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An 1995 Orion V CNG bus inbound to Jackie Gleason Depot

On June 30, 1988 the 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 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 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 and Spring Creek 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 CNG.

Active Fleet

Year	Manufacturer	Model	Numbers	Total
1994	BIA Orion	05.501 CNG	317	1
1995	BIA Orion	05.501 CNG	581-610	30
1998-1999	New Flyer	C40LF	800-856	57
2000	New Flyer	C40LF	857-958, 960-987, 989	131
2003	Orion	07.501 CNG	7560-7659	100
Total				319

Museum fleet

Bus Type	Bus Number(s)	Total
1948 GM-TDH5101	2969 (was 4789)	1
The MTA's official Jackie Gleason bus.
1956 MACK	6259	1
1963 GM-TDH5303	3758	1
1970 GM-T6H5305A	5227 (was 4401)	1
1981 GMC RTS-04	1201	1
Total		5

Other buses

Bus Type	Bus Number(s)	Total
1981, 1982 GMC RTS-04	1291, PA2504-used for MetroCard sales	2
1982, 1985 GMC RTS-04	PA1848, 4219-used for Hospital Audiences Incorporated	2
Total		4

Bus routes served by the Jackie Gleason Bus Depot

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

Route Name	Terminal A	Streets Traveled	Terminal B	Hours
B8	Bay Ridge: 95 Street station Dyker Heights: VA Hospital Flatbush: Newkirk Avenue station	18th Avenue Avenue D	Brownsville: Hegeman Avenue & Rockaway Avenue	All Times
B9	Bay Ridge: Shore Road & 70 Place	60th Street Avenue M	Kings Plaza Flatlands: Flatbush Avenue & Avenue L	Bay Ridge to/from Kings Plaza: 5:35AM-12:05AM Bay Ridge to/from Flatlands: 4:45AM-2:20 AM
B11	Flatbush Avenue station	49 and 50 Streets 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 and 14 Avenues	Prospect Park station	4:35AM-1:35AM
B23	Borough Park: 62nd Street/New Utrecht Avenue station	Cortelyou Road 16 Avenue	Ditmas Park: Flatbush Avenue & Cortelyou Road	5:30AM-11:30PM
B35/B35 Limited	Sunset Park: 39th Street & 1st Avenue Kensington: Church Avenue station	Church Avenue 39th Street	Brownsville: Mother Gaston Boulevard & New Lots Avenue Remsen Village: Kings Highway & Chruch Avenue	Local Service: All Times Limited Service: 6:27AM-10:38PM When Limited Service runs, Local Service only runs between Kensington and Brownsville
B37	Bay Ridge: Shore Road & 3rd Avenue	3rd Avenue	Downtown Brooklyn: Borough Hall	All Times
B43	Greenpoint: Box Street & Manhattan Avenue	Manhattan Avenue Graham Avenue Tompkins and Throop Avenues	Prospect Park station	All Times
B61	Queensboro Plaza station	Van Brunt Street Manhattan Avenue	Red Hook: Van Brunt Street & Beard Street	All Times
B63	Bay Ridge: Shore Road & 4th Avenue	5th Avenue	Cobble Hill: Columbia Street & Atlantic Avenue	All Times
B65	Crown Heights: Ralph Avenue & Saint Johns Place	Bergen and Dean Streets	Downtown Brooklyn: Jay Street station	All Times
B67	Kensington: Cortelyou Road (Ditmas Avenue station)	McDonald Avenue/ 7th Avenue	Downtown Brooklyn: Sands Street & Jay Street	All Times
B68	Coney Island: Stillwell Avenue station	Coney Island Avenue	Windsor Terrace: Bartel Pritchard Square (15 St-Prospect Park station)	All Times
B69	Park Slope: 19th Street & Prospect Park West	Prospect Park West 8th Avenue Vanderbilt Avenue	Downtown Brooklyn: Sands Street & Jay Street	5:07AM-1:33AM
B70	Sunset Park: 39th Street & 1st Avenue	7th Avenue 8th Avenue	Dyker Heights: VA Hospital	4AM-1:48AM
B71	Crown Heights: Sterling Place & Rogers Avenue	Union Street Eastern Parkway	Cobble Hill: Hicks Street & Sackett Street	5:25AM-9PM
B75	Park Slope: 20th Street & Prospect Park West	9th Street Court and Smith Streets	Downtown Brooklyn: Sands Street & Jay Street	All Times
B77	Park Slope: 5th Avenue & 10th Street	9th Street Lorraine Street	Red Hook: Coffey Street & Van Brunt Street	All Times

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 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 (along with [[West Farms Depot]]) and the only all CNG bus depot in the city.
+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]] and [[Spring Creek Depot]] in MTA bus) and the only all CNG bus depot in the city.
 ==Types of buses==