B25 (New York City bus)

The Fulton Street Line or East New York Line was a streetcar line in Brooklyn, New York City, running mainly along Fulton Street between Fulton Ferry and East New York. In 1941, the streetcar line was replaced by the B25 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

This article is about the BMT streetcar line. For the former elevated rapid transit line, also owned by the BMT, see Fulton Street Line (Brooklyn elevated).

b25
Fulton Street Line
A Broadway Junction-bound B25 bus in Downtown Brooklyn.
Overview
SystemMTA New York City Bus
OperatorNew York City Transit Authority
GarageEast New York Depot
VehicleNew Flyer Xcelsior XD40
New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40
Route
LocaleBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
Communities servedEast New York, Ocean Hill, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn, Brooklyn Heights, DUMBO
StartEast New York – Broadway Junction and Alabama Avenue
ViaFulton Street[1]
EndFulton Landing – Front Street and York Street
Length6.1 miles (9.8 km)[2]
Other routesB26 Halsey/Fulton Streets
Fulton Street Line
Service
OperatesAll times[1]
Annual patronage1,543,338 (2022)[3]
TransfersYes
TimetableB25
← B24  {{{system_nav}}}  B26 →

Route description

The B25 bus route runs along Old Fulton Street and Fulton Street between Fulton Ferry and the Broadway Junction subway station (A, ​C​, J​, L​, and Z) in East New York, except in Downtown Brooklyn, where a block of the street past Borough Hall is closed. Along the way, subway transfers can be made at Court Street–Borough Hall (2, ​3​, 4, ​5​, N, R, and ​W), Jay Street–MetroTech (A, ​C​, F, <F>​​, N, R, and ​W), DeKalb Avenue (B, ​D, ​N, ​Q, ​R, and ​W), and at various points along the IND Fulton Street Line. The route is based out of East New York Bus Depot.

History

The Brooklyn City Rail Road opened a line along Fulton Street from Fulton Ferry on July 6, 1854;[4] it reached East New York by 1874.[5] Buses were substituted for streetcars on August 10, 1941. In 1998, the line was extended further into DUMBO to Water Street and Main Street during the daytime hours on weekdays.[6] This was at the request of a real estate developer who had paid an annual fee of $90,000 to the Transit Authority to operate the service.[7] The fee has not been paid since 2000, but the part-time extension remained in effect.[7] Service to Main Street began operating at all times in 2011.[8]

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network.[9][10] As part of the redesign, the B25 would maintain its existing routing, along with the elimination of closely spaced stops, but would end at Franklin Avenue overnight, with the B26 taking over service on Fulton Street west of this point.[11]

References
  1. MTA Regional Bus Operations. "B25 bus schedule".
  2. "Downtown Brooklyn Surface Transit Circulation Study" (PDF). 2009. Archived (PDF) from the original on December 2, 2018. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  3. "Facts and Figures". mta.info. August 28, 2011. Archived from the original on September 24, 2017. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  4. "Questions Answered". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. June 4, 1893. p. 4. Archived from the original on August 8, 2020. Retrieved May 31, 2017.
  5. J.B. Beers and Company, Brooklyn, 1874 (with Brooklyn City Rail Road lines overprinted)
  6. Miller, Shane (July 11, 2012). "Residents MTA at odds over B25 bus route in DUMBO". Brooklyn Downtown Star. Archived from the original on January 10, 2019. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  7. Hellman, Peter (October 24, 2002). "Over the River, No Longer Fringe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  8. "B25 Bus Route on Main Street". Dumbo NYC. September 7, 2011. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved December 24, 2021.
  9. Brachfeld, Ben (December 1, 2022). "Draft plan for new Brooklyn bus network aims to finally end decades of slow, unreliable service". amNewYork. Archived from the original on December 1, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  10. Spivack, Caroline (December 1, 2022). "Brooklyn bus riders could finally get faster service under MTA redesign". Crain's New York Business. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 2, 2022.
  11. "Draft Plan: B25 Local". MTA. Archived from the original on December 2, 2022. Retrieved December 3, 2022.
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