-9069, 9071, 9074-9076, 9111-9136 93
1999 Nova Bus 4945-5024, 5055-5057, 5199, 5205-5249 129
Total 279


8678, 8689, 4949, and 5249 are training buses.

Museum fleet

Bus Type Bus Number(s) Total
1917 Fifth Avenue Coach Company Double Decker 303 1
1980 Grumman-Flxible 870-A 236 1
Total 1

Police buses (owned by the NYPD, maintained at East New York)

Bus Type Bus Number(s) Total
1981/1985 General Motors Company
Rapid Transit Series-04
PA1712, 3922 2
Total 2

Bus routes served by the East New York Bus Depot

All services unless otherwise noted run daily. Services are colored as they appear on the Brooklyn and Queens Bus Maps.

Route name Terminal A Streets traveled Terminal B Hours
B7 Ocean Hill: Halsey Street station Kings Highway
Saratoga Avenue
Flatlands: Flatbush Avenue & Kings Highway
Midwood: Quentin Road & Coney Island Avenue
Ocean Hill to/from Flatlands: All times
Ocean Hill to/from Midwood: 5:18 a.m.-8:52 p.m.
B12 City Line: Sheridan Avenue & Liberty Avenue
East New York: Alabama Avenue station
Clarkson Avenue
East New York Avenue
Liberty Avenue
Parkside Avenue station All Times
B14 Spring Creek: Brooklyn General Mail Facility Sutter Avenue
Pitkin Avenue
Crown Heights: Utica Avenue station All times
B15 Bedford/Stuyvesant: Woodhull Hospital (Flushing Avenue station) Marcus Garvey Boulevard
New Lots Avenue
JFK Airport Terminal 4
Spring Creek: Brooklyn General Mail Facility
All Times
B17 Canarsie: Seaview Avenue & East 108th Street
Canarsie: East 80th Street & Paerdegat 15th Street via Rockaway Parkway station
Remsen Avenue Crown Heights: Utica Avenue station Crown Heights to/from Canarsie (East 108th Street): All times
Crown Heights to Canarsie (East 80th Street): 5:45 a.m.-8:40 a.m./1:48 p.m.-10:58 p.m., weekdays only
Canarsie (East 80th Street) to Crown Heights: 5:46 a.m.-9:30 a.m./2:32 p.m.-11:13 p.m., weekdays only
B20 Ridgewood: Forest Avenue station
Ridgewood: Fresh Pond Road station
East New York Broadway Junction station
Pennsylvania Avenue
Linden Boulevard
Spring Creek
Brooklyn General Mail Facility
5:22 a.m.-1:25 a.m.
B25 East New York: Alabama Avenue station Fulton Street Fulton Ferry: Old Fulton Street & Furman Street All times (Some buses serve Fulton Ferry via Old Fulton Street/Front Street; this service runs between 6:16 a.m.-6:07 p.m.)
B42 Canarsie: Rockaway Parkway station Rockaway Parkway Canarsie Pier Loop All times
B45 Crown Heights: Ralph Avenue & Saint Johns Place Saint Johns Place Downtown Brooklyn: Borough Hall All Times
B51 Downtown Brooklyn: Jay Street station Manhattan Bridge Lower Manhattan: City Hall 6:30 a.m.-7:40 p.m., weekdays only
B60 Canarsie: Williams Avenue & Flatlands Avenue Wilson Avenue
Rockaway Avenue
Williamsburg Bridge Plaza All times
B82 Coney Island: Stillwell Avenue station Bay Parkway
Kings Highway
Flatlands Avenue
Starrett City: Pennsylvania Avenue & Seaview Avenue All times
B83 East New York: Broadway Junction station Van Siclen Avenue
Pennsylvania Avenue
Starrett City: Pennsylvania Avenue & Seaview Avenue 4:40 a.m.-1:05 a.m.
Q24 Jamaica, Queens: Archer Avenue & 168th Street Atlantic Avenue
Broadway
Bushwick: Lafayette Avenue & Patchen Avenue
East New York: Broadway Junction station
All times
Q56 Jamaica, Queens: 171st Street & Jamaica Avenue Jamaica Avenue (West) East New York: Broadway Junction station All times

See also