B26 (New York City bus)

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Fulton Street Line
A bus on the B26 line arrives at the Ridgewood terminal.
Overview
System MTA New York City Bus
Operator New York City Transit Authority
Garage Fresh Pond Depot
Route
Locale Brooklyn
Start Downtown Brooklyn – Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street
Via Fulton Street, Halsey Street[1]
End Ridgewood, Queens – Wyckoff Avenue and Palmetto Street
Length 6.3 miles (10.1 km)[2]
Service
Operates All times[1]
Annual patronage 2,920,409 (2017)[3]
Fare $2.75 (MetroCard or coins)
Cash Coins only (exact change required)
Transfers Yes
Timetable B26
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The Putnam Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mostly along Fulton Street, Putnam Avenue, and Halsey Street between downtown Brooklyn and Ridgewood, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B26 Halsey/Fulton Streets bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

Route description

The B26 bus route begins at the Jay Street–Borough Hall subway station in Downtown Brooklyn. It heads east on Fulton Street, turning off onto Putnam Avenue, and uses Nostrand Avenue (eastbound) and Bedford Avenue (westbound) to reach Halsey Street. Just shy of the Queens line, the route turns northwest on Wyckoff Avenue, ending with a loop at the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues subway station counterclockwise via Putnam Avenue, Myrtle Avenue, and Wyckoff Avenue. Along the way, passengers can transfer to the subway at DeKalb Avenue, Clinton–Washington Avenues, and Halsey Street.

History

The Brooklyn City Rail Road opened a branch of their Fulton Street Line along Putnam Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, and Halsey Street to Broadway by 1874.[4] By 1897, cars could also use a short spur along Howard Avenue from Halsey Street north to Broadway.[5] The line was extended northeast past Broadway on Halsey Street to the Queens County line and northwest on Wyckoff Avenue to Ridgewood after 1897.

Putnam Avenue horse cars were replaced with electric trolleys on July 17, 1893.[6]

Buses were substituted for streetcars on September 21, 1941, but the line was converted back to streetcars between November 29, 1942 and February 5, 1950.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 MTA Regional Bus Operations. "B26 bus schedule" (PDF).
  2. ↑ "Downtown Brooklyn Surface Transit Circulation Study" (PDF). 2009. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  3. ↑ "Facts and Figures". mta.info. August 28, 2011. Retrieved July 13, 2018.
  4. ↑ J.B. Beers and Company, Brooklyn, 1874 (with Brooklyn City Rail Road lines overprinted)
  5. ↑ Rand McNally, Brooklyn and vicinity, 1897 Atlas of the World
  6. ↑ "How the New Tax is Levied". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 17, 1893. p. 10.
  7. ↑ "New Bus Line in Brooklyn" (PDF). The New York Times. February 5, 1950. Retrieved November 7, 2016.
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