B52 (New York City bus)
The B52 is a bus route that constitutes a public transit line operating in Brooklyn, New York City, running mostly along Fulton Street, Greene Avenue, and Gates Avenue between Downtown Brooklyn and Ridgewood, Queens. The B52 is operated by the MTA New York City Transit Authority. Its precursor was a streetcar line that began operation by 1874, and was known as the Greene and Gates Avenues Line. The route became a bus line in 1941.
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| Gates Avenues Line | |||
A Ridgewood-bound B52 bus in Downtown Brooklyn. | |||
| Overview | |||
| System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | ||
| Operator | New York City Transit Authority | ||
| Garage | Fresh Pond Depot | ||
| Vehicle | Orion VII NG HEV New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 | ||
| Began service | 1874 (streetcar) | ||
| Predecessors | Greene and Gates Avenues Line streetcar | ||
| Route | |||
| Locale | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | ||
| Communities served | Ridgewood, Bushwick, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn | ||
| Start | Downtown Brooklyn – Cadman Plaza and Tillary Street | ||
| Via | Fulton Street, Greene Avenue, Gates Avenue | ||
| End | Ridgewood Terminal – Wyckoff Avenue & Palmetto Street | ||
| Length | 5.7 miles (9.2 km) | ||
| Other routes | B26 Halsey/Fulton Streets B38 DeKalb/Lafayette Avenues B54 Myrtle Avenue | ||
| Service | |||
| Operates | All times | ||
| Annual patronage | 1,996,446 (2022) | ||
| Transfers | Yes | ||
| Timetable | B52 | ||
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