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155-922: MTA Regional Bus Operations operates local and express buses serving New York City in the United States out of 29 bus depots . These depots are located in all five boroughs of the city, plus one located in nearby Yonkers in Westchester County . 21 of these depots serve MTA New York City Transit (NYCT)'s bus operations, while the remaining eight serve the MTA Bus Company (the successor to private bus operations taken over around 2006.) These facilities perform regular maintenance, cleaning, and painting of buses, as well as collection of revenue from bus fareboxes . Several of these depots were once car barns for streetcars , while others were built much later and have only served buses. Employees of

310-438: A streetcar ). The predominant housing was a mixture of attached and detached two- and three-story buildings with one or multiple units, closely set on small lots. Later, larger four- to six-story buildings were constructed in addition on some remaining parcels as the demand for housing in the area increased. Castle Hill became home to many European immigrants looking to leave Lower Manhattan's overpopulated immigrant communities. By

465-696: A bus built in 1949 similar to that used on the show, part of the New York Transit Museum fleet. The depot facilitated the first testing of compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in 1992, when a dual-fueled CNG/Diesel bus was housed in the facility. The bus was fueled at the Brooklyn Union Gas Company facility in Greenpoint, Brooklyn . In November 1995, the NYCTA installed a fueling station (leased from Brooklyn Union) at

620-591: A citywide fiscal crisis. Much of the white non-Hispanic population was replaced by poor and working-class Latin Americans and African Americans. As a result, abandonment was much less extensive than in neighborhoods to the west, including Morrisania . The neighborhood was gravely affected by the crack epidemic throughout the late 1980s and early 1990s. Improved policing methods include NYPD-monitored CCTV along known high drug-trafficking areas, increased foot presence, and improved statistical mapping. In more recent years,

775-435: A citywide housing crisis spurred construction of modern multi-unit row houses and apartment buildings. Many are multi zoned for retail and have mixed-income qualifications. There are also plans to develop this type of housing on vacant land within the confines of NYCHA Castle Hill Houses along with significant renovations and improvements to existing grounds and buildings. The neighborhood has become increasingly more diverse with

930-808: A major change in stops. The ninth corridor, and the second for Brooklyn, is the B46 on Utica Avenue . When implemented, the local and Select Bus Service route of the B46 changed northern terminals to improve reliability. Originally planned for implementation in fall 2015, it was instituted on July 3, 2016. The tenth corridor, and the first for Queens, is the Q44 limited bus route running on East 177th Street (the Cross Bronx Expressway service road) and Main Street , which began on November 29, 2015. Selected stops in

1085-606: A mix of uses but is primarily residential. There is a mixture of pre-war architecture, mid-century, and modern construction. Multi-unit attached and detached houses dominate much of the land area. The NYCHA Castle Hill Houses take up significant land area in the southern part of the community along with the Mitchell-Lama Jamie Towers housing complex. The neighborhood's primary commercial corridors are White Plains Road, Castle Hill Avenue, and Westchester Avenue. The Castle Hill Avenue Business Improvement District

1240-666: A new agency, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA) was formed as a subsidiary of the New York City Transit Authority to operate the former Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. and Surface Transit, Inc. routes under lease from the city. The final acquisition was in 1980, when MaBSTOA took over operations of the Avenue B & East Broadway Transit Co. Inc.'s routes, using MaBSTOA equipment with Avenue B red route roll signs (NYCTA acquired

1395-609: A new regional operation, MTA Regional Bus Operations. The MTA Bus brand continues to be used. This brand, and the New York City Bus brand, was removed from buses delivered from 2016 on, and the blue-stripe livery was replaced with a new blue-and-yellow livery. The first order with the new livery, 75 articulated buses for MTA Bus, were delivered in spring and summer 2016. Until December 31, 2011, MTA Regional Bus Operations also operated Nassau County 's bus and paratransit service, formerly known as Long Island Bus . This service

1550-417: A new regional operation, MTA Regional Bus Operations. The New York City Bus and MTA Bus brands continue to be used on all buses, but New York City Transit (NYCT), Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), and MTA Bus Company continue to be the legal entities operating the services. MTA Bus Company was established in late 2004 to operate bus services resulting from the city's takeover of

1705-480: A new system-wide design. Few of the former BRT/BMT depots were rebuilt to match such designs. Only Ulmer Park Depot 's garage building somewhat matches his new architectural design. The new Flatbush Depot opened for bus service on January 15, 1950, along with Ulmer Park Depot. An adjacent parking lot was added in 1965, and the depot was rehabilitated in 1991. In 2009, the depot became the first to dispatch buses equipped with Plexiglas partitions to protect drivers, after

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1860-1100: A non-fatal assault rate of 100 per 100,000 people, Community District 9's rate of violent crimes per capita is more than that of the city as a whole. The incarceration rate of 603 per 100,000 people is higher than that of the city as a whole. The 43rd Precinct has a lower crime rate than in the 1990s, with crimes across all categories having decreased by 63.1% between 1990 and 2022. The precinct reported 6 murders, 48 rapes, 747 robberies, 806 felony assaults, 302 burglaries, 1,039 grand larcenies, and 561 grand larcenies auto in 2022. Castle Hill contains one New York City Fire Department (FDNY) fire station and an EMS station: As of 2018 , preterm births and births to teenage mothers are more common in Castle Hill and Parkchester than in other places citywide. In Castle Hill and Parkchester, there were 106 preterm births per 1,000 live births (compared to 87 per 1,000 citywide), and 26.4 births to teenage mothers per 1,000 live births (compared to 19.3 per 1,000 citywide). Castle Hill and Parkchester has

2015-580: A number of lines from the Flatbush area, including the Bergen Beach Shuttle, Flatbush Avenue Line, Nostrand Avenue Line , Ocean Avenue Line, and Utica Avenue Line . The barn began serving buses in 1931, and was acquired by the city in 1940. The depot was reconstructed under municipal operations in the late 1940s, designed by architect D. R. Collin of the BRT, and was intended to be the first of

2170-431: A passenger terminal named Union Station. Steam trains ran from some of the outlying parts of Downtown Brooklyn where they then continued their journey into Manhattan. Following that, it operated as an elevated car inspection shop from sometime in the early 1900s until approximately 1940, when it was acquired by the city's Board of Transportation. In 1944, it began operation as a bus garage called Fifth Avenue Depot. In 1959,

2325-726: A private transportation company, to operate the system in place of the MTA beginning in 2012. The system was then rebranded "Nassau Inter-County Express". MTA Regional Bus routes are spread out across New York City. However, some bus routes may also operate to areas beyond city limits. The Q5 and Q85 routes cross the Nassau County border to go to the Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream . The Q2 and Q110 routes leave Queens as they run along Hempstead Turnpike and onto

2480-476: A relatively average population of residents who are uninsured . In 2018, this population of uninsured residents was estimated to be 16%, higher than the citywide rate of 14%. The concentration of fine particulate matter , the deadliest type of air pollutant , in Castle Hill and Parkchester is 0.0076 milligrams per cubic metre (7.6 × 10  oz/cu ft), more than the city average. Eighteen percent of Castle Hill and Parkchester residents are smokers , which

2635-494: A repair shop for MTA Bus. Also, work is underway to modify this depot to accommodate articulated-buses for use in the very near future. The original building on the site was a trolley car barn for the Broadway Railroad's Broadway streetcar line , opened in 1859. The barn began serving buses in 1931, and was acquired by the city during unification in 1940. Construction on the current bus depot began in 1947. The depot

2790-501: A rise in varied Latin American and Asian immigration in recent years. Crime has also seen a significant decline versus historic highs as a result of a number of factors including enhanced policing techniques and changing economic demographics. The neighborhood predominantly consists of Latin Americans (a plurality having Puerto Rican and Dominican ancestry) and African Americans . 73% of residential units are renter-occupied. There

2945-538: A shop for bus maintenance and repairs, and an outdoor parking lot used for storing 80 express buses. The buses from the depot provide express service between Yonkers or Western Bronx and Manhattan. The city of Yonkers plans to acquire at least a portion of the site from the MTA, as part of the redevelopment of the waterfront area, a former industrial section. These routes operate out of the three depots under NYCT, but can sometimes use Bus Company as needed. All Brooklyn local and Brooklyn express routes are operated by either

3100-534: A similar rate of college-educated residents to the rest of the city as of 2018 . While 23% of residents age 25 and older have a college education or higher, 30% have less than a high school education and 47% are high school graduates or have some college education. By contrast, 26% of Bronx residents and 43% of city residents have a college education or higher. The percentage of Castle Hill and Parkchester students excelling in math rose from 23% in 2000 to 44% in 2011, and reading achievement increased from 27% to 30% during

3255-618: Is NYC Health + Hospitals/Jacobi in Morris Park . Castle Hill is located within three ZIP Codes . The area north of Bruckner Expressway / Interstate 278 is in 10472, while the area between Bruckner Expressway and Cross Bronx Expressway / Interstate 95 is in 10473, and the area north of Cross Bronx Expressway is in 10462. The United States Postal Service operates the Castle Hill Station post office at 1163 Castle Hill Avenue. Castle Hill and Parkchester generally have

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3410-848: Is adjacent to the Grand Avenue Depot in Maspeth, Queens , and the Zerega Avenue Central Maintenance Facility is located at 750 Zerega Avenue in the Bronx . Both maintenance facilities are responsible for the major reconstruction of buses in need of repair including engine rebuilding, transmission shops, and shops for body components on New York City Transit Authority's bus fleet, as well as repainting of buses. The facilities also include several employee workshops for surface transportation training and institutional instruction. In addition, Zerega Avenue CMF

3565-596: Is also used for midday layovers for express buses from other boroughs, with additional layover areas nearby in Midtown. The depot was proposed to be relocated to a site on the west side between West 30th and 31st Streets, as part of a planned expansion of the Javits Center, which was slated to be completed by 2010 but never fully commenced. The site of the Mother Clara Hale Depot , formerly named

3720-471: Is an amalgamation of former private companies' routes, MTA New York City Bus is composed of public routes that were taken over by the city before 2005, except the SIM23 and SIM24 which were taken over in 2022. The MTA also operates paratransit services and formerly operated Long Island Bus . As of 2018 , MTA Regional Bus Operations' budgetary burden for expenditures was $ 773 million. Regional Bus Operations

3875-471: Is considered a third central maintenance facility. The Zerega Avenue Maintenance and Training Facility is a one-story structure located on the east side of Zerega Avenue between Lafayette and Seward Avenues in the Castle Hill section of the Bronx ( 40°49′22″N 73°50′30″W  /  40.822916°N 73.841587°W  / 40.822916; -73.841587  ( Zerega Depot ) ), sitting along

4030-532: Is currently assigned around 200 buses, but has been assigned as many as 262 in the past. The depot and subway yard are located in an area once known as Fresh Pond , named for two freshwater ponds located just north of Metropolitan Avenue . The Grand Avenue Depot is located between 47th Street and 49th Place on the north side of Grand Avenue in Maspeth, Queens ( 40°43′03″N 73°55′11″W  /  40.717615°N 73.919722°W  / 40.717615; -73.919722  ( Grand Avenue Depot ) ), on

4185-452: Is currently only used in official documentation, and not publicly as a brand. The current public brands are listed below: The most common scheme today is a straight blue stripe across the sides of the bus against a white base, with no colors on the front or back, and black window trim. From 1977 until late 2007, the livery was a full all-around stripe with a black rear, and until late 2010 (and still present on buses repainted during this time),

4340-423: Is higher than the city average of 14% of residents being smokers. In Castle Hill and Parkchester, 32% of residents are obese , 16% are diabetic , and 34% have high blood pressure —compared to the citywide averages of 24%, 11%, and 28% respectively. In addition, 25% of children are obese, compared to the citywide average of 20%. Eighty-three percent of residents eat some fruits and vegetables every day, which

4495-447: Is less than the city's average of 87%. In 2018, 72% of residents described their health as "good", "very good", or "excellent", lower than the city's average of 78%. For every supermarket in Castle Hill and Parkchester, there are 13 bodegas . The nearest hospital campuses are Montefiore Medical Center 's Westchester Square and West Farms campuses, as well as BronxCare Health System 's Longwood campus. The nearest large hospital

4650-588: Is located along East 177th Street and next to the north end of the Sheridan Expressway at its interchange with the Cross Bronx Expressway ( 40°50′15″N 73°52′40″W  /  40.837525°N 73.877744°W  / 40.837525; -73.877744  ( West Farms Depot ) ), in the West Farms section of the Bronx . The site is bounded by 177th Street at its north end, Devoe Avenue to

4805-611: Is located at 1910 Bartow Avenue near Gun Hill Road ( 40°51′59″N 73°49′59″W  /  40.866414°N 73.833071°W  / 40.866414; -73.833071  ( Gun Hill Depot ) ), west of the New England Thruway ( Interstate 95 ) in the Baychester neighborhood of the Bronx near Co-op City , which a number of its routes serve. The site was formerly a garbage and toxic waste dump , used at various times for both legal and illegal waste disposal. It

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4960-618: Is located at One Jamaica Avenue /25 Jamaica Avenue at Bushwick Avenue in the Broadway Junction area of East New York, Brooklyn ( 40°40′41″N 73°53′59″W  /  40.678063°N 73.899747°W  / 40.678063; -73.899747  ( East New York Depot ) ), just east of the New York City Subway 's East New York Yard . The five-story structure is steel-framed with a brick exterior, with two stories for bus storage and repair shops. The facility

5115-563: Is named for Harlem humanitarian Clara Hale . The site of the depot was initially home to the Lenox Avenue Car House , a two-story car barn and power station , built by the Metropolitan Street Railway for their Lenox Avenue Line , the first line in the city to use conduit electrification . The line and depot began service on July 9, 1895. The New York City Omnibus Corporation , which had replaced

5270-545: Is one of the greenest bus depots in the city because it uses only Hybrid Electric Buses. The Michael J. Quill Depot fills the block bounded by Eleventh Avenue , the West Side Highway , 40th Street , and 41st Street in Midtown Manhattan ( 40°45′36″N 74°00′06″W  /  40.760059°N 74.001671°W  / 40.760059; -74.001671  ( Michael J. Quill Depot ) ), near

5425-513: Is part of Bronx Community Board 9 . ZIP Codes include 10462, 10472, and 10473. The area is patrolled by the NYPD 's 43rd Precinct. New York City Housing Authority (NYCHA) property in the area is patrolled by P.S.A. 8 at 2794 Randall Avenue. Most development initially concentrated near the IRT Pelham Line on Westchester Avenue and in close proximity to Castle Hill Avenue (once served by

5580-553: Is responsible for registry of new buses in the fleet. The two facilities were conceived as part of the 1995-1999 and 2000-2004 MTA Capital Programs. The Zerega Avenue facility was opened in 2001, while the Grand Avenue facility was opened in 2007 along with the bus depot. Previously, the large repair shops of the East New York Depot served as the system's sole central maintenance shops; as of May 2016, East New York

5735-584: Is significant income diversity but the poverty rate is higher and median household income lower than the New York City average. The entirety of Community District 9, which comprises Castle Hill, Clason Point, and Parkchester, had 184,105 inhabitants as of NYC Health 's 2018 Community Health Profile, with an average life expectancy of 79.7 years. This is about the same as the median life expectancy of 81.2 for all New York City neighborhoods. Most inhabitants are youth and middle-aged adults: 25% are between

5890-410: Is the largest MTA depot in the city, consisting of three floors and rooftop parking for buses. It is known for a unique "drum-like" structure at the northeast corner of the site, which holds the ramps between the levels. Maintenance facilities are located on the first and second floors. It originally featured training and sleeping quarters for Greyhound drivers. The depot stores around 250 to 350 buses. It

6045-494: The 126th Street Depot , which lies above a historical 17th century African-American burial ground; it opened as a directly run NYCT depot in the Manhattan Division like the 126th Street Depot on January 4, 2015, though many routes are operated from other depots. The Tuskegee Airmen Depot is located at 1552 Lexington Avenue, filling the block bounded by Park Avenue , Lexington Avenue , and 99th and 100th Streets in

6200-579: The 146th Street Depot until 1993, is located at 721 Lenox Avenue, filling the block bounded by Lenox Avenue , Seventh Avenue , and 146th and 147th Streets in Harlem, Manhattan ( 40°49′19″N 73°56′20″W  /  40.821949°N 73.93897°W  / 40.821949; -73.93897  ( Mother Clara Hale Depot ) ), two blocks south of the Harlem–148th Street subway station. The three-floor structure has capacity for 150 buses. The depot

6355-576: The Amsterdam Depot reopened temporarily, with some routes shifted to Manhattanville and West Farms. The old depot was originally a part of the Bronx Division. A new garage was built on the site after demolition, designed as a "green depot" with solar panels and features for energy conservation and efficiency. The new depot was opened on November 20, 2014, at the cost of $ 262 million. The new depot, which can now house 150 buses, has replaced

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6510-655: The Brooklyn Union Gas Company with engines that operated on compressed natural gas (CNG). A compressor station was installed at the Wortman Avenue depot. By the mid-1990s, many of the buses operated by Command ran on CNG. Local buses out of this depot continue to operate on compressed natural gas under the MTA. The Ulmer Park Depot is located at 2449 Harway Avenue in the neighborhood of Bath Beach, Brooklyn ( 40°35′38″N 73°59′31″W  /  40.593874°N 73.992079°W  / 40.593874; -73.992079  ( Ulmer Park Depot ) ). The depot fills

6665-822: The Brooklyn and North River Line ( trolleys ) and Queens Bus Lines (buses), and the DP&;S also began operating trolleys in Staten Island to replace the Staten Island Midland Railway's system. Another city acquisition was the Bridge Operating Company, which ran the Williamsburg Bridge Local trolley, acquired in 1921 by the DP&S. Unlike the other lines, this one remained city-operated, and

6820-593: The BxM1/2, BxM3, BxM4, BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9, BxM10, BxM11, QM2, QM4, QM5/6, SIM3c, SIM4c, SIM33c, X27 and X28 ; the SIM1c runs 24 hours a day. 45-foot MCI and Prevost over-the-road coaches are used for express service. Service originally began on November 3, 1965, on route R8X (later X8, now SIM5 ) traveling from the South Shore of Staten Island, up Hylan Blvd and Father Capodanno Blvd., into Downtown Brooklyn. In

6975-709: The City College of New York . It was built in 1882 as a trolley depot for the Third Avenue Railway . The last trolley was operated from the building on May 17, 1947. The building was then expanded and reopened as a bus garage by Surface Transit Inc. , a subsidiary of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company . The MaBSTOA assumed the depot's operations in 1962. The MTA shut down the Amsterdam Depot's bus operations on September 7, 2003,

7130-918: The Cross Island Parkway , and Belmont Racetrack in Elmont , where they turn-around and re-enter the city. The Q46 local and QM6 express buses run along Lakeville Road in Lake Success , Nassau County upon entering Long Island Jewish Medical Center and North Shore Towers. The Q113 and Q114 cross into Nassau County between Southeast Queens and Far Rockaway . During peak hours, select Q111 buses run to Cedarhurst in Nassau County. The Bx16 route runs into Westchester County for two blocks in Mount Vernon . The Bx7 , Bx9 , Bx10 , Bx31 and Bx34 buses make their last stops at

7285-605: The East Harlem neighborhood of Manhattan ( 40°47′18″N 73°57′02″W  /  40.78842°N 73.950605°W  / 40.78842; -73.950605  ( Tuskegee Airmen Depot ) ), north of the 96th Street subway station, and near the 97th Street portal of the Park Avenue Tunnel . The depot had been a car barn for streetcars on the Lexington Avenue Line, built in 1895. The depot

7440-548: The Fifth Avenue Depot until June 30, 1988, is located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 36th and 39th Streets in Sunset Park, Brooklyn ( 40°39′07″N 74°00′07″W  /  40.651932°N 74.001923°W  / 40.651932; -74.001923  ( Jackie Gleason Depot ) ), just west of the 36th-38th Street Yard and Ninth Avenue station of the New York City Subway . The depot had been

7595-672: The Gateway Center . The depot was built by and owned by the New York City Department of Transportation in 1996, and leased to the Command Bus Company . It was sold to MTA Bus in early 2009. Command's previous depot was several blocks to the northwest on Montauk Avenue and Wortman Avenue (612/626 Wortman Avenue), which now houses the school bus operations of the successor company Varsity Bus Company . In 1988, two Orion I Command buses were fitted by

7750-598: The Jacob K. Javits Convention Center , Hudson Yards , and the Port Authority Bus Terminal . The depot was originally the New York headquarters and bus garage for Greyhound Lines . Ground broke on the facility on April 26, 1966. It was designed by De Leuw, Cather, and Associates and built by Turner Construction . It was sold to the New York City Transit Authority in 1996. The Transit Authority renovated

7905-633: The Kings Plaza shopping center, where a number of bus routes terminate. The depot occupies two blocks just off Flatbush Avenue , bounded by Fillmore Avenue, East 49th Street, Avenue N, and Utica Avenue . The Brooklyn Heights Railroad (part of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company ) opened the depot in mid-1902 along its Flatbush Avenue Line (later the Bergen Beach Shuttle) on Avenue N. It eventually served

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8060-471: The M15 , saw Select Service begin on October 10, 2010 after the delivery of new low-floor buses. The M34 / M34A line was started on November 13, 2011. Initially, a 34th Street busway was planned that would require eliminating 34th Street as a through street, but it was dropped in favor of the standard SBS model. The B44 Rogers/ Bedford / Nostrand Avenues bus route, the fifth Select Bus Service corridor in

8215-530: The New England Thruway ( Interstate 95 ) in the Eastchester and Co-op City neighborhoods of the Bronx. It was built in 1970, and is owned by Edward Arrigoni, former president of New York Bus Service (NYBS), and has been leased to the City of New York and MTA Bus Company for twenty years with an option to purchase afterwards. It was renamed Eastchester Depot upon takeover on July 1, 2005. It previously housed

8370-563: The New York City Board of Transportation . In 1962 the State established the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA) as a subsidiary of NYCT to take over operations then operated by two private companies, Fifth Avenue Coach Lines, Inc. and Surface Transit, Inc. Both NYCT and MaBSTOA operate service pursuant to a lease agreement with the City of New York. City involvement with surface transit in

8525-538: The New York City Transit Authority (successor to the BOT) and its subsidiary Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA) took over the operations of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company in Manhattan and the Bronx. The Transit Authority inherited at least 12 bus depots from the company, some of which were kept in operation while others were condemned and closed. From 2005 to 2006,

8680-422: The 13 Grumman Flxibles that had been assigned to Avenue B and placed them in NYCTA service). In late 1981 the MTA merged the New York City Transit Authority's Surface Division (aka NYCTA Civil Service) with the Manhattan & Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (aka MaBSTOA Non Civil Service) into one single entity using the MTA New York City Transit Authority (or MTA – New York City Bus ) moniker instead of

8835-432: The 1960s and 1970s, large apartment complexes were constructed in the neighborhood following the establishment of the Mitchell Lama program. In 2000, the largest remaining collection of vacant parcels was developed near Castle Hill Point with modern two-story, two-unit attached rowhouses . Like neighboring Soundview , Castle Hill began to fall into rapid decay in the 1970s due to white flight , growing poverty rates, and

8990-541: The 1980s, the R8X was renumbered and rerouted from Brooklyn to its current terminal in Lower Manhattan. In addition to a 100% accessible bus fleet, New York City Transit also provides paratransit services under the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) of 1990 under the Access-A-Ride brand, for customers who cannot use regular bus or subway service. It services all five boroughs of New York City at all times. The Access-A-Ride paratransit services are provided by various independent contractors, mostly using vehicles owned by

9145-439: The B35 converted as of September 1, 2018. The Spring Creek Depot is located on Flatlands Avenue east of Crescent Street in the Spring Creek subsection of Brooklyn's East New York neighborhood ( 40°39′42″N 73°51′55″W  /  40.661628°N 73.865156°W  / 40.661628; -73.865156  ( Spring Creek Depot ) ), adjacent to the Brooklyn General Mail Facility , and several blocks northeast of

9300-451: The Board of Transportation took over the Staten Island bus network of the Isle Transportation Company. Further acquisitions were made on March 30, 1947, with the North Shore Bus Company in Queens , and September 24, 1948, with the East Side Omnibus Corporation and Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation in Manhattan . The final Brooklyn trolleys were the Church Avenue Line and McDonald Avenue Line , discontinued on October 31, 1956, though

9455-409: The Bronx and 9% in New York City. Rent burden, or the percentage of residents who have difficulty paying their rent, is 55% in Castle Hill and Parkchester, compared to the boroughwide and citywide rates of 58% and 51% respectively. Based on this calculation, as of 2018 , Castle Hill and Parkchester are considered low-income relative to the rest of the city and not gentrifying . The land area contains

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9610-426: The Bronx were combined into much busier stops for faster service, and some stops in Queens have been replaced by the Q20A/B local routes. As both the Q20 branches do not enter the Bronx and the Q44 ran local late nights only, the Q44 gained 24/7 SBS service between the Bronx Zoo and Jamaica . The Q20A replaced the Q44 local in Queens late nights. In September 2016, the eleventh corridor (twelfth route overall) and

9765-450: The Bronx–Westchester border. BxM3 express buses leave the city as they operate to Getty Square in Yonkers . The Q4 , Q12 , Q30 , Q36 , Q43 and Q111 buses make their last stops at the Queens-Nassau border. The S89 is the only route to have a stop outside state borders, terminating at the 34th Street Hudson-Bergen Light Rail station in Bayonne, New Jersey . Some Staten Island express routes run via New Jersey, but do not stop in

9920-402: The City of New York under which all expenses of MTABC, less operating revenues, are reimbursed. This brought almost all bus transportation in New York City under its control. After the bus mergers were completed in 2006, the MTA then moved to streamline its operations through consolidation of management function. To that effect, RBO was officially created in May 2008, with the president of what

10075-609: The December 1, 2008 murder of Edwin Thomas, a bus driver who was operating a bus on the B46 Limited route when this incident occurred. This depot has also been modified to accommodate articulated buses, with the B44 Limited (now SBS) converted as of January 2013 and the B46 SBS in January 2020. The Fresh Pond Depot is located at 66-99 Fresh Pond Road, on the east side of Fresh Pond Road south of Madison Street in Ridgewood, Queens ( 40°42′23″N 73°53′46″W  /  40.706400°N 73.896111°W  / 40.706400; -73.896111  ( Fresh Pond Depot ) ), adjacent to

10230-412: The Grand Avenue Depot took on many routes and buses from the nearby Fresh Pond Depot, relieving overcrowding at that facility. The building design is certified Environmental Management Systems ISO 14001 specifications. The four-story building includes four fueling and defueling stations, cleaning and storage facilities for 200 buses on the first floor, an advanced 27 bus central maintenance facility on

10385-487: The M14A and M14D. Five additional temporary routes would have been implemented for the shutdown in April 2019. However, on January 3, 2019, the shutdown plan was altered by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the proposed SBS routes were put on hold. In February 2019, the MTA announced plans to implement SBS on the M14A and M14D, and has since been implemented on July 1, 2019. All current SBS corridors are enforced by cameras restricting non-buses in these lanes on weekdays where

10540-544: The M98 route went to Michael J. Quill Depot. This garage now houses and maintains most of the museum and vintage bus fleet. The Manhattanville Depot , formerly the 132nd Street Depot , is a three-story structure located in the block bounded by Broadway , Riverside Drive , and 132nd and 133rd Streets in Manhattanville, Manhattan ( 40°49′09″N 73°57′25″W  /  40.819197°N 73.957060°W  / 40.819197; -73.957060  ( Manhattanville Depot ) ). The depot holds 192 buses, with storage space on

10695-409: The MTA Bus call center, folding it into that of MTA New York City Transit, and the unification of the fare policy for all of the MTA's services. The history of the MTA's bus operations generally follows the history of the New York City Transit Authority , also known as MTA New York City Transit (NYCT), which was created on June 15, 1953, by the State of New York to take over operations then operated by

10850-488: The MTA modified the schedule and added two new trips in both directions for both routes. The current system came into being in the mid-2000s following the MTA's assumption, through its subsidiary MTA Bus Company (MTABC), of services previously operated by private carriers under operating authority agreements administered by the New York City Department of Transportation , the successor to the New York City Bureau of Franchises. MTABC operates service pursuant to an agreement with

11005-407: The MTA to revamp that route also. During late 2021, due to an external lawsuit with the garage that operated the SIM23 and SIM24, the MTA announced the takeover of the two lines was imminent. On January 3, 2022, the MTA assumed control over the SIM23 and SIM24 routes formerly run by Academy. These routes are operated by New York City Transit out of the Charleston Depot . As a result of the takeover,

11160-1031: The MTA, with some exceptions. Although all buses are wheelchair-accessible, these vehicles provide an accessible transport option for MTA riders. The program was created in 1991 after the passage of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990 . Within a service area, bus stops are normally located every two to three city blocks apart; specific guidelines dictate that stops should be placed every 750 feet (230 m). Buses marked Limited-Stop, Select Bus Service, and Express have fewer stops. Stops are located curbside, usually at street intersections, identified by blue signage and shelters. Buses stop either on concrete pads, or designated bus lanes (maroon-red if painted). Some bus stops, particularly along Select Bus Service routes, are designed as bus bulbs . All bus stops are in effect at all times unless otherwise indicated by signage. Bus stops in New York City are identified by two types of signs: Queens buses that run along

11315-506: The MTA. As of February 2018 , MTA Regional Bus Operations runs 234 local routes, 71 express routes, and 20 Select Bus Service routes. Its fleet of 5,840 buses is the largest municipal bus fleet in the United States and operates 24/7. In 2023, the system had a ridership of 730,924,600, or about 2,400,700 per weekday as of the third quarter of 2024. The division comprises two brands: MTA Bus and MTA New York City Bus . While MTA Bus

11470-588: The Manhattan Division may be swapped between depots on an as-needed basis, and are not reflected in the route assignments as these are short-term loans to cover services at these depots. Amsterdam Depot is located on the entire city block bounded by Amsterdam Avenue , Convent Avenue, and 128th and 129th Streets in Manhattanville, Manhattan ( 40°48′51″N 73°57′19″W  /  40.814246°N 73.955365°W  / 40.814246; -73.955365  ( Amsterdam Depot ) ), several blocks south of

11625-814: The NYCDOT routes. In Brooklyn, a company called Private Transportation operates the B110 route. This is franchised but not subsidized by NYCDOT. Atlantic Express also ran the AE7 express route from the Tottenville and Travis neighborhoods of Staten Island in the same manner as the Private Transportation B110 local route. Citing low ridership and increased costs, Atlantic Express canceled the AE7 service on December 31, 2010. Councilmen Ignizio and Oddo as well as Congressman Michael G. Grimm have called on

11780-769: The New York City Transit brand or the MTA Bus brand, although most are branded with the former; only the B100 and B103 local routes, and the BM- express routes, are operated by MTA Bus. All Brooklyn NYCT depots are represented by TWU local 100. Spring Creek Depot, operated under the MTA Bus Company is represented by ATU 1181. The East New York Depot , also called the East New York Base Shops ,

11935-703: The Ulmer Park resort, operated by William Ulmer of the William Ulmer Brewery in Bath Beach from 1893 to 1899. These routes operate out of all NYCT depots, but can also pull from the Bus Company depot if needed. The Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), a subsidiary of the New York City Transit brand, operates all of the local buses in Manhattan. All Manhattan bus depots are represented by TWU Local 100. Buses in

12090-509: The X17J, X21, X22, and X30 routes were absorbed by the New York City Transit Authority . NYCT discontinued service on the X21 months after the takeover. Recently, NYS Assemblyman Lou Tobacco and NYS Senator Andrew Lanza , along with U.S. Congressman Michael E. McMahon and NYC Councilmen Vincent Ignizio and James Oddo have asked the MTA to look into the possible consolidation of the remainder of

12245-527: The ages of between 0–17, 29% between 25–44, and 24% between 45–64. The ratio of college-aged and elderly residents was lower, at 10% and 12% respectively. As of 2017, the median household income in Community District 9 was $ 40,005. In 2018, an estimated 26% of Castle Hill and Parkchester residents lived in poverty, compared to 25% in all of the Bronx and 20% in all of New York City. One in eight residents (13%) were unemployed, compared to 13% in

12400-646: The area and the fact that the depot is in a residential area. As of May 2021, only the M31 runs with Hybrid-Electric buses. All depots operate them, using articulated buses if necessary. MTA Regional Bus Operations MTA Regional Bus Operations ( RBO ) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). It was created in 2008 to consolidate all bus operations in New York City operated by

12555-593: The barn on the east side of Ninth Avenue was the Kingsbridge Power House , which was constructed around the same time and supplied electricity to the Third Avenue system. It was designed and built by Westinghouse Electric Corporation and by Hopper, with similar brick and terracotta features. The facility became the location of the company's central repair shop in 1947 when the 65th Street Shops closed. In 1948, Third Avenue's central repair shop

12710-399: The block bounded by 25th Avenue, Bay 38th Street (which is closed to the public), Harway Avenue, and Bath Avenue. Land for the depot was acquired in 1947, and the facility was constructed in the late 1940s, opening for operation on January 15, 1950. It is a single story 118,800-square-foot (11,040 m) steel-framed building with a brick exterior. It was rehabilitated in 1983 and 1989. This is

12865-433: The blue stripe on a white base livery. The livery is commonly known as the MTA's Andrew Cuomo Scheme or Excelsior Scheme (after the state motto for New York). Currently, many RBO's operational changes have been at the management level, with the creation of a unified command center and consolidation of management for all bus operations, with the aim of reducing redundancies in the agency. Other changes have included eliminating

13020-481: The border with Nassau County ( Q36 , Q46 , QM6 ) or within Nassau County ( Q111 , Q113 , Q114 ) will sometimes share former MTA Long Island Bus-style signage with Nassau Inter-County Express bus service, though many stops on the Q111, Q113, and Q114 routes in Nassau County are either unsigned, or simply signed as "No Stopping Bus Stop". These signs are also made of metal. Castle Hill, Bronx The neighborhood

13175-646: The borough are operated by the MTA Bus Company. All depots in the division, including those under the MTA Bus Company, are represented by TWU Local 100. Although named the Bronx Division, only three are actually located in The Bronx , with the others in Inwood, Manhattan and the suburb of Yonkers . The Eastchester Depot is located on Tillotson Avenue near Conner Street ( 40°53′03″N 73°49′18″W  /  40.884228°N 73.821717°W  / 40.884228; -73.821717  ( Eastchester Depot ) ) off

13330-415: The bottom of the windshield by the bus operator in case of false assumptions. Dark navy blue "LOCAL" and red "Express" signs also exist. The following MTA Regional Bus routes run limited stop service (for non-Staten Island routes, where there is a route numbering system, bold indicates no corresponding local service on the limited-stop route, and italic indicates no corresponding daytime local service on

13485-428: The bus lane is curbside, with the bus lanes marked by red paint. Where the bus lane is an offset lane (that is, one lane away from the curb), non-bus traffic is restricted at all times except for emergencies. Buses used in this service are identifiable with "stations" equipped with ticket machines, and most of them also have a "+selectbusservice" wrap identifying them as such buses. Locations of stops (and in some cases,

13640-631: The city began in September 1919, when Mayor John Francis Hylan , through the New York City Department of Plant and Structures (DP&S), organized private entrepreneurs to operate "emergency" buses to replace four abandoned storage battery streetcar lines : the Madison Street Line, Spring and Delancey Streets Line , Avenue C Line , and Sixth Avenue Ferry Line . Many routes were soon added, replacing lines such as

13795-585: The city, was implemented on November 17, 2013 after the arrival of new fare machines. The S79 Hylan Boulevard / Richmond Avenue route, initially slated to be converted to SBS in 2013, was moved up to September 2, 2012; the local equivalents of the S79 route are the S78 and S59 buses. A sixth corridor, the second for the Bronx, began service on the Bx41 Webster Avenue route on June 30, 2013; this route

13950-400: The citywide average of 75%. Public Private and parochial Special education programs The New York Public Library operates the Castle Hill branch, which opened in 1963 and moved to 947 Castle Hill Avenue in 1981. Pugsley Creek Park is located along the eastern shoreline of Castle Hill. It surrounds a historic creek that was previously a tributary of Westchester Creek . On

14105-407: The cost of $ 1.6 million for several Transportation Manufacturing Corporation (TMC) RTS-06 CNG buses and a fleet of BIA Orion 5.501 CNGs. The depot was fully equipped with CNG on June 7, 1999, with the original "slow-fill" fueling station replaced with a "fast-fill" station. It became the first NYCTA depot to support CNG buses. Also, this depot has been modified to accommodate articulated-buses, with

14260-629: The current depot is located at the west end of the bus depot, facing Fulton Street at the foot of Alabama Avenue. The center was expanded in 1962, and again in 1969. The MTA plans to construct a new command center across from the depot, to the east of the current complex. The contract for the project was awarded on June 26, 2015. The Flatbush Depot is located at 4901 Fillmore Avenue in Flatlands, Brooklyn ( 40°36′57″N 73°55′37″W  /  40.615736°N 73.927059°W  / 40.615736; -73.927059  ( Flatbush Depot ) ), near

14415-797: The day the new 100th Street Depot (since renamed the Tuskegee Airmen Depot) opened. The depot was part of the Manhattan Division until spring 1998, when it was transferred to the Bronx Division due to the opening of the Michael J. Quill Depot and the closure of the Walnut Depot . On January 6, 2008, MTA reopened the depot temporarily because of a rehabilitation project at the Mother Clara Hale Depot. Amsterdam Depot closed on June 27, 2010, due to service cuts. The M1 and M7 routes were transferred to Manhattanville, while

14570-586: The depot was equipped with heaters to circulate hot water through the heating and cooling systems of buses that had to be stored outside due to the lack of storage space. The depot was later rebuilt, and it opened on September 6, 1984. On June 30, 1988, the depot was renamed after Jackie Gleason , who grew up in Brooklyn and played bus driver Ralph Kramden in The Honeymooners ; this renaming occurred one year after Gleason's death. The depot later housed

14725-481: The depot: Havens Lot at Havens Place between Herkimer Street and Atlantic Avenue , and Herkimer Lot at Herkimer Street and Williams Place underneath the BMT Canarsie Line . The depot also features a paint shop, which is decommissioned and has been used to store buses at times. The north end of the depot (1720 Bushwick Avenue) is used to maintain the museum bus fleet along with Amsterdam Depot , and contains

14880-703: The depots are represented by local divisions of the Transport Workers Union of America (TWU), particularly the TWU Local 100 or of the Amalgamated Transit Union (ATU)'s Local's 726 for all depots in Staten Island, 1056 for Casey Stengel, Jamaica, and Queens Village Depots, 1179 for JFK & Far Rockaway Depots, and 1181 for Spring Creek Depot. On June 1, 1940, the New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) took over

15035-476: The event of the fare machine failing to issue a receipt, the bus operator must be notified of the problem. The implementation of this new service is paired with new lane markings and traffic signs that reserve a lane for buses only during the daytime. The first Select Bus Service corridor, on the Bx12 along 207th Street , Fordham Road , and Pelham Parkway , was placed into service on June 29, 2008. The next line,

15190-622: The facilities of Greyston Bakery . The site was initially a freight yard for the adjacent Hudson Line , used by the New York Central Railroad . The depot was originally built by Gray Lines Tours for Riverdale Transit Corp, which later became a part of the Liberty Lines Express system. It is currently owned by New York City and leased to MTA Bus Company, sold by Liberty Lines on January 3, 2005, for $ 10.5 million. The depot consists of an administration building,

15345-542: The facility at the cost of over $ 35 million. It opened for NYCT operations on March 29, 1998 as the Westside Depot , replacing the Walnut Depot and 100th Street Depot (the latter since reopened), and was renamed after Michael J. Quill , one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union of America , on July 13, 2000. The Michael J. Quill Bus Depot had received most of its routes from the defunct Hudson Pier Depot , which closed in 2003. The Michael J. Quill Depot

15500-467: The fifth in Manhattan, became a Select Bus Service route on November 6, 2016 with dedicated bus lanes and countdown clocks at some stops, replacing M23 local service at the cost of $ 1.7 million. The M79 became an SBS route in May 2017, with the installation of bus lanes along its route. The Bx6, after the completion of bus lanes and widened sidewalks, became an SBS route in September 2017. It supplements

15655-479: The final remaining company, ceased operating on February 20, 2006. Currently, the only NYCDOT-subsidized lines not consolidated into MTA Bus are those run by Academy Bus and formerly by Atlantic Express until their bankruptcy in 2013. Academy Bus previously operated those routes and others until 2001, when Atlantic Express and NYCT took them over. Although the X23, and X24 routes were absorbed by Atlantic Express,

15810-535: The former site of a car rental business, and near the south end of the Newtown Creek . This modern 600,000 square feet (56,000 m) and environmentally friendly facility is the first of its kind for New York City Transit Authority. The contract for the depot was awarded in 2003 to Granite Construction Northeast , with the design created by Gannett Fleming . The facility partially opened in 2007 housing 19 buses, and fully opened on January 6, 2008. Upon opening,

15965-430: The former. Public takeover of the remaining Queens buses, as well as most express routes, was implemented in 2005 and 2006 when the city purchased the assets of seven private bus companies, and entered into an agreement with the new MTA Bus Company for their operation and funding. In 2008, the bus operations of New York City Transit and MTA Bus Company (as well as the now former Long Island Bus division) were merged into

16120-500: The implementation of the B82 SBS, it would halt the implementation of Select Bus Service in the outer boroughs until 2021 as a result of budget cuts, and an upcoming redesign of the city's bus network. A temporary M14 Select Bus Service route was proposed for implementation in early 2019, in preparation for the 14th Street Tunnel shutdown . This route would have run between Tenth Avenue and Stuyvesant Cove Ferry, with local service on

16275-439: The limited-stop route): Select Bus Service (SBS), the brand name for MTA bus rapid transit service, is a variant of Limited-Stop bus service that requires fare payment to be made before boarding the bus, at fare payment machines in shelters at designated "stations" (such a shelter is shown to the right). Receipts given for payment of fare are " proof-of-payment " that must be shown to the MTA's fare inspectors upon request. In

16430-576: The local bus stops) were shifted or eliminated where possible to prevent mixing of local bus customers. SBS is offered in conjunction with the NYC DOT and NYS DOT . Express bus service is generally geared towards peak hour commuters from the outer boroughs and neighboring suburbs that lack rail or subway services to and from Midtown Manhattan or Lower Manhattan . Some routes also provide significant off-peak service from early morning to late evening, every day. Routes with daily off-peak service include

16585-558: The local service by stopping at high ridership stops. This is the third route for the Bronx. Select Bus Service along Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards was implemented on the Q52 and Q53 routes in November 2017. Select Bus Service along Kings Highway was implemented on the B82, which replaced the former Limited-Stop route, on October 1, 2018. The city subsequently announced that following

16740-462: The local variant, making limited stops along the entire route; limited-only buses with no local variants under the same route number; and limited-zone buses, with a semi-limited section (with smaller distances between stops than on regular limited routes) near the route's tail ends, and a non-stop section in the middle. Limited-Stop buses flash "LIMITED" on the destination sign. Occasionally, a paper orange and purple "Limited" sign will also be placed at

16895-443: The lot immediately south of the depot until 2014, which was leased and used as a driving range from 1999 to 2010. This land was originally planned for an expansion of the depot, or a new central rebuild facility. In June 1996, solar panels were installed on the roof of the depot. It was the first NYCTA depot to use solar energy, which now provide about 40% of the depot's power. It is also the only New York City Transit bus garage that

17050-552: The majority of surface transit in Brooklyn, Queens, and Staten Island. On September 24, 1948, the BOT took over the East Side Omnibus Corporation and Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation in Manhattan, receiving two depots in East Harlem . From 1947 to 1950, the BOT reconstructed numerous depots and trolley barns inherited from the private operators, and erected or purchased new facilities to expand capacity. In 1962,

17205-522: The mass transit operations of NYBS, which operated express service between the Bronx to Manhattan as well as school bus operations. This depot contains a major bus overhaul and repair facility/shop for various type of buses, a major "reserve storage" facility for out-of-service buses, and a storage facility for decommissioned and wrecked buses awaiting scrapping. The latter set of buses are stripped of usable parts such as windows and engine components, as well as reusable fluids such as motor oil and fuel, before

17360-549: The mid-20th century, large land parcels primarily south of Bruckner Boulevard remained undeveloped. Vacant land was used to provide temporary housing, using Quonset hut structures, to returning World War II veterans. During the 1950s the Bruckner Expressway was constructed, bisecting the area. The NYCHA built the Castle Hill Houses in 1959, adding over 2,000 housing units to the community. Later during

17515-508: The neighborhood, adjacent to the Westchester Creek, is primarily used for storage, warehousing, and municipal uses. The area gradually comes to peak elevation along Castle Hill Avenue. Castle Hill and other parts of Community District 9 are patrolled by the 43rd Precinct of the NYPD , located at 900 Fteley Avenue. In 2010, the 43rd Precinct ranked 36th-safest out of 69 patrol areas for per capita crime in 2010. As of 2018 , with

17670-437: The old 54th Street Depot (also a former Fifth Avenue Coach facility) which closed the same day. In September 1998, the depot operated a pilot fleet of 10 Orion VI hybrid electric buses . Also that year, it was planned to convert the depot into a compressed natural gas (CNG) facility due to community complaints, but the plan was scrapped due to the high cost of converting such a large facility. Since 2010, Manhattanville Depot

17825-505: The only NYCTA depot in Brooklyn to maintain express buses, storing a total of 285 buses. Ulmer Park is notable for rebuilding, repairing, and housing NYCT Bus 2185, a MCI express coach which was badly damaged during the September 11 attacks in 2001. This depot has also been modified to accommodate articulated buses, with the B1 converted as of June 2020. The name Ulmer Park is a reference to

17980-672: The passage of buses underneath to the depot. The new depot opened on July 27, 1960, at the cost of $ 2 million. The new depot was built to be 250 feet (76 m) wide by 500 feet (150 m) long. The initial capacity of the depot was 185 buses. The construction of the depot was required due to the loss of the West 5th Street Depot . In addition, the new depot replaced the Maspeth Trackless Trolley Depot, and Bergen Street depots located in Brooklyn. The new garage featured automatic fueling and washing facilities. The depot

18135-593: The privately operated (by the Queensboro Bridge Railway) Queensboro Bridge Local remained until 1957. By the late 1950s, the city operated all local service in Staten Island and Brooklyn, approximately half of the local Queens service, and several Manhattan routes. Several private companies operated buses in Queens, and the Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company operated a small Manhattan system. The largest system

18290-586: The privately operated bus route operations previously administered and subsidized by the NYCDOT . The routes were taken over on a staggered schedule, beginning with the former Liberty Lines Express bus routes on January 3, 2005, Queens Surface Corporation bus routes on February 27, 2005, New York Bus Service bus routes on July 1, 2005, Command Bus Company bus routes on December 5, 2005, Green Bus Lines bus routes on January 9, 2006, and Jamaica Buses bus routes on January 30, 2006. Triboro Coach Corporation,

18445-402: The remaining private operators were taken over by the MTA Bus Company. The MTA inherited eight facilities at this time, which had been built either by the companies or the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). Download coordinates as: The MTA has two major "central maintenance facilities" (CMFs) that serve the New York City area. The Grand Avenue Central Maintenance Facility

18600-429: The remaining shells and unsalvageable parts are sold for scrap. The scrapping program began in summer 2008. Under the MTA, the shop was upgraded with a new concrete floor. The facility underwent further renovations in the 2010s, replacing the maintenance building's roof and improving ventilation and pollution controls including containment of fuel spills. The upgraded facility opened on August 13, 2015. The Gun Hill Depot

18755-611: The same name). Originally, the site was an amusement park called Starlight Park , which hosted the Bronx International Exposition of Science, Arts and Industries in 1918. In 1928, the park operators received the auditorium from the 1926 Sesquicentennial Exposition in Philadelphia , which became the New York Coliseum . The coliseum and park went into receivership in 1940, and the coliseum

18910-399: The same time period. Castle Hill and Parkchester's rate of elementary school student absenteeism is higher than the rest of New York City. In Castle Hill and Parkchester, 28% of elementary school students missed twenty or more days per school year , more than the citywide average of 20%. Additionally, 69% of high school students in Castle Hill and Parkchester graduate on time, lower than

19065-472: The scheme was a stripe with a white rear and no rear stripe. Buses operated in Select Bus Service bus rapid transit service are wrapped with a light blue-and-white wrap below the windows. In spring 2016, a new livery was introduced based on navy blue, light blue, and yellow, with a mostly blue front and sides, a light blue and yellow wave, and a yellow back. This new livery will gradually replace

19220-462: The second NYCT depot to facilitate CNG when it opened in 2003. Currently, not all buses assigned run on CNG. The Yonkers Depot is located at 59 Babcock Place at the foot of Alexander Street in the Getty Square section of Yonkers, New York ( 40°56′36″N 73°54′02″W  /  40.943364°N 73.900463°W  / 40.943364; -73.900463  ( Yonkers Depot ) ), near

19375-615: The second and third floors. The original site on 132nd Street and Broadway was a streetcar barn built in 1918 for the Fifth Avenue Coach Company , which later used it for buses. The facility was taken over by the MaBSTOA subsidiary of the Transit Authority in March 1962. It served as the headquarters for the MaBSTOA. The original depot was demolished in the late 1980s, and a new depot was erected opening on November 8, 1992, replacing

19530-562: The second floor, administrative offices for NYCT's Department of Buses on the third floor, and parking garages for MTA employees on the roof. The central maintenance facility is able to repair and maintain the newer fleet of diesel, diesel hybrid-electric, 60-foot (18 m) articulated, express coach and compressed natural gas (CNG) buses, and has expanded the capabilities of the current East New York central maintenance facility for Brooklyn and Queens. The facility also has four environmentally friendly paint booths − self-contained units that avoid

19685-534: The second for Queens, the Q70 , was rebranded as the "LaGuardia Link" and became a SBS route. As opposed to other SBS routes, the Q70 is wrapped in a light blue scheme with clouds and airplanes in order to encourage more people to use public transportation when using the airport. This marked MTA Bus's first SBS route, as well as the second for Queens and the eleventh overall. The M23 , the twelfth corridor (thirteenth route) and

19840-884: The southern end of Castle Hill Avenue is Castle Hill Point Park. This greenspace has boat ramps, fishing piers, and views of the Throgs Neck and Whitestone Bridges. Castle Hill YMCA (the only YMCA in the Bronx), has indoor and outdoor pools, a baseball field, basketball court, gym and an outdoor sitting area with views of the Bronx-Whitestone Bridge . The Kips Bay Boys and Girls Club (Lucile Palmaro Clubhouse), located at 1930 Randall Avenue, has an ice skating rink. The following MTA Regional Bus Operations bus routes serve Castle Hill: The following New York City Subway station serves Castle Hill: The Bruckner Expressway , carrying Interstate 278 , also runs through

19995-708: The spread of contaminants. The building meets the needs of expanding demands, and relief of the overcrowding at the Brooklyn Division's other six existing bus garages, and upgrading the Department of Buses' facilities to be state-of-the-art from both environmental and technological standpoints. Also, work to modify this depot to accommodate articulated-buses has been completed, with the B38 converted as of September 1, 2019, and work on electrically powered buses has also been completed. The Jackie Gleason Depot , called

20150-765: The state. Local bus routes are labeled with a number and a prefix identifying the primary borough of operation ( B for Brooklyn , Bx for the Bronx , M for Manhattan , Q for Queens , and S for Staten Island ). Express bus routes to Manhattan generally use a two-letter prefix with an "M" at the end (e.g. an express route from Brooklyn is prefixed BM ; from the Bronx, BxM ; from Queens, QM ; and from Staten Island, SIM ). Exceptions to this rule are seven Brooklyn and Queens express routes operated by New York City Transit using an X prefix, which will be retired under both borough’s redesigns. Lettered suffixes can be used to designate branches or variants. The two-letter prefixed express system ( BM , BxM and QM )

20305-568: The streetcar operations of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), as part of the unification of the city's transit system under municipal operations. The streetcar lines would be motorized into diesel bus routes or trolleybus routes over the next two decades. In 1947, the BOT took over the North Shore Bus Company in Queens and Isle Transportation in Staten Island, giving the city control of

20460-476: The trolley lines with bus routes in 1936, began constructing a new bus garage on the site in 1938. Operations from the new depot began on July 31, 1939. It was rehabilitated in 1990. This depot had capacity for 123 buses. On September 23, 1993, it was renamed the Mother Clara Hale Depot. The previous depot building closed in January 2008 and was demolished in spring 2009. To make up for the lack of storage space,

20615-533: The west of the Fresh Pond Yard of the New York City Subway . It was the site of a trolley depot called the Fresh Pond trolley yard, which was opened in 1907 by the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT). In addition to repair shops, the barn hosted a "trolley car school" where new motormen were trained using a mockup of a streetcar's driver cabin. The trolley barn was acquired by the city in 1940, and

20770-488: The west, and is just south of East Tremont Avenue (also called Hector Lavoe Boulevard) and West Farms Square . The depot opened on September 7, 2003, on the site of the former Coliseum Depot . It is one of five compressed natural gas (CNG) Depots in the Buses system, along with Jackie Gleason, Spring Creek, Zerega, and College Point facilities and formerly Rockville Centre and Mitchel Field depots (now NICE bus depots under

20925-521: The western coast of Westchester Creek . Plans for the facility were conceived around 1999, and it was constructed in 2000. The facility received an award from the American Society of Civil Engineers for design-build project of the year in 2002. Around 2002, the Zerega shops began overhauling NYCT buses to operate on ultra-low-sulfur diesel . The facility includes paint booths for MTA buses, and

21080-755: Was built on previously undeveloped land. The Kingsbridge Depot is located in at 4055-4060 Ninth Avenue in Inwood, Manhattan ( 40°52′13″N 73°54′45″W  /  40.870190°N 73.912521°W  / 40.870190; -73.912521  ( Kingsbridge Depot ) ) and stretches nearly two square blocks, from Tenth Avenue to the Harlem River and from 216th Street to 218th Street. The current facility opened on February 23, 1993, and consists of two separate buildings: one for maintenance (the Ninth Avenue Shop ) and one for bus storage. The Ninth Avenue shop rebuilds individual bus components. It

21235-594: Was built on top of the subway tunnel roof of the IND Fulton Street Line , which had been built in the early 1940s. The depot opened on December 17, 1950. The trolley barn was replaced by the current depot on October 30, 1956, when Brooklyn streetcar service ended. Also located at the facility is the MTA's bus command center, also known as the East New York Administration Building . The brick structure built along with

21390-520: Was built to perform heavy maintenance, and served as New York City Bus' central maintenance facility until the opening of the Zerega and Grand Avenue facilities . Buses enter and exit the complex via numerous doors on Jamaica Avenue, with an additional vehicle entrance at the north end of the complex at Bushwick Avenue. The depot was built to house over 300 buses. It currently has space for around 280 buses, including two additional outdoor parking lots south of

21545-451: Was closed after the final trolley route from the depot, the Richmond Hill Line (today's Q55 bus), was motorized into trolley bus service on April 26, 1950. The barn was razed in 1957. Construction of the current bus depot was built by the Transit Authority following the motorization of trolley service. Construction began in March 1959. In June 1959, a contract was awarded to rebuild the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line to provide adequate clearance for

21700-426: Was closed in spring 1998 and was demolished, and reconstructed, while the Michael J. Quill Depot was opened to replace it. The depot reopened on September 7, 2003, taking on a number of routes from the Hudson Depot . It became the Tuskegee Airmen Depot on March 23, 2012, in honor of the famous World War II airmen. The facility has drawn the ire of many East Harlem residents; many residents cite high asthma rates in

21855-496: Was converted to SBS on May 25, 2014; local service was replaced by other routes running alongside the route of the M60 (the M100 , M101 , Bx15 , and Q19 ). An eighth Select Bus Service route was planned in the 2014–2017 Financial Plan. The eighth Select Bus Service corridor (ninth route overall), and the fourth in Manhattan, was for the M86 running on 86th Street , which was originally scheduled to start running on June 28, 2015, but pushed back to July 13, 2015; it did not include

22010-403: Was designed to maintain compressed natural gas (CNG) equipment. It also features numerous classrooms and a driving simulator to train MTA bus operators. The Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), a subsidiary of the New York City Transit brand, operates all the local routes in the Bronx aside from the Bx23 and Q50. The latter two routes and all express bus routes in

22165-458: Was first attempted with the M4 bus during rush hours in 1973, then expanded to other routes from there. The usual setup is that limited stop service runs the full route, while local services run only in the limited stop area, and the limited stop buses run local at the tail ends of the route not served by locals, similar to the operation of some subway services and the Staten Island Railway. There are full-route limited-stop buses that run alongside

22320-427: Was moved again to a facility in Yonkers , while the Kingsbridge Depot ceased serving trolleys and began serving buses in 1948. In 1962, it was acquired by the MaBSTOA. The original 1897 depot closed on September 10, 1989, when the Gun Hill Depot opened, and was razed soon after. It had fallen into disrepair and the placement of its support columns was inconvenient for bus movements in the building. The West Farms Depot

22475-399: Was operated by the MTA under an agreement with Nassau County, who owned its facilities and equipment. In 2011, the MTA asked Nassau County to provide more funding for Long Island Bus than they were at the time. The county refused to provide additional funding, and the MTA voted to end operation of the system at the end of 2011. The county then decided to hire Veolia Transport (now Transdev ),

22630-505: Was originated by the former private carriers taken over by MTA Bus. As of 2018 , MTA Regional Bus Operations' budgetary burden for expenditures was $ 773 million, which it supports through the collection of taxes and fees. Local and limited-stop buses provide service within a single borough, or in some cases across two. While local buses make all stops along a route, limited-stop buses only make stops at busy transfer points, points of interest, and heavily used roadways. Limited stop service

22785-417: Was replaced by the B39 bus route on December 5, 1948, by then transferred to the New York City Board of Transportation . With the city takeover of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation 's surface subsidiary, the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation , on June 2, 1940, the city gained a large network of trolley and bus lines, covering all of Brooklyn and portions of Queens. On February 23, 1947,

22940-464: Was selected by the MTA for a new garage in 1979 to replace the original West Farms Depot It opened on September 10, 1989, also temporarily replacing the old Kingsbridge Depot , which closed on the same day for reconstruction. The depot also contains heavy maintenance facilities and served the Bronx's central maintenance facility upon its opening. In 1992, the MTA built little league baseball fields on an adjacent site one block west. The MTA also owned

23095-451: Was started with the assistance of Councilwoman Annabel Palma and James Vacca in June 2012. The Shops at Bruckner Commons, which greatly expanded throughout the 1990s and mostly renovated in 2018, divides Castle Hill from neighboring Soundview and contains some national chain stores. Other primary thoroughfares contain amenities like supermarkets, pharmacies, barbershops, hair salons, fast food, bodegas, and cheap shops. The eastern border of

23250-412: Was taken over by New York City Omnibus Corporation in 1956, and the depot became municipally operated when its parent company Fifth Avenue Coach folded in 1962. The Coliseum Depot closed in 1995 and was demolished in 1997, while a new CNG-compatible facility was constructed as part of the MTA's 1995-1999 Capital Program. This included a "fast-fill" CNG filling station at the cost of $ 7.3 million. It became

23405-414: Was the Fifth Avenue Coach Company and Surface Transit , which operated almost all Manhattan routes and all Bronx routes, plus two into Queens (15 Fifth Avenue – Jackson Heights and TB Triborough Bridge) and one within Queens (16 Elmhurst Crosstown). After a strike in 1962, the city condemned the assets of the bus companies. To facilitate the anticipated sale of the bus service back to private ownership,

23560-458: Was the first "Phase II" SBS route to begin service (the existing corridors plus the B44 comprise Phase I). Another Select Bus Service route on Webster Avenue, which will be extended to run between LaGuardia Airport and Fordham Plaza alongside the local Bx41 route, is proposed for later implementation. A seventh corridor, and the third for Manhattan, the M60 125th Street – Triborough Bridge – Astoria Boulevard bus route to LaGuardia Airport,

23715-494: Was the first in the city to house articulated buses beginning on September 30, 1996. The roof of the depot is a public parking facility. The site of the depot was originally the Kingsbridge Car Barn , a streetcar barn owned by the Third Avenue Railway in 1897. This was a one-story brick structure with a basement and steel frame designed in Roman renaissance style with terracotta features. Among its designers included Isaac A. Hopper, who constructed Carnegie Hall . Across from

23870-432: Was then MTA New York City Transit's Department of Buses, Joseph J. Smith, named to lead the consolidated bus operations. MTA Regional Bus also included the MTA Long Island Bus division until December 2011, when its services were transferred to the private operator Veolia Transport. In 2008, the bus operations of MTA Bus Company and New York City Transit (as well as the now former Long Island Bus division) were merged into

24025-403: Was used as a vehicle maintenance center for the United States Army during World War II . It was acquired by the Third Avenue Railway in April 1946, and was converted into a bus depot and repair shop for the successor Surface Transportation Corporation around 1950. The company also operated a second facility nearby, at what is now West Farms Road and the Cross Bronx Expressway. Surface Transit

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