List of bus routes in Brooklyn

#8053 on the B6 in Bensonhurst.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Brooklyn, New York, United States; one minor route is privately operated under a city franchise. Many of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Brooklyn); the ones that started out as bus routes were almost all operated by the Brooklyn Bus Corporation, a subsidiary of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, until the New York City Board of Transportation took over on June 5, 1940. Of the 55 local Brooklyn routes operated by the New York City Transit Authority, roughly 35 are the direct descendants of one or more streetcar lines, and most of the others were introduced in full or in part as new bus routes by the 1930s. Only the eastern section of the B82 (then the B50), the B83, and the B84 were created by New York City Transit from scratch, in 1978, 1966, and 2013, respectively.

List of routes

This table gives details for the routes prefixed with "B" - in other words, those considered to run primarily in Brooklyn by the MTA. For details on routes with other prefixes, see the following articles:

• List of bus routes in Queens: Q7, Q8, Q24, Q35, Q54, Q56, Q59
• List of bus routes in Staten Island: S53, S79 Select Bus Service, S93
• List of express bus routes in New York City: X27, X28, X37, X38, BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BM5

Service operation

• Weekday rush hours: 6:30 AM – 9:30 AM and 3:30 PM – 8 PM
• Midday service: 9:30 AM – 3:30 PM
• Evening service: 8 PM – Midnight
• Overnight service: Midnight – 6:30 AM

Routes that operate at all times: B1, B3, B6, B8, B12, B14, B15, B17, B25, B26, B35, B36, B38, B41, B42, B43, B44, B46, B47, B48, B52, B54, B60, B61, B62, B63, B68, B82

Routes B1 to B26

All routes in this section are local service except routes B6, which has local and limited-stop services.

Route	Terminals			Service operation and notes	Streets traveled
B1	Bay Ridge 4th Avenue and 86th Street at 86th Street ( R  train)	↔	Manhattan Beach Mackenzie Street and Oriental Boulevard at Kingsborough Community College	All times	86th Street, Avenue X, Ocean Parkway, Brighton Beach Avenue, Oriental Boulevard
B2	Midwood East 16th Street and Quentin Road at Kings Highway ( B  ​ Q  trains)	↔	Kings Plaza Shopping Center Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue	No overnight service	Avenue R, Avenue S, East 36th Street, Flatbush Avenue
B3	Bath Beach Harway Avenue and 25th Avenue	↔	Bergen Beach East 71st Street and Avenue U	All times	25th Avenue, 86th Street, Avenue U
B4	Bay Ridge Narrows Avenue and 77th Street	↔	Sheepshead Bay Knapp Street and Voorhies Avenue	No overnight service	Bay Ridge Parkway, Stillwell Avenue, Neptune Ave, Emmons Avenue/Shore Parkway
B6
	Local service				All trips: Bay Parkway, Avenue J, Glenwood Road, Avenue H, Flatlands Avenue East New York trips: Cozine Avenue
	Bath Beach Cropsey Avenue and Bay 37th Street	↔	Canarsie Glenwood Road and Rockaway Parkway at Rockaway Parkway ( L  train)	Part-time route, daytime and Sundays only.
		↔	East New York Livonia Avenue and New Lots Avenue at New Lots Avenue ( 2  ​ 3  ​ 4  ​ 5  trains)	Full Route, late nights only.
	Limited-stop service
	Bath Beach Cropsey Avenue and Bay 37th Street	↔	East New York Livonia Avenue and New Lots Avenue at New Lots Avenue ( 2  ​ 3  ​ 4  ​ 5  trains)	No overnight and Sunday service.
B7	Bedford–-Stuyvesant Saratoga Avenue and Halsey Street at Halsey Street ( J  train)	↔	Midwood Quentin Road and Coney Island Avenue	Full route No late evening and overnight service.	Saratoga Avenue/Thomas Boyland Street, Kings Highway
		↔	Flatlands Flatbush Avenue and Kings Highway	Early morning and late evening terminus.
B8	Brownsville Hegeman Avenue and Rockaway Avenue at Brookdale Hospital	↔	Bay Ridge 4th Avenue and 95th Street at 95th Street ( R  train)	Full route. All times, alternate midday trips serve each terminal.	All trips: Linden Boulevard/Church and Hegeman Avenues, Beverley Road, Avenue D, Foster Avenue, 18th Avenue, Cropsey Avenue Bay Ridge trips: 7th Avenue, 92nd Street
		↔	Dyker Heights Cropsey Avenue and 7th Avenue at Veterans Administration Hospital	Part-time route Alternate midday trips serve each terminal.
B9	Bay Ridge Shore Road and 71st Street	↔	Kings Plaza Shopping Center Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue	Full route, full-time terminus No overnight service	Bay Ridge Avenue, 60th Street, Avenue M, Avenue L, Flatbush Avenue
		↔	Flatlands Flatbush Avenue and Avenue L	Part-time terminus. Early morning and late evening terminus.
B11	Sunset Park 1st Avenue and 58th Street at Brooklyn Army Terminal	↔	Midwood Flatbush Avenue and Avenue H at Flatbush Avenue ( 2  ​ 5  trains), Brooklyn College	No overnight service	49th/50th Streets, Avenue J
B12	Prospect Lefferts Gardens Ocean Avenue and Parkside Avenue at Parkside Avenue ( Q  train)	↔	East New York East New York Avenue and Alabama Avenue at Alabama Avenue ( J  ​ Z  trains)	All times	Clarkson Avenue, East New York Avenue
B13	Spring Creek Gateway Center Mall	↔	Wyckoff Heights Wyckoff Avenue and DeKalb Avenue at DeKalb Avenue ( L  train), Wyckoff Hospital	No overnight service. Via Glendale and Ridgewood in Queens.	Crescent Street/Euclid Avenue, Fresh Pond Road (Queens), Gates Avenue
B14	Crown Heights Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue ( 2  ​ 3  ​ 4  ​ 5  trains)	↔	City Line Brooklyn General Mail Facility	All times	Eastern Parkway, Pitkin Avenue, Sutter Avenue
B15	Bedford–Stuyvesant Broadway and Marcus Garvey Boulevard at Woodhull Hospital and Flushing Avenue ( J  ​ M  trains)	↔	JFK International Airport, Queens Terminal 5 (connecting AirTrain JFK to all airport terminals)	Full route, all times No stops along Conduit Avenue between Linden Boulevard/79th Street and Lefferts Boulevard in both directions.	All trips: Marcus Garvey Boulevard/Lewis Avenue, Ralph Avenue, East 98th Street, New Lots Avenue Airport trips: Conduit Avenue, Pam Am Road, Van Wyck Expressway Service Road
		↔	City Line Linden Boulevard and Eldert Lane	Part-time terminus
B16	Bay Ridge Shore Road and 4th Avenue	↔	Prospect Lefferts Gardens Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue at Prospect Park ( B  ​ Q  ​ S  trains)	No overnight service	86th Street, Fort Hamilton Parkway, 13th/14th Avenues, Caton Avenue, Ocean Avenue
B17	Crown Heights Utica Avenue and Eastern Parkway at Utica Avenue ( 2  ​ 3  ​ 4  ​ 5  trains)	↔	Canarsie East 108th Street and Seaview Avenue	Full route, all times	Remsen Avenue, Seaview Avenue
		↔	Canarsie Seaview Avenue and East 80th Street	Part-time service, weekdays only via Rockaway Parkway ( L  train) station.	Ramsen Avenue, Avenue L, East 80th Street
B20	City Line Brooklyn General Mail Facility	↔	Ridgewood, Queens Forest Avenue and 67th Avenue at Forest Avenue ( M  train)	Full route. No overnight service.	All trips: Linden Boulevard, Wortman Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue Ridgewood trips: Decatur/Schaeffer and Summerfield Streets, Fresh Pond Road
		↔	East New York Broadway and Fulton Street at Broadway Junction ( A  ​ C ​  J ​  L ​  Z  trains)	Part-time terminus. No overnight service.
B24	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Lane 2	↔	Greenpoint Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue	No overnight service. Via Sunnyside, Queens	Rodney Street/Marcy Avenue, Kingsland Avenue, 48th Street (Queens), Greenpoint Avenue
B25	Fulton Landing Front Street and York Street	↔	East New York Broadway Junction and Alabama Avenue at Alabama Avenue ( J  ​ Z  trains)	All times	Fulton Street
B26	Downtown Brooklyn Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street	↔	Ridgewood, Queens Wyckoff Avenue and Palmetto Street at Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues ( L ​  M  trains)	All times	Fulton Street, Halsey Street

Routes B31 to B49

All routes in this section are local service except routes B35, B38, B41, B49 which have local and limited-stop services. Also, the B44 and B46 routes has local and Select Bus Service(SBS) services.

Route	Terminals			Service operation and notes	Streets traveled
B31	Midwood East 16th Street and Quentin Road at Kings Highway ( B  ​ Q  trains)	↔	Gerritsen Beach Gerritsen Avenue and Lois Avenue	No overnight service.	Avenue R, Gerritsen Avenue
B32	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza (Broadway and Roebling Street)	↔	Long Island City, Queens 44th Drive and 21st Street at Court Square ( 7   <7> ​​  E  ​ M ​  G ​ trains)	No late evening or overnight service. Travels between Brooklyn and Queens via the Pulaski Bridge.	Wythe/Kent Avenues, Franklin Street, 11th Street (Queens)
B35
	Local service
	Brownsville Mother Gaston Boulevard and Hegeman Avenue	↔	Kensington McDonald Avenue and Church Avenue at Church Avenue ( F   <F>  ​ G  trains)	Daytime service	Church Avenue
		↔	Sunset Park 1st Avenue and 39th Street	Full route, runs overnights only.	Church Avenue, 39th Street
	Limited-stop service
	Brownsville Mother Gaston Boulevard and Hegeman Avenue	↔	Sunset Park 1st Avenue and 39th Street	No overnight service.
B36	Sea Gate West 37th Street and Surf Avenue	↔	Sheepshead Bay Avenue U and Nostrand Avenue	All times	Surf Avenue, Avenue Z
B37	Bay Ridge Shore Road and 4th Avenue	↔	Boerum Hill 4th Avenue and Dean Street at Atlantic Avenue – Barclays Center ( 2  ​ 3  ​ 4  ​ 5 ​  B  ​ D   N  ​ Q ​  R  ​ W ​ trains)	No overnight service.	3rd Avenue
B38
	Local service
	Downtown Brooklyn Cadman Plaza and Tillary Street	↔	Ridgewood, Queens Metropolitan Avenue and Starr Street	No overnight service	Lafayette/DeKalb Avenues, Woodward Avenue/Stanhope Street (Queens)
		↔	Ridgewood, Queens Seneca Avenue and Catalpa Avenue	Full route, overnights and weekends service only.	Lafayette/DeKalb Avenues, Seneca Avenue (Queens)
	Limited-stop service
	Downtown Brooklyn Cadman Plaza and Tillary Street	↔	Ridgewood, Queens Seneca Avenue and Catalpa Avenue	Weekday service only.
B39	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Lane 1	↔	Lower East Side, Manhattan Delancey Street and Allen Street	No overnight service. Travels between Brooklyn and Manhattan via the Williamsburg Bridge.	Broadway, Delancey Street
B41
	Local service
	Downtown Brooklyn Cadman Plaza and Tillary Street	↔	Kings Plaza Shopping Center Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue	All times. Alternate trips serve each terminal.	Flatbush Avenue
		↔	Bergen Beach East 71st Street and Veterans Avenue		Flatbush Avenue, Avenue N, Veterans Avenue
	Limited-stop service
	Downtown Brooklyn Cadman Plaza and Tillary Street	↔	Kings Plaza Shopping Center Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue	No overnight service.	Flatbush Avenue
		↔	Bergen Beach East 71st Street and Veterans Avenue	Weekday service only.	Flatbush Avenue, Avenue N, Veterans Avenue
B42	Canarsie Rockaway Parkway and Belt Parkway	↔	Canarsie Rockaway Parkway ( L  train) bus loop	All times	Rockaway Parkway
B43	Prospect Lefferts Gardens Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue at Prospect Park ( B  ​ Q  ​ S  trains)	↔	Greenpoint Box Street and Manhattan Avenue	All times	Kingston/Brooklyn Avenues, Throop/Tompkins Avenues, Graham Avenue, Manhattan Avenue
B44
	Local service
	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Lane 4	↔	Sheepshead Bay Emmons Avenue and Nostrand Avenue	Full route, overnight service only.	Northbound: Emmons Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Farragut Road, New York Avenue, Fulton Street, Bedford Avenue, Taylor Street Southbound: Lee Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Shore Parkway
	Williamsburg Flushing Avenue and Bedford Avenue	↔	Sheepshead Bay Knapp Street and Emmons Avenue	Alternate trips serve each terminal. No overnight service.
		↔	Sheepshead Bay Avenue U and Nostrand Avenue
B44
	Select Bus Service
	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Lane 4	↔	Sheepshead Bay Knapp Street and Emmons Avenue	Alternate trips serve both sets of terminal ends. No overnight service. Early AM northbound service starts at Nostrand Avenue and Flatbush Avenue and serves each Williamsburg terminal alternately.	Northbound: Emmons Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, Rogers Avenue, Bedford Avenue, Taylor Street Southbound: Lee Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Shore Parkway
	Williamsburg Flushing Avenue and Bedford Avenue	↔	Sheepshead Bay Avenue U and Nostrand Avenue
B45	Downtown Brooklyn Court Street and Livingston Street at Brooklyn Borough Hall	↔	Crown Heights Saint Johns Place and Ralph Avenue	No overnight service.	Atlantic Avenue, Saint Johns Place
B46
	Local service
	Kings Plaza Shopping Center Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue	↔	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Lane 3	All times. Extra rush hour service provided between Avenue H and Eastern Parkway.	Utica Avenue, Malcolm X Boulevard, Broadway
	Select Bus Service
	Kings Plaza Shopping Center Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue	↔	Bedford–Stuyvesant Malcolm X Boulevard and DeKalb Avenue	No overnight service.	Utica Avenue, Malcolm X Boulevard
	Flatlands Avenue N and Utica Avenue			Weekday rush hours only.
B47	Kings Plaza Shopping Center East 54th Street and Avenue U	↔	Bedford–Stuyvesant Broadway and Marcus Garvey Boulevard at Woodhull Hospital and Flushing Avenue ( J  ​ M  trains)	All times.	Ralph Avenue, Broadway
B48	Prospect Lefferts Gardens Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue at Prospect Park ( B  ​ Q  ​ S  trains)	↔	Greenpoint Meeker Avenue and Gardner Avenue	All times	Classon/Franklin Avenues, Lorimer Street, Nassau Avenue
B49
	Local service
	Bedford–Stuyvesant Fulton Street and Bedford Avenue at Franklin Avenue ( C  train  S  train)	↔	Manhattan Beach Mackenzie Street and Oriental Boulevard at Kingsborough Community College	No overnight service	Bedford Avenue, Ocean/Rogers Avenues
	Limited-Stop service
	Crown Heights Bedford Avenue and Empire Boulevard	→ AM	Manhattan Beach Mackenzie Street and Oriental Boulevard at Kingsborough Community College	Southbound morning rush hour service only.	Bedford Avenue, Ocean Avenue

Routes B52 to B84

All routes in this section are local service except route B82 which has local and limited-stop services.

Route	Terminals			Service operation and notes	Streets traveled
B52	Downtown Brooklyn Cadman Plaza and Tillary Street	↔	Ridgewood, Queens Wyckoff Avenue and Palmetto Street at Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues ( L ​  M  trains)	All times	Gates Avenue
B54	Downtown Brooklyn Jay Street and Myrtle Avenue at Jay Street – MetroTech ( A  ​ C ​  F   <F> ​​  N   R  ​ W  trains)	↔		All times	Myrtle Avenue
B57	Red Hook Beard Street and Otsego Street at Ikea Terminal	↔	Maspeth, Queens 61st Street and Flushing Avenue	No overnight service.	Lorraine Street, Court/Smith Streets, Flushing Avenue (Brooklyn and Queens)
B60	Canarsie Williams Avenue and Flatlands Avenue	↔	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Lane 2	All times	Rockaway Avenue, Wilson Avenue, Johnson Avenue, South 4th/5th Streets
B61	Downtown Brooklyn Fulton Street and Smith Street at Jay Street – MetroTech ( A  ​ C ​  F   <F> ​​  N   R  ​ W  trains)	↔	Park Slope 20th Street and Prospect Park West	All times	9th Street, Lorraine Street, Van Brunt Street, Columbia Street, Atlantic Avenue
B62	Downtown Brooklyn Boerum Place and Livingston Street	↔	Long Island City, Queens Jackson Avenue and Queens Plaza South at Queensboro Plaza ( 7   <7> ​​  N  ​ W  trains) and Queens Plaza ( E  ​ M  ​ R  trains)	All times Travels between Brooklyn and Queens via the Pulaski Bridge.	Park Avenue, Wythe Avenue, Driggs/Bedford Avenues, Manhattan Avenue, Jackson Avenue (Queens)
B63	Bay Ridge Shore Road and 4th Avenue	↔	Cobble Hill Park Road and Atlantic Avenue at Brooklyn Bridge Park, Pier 6	All times	5th Avenue, Atlantic Avenue
B64	Bay Ridge Shore Road and 71st Street	↔	Coney Island Mermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue at Stillwell Avenue ( D ​  F   <F> ​​  N ​  Q  trains)	No overnight service.	Bay Ridge Avenue, 13th Avenue, Bath Avenue, 25th Avenue, Harway Avenue, Stillwell Avenue
B65	Downtown Brooklyn Fulton Street and Smith Street at Jay Street – MetroTech ( A  ​ C ​  F   <F> ​​  N   R  ​ W  trains)	↔	Crown Heights Ralph Avenue and Saint Johns Place	No overnight service.	Bergen Street, Dean Street
B67/B69	Kensington Cortelyou Road and McDonald Avenue	↔	B67: Downtown Brooklyn Jay Street and Sands Street at York Street ( F   <F> ​ trains)	Full-time terminus. No overnight service.	McDonald Avenue, 7th Avenue, then: All B67 trips: Flatbush Avenue, Livingston Street, Jay Street B67 South Williamsburg trips: via Brooklyn Navy Yard B69: Vanderbilt Avenue, Flushing Avenue
		↔	B67: South Williamsburg Division Avenue and Wythe Avenue	Part-time terminus. Weekday rush hours and midday only
		↔	B69: Downtown Brooklyn Sands Street and Pearl Street	No overnight service
B68	Windsor Terrace Bartel Pritchard Square at 15th Street – Prospect Park ( F  ​ G  trains)	↔	Coney Island Mermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue at Stillwell Avenue ( D ​  F   <F> ​​  N ​  Q  trains)	All times	Coney Island Avenue, Brighton Beach Avenue
B70	Sunset Park 1st Avenue and 39th Street	↔	Dyker Heights Cropsey Avenue and 7th Avenue at Veterans Administration Hospital	No overnight service.	7th Avenue, 8th Avenue, Fort Hamilton Parkway
B74	Coney Island Mermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue at Stillwell Avenue ( D ​  F   <F> ​​  N ​  Q  trains)	↺	Sea Gate West 37th Street and Mermaid Avenue	Loop route service. No overnight service.	Mermaid Avenue
B82
	Local service				Pennsylvania Avenue, Flatlands Avenue, Kings Highway, Bay Parkway, Cropsey Avenue
	Starrett City Pennsylvania Avenue and Seaview Avenue	↔	Coney Island Mermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue at Stillwell Avenue ( D ​  F   <F> ​​  N ​  Q  trains)	Coney Island terminal is full time terminal. Bath Beach Terminal is part time. Alternate daytime off-peak trips serve each end.
		↔	Bath Beach Crospey Avenue and Bay 37th Street
	Canarsie Glenwood Road and Rockaway Parkway at Rockaway Parkway ( L  train)	→		AM Rush towards Bath Beach only.
	Limited-stop service
	Starrett City Pennsylvania Avenue and Seaview Avenue	↔	Coney Island Mermaid Avenue and Stillwell Avenue at Stillwell Avenue ( D ​  F   <F> ​​  N ​  Q  trains)	Weekday rush hours.
B83	Spring Creek Gateway Center Mall	↔	East New York Broadway and Fulton Street at Broadway Junction ( A  ​ C ​  J ​  L ​  Z  trains)	No overnight service.	Pennsylvania Avenue, Van Siclen Avenue
B84		↔	East New York Livonia Avenue and New Lots Avenue at New Lots Avenue ( 2  ​ 3  ​ 4  ​ 5  trains)	No overnight and weekend evening service.	Flatlands Avenue, Ashford Street

Routes B100 and B103

These routes were formerly operated by the Command Bus Company until MTA takeover in December 2005. The routes are currently operated under MTA Bus.

Route	Terminals			Service operation and notes	Streets traveled
B100	Midwood East 16th Street and Quentin Road at Kings Highway ( B  ​ Q  trains)	↔	Mill Basin 56th Drive and Strickland Avenue	No overnight service.	Quentin Road, Fillmore Avenue, East 66th Street
B103
	Limited-stop service			Full route and no overnight service.	All trips: East 105th Street, Avenue M, East 80th Street, Avenue H Downtown Brooklyn trips: Cortelyou Road, 3rd/4th Avenues, Livingston Street, Cadman Plaza West/Adams Street
	Canarsie Williams Avenue and Flatlands Avenue	↔	Downtown Brooklyn Tillary Street and Adams Street at Cadman Plaza
		↔	Midwood Flatbush Avenue and Nostrand Avenue at Flatbush Avenue ( 2  ​ 5  trains)	No overnight service.

Route B110

B110 bus in Borough Park.

This route is operated by Private Transportation Corporation under a franchise with the City of New York, and is the lone unsubsidized route operating in Brooklyn. MetroCard is not accepted for payment of fare on this line, which has a one-way exact change fare of US$3.25.

In October 2011, the B110 was reported in several New York newspapers to have signs requiring female passengers to sit in the back to avoid possible contact with men, as is considered necessary by some Hassidic Jewish groups in the area it serves. The story was reported internationally. On October 20, the New York City Department of Transportation said it would shut down the line if the gender separation was not discontinued, but six days later, Private Transportation Corporation agreed to end this practice.

Currently, Private Transportation Corp. no longer enforces the Hasidic custom that men and women sit apart in social situations. But still most Hasidic men and women riders choose to sit apart each other and do not complain about segregation.

Route	Terminals			Notes	Streets traveled
B110	Borough Park 18th Avenue and 49th Street	↔	Williamsburg Lynch Street and Lee Avenue	Private express franchised route, authorized by NYCDOT No service from 2 hours prior to sundown on Friday until nightfall Saturday.	49th/50th Streets, Bedford/Lee Avenues (local service)

Dollar vans

Main article: Dollar vans in the New York metropolitan area

When the MTA discontinued some routes on June 27, 2010, operators of commuter vans, also known as dollar vans, were allowed to take over certain discontinued routes. In Brooklyn, these routes were the B23, B39 (which has since been restored), and B71. There are also dollar vans that operate to areas with little mass transit service, or provide an alternative mode of transportation to certain bus routes such as the B41 and B46. The vans, some licensed by the New York City Taxi and Limousine Commission and some unlicensed, charge a fare of $2.00, lower than the $2.75 fare for MTA-operated local buses, but without free transfers.

Route history

Routes B1 to B39

Route	History
B1	Sheepshead Bay area bus began in April 1919 by Plum Beach Auto Stage. 86th Street Line streetcar until August 12, 1948. 86th Street portion and Bay Ridge Avenue portion of B1 (west of 25th Avenue) were B34 until 1978. Service via Brighton Beach was B21 until 1978. Service originally ran via the Sheepshead Bay (BMT Brighton Line) station. Service was rerouted via Brighto Beach and Coney Island Hospital in 1978, absorbing the B21 and B34. Western end (13th Avenue and 86th Street) swapped with the B64 in 2010. Current routing originally proposed in the 1970s as B86.
B2	Began 1922 by Kings Coach Company. Overnight service discontinued in 1995. Weekend service discontinued in June 2010 and restored in mid 2012.
B3	Began 1922 by Kings Coach Company. Extended along 25th Avenue in 1978. Service via East 73rd and 74th Streets discontinued in 2010.
B4	Began September 28, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Eastern terminus was Stillwell Avenue and 86th Street until 1978. Emmons Avenue portion was B21 until 1978. Extended to Sheepshead Bay in 1978, via Coney Island Hospital and along B36 and B21 routes. Off-peak service east of Coney Island Hospital discontinued in 2010, restored in January 2013. Service on Neptune Avenue discontinued in 2010, restored January 6, 2013.
B6	Bay Parkway bus began August 24, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Cozine Avenue service was new route in 1968 as B84. Original eastern terminus was Ashford Street; extended along Ashford Street in 1989.
B7	Began June 29, 1930 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Overnight service discontinued in 2010.
B8	Began on October 22, 1925 by Queens Bus Lines. Daytime service between Bay Ridge and Veterans Administration Hospital discontinued in 2010 but restored in June 29, 2014. Original eastern terminus was the Brooklyn Terminal Market. Most trips were rerouted to Brookdale Hospital in the 1990s. Terminal Market service discontinued in 1995.
B9	Began on October 28, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Service was extended to Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway, Queens during the summer season in the 1980s.
B11	Began September 21, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Original eastern terminus was 18th Avenue; Extended to Rockaway Parkway ( L  train) on November 12, 1978 via the B6 route. In the mid 1980s, route was shortened to the current terminus at Brooklyn College Overnight service discontinued in 1995.
B12	Began November 23, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Service originally ran to City Line (Sheridan Avenue and Liberty Avenue), but was cut back to Broadway Junction in July 2010.
B13	Began October 25, 1921 by Independent Buses. Merged with the western portion of route B18 in 2002. Extended from Fountain and Vandalia Avenues to Gateway Mall in April 2003. Extended to new bus terminal at Gateway Center North on August 31, 2014. In June 27, 2010 eliminated almost all of the former B18 route except the short Wyckoff Avenue portion to Wyckoff Hospital.
B14	Began August 1925 by Eastern Parkway, Brownsville and East New York Transit Relief Association.
B15	Sumner Avenue Line streetcar until July 20, 1947. New Lots Avenue Line streetcar until June 28, 1941. Became route B10 before being renumbered to B15 in 1993 when extended to JFK Airport to avoid confusion with Q10. Service removed from Brooklyn General Mail Facility in September 2013. Trips making short turns now terminate at Drew Street and Linden Blvd.
B16	Began October 28, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Overnight service discontinued in 1995.
B17	Began August 17, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit.
B20	Began November 30, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Operated via Linden Boulevard between Pennsylvania Avenue and Eldert Lane until 1978. Rerouted in 1978 from Linden Blvd to serve the Boulevard and Linden Houses via Wortman Avenue between Pennsylvania Avenue and Ashford Street. Rest of route unchanged.
B24	Calvary Cemetery Line (Greenpoint Avenue) streetcar until January 26, 1930. Meeker and Marcy Avenues Line streetcar until April 17, 1939. Weekend service discontinued in June 2010, restored January 6, 2013.
B25	Fulton Street Line streetcar until August 10, 1941. Extended to Fulton Landing in 1998.
B26	Putnam Avenue Line streetcar until February 5, 1950.
B31	Began 1922 by Kings Coach Company. Former western terminus was Avenue U (BMT Brighton Line) station. Rerouted to the B2 western terminus (Kings Highway (BMT Brighton Line)) station in the early 1990s. Overnight service discontinued in 2010.
B32	Introduced September 8, 2013. New bus route.
B35	Church Avenue Line streetcar until October 31, 1956. Limited-Stop service implemented in June 2005.
B36	Sea Gate Line streetcar until December 1, 1946. Originally ran in Sea Gate (via a separate bus) until 1978. Originally ran via Neptune Avenue. Service was rerouted via Coney Island Hospital in 1978.
B37	Traveled on Livingston Street, 3rd Avenue Third Avenue Line streetcar until March 1, 1942. Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget cuts. Restored on June 29, 2014. The route between Court Street and Livingston Street in Downtown Brooklyn (original northern terminus) and Atlantic Avenue-Barclays Center has not been restored.
B38	DeKalb Avenue Line streetcar until January 30, 1949. Current Metropolitan Avenue branch used to terminate at Stanhope Street & Onderdonk Avenue. Limited-stop service was added on April 2008.
B39	Williamsburg Bridge Local streetcar until December 4, 1948. May 1, 1999 and five months later, no fare was collected due to the Williamsburg Bridge subway reconstruction. Eliminated in June 2010, daytime service restored in January 6, 2013.

Routes B41 to B103

Route	History
B41	Flatbush Avenue Line streetcar until March 5, 1951. Former northern terminus was Furman Street and Cadman Plaza West Limited-stop service began January 1993.
B42	Rockaway Parkway Line streetcar until April 29, 1951. Northern terminus (bus loop) is inside subway fare control.
B43	Tompkins Avenue Line streetcar until August 24, 1947. Graham Avenue Line streetcar until December 21, 1948. Combined from B47 and B62 on September 10, 1995.
B44	Nostrand Avenue Line streetcar until April 1, 1951. Limited-stop service added on September 10, 1995. First Select Bus Service bus rapid transit route in Brooklyn started on November 17, 2013.
B45	St. Johns Place Line streetcar until August 24, 1947.
B46	Utica and Reid Avenues Line streetcar until March 18, 1951. Service was extended to Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway, Queens during the summer season in the 1980s. Limited stop service implemented in 1991 Saturday limited-stop service added on September 10, 1995. Busiest bus route in Brooklyn; second busiest route in New York City. Second Select Bus Service bus rapid transit route in Brooklyn started on July 3rd, 2016. Local service extended full time to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza.
B47	Ralph Avenue Line streetcar until November 1, 1943 Ralph and Rockaway Avenues Line streetcar until May 27, 1951. Created as a result of a merge of the B40 and B78 in 2002. Former route B40 service east of Ralph Avenue and north of Woodhull Hospital discontinued.
B48	Franklin Avenue Line (surface) streetcar until October 28, 1945. Lorimer Street Line streetcar until December 14, 1947. Route originally continued to Lefferts Gardens; service south of Fulton Street eliminated in July 2010, restored on January 6, 2013.
B49	Ocean Avenue Line streetcar until April 29, 1951. Rerouted to serve the Sheepshead Bay subway station on November 12, 1978 (when B1 was rerouted via Brighton Beach). Southbound Limited-Stop service started in 2010.
B52	Greene and Gates Avenues Line streetcar until October 5, 1941.
B54	Myrtle Avenue Line (surface) streetcar until July 17, 1949.
B57	Flushing Avenue Line streetcar until November 21, 1948. Court Street Line streetcar until July 17, 1949. Smith Street Line (surface) streetcar until February 11, 1951. Extended along the Smith/Court Street sections of the B75 in 2010. Extended to Red Hook in January 2013 from Smith-9th Streets subway station.
B60	Wilson Avenue Line streetcar until May 27, 1951.
B61	Columbia Street and Van Brunt Street portion part of Crosstown Line (Brooklyn surface) streetcar until January 27, 1951. Lorraine and Ninth Street route begun August 27, 1936 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Originally ran between Red Hook and Long Island City, Queens. Route north of Downtown Brooklyn was split off from original B61 route (now B62) in January 3, 2010. Extended along former B77 route and Ninth Street portion of B75 route in 2010. Second bus route in Brooklyn to receive MTA BusTime due to Culver subway line reconstruction project in 2012.
B62	Crosstown Line (Brooklyn surface) streetcar until January 27, 1951. Split off from original B61 route in January 3, 2010.
B63	Fifth Avenue Line (Brooklyn surface) streetcar until February 20, 1949. First bus route in New York City in February 2011 to test tracking real time arrival system called MTA BusTime.
B64	Bay Ridge Avenue Line streetcar until May 15, 1949. Bay Ridge Avenue and 86th Street portion of B1 were B34 until November 12, 1978. Western end (13th Avenue and 86th Street) swapped with B1 in July 2010. Southern terminus was originally Coney Island; Service was cut back to Bath Beach in July 2010, restored in January 6, 2013.
B65	Bergen Street Line streetcar until July 20, 1947. Rerouted from Cobble Hill to Downtown Brooklyn in the late 1990s.
B67	Seventh Avenue Line (Brooklyn surface) streetcar until February 11, 1951. Extended into South Williamsburg via the Brooklyn Navy Yard and Vinegar Hill in September 9, 2013.
B68	Coney Island Avenue Line streetcar until November 30, 1955. Service originally terminated at West 5th Street. Extended to Coney Island-Stillwell Avenue subway station in July 2001.
B69	Vanderbilt Avenue Line streetcar until August 20, 1950. Southern portion (south of Flatbush Avenue) originally ran via 8th Avenue and Prospect Park West in Park Slope and terminated at 19th Street. This portion was rerouted along the B67 route (7th Avenue) and extended to Kensington in July 2010. Weekend service discontinued on July 2010 and restored on January 6, 2013.
B70	Eighth Avenue Line (Brooklyn surface) streetcar until May 15, 1949. Rerouted from 7th Avenue to 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge in July 2010 to replace B37 service. Rerouted back to 7th Avenue from 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge in June 29, 2014 due to restored B37 service.
B74	Norton's Point Line streetcar until November 7, 1948.
B82	Western portion (B5; west of Flatbush Avenue) begun August 29, 1924 by Queens Bus Lines. Eastern portion (B50) introduced in 1975 from Starrett City to Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway; extended to Coney Island Avenue in Midwood on November 12, 1978. Combined from routes B5 and B50 on September 10, 1995. Original terminus was Cropsey Avenue and Canal Avenue. Extended to Coney Island in 2003. Limited-stop service added in September 2010.
B83	New route 1966. Original southern terminus was Cozine Avenue and Berriman Street. Rerouted along Van Siclen Avenue and into Spring Creek Towers in 1978. Extended to Gateway Mall in September 2007. Extended to new bus terminal at Gateway Center North on August 31, 2014.
B84	New route June 30, 2013. Services part of original B83 footprint in East New York (between Jerome Street and Berriman Street).
B100	Began February 3, 1960 by Pioneer Bus Company. Later operated by Command Bus Company.
B103	Formerly operated by Command Bus Company. Former terminus at East 94th Street and Flatlands Avenue and requested trips to Cozine Avenue and Ashford Street. Saturday service added in 2006. Rerouted and extended to Williams Avenue on May 4, 2009 and Sunday service added on September 6, 2009. Gowanus and Boerum Hill service added on April 4, 2014.

Former routes

Note that the "B" prefix was not added until the mid-1970s, and, on December 11, 1988, some of the Brooklyn "B" routes primarily in Queens were redesignated as "Q" routes.

Route	Terminals			Streets traveled and history
B3K	Midwood Quentin Road and East 16th Street	↔	Marine Park Gerritsen Avenue and Avenue U	Traveled on East 16 Street and Avenue U Subway shuttle during reconstruction of Avenue U and Neck Road stations from 2008 to 2010.
B5	Bensonhurst Cropsey Avenue and Canal Avenue	↔	Flatlands Ryder Street and Kings Highway	Traveled on Kings Highway, Bay Parkway, Cropsey Avenue Merged with B50 into B82 in 1995.
B10	Bedford-Stuyvesant Broadway and Marcus Garvey Boulevard	↔	City Line Linden Boulevard and Eldert Lane	Traveled on Marcus Garvey Boulevard (ex-Sumner Avenue), Lewis Avenue, New Lots Avenue Route still exists today; extended to JFK Airport in 1993. Route was renumbered to B15 to avoid confusion with the Q10.
B15 (first use)	Downtown Brooklyn Hanson Place and Flatbush Avenue	↔	Chinatown, Manhattan Baxter Street and Canal Street	Began service September 1985. Traveled on Flatbush Avenue, Manhattan Bridge Became an extension of the B63; later the B51, and then it was discontinued in June 2010.
B18	Williamsburg Graham Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue	↔	Cypress Hills Jamaica Avenue and Crescent Street	Traveled on Metropolitan Avenue, Morgan Avenue, Wyckoff Avenue, Cypress Avenue Begun November 30, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Merged into an extended B13 on September 8, 2002 west of Myrtle Avenue (east of it was discontinued). Remainder of route north of Wyckoff Hospital discontinued in 2010.
B19 (first use)	N/A	↔		Traveled on Cypress Hills Street, Gates Avenue Now part of the B13.
B19 (second use)	Downtown Brooklyn Hanson Place and Flatbush Avenue	↔	Fort Greene Grand Avenue and Flushing Avenue	Traveled on Carlton Avenue, Adelphi Street Discontinued 1988.
B21	Manhattan Beach Mackenzie Street and Oriental Boulevard	↔	Sheepshead Bay Knapp Street and Voorhies Avenue	Traveled on Oriental Boulevard, Brighton Beach Avenue, Ocean Parkway, Avenue Z, Emmons Avenue Replaced in 1978 with parts of the B1, B4, and B36.
B22	East New York Broadway and Lafayette Street	↔	Jamaica, Queens 89th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard	Traveled on Broadway, Atlantic Avenue Route still exists. Relabeled and renumbered to Q24 in December 11, 1988.
B23	Borough Park New Utrecht Avenue and 62nd Street	↔	Flatbush Flatbush Avenue and Cortelyou Road	Traveled on 16th Avenue, Cortelyou Road 16th Avenue Line streetcar until January 26, 1930 and Cortelyou Road Line streetcar until July 23, 1930. Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
B27X	See X27 for details.			Brooklyn-Manhattan express bus route.
B28X	See X28 for details.
B29X	See X29 for details.
B29 (first use)	Greenpoint West Street and Greenpoint Avenue	↔	Williamsburg Broadway and Kent Street	Traveled on Metropolitan Avenue, Kingsland Avenue, Meeker Avenue Southern part of the current B24.
B30	Greenpoint Kingsland Avenue and Meeker Avenue	↔	Woodside, Queens 47th Street and Greenpoint Avenue	Traveled on Humboldt Street, Kingsland Avenue, Greenpoint Avenue, Review Avenue, 48th Street Created prior from portions of B29 that were not merged into the B24. Discontinued September 10th 1995.
B33	Red Hook Ferry Place and Hamilton Avenue	↔	Prospect Lefferts Gardens Flatbush Avenue and Ocean Avenue	Traveled on Hamilton Avenue, Prospect Avenue, Parkside Avenue, Ocean Avenue Discontinued in 1993.
B34	Bay Ridge Shore Road and Bay Ridge Avenue	↔	Bath Beach Harway Avenue and 25th Avenue	Traveled on Bay Ridge Avenue, 13th Avenue, 86th Street Replaced by extended B1 in 1978. Currently part of B1 and B64 routes.
B36S	Sea Gate Atlantic Avenue and Surf Avenue	↺	shuttle loop	Sea Gate shuttle loop Discontinued in 1988.
B40	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza	↔	East New York Liberty Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue	Traveled on Broadway, Ralph Avenue, Liberty Avenue Route discontinued September 8, 2002. Ralph Avenue portion merged with B78 at that time to form current B47.
B47 (first use)	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza	↔	Prospect Lefferts Gardens Flatbush Avenue and Empire Boulevard	Traveled on Empire Boulevard, Kingston Avenue, Brooklyn Avenue, Throop Avenue, Tompkins Avenue, Division Avenue Merged in 1995 with B62 to form the B43 route.
B50	Spring Creek Seaview Avenue and Pennsylvania Avenue	↔	Midwood Coney Island Avenue and Kings Highway	Traveled on Kings Highway, Flatlands Avenue, Seaview Avenue Merged with the B5 in 1995 to form the B82.
B51	City Hall, Manhattan Beekman Street and Park Row	↔	Downtown Brooklyn Fulton Street and Smith Street	Traveled on Flatbush Avenue, Manhattan Bridge, Lafayette Street, St. James Place Began November 13, 1929 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. Replaced Manhattan Bridge Three Cent Line streetcar. Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
B53	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza	↔	Jamaica, Queens 171st Street and Jamaica Avenue	Traveled on Grand Street, Metropolitan Avenue Route still exists. Relabeled and renumbered to Q54 in December 11, 1988.
B55	Ridgewood, Queens Wyckoff Avenue and Palmetto Street	↔	Richmond Hill, Queens Jamaica Avenue and Myrtle Avenue	Traveled on Myrtle Avenue Route still exists. Relabeled to Q55 in December 11, 1988.
B56	East New York Broadway and Fulton Street	↔	Jamaica, Queens 171st Street and Jamaica Avenue	Traveled on Jamaica Avenue Route still exists. Relabeled to Q56 in December 11, 1988.
B58	Ridgewood, Queens Wyckoff Avenue and Palmetto Street	↔	Flushing, Queens Main Street and 41st Road	Traveled on Fresh Pond Road, Grand Avenue, Corona Avenue Route still exists. Relabeled to Q58 in December 11, 1988.
B59	Rego Park, Queens 63rd Drive and Queens Blvd	↔	Williamsburg Williamsburg Bridge Plaza	Traveled on Grand Avenue, Grand Street Original eastern terminus was 72nd Street and Grand Avenue. Route still exists. Relabeled to Q59 in December 11, 1988.
B62 (first use)	Greenpoint Box Street and Manhattan Avenue	↔	Downtown Brooklyn Pearl Street and High Street	Traveled on Flushing Avenue, Graham Avenue Graham Avenue portion merged with former B47 to form B43 in 1995. Flushing Avenue portion discontinued same time.
B66	Downtown Brooklyn Cadman Plaza and Tillary Street	↔	Red Hook, Brooklyn Columbia Street and Halleck Street	Traveled on Court Street Now part of the B57, formerly part of B75.
B71	Cobble Hill Van Brunt Street and Sackett Street	↔	Crown Heights Sterling Place and Rogers Avenue	Traveled on Union Street, Eastern Parkway Union Street Line streetcar until December 1, 1945. Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
B72	East Elmhurst, Queens 23rd Avenue and Junction Boulevard	↔	Rego Park, Queens Queens Boulevard and Junction Boulevard	Traveled on Junction Boulevard Transferred to Triboro Coach Corporation in 1961, renumbered to Q72.
B74SS	Sea Gate West 37th Street and Mermaid Avenue	↔	Brighton Beach Corbin Place and Oriental Boulevard	Traveled on Mermaid Avenue, Neptune Avenue, Brighton Beach Avenue SS stands for "Shoppers Special", started in the early 1980s and discontinued afterwards.
B75	Downtown Brooklyn Sands Street and Jay Street	↔	Park Slope 20th Street and Prospect Park West	Traveled on Court Street, Smith Street, 9th Street Court Street Line streetcar until July 17, 1949 and Smith Street Line streetcar until February 11, 1951. Replaced in 2010 with B57 and B61 due to budget crisis.
B77	Red Hook Beard Street and Van Brunt Street	↔	Park Slope 5th Avenue and 10th Street	Traveled on Lorraine Street, 9th Street Began August 27, 1936 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. Merged with B61 on June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
B77S	Red Hook Smith Street and 9th Street	↔	Red Hook Halleck Street and Columbia Street	Traveled on West 9th Street, Columbia Street; (Erie Basin/Red Hook pier Shuttle) Discontinued in the late 1980s for low ridership. Now part of B61 and formerly part of B77.
B78	Brownsville Rutland Road and East 98th Street	↔	Kings Plaza Shopping Center East 54th Street and Avenue U	Traveled on Ralph Avenue Merged with B40 on September 8, 2002 to form the B47.
B82 (first use)	Kings Plaza Shopping Center Flatbush Avenue and Avenue U	↔	Bergen Beach East 74th Street and Avenue U	Traveled on Avenue U Now part of the B3.
B84 (first use)	East New York Ashford Street and Cozine Avenue	↔	Canarsie Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road	Traveled on Flatlands Avenue, Cozine Avenue Now part of the B6.
B86	Bay Ridge 4th Avenue and 86th Street	↔	Manhattan Beach Mackenzie Street and Oriental Boulevard	Traveled on 86th Street, Brighton Beach Avenue Proposed in the late 1970s. Implemented in 2010 as a rerouted B1.
B88	Downtown Brooklyn Court Street and Remsen Street	↺	shuttle loop	Nicknamed "Culture Bus Loop II". 29 stops along the route between Brooklyn and Manhattan. Began operating on May 26, 1973 (Memorial Day weekend); weekends and holidays only. Discontinued after Labor Day on September 3, 1984.
B101	Midwood East 16th Street and Kings Highway	↔	Bergen Beach East 74th Street and Avenue L	Traveled on Avenue L, Kings Highway Never implemented, proposed by Pioneer Bus in the 1970s.
DeKalb Avenue shuttle	Chinatown, Manhattan Grand Street and Chrystie Street	↔	Downtown Brooklyn Dekalb Avenue and Flatbush Avenue	Service between Grand Street station in Manhattan and DeKalb Avenue station in Brooklyn Established when the north side of the Manhattan Bridge closed for construction on July 22, 2001. Suspended after September 11th attacks due to street closures; not resumed due to low ridership.

External links

• Brooklyn Bus Map and Service Guide
• 1969 Brooklyn and Staten Island bus map