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Effective November 17, 2013, the B44 Limited was converted to Select Bus Service (SBS), joining other SBS routes in New York City: the M15 and M34 in Manhattan and the Bx12 and Bx41 in the Bronx. This is the first SBS route in Brooklyn, and it is the fifth and final Phase I SBS route to be implemented. [ 6 ]
The Bx12 Select Bus Service in 2008, the first SBS route in New York City. 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. [17] The next line, the M15, saw Select Service begin on October 10, 2010 after the delivery of new low-floor buses.
Effective November 17, 2013, the B44 Limited was converted to Select Bus Service (SBS), joining other SBS routes in New York City: the M15 and M34 in Manhattan and the Bx12 and Bx41 in the Bronx. This is the first SBS route in Brooklyn, and it is the fifth and final Phase I SBS route to be implemented. [ 5 ]
[41] [90] It is currently owned by New York City and leased to MTA Bus Company, [3] [27] [90] sold by Liberty Lines on January 3, 2005, for $10.5 million. [4] [43] [89] [94] The depot consists of an administration building, a shop for bus maintenance and repairs, and an outdoor parking lot used for storing 80 express buses.
Southbound Nostrand Avenue contains one bus lane between Flushing Avenue and Flatbush Avenue, carrying B44 and B44 SBS. [76] [77] [78] Rogers Avenue between Flatbush and Flushing Avenues was also retrofitted with a northbound bus lane, [78] serving the B44 SBS and B49 in that direction. [76]
The B44 & B44 SBS bus, which replaced a streetcar line in 1951, serves the entire avenue. Southbound service heads east on Shore Parkway. Where Nostrand is one-way southbound, northbound buses head east on Farragut Road for New York Avenue service (local), or west on Flatbush Avenue for Rogers Avenue service (SBS).
B44 Select Bus Service bus stop in Brooklyn. Bus stops in New York City are identified by two types of signs: An older-style, simple rectangular metal sign, similar to other street signs in the city. [46] [85] [90] [91] A newer, color-coded sign showing both route and destination. [85] [46] [90] [91]
New York City Subway: A and C (at Nostrand Avenue) New York City Bus: B52, B44 SBS, B65 East New York, Brooklyn: East New York: New York City Subway: L at (Atlantic Avenue), A, C , J , L , and Z (at Broadway Junction) New York City Bus: B12, B20, B25, B83, Q24, Q56 Richmond Hill, Queens: Boland's Landing: Employees only 3