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{{short description|Bus routes in Brooklyn, New York}}
{{About|the former streetcar line that became part of [[Brooklyn and Queens Transit]]|the current underground subway line of the [[Independent Subway System]]|IND Crosstown Line|additional information on the current bus service|List of bus routes in Brooklyn#B61{{!}}List of bus routes in Brooklyn}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=March 2018}}
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|number        = {{NYC bus infobox header |title=b61, b62}}
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|subheader     = Crosstown Line<br>Park Slope−Red Hook−Downtown Brooklyn−Long Island City
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|system        = [[MTA Regional Bus Operations]]
|operator      = [[New York City Transit Authority]]
|garage        = [[Jackie Gleason Depot]] (B61)<br>[[Grand Avenue Depot]] (B62)
|vehicle       = [[New Flyer]] [[New Flyer Low Floor|C40LF CNG]]<br>[[New Flyer]] [[New Flyer Xcelsior|Xcelsior XN40]] (B61)<br><br>[[New Flyer]] [[New Flyer Xcelsior|Xcelsior XD40]]<br>[[New Flyer]] [[New Flyer Xcelsior|Xcelsior XDE40]] (B62)
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|open          = January 28, 1951 (B61 Red Hook−Greenpoint service)<ref name="BklynEagle-B61Start-Jan1951" /><br>January 2010 (B62 Downtown Brooklyn−Long Island City service)<ref name="B61B62" />
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|locale        = [[Brooklyn]] and [[Queens]], New York, U.S.
|communities   = [[Downtown Brooklyn]], [[Boerum Hill, Brooklyn|Boerum Hill]], [[Cobble Hill, Brooklyn|Cobble Hill]], [[Red Hook, Brooklyn|Red Hook]], [[Gowanus, Brooklyn|Gowanus]], [[Park Slope]], [[Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn|Windsor Terrace]] (B61)<br><br>[[Long Island City]], [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]], [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]], [[Clinton Hill, Brooklyn|Clinton Hill]], [[Fort Greene, Brooklyn|Fort Greene]], [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]], [[Vinegar Hill, Brooklyn|Vinegar Hill]], [[Downtown Brooklyn]] (B62)
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|start         = [[Downtown Brooklyn]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[Fulton Street (Brooklyn)#Fulton Mall|Fulton Mall]]/[[Jay Street–MetroTech (New York City Subway)|Jay Street–MetroTech station]]
* '''B61:''' [[Fulton Street (Brooklyn)|Fulton Street]] and Smith Street
* '''B62:''' Boerum Place and Livingston Street
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'''B61:''' [[Park Slope, Brooklyn|Park Slope]]/[[Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn|Windsor Terrace]]&nbsp;&ndash; 20th Street and [[Prospect Park (Brooklyn)|Prospect Park West]]/[[Green-Wood Cemetery]]
'''B62:''' [[Long Island City, Queens|Long Island City]]&nbsp;&ndash; [[Queens Plaza (Queens)|Queens Plaza]]
|length        = {{convert|9.7|mi|km}} (Red Hook to Long Island City)<ref name="B61B62" />
|otherroutes   = [[IND Crosstown Line|Crosstown Line]]
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|day           = 24 hours<ref name=B61>{{cite NYC bus|B61}}</ref><ref name=B62>{{cite NYC bus|B62}}</ref>
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|timetable_link= [https://new.mta.info/document/7131 B61]<br>[https://new.mta.info/document/7136 B62]
|annualpatronage=1,825,065 (B61, 2022); 1,510,617 (B62, 2022)<ref>{{cite web | title=Facts and Figures | website=mta.info | date=August 28, 2011 | url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/facts/ridership/ridership_bus_annual.htm | access-date=July 17, 2016}}</ref>
|transfers     = Yes
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|previous_line = [[Wilson Avenue Line|B60]]
|next_line     = [[B63 (New York City bus)|B63]]
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The '''Crosstown Line''' is a public transit line in [[Brooklyn]], [[New York City]], running along Van Brunt Street and [[Manhattan Avenue (Brooklyn)|Manhattan Avenue]] between [[Red Hook, Brooklyn|Red Hook]] and [[Long Island City, Queens|Long Island City]], [[Queens]]. Originally a [[Tram|streetcar line]], it is now the '''B61''' and the '''B62''' bus routes. The northern section, the B62, is operated by [[New York City Transit buses|MTA New York City Bus']] [[Bus depots of the New York City Transit Authority#Grand Avenue Depot|Grand Avenue Depot]] in [[Maspeth, Queens]], and the southern section is the B61, operated by [[New York City Transit buses|MTA New York City Bus']] [[Bus depots of the New York City Transit Authority#Jackie Gleason Depot|Jackie Gleason Depot]] in [[Sunset Park, Brooklyn|Sunset Park]]. The entire route was a single line, the B61, until January 3, 2010;<ref name="B61B62">[http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/b61-split-two-routes "B61 Split Into Two Routes"], mta.info</ref> the B62 was previously a separate, parallel route between Downtown Brooklyn and [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]],<ref name="BklynBusMap-1976">{{cite web|title=1976 Brooklyn Bus Map|url=http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=14047|website=wardmaps.com|publisher=[[New York City Transit Authority]]|access-date=March 28, 2016|date=1976}}</ref> now part of the {{NYC bus link|B43}} route. The streetcar line, B61 and the original B62 previously operated from the now-closed [[Bus depots of MTA Regional Bus Operations#Crosstown Depot|Crosstown Depot]] in Greenpoint.<ref name=NYTelegram-NewBuses-1960>{{cite news|title=Riders on New Buses Will Triple in July|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%25201960%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%25201960%2520-%25201639.pdf&xml=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FdtSearch%2Fdtisapi6.dll%3Fcmd%3Dgetpdfhits%26u%3D2d2e3c02%26DocId%3D118363%26Index%3DZ%253a%255cIndex%2520W%252dX%252dY%26HitCount%3D9%26hits%3Ddc%2B122%2B401%2B467%2B829%2B82a%2B82b%2B859%2B87e%2B%26SearchForm%3D%252fFulton%255fNew%255fform%252ehtml%26.pdf&openFirstHlPage=false|access-date=January 10, 2016|work=[[New York World-Telegram]]|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=May 12, 1960|pages=B1–B2}}</ref>

==Route description==

===Streetcar line=== 
The original Crosstown Line began at the Richards Street at the foot of Erie Basin, the portion of the [[Upper New York Bay]] immediately south of [[Red Hook, Brooklyn|Red Hook]]. It ran north on Richards Street to Woodhull Street (now the site of the [[Brooklyn–Battery Tunnel]] toll plaza), then north on [[Columbia Street (Brooklyn)|Columbia Street]] to [[Atlantic Avenue (New York City)|Atlantic Avenue]] at Brooklyn's [[South Ferry, Brooklyn|South Ferry]] landing. The line then ran east along Atlantic Avenue into [[Downtown Brooklyn]], turning north at Court Street and east at Joralemon Street, then east along Willoughby Street, then north on Raymond Street (now Ashland Place). It proceeded east along Park Avenue (occupied today by the [[Brooklyn–Queens Expressway]] at this location), then north along Washington Avenue through the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] and north on Kent Avenue to [[Broadway Ferry]]. The route ran east a short distance along [[Broadway (Brooklyn)|Broadway]], then ran north along Driggs Avenue (southbound trolleys used [[Bedford Avenue]]) through northern [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]], and finally north on [[Manhattan Avenue (Brooklyn)|Manhattan Avenue]] to Box Street near the foot of [[Newtown Creek]] in [[Greenpoint, Brooklyn|Greenpoint]].<ref name="BklynEagle-BklynCityRR-1895">{{cite book|title=Brooklyn Daily Eagle Almanac; Brooklyn Railroads; Brooklyn City Railroad|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Z0HOAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA246|access-date=July 19, 2016|year=1895|pages=246–247}}</ref> The streetcar line operated out of the [[Bus depots of MTA Regional Bus Operations#Crosstown Depot|Crosstown Depot]] at its northern terminus, which would later become a bus depot for the B61 and other routes.<ref name="NYTelegram-NewBuses-1960" /><ref name="BklynEagle-BklynCityRR-1895"/><ref>{{cite news|title=A Trolley Concert: A Brilliant Affair at the Crosstown Headquarters|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/50335439/?terms=%22crosstown%2Bdepot%22|access-date=March 29, 2016|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=October 18, 1896|page=7}}</ref>

===B61 bus route===
The current B61 bus route begins at 20th Street and Prospect Park West at the north end of [[Green-Wood Cemetery]] and adjacent to the defunct [[Bishop Ford Central Catholic High School]], straddling the [[Park Slope, Brooklyn|Park Slope]], [[South Slope, Brooklyn|South Slope]], and [[Windsor Terrace, Brooklyn|Windsor Terrace]] neighborhoods. Northbound, the route turns west at 9th Street near [[New York Methodist Hospital]], continuing west through [[Gowanus, Brooklyn|Gowanus]] and [[Red Hook, Brooklyn|Red Hook]] via 9th Street, Lorraine Street, and Beard Street (eastbound) or Van Dyke Street (westbound). Much of this routing in Gowanus and Red Hook between Smith Street and the [[Red Hook, Brooklyn#IKEA|Red Hook IKEA Terminal]] is shared with the {{NYC bus link|B57}}, the only other bus line that travels to and from Red Hook. The B61 then parallels the Crosstown streetcar line, running north on Van Brunt Street (one block west of Richards Street) to Carrol Street near the [[Red Hook Container Terminal]] and the [[Brooklyn Battery Tunnel]], then north along Columbia Street and east along [[Atlantic Avenue (New York City)|Atlantic Avenue]] into [[Downtown Brooklyn]]. The route terminates just south of the [[Fulton Street (Brooklyn)#Fulton Mall|Fulton Mall]] and the [[Jay Street–MetroTech (New York City Subway)|Jay Street–MetroTech]] subway station at Smith Street and Livingston Street, in front of the headquarters of the [[New York City Transit Authority]]. Southbound buses reenter service via Boerum Place one block west.<ref name="B61" /><ref name=BklynBusMap-Current>{{Cite NYC bus map|B}}</ref>

Prior to 2008, the B61 comprised the entire Crosstown surface route, running between [[Long Island City, Queens]] and the south end of Van Brunt Street in Red Hook.<ref name="B61B62" /><ref name="BklynBusMap-1976" /><ref name="QueensBusMap-1975">{{cite web|title=1975 Queens Bus Map|url=http://www.wardmaps.com/viewasset.php?aid=16356|website=wardmaps.com|publisher=[[New York City Transit Authority]]|access-date=February 18, 2016|date=1975}}</ref><ref name="MTA-BklynBusMap-Sep2005">{{cite web|title=Brooklyn Bus Map: September 2005|url=http://www.lirr.org/nyct/maps/busbkln.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060112164315/http://www.lirr.org/nyct/maps/busbkln.pdf|archive-date=January 12, 2006|url-status=dead|date=September 2005}}</ref><ref name="B61-June2008"/> In 2008, the route's southern terminus was extended two blocks east to Otsego Street and Beard Street to serve the then-newly opened IKEA terminal in Red Hook.<ref name="B61-June2008">{{cite web|title=Bus Timetable Effective June 2008: B61|url=http://www.southface.org/images/IKEA%20Brooklyn/Sustainable%20Sites/SSc4.1%20Public%20Transportation%20Access/b61%20Bus%20serving%20IKEA.pdf|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|access-date=July 19, 2016|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160719003614/http://www.southface.org/images/IKEA%20Brooklyn/Sustainable%20Sites/SSc4.1%20Public%20Transportation%20Access/b61%20Bus%20serving%20IKEA.pdf|archive-date=July 19, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref name="BklynPaper-MTAIkea-Sep2007">{{cite news|last1=Cohen|first1=Ariella|title=MTA extends itself for Ikea|url=http://www.brooklynpaper.com/stories/30/38/30_38ikeabus.html|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Brooklyn Paper|date=September 29, 2007}}</ref><ref name="AMNY-BusChanges-Sep2007">{{cite news|last1=Naanes|first1=Marlene|title=Expanded bus service on tap|url=http://amny.com/news/local/am-bus0925,0,3253542.story|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=[[AM New York]]|date=September 24, 2007|archive-url=https://archive.today/20071017191922/http://amny.com/news/local/am-bus0925,0,3253542.story|archive-date=October 17, 2007}}</ref><ref name="BklynDaily-B61B77IKEA-Jul92008" /> In January 2010 the route split into the current B61 and B62 routes to improve reliability. Six months later, the new B61 was extended to Prospect Park West to replace the {{NYC bus link|B75}} routes Park Slope section and the whole {{NYC bus link|B77}} route.<ref name="B61B62" /><ref name="B61Report-Nov2011" /><ref name="MTA-2010Cuts-March2010" />

Initially based out of the Crosstown Depot,<ref name="NYTelegram-NewBuses-1960" /> then the [[Jackie Gleason Depot]],<ref name="BklyCB6-Transport-Nov2007">{{cite web|title=Brooklyn Community Board 6 Transportation Committee: November 15, 2007|url=http://www.brooklyncb6.org/_attachments/TRM20071115.doc|publisher=[[Brooklyn Community Board 6]]|access-date=July 20, 2016|date=November 15, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160720073344/http://www.brooklyncb6.org/_attachments/TRM20071115.doc|archive-date=July 20, 2016|df=mdy-all}}</ref> the B61 was moved to the [[Grand Avenue Depot]] in Queens upon the depot's opening in January 2008.<ref name="BklyCB6-Transport-Nov2007"/><ref name="TimesNwswkly-GrandAvDepot-Dec2007">{{cite news|last1=Goldman|first1=Sam|title=GRAND AVE. DEPOT SET TO OPEN 1/6: Board 5 Gets Details On MTA Project|url=http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/sites/www.timesnewsweekly.com/files/archives/Archives2007/Oct.-Dec.2007/122707/NewFiles/CB-TRANSIT.html|access-date=July 20, 2016|work=Times Newsweekly|date=December 27, 2007|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916055427/http://www.timesnewsweekly.com/sites/www.timesnewsweekly.com/files/archives/Archives2007/Oct.-Dec.2007/122707/NewFiles/CB-TRANSIT.html|archive-date=September 16, 2015|df=mdy-all}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=Chung|first1=Jen|title=Babies Born On R Train, B61 Bus—LIRR Baby Next Up?|url=http://gothamist.com/2009/06/13/babies_born_on_r_train_b61_buslirr.php|access-date=July 20, 2016|work=[[Gothamist]]|date=June 13, 2009|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090618104204/http://gothamist.com/2009/06/13/babies_born_on_r_train_b61_buslirr.php|archive-date=June 18, 2009|df=mdy-all}}</ref> It was moved back to the Jackie Gleason Depot following the creation of the current B62.<ref name="B61Report-Nov2011" />

===B62 bus route===
[[File:B62 Stop.JPG|thumb|B62 stop at [[Jay Street–MetroTech (New York City Subway)|Jay St-MetroTech]]]]
[[File:MTA New York City Bus New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 9503 on the B62.jpg|thumb|left|MTA New York City Bus New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 9503 on the B62]]
The B62 bus route operates between Schermerhorn Street and Boerum Place in front of the [[New York City Transit Authority|New York City Transit]] Headquarters in Downtown Brooklyn, and [[Queens Plaza, Queens|Queens Plaza]] South and 28th Street near the [[Queensboro Plaza (New York City Subway)|Queensboro Plaza]] subway station in Long Island City via Park Avenue and Manhattan Avenue at all times.<ref name="B62" /><ref name=BklynBusMap-Current/> This bus replaced the northern leg of the B61 route on January 3, 2010.<ref name="B61B62"/> The B62 is currently based out of [[Grand Avenue Depot]] in [[Maspeth, Queens]].

==History==
[[File:Nyctbus-nyctsubway.jpg|thumb|A B61 in Long Island City in 2007, prior to the creation of the current service plan]]

===Streetcar service===
The [[Nassau Railroad]] was incorporated in 1865 with the power to build from the [[Hunters Point Ferry]] through [[Williamsburg, Brooklyn|Williamsburg]] to [[Flatbush, Brooklyn|Flatbush]], with a branch to the [[South Ferry, Brooklyn|South Ferry]].<ref>[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]], Laws of New York, September 13, 1866, page 4</ref><ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1QmIp5f4atgC|title=Documents of the Senate of the State of New York|last=Senate|first=New York (State) Legislature|date=January 1, 1913|publisher=E. Croswell|language=en}}</ref> The [[Greenpoint and Williamsburgh Railroad]] and Nassau Railroad merged in 1868 to form the Brooklyn City, Hunter's Point and Prospect Park Railroad, with the right to build from the [[Hunters Point Ferry]] to the [[South Ferry, Brooklyn|South Ferry]] with a branch to [[Prospect Park, Brooklyn|Prospect Park]].<ref>[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]], Railroad Consolidation, September 24, 1868, page 2</ref>

===Bus service===
[[File:Jay St Bklyn td 07 - 370 Jay Street.jpg|thumb|left|B62 bus in Downtown Brooklyn]]
On January 28, 1951, the line was replaced with bus service, designated "B-61",<ref name="BklynEagle-B61Start-Jan1951"/><ref>{{cite news|title=Buses Replace Crosstown Cars|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/56108542/?terms=%22Manhattan%2Bave.%22%2B%22box%2BSt.%22%2B%22trolley%22|access-date=October 23, 2016|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=January 29, 1951|page=3}}</ref> between Greenpoint and Red Hook (the later terminal labeled as "Erie Basin").<ref name="BklynEagle-B61Start-Jan1951">{{cite news|title=Buses to Replace Trolleys Sunday|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/56108416/?terms=%22crosstown%2Bline%22%2B%22bus%22%2B%22b-61%22|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|via=[[Newspapers.com]]|date=January 25, 1951|page=3}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Hepl Wanter Male; Engravers: 3-D Pantograph|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25205%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%25201954%2520Grayscale%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%25201954%2520%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200243.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fc69d9852b58aac4d84a770dd700fe512#page=1|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=[[Brooklyn Eagle]]|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=January 10, 1954|page=10}}</ref> In February 1960, the Transit Authority rerouted the bus route between [[Clinton Hill, Brooklyn|Clinton Hill]] and Downtown Brooklyn, from Myrtle Avenue onto Park Avenue, due to traffic congestion. The change was reversed on August 1 of that year after complaints from riders and local businesses.<ref>{{cite news|last1=Muir|first1=Hugo O.|title=Crosstown Bus Returns To Myrtle Ave. Aug. 1: Area Hails Renewal of B-61 Service|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telgram%2520and%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telgram%2520and%2520Sun%25201960%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telgram%2520and%2520Sun%25201960%2520-%25200935.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F12934d5e918e6f42b8cc4bd0428eeace#page=1|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=[[New York World-Telegram]]|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=July 21, 1960|page=B1}}</ref> By 1963, the route had been extended across the [[Pulaski Bridge]] into Queens,<ref name="BklynWorld-CourtSt-B61-Ap1963">{{cite news|title=Cout St. Goes South: Now It's One Way All the Way|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telgram%2520and%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telgram%2520and%2520Sun%25201963%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telgram%2520and%2520Sun%25201963%2520-%25200478.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fbf64c9aa3727985b599360a961acfd79#page=1|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Brooklyn World-Telegram|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=April 1, 1963|page=B1}}</ref> terminating at Jackson Avenue and 49th Avenue in [[Long Island City#Hunters Point|Hunters Point]].<ref name="BklynBusMap-1976" /><ref name="QueensBusMap-1975" /> On September 8, 1963, the line was split in northern Williamsburg, traveling on Bedford Avenue northbound and Driggs Avenue southbound, after the streets were turned into one-way avenues.<ref>{{cite news|title=Barnes Switches 'Pointt Traffic|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Greenpoint%2520Daily%2520Star%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Greenpoint%2520Daily%2520Star%25201902%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Greenpoint%2520Daily%2520Star%25201902%2520a%2520-%25200418.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Ff579e90470998fb26d9b02ecf07f55e5#page=1|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Greenpoint Weekly Star|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=September 6, 1963}}</ref> In fall 1964, the northbound B61 was rerouted in Williamsburg from Kent Avenue to Bedford Avenue farther inland between the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]] and Division Avenue, to improve passenger safety.<ref name="BklynWorld-B61Bedford-Oct1964">{{cite news|last1=Murphy|first1=Walter G.|title=Bus B-61 Changing Its Route|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%25201964%2FNew%2520York%2520NY%2520The%2520World%2520Telegram%2520and%2520Sun%25201964%2520b%2520-%25204092.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F8f5cecf94879e3288bc2ee16254cb323#page=1|access-date=July 17, 2016|work=Brooklyn World-Telegram|agency=[[Fultonhistory.com]]|date=October 24, 1964}}</ref> <!-- The Kent Avenue/Wythe Avenue routing was replaced by the B32 on September 8, 2013.<ref>[http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servChanges_B32.htm "B32 Introducing new service between Williamsburg and Long Island City"], mta.info</ref> -->

The route was extended to Queens Plaza in 1994 as part of the [[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]'s Fare Deal program.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/27992379/daily_news/|title=B61 bus service now can take you to a lot more stops. In fact, it can even take you to a stop as far away as Queens Plaza.|date=May 9, 1994|work=New York Daily News|access-date=February 13, 2019}}</ref> In January 2008, the B61 was moved to the newly opened Grand Avenue Depot, with 22 buses allotted to route.<ref name="TimesNwswkly-GrandAvDepot-Dec2007" /> Also that month, the B61 and {{NYC bus link|B77}} were rerouted to serve the IKEA Red Hook terminal,<ref name="B61-June2008" /><ref name="BklynPaper-MTAIkea-Sep2007" /><ref name="AMNY-BusChanges-Sep2007" /><ref name="BklynDaily-B61B77IKEA-Jul92008"/> which opened on June 18, 2008.<ref name="BklynDaily-B61B77IKEA-Jul92008">{{cite news|last1=Busio|first1=Gary|last2=Tracy|first2=Tom|title=Bus it to IKEA - Shoppers urged to board for better service|url=http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2008/28/carroll_gardens_-_cobble_hill_courier_newsbusittoike07042008.html|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily|date=July 9, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=9 questions for the Brooklyn IKEA store manager |first=Nicole |last=Carter |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/lifestyle/2008/06/17/2008-06-17_9_questions_for_the_brooklyn_ikea_store_.html |newspaper=[[Daily News (New York)|Daily News]] |location=New York |date=June 17, 2008 |access-date=September 1, 2010}}</ref>

[[File:MTA NYC Bus B61 bus on Jay St.jpg|thumb|A newly delivered New Flyer XN40 bus on B61 service in 2017]]
For many years through the 2000s, the B61 had been considered an unreliable route, due to the route's length, infrequent and off-schedule service, and traffic congestion in Downtown Brooklyn.<ref name="B61B62" /><ref name="BklynDaily-B61B77IKEA-Jul92008"/><ref name="B61Report-Nov2011">{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Matt|last2=Freedman-Schnapp|first2=Michael|last3=Wiley|first3=Daniel|title=Next Bus Please: Improving the B61 Bus|url=http://bradlander.nyc/sites/default/files/images/74632375-Next-Bus-Please-Improving-the-B61-Report.pdf|publisher=Office of Council Member [[Brad Lander]], Congresswoman [[Nydia Velázquez]], Council Member [[Sara M. Gonzalez]]|access-date=July 17, 2016|date=November 2011}}</ref><ref name=BklynDaily-B61Split-July2009/><ref name="BklynStreetcarFeasibility">{{cite web|title=Brooklyn Streetcar Feasibility Study|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/201108_redhook_sc_final_report.pdf|publisher=[[URS Corporation]], [[New York City Department of Transportation]]|date=August 2011}}</ref> To remedy the situation, on January 3, 2010, the B61 was split into the B61 (Red Hook−Downtown Brooklyn) and a new B62 (Downtown Brooklyn−Long Island City).<ref name="B61B62"/><ref name="B61Report-Nov2011"/><ref name="BklynStreetcarFeasibility"/> In addition, the B62 was rerouted to serve the [[Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal]] to provide convenient connections to bus and subway routes there. The change had been discussed by the MTA and local politicians since 2007.<ref name="BklynDaily-B61B77IKEA-Jul92008"/><ref name="BklyCB6-Transport-Nov2007"/><ref name=BklynDaily-B61Split-July2009>{{cite news|last1=Busio|first1=Gary|title=To splice, or not to splice, B61 bus|url=http://www.brooklyndaily.com/stories/2009/30/brooklyn_newsrgxdyhy07242009.html|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily|date=July 24, 2009}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Assemblyman Lentol Urges MTA to Split B61 Bus Line|url=http://assembly.state.ny.us/mem/Joseph-R-Lentol/story/33136/|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Assemblyman [[Joseph R. Lentol]]|date=August 5, 2009}}</ref> On June 27, 2010, the new B61 was merged with the discontinued {{NYC bus link|B75}} and {{NYC bus link|B77}} routes during the 2010 MTA budget crisis. The B61 was extended east of Red Hook into Park Slope, replacing the entire B77 route and the eastern/southern leg of the B75.<ref name="B61Report-Nov2011"/><ref name=MTA-2010Cuts-March2010>{{cite web|title=2010 NYC Transit Service Reductions - Revised |url=http://mta.info/news/pdf/NYCT_Revised_Service_Changes.pdf |publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20101218020135/http://www.mta.info/news/pdf/NYCT_Revised_Service_Changes.pdf |archive-date=December 18, 2010 |url-status=dead |date=March 19, 2010 }}</ref><ref name="BklynStreetcarFeasibility"/> In November 2011, a report on B61 service was released by [[New York City Council]] member [[Brad Lander]].<ref name="B61Report-Nov2011"/> In April 2012, additional buses were added to the B61 route.<ref>{{cite news|title=MTA Adds Buses to Brooklyn's B61 Bus Route|url=http://www.brooklyneagle.com/articles/mta-adds-buses-brooklyn%E2%80%99s-b61-bus-route|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=[[Brooklyn Daily Eagle]]|date=January 30, 2012|location=[[Brooklyn]]}}</ref> Later that year, [[MTA Bus Time]] was installed on B61 buses.<ref name="RedHookStar-B61-April2012">{{cite news|last1=Graber|first1=Matt|last2=Price|first2=Kimberly Gail|title=Promised B61 improvements seem to be real this time|url=http://www.redhookstar.com/April%2016-31%20issue/Stop%20and%20Frisk%20and%20B61.pdf|access-date=July 19, 2016|work=Red Hook Star-Revue|date=April 16, 2012|page=3}}</ref>

====Bus redesigns====
In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network.<ref name="Acevedo2019">{{cite web|url=https://qns.com/story/2019/12/17/mta-gives-sneak-peek-of-transformative-queens-bus-network-redesign-plan-at-queens-borough-board-meeting/|title=MTA gives 'sneak peek' of transformative Queens bus network redesign plan|last=Acevedo|first=Angélica|date=December 17, 2019|website=QNS.com|access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref><ref name="NY1-2019">{{cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/12/31/mta-unveils-draft-proposal-to-redesign-bus-network-in-queens|title=MTA Unveils Draft Proposal to Redesign Bus Network in Queens|date=December 31, 2019|website=Spectrum News NY1 &#124; New York City|access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> The redesign included a "high density" route called the QT1, which would have run from [[Astoria, Queens]], to Downtown Brooklyn.<ref name="bus-plan">{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/12706|title=Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|date=December 2019|access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref> The redesign was delayed due to the [[COVID-19 pandemic in New York City]] in 2020,<ref>{{Cite web|title=Queens bus network redesign remains on hold amid COVID-19 pandemic: MTA|url=https://qns.com/story/2020/06/01/queens-bus-network-redesign-remains-on-hold-amid-covid-19-pandemic-mta/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=QNS.com|language=en-US|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705220043/https://qns.com/story/2020/06/01/queens-bus-network-redesign-remains-on-hold-amid-covid-19-pandemic-mta/|url-status=dead}}</ref> and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback.<ref>{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=MTA to release 'totally redone' Queens bus network redesign draft in early 2022 | website=amNewYork | date=December 15, 2021 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-to-release-totally-redone-queens-bus-network-redesign-draft-in-early-2022/ | access-date=January 21, 2022}}</ref> A revised plan was released in March 2022.<ref name="Duggan 20220329">{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=FIRST ON amNY: MTA reveals new Queens bus redesign draft plan | website=amNewYork | date=March 29, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/queens-bus-redesign-relaunch/ | access-date=March 29, 2022}}</ref> As part of the new plan, the B62 bus would be extended northward in Queens along 21st Street, terminating at 27th Avenue/2nd Street in Astoria.<ref name="bus-plan-2">{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/79636|title=Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]]|date=March 2022|access-date=January 1, 2020}}</ref>

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network.<ref name="Brachfeld 202212">{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=Draft plan for new Brooklyn bus network aims to finally end decades of slow, unreliable service | website=amNewYork | date=December 1, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/brooklyn/mta-draft-redesign-brooklyn-bus-network/ | access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Crain's New York Business 202212">{{cite web | title=Brooklyn bus riders could finally get faster service under MTA redesign | website=Crain's New York Business | date=December 1, 2022 | last=Spivack | first=Caroline | url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/brooklyn-bus-riders-could-finally-get-faster-service-under-mta-redesign | access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref> As part of the plan, the B61 would be truncated to 15th Street and Prospect Park West at its southern end, and service south of 15th Street would be provided by a new bus route, the B81. In addition, the northbound B61 would no longer directly serve the [[IKEA]] store in Red Hook; the southbound B61, as well as the new B27 and B81 routes, would continue to stop in front of the IKEA store.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Draft Plan: B61 Local|url=https://new.mta.info/project/brooklyn-bus-network-redesign/routes/b61-local|access-date=2022-12-05|website=MTA|language=en}}</ref> The B62 was already planned to be extended to Astoria converted into a limited-stop route as part of the Queens redesign. Under the Brooklyn redesign, the B62 would use Flushing Avenue in the vicinity of the [[Brooklyn Navy Yard]]. Within Williamsburg, northbound buses would use [[Bedford Avenue]], while southbound buses would use Driggs and Lee Avenues; the route would no longer use Broadway or Division, Kent, or Wythe Avenues. North of Nassau and Driggs Avenues, the B62 would use [[McGuinness Boulevard]] instead of Manhattan Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Draft Plan: B62 Limited|url=https://new.mta.info/project/brooklyn-bus-network-redesign/routes/b62-limited|access-date=2022-12-05|website=MTA|language=en}}</ref> On both routes, closely-spaced stops would be removed.<ref name="Brachfeld 202212"/><ref name="Crain's New York Business 202212"/>

==See also==
* [[Greenpoint and Williamsburgh Railroad]]
* [[Graham Avenue Line and Tompkins Avenue Line]]
* [[Brooklyn–Queens Connector]]

==References==
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