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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]]. |
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==Types of buses== |
==Types of buses== |
Revision as of 23:18, 18 October 2006
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 |
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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
- MTA New York City Transit buses
- MTA Bus Company
- Brooklyn Division
- Bus models used in New York City Transit