B25 (New York City bus)

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
System	MTA New York City Bus
Operator	New York City Transit Authority
Garage	East New York Depot
Route
Locale	Brooklyn
Start	Fulton Landing – Front Street and York Street
Via	Fulton Street
End	East New York – Broadway Junction and Alabama Avenue
Length	6.1 miles (9.8 km)
Service
Operates	All times
Annual patronage	2,850,871 (2017)
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	B25
Route map Elizabeth Place Water Street Downtown Brooklyn – Fulton Landing  B25  Hicks Street Henry–Prospect Streets Middagh Street ​ Cadman Tower Clark Street Tillary Street Johnson Street Montague Street ​ Joralemon Street ​ Adams Street Smith–Jay Streets ​​​​ Hoyt Street ​ Bond Street Flatbush–Hudson Avenues Intermittent stops Ashland Place Lafayette Avenue Portland Avenue Greene Avenue Carlton Avenue–Adelphi Street Clermont–Vanderbilt Avenue Clinton–Washington Avenues Intermittent stops St. James Place Grand Avenue Classon Avenue Franklin Avenue ​ Bedford Avenue Nostrand Avenue ​ New York–Marcy Avenues Brooklyn–Tompkins Avenues Kingston Avenue Sumner Avenue Lewis Avenue Schenectady–Stuyvesant Avenues Utica Avenue ​ Buffalo Avenue Ralph Avenue Howard Avenue Saratoga Avenue Boyland Street Rockaway Avenue Eastern Parkway Sackman Street Van Sinderen Avenue ​​​​ Alabama Avenue  B25  ​ Legend Two-way stop One-way stop  B25  Terminal Subway connection ← B24  {{{system_nav}}}  B26 →

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.

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; it reached East New York by 1874. Buses were substituted for streetcars on August 10, 1941.

External links

• Media related to B25 (New York City bus) at Wikimedia Commons