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86th Street Line (Brooklyn)
A 2013 New Flyer XD60 (4777) in Bensonhurst on the B1 to Kingsborough Community College.
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	New York City Transit Authority
Garage	Ulmer Park Depot
Vehicle	New Flyer Xcelsior XD60 (main vehicle) New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 (supplemental service)
Began service	1894 (Streetcar Line 31) April 1919 (B1)
Ended service	August 12, 1948 (Streetcar Line 31)
Route
Locale	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Communities served	Bay Ridge, Dyker Heights, Bensonhurst, Bath Beach, Gravesend, Brighton Beach, Manhattan Beach
Start	Bay Ridge - 86th Street & 4th Avenue
Via	86th Street, Ocean Parkway, Brighton Beach Avenue
End	Manhattan Beach – Kingsborough Community College
Length	6.8 miles (10.9 km)
Service
Operates	24 hours
Annual patronage	3,764,062 (2023)
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	B1
Route map 87th Street / 4th Avenue  B1  86th Street / 4th Avenue 86th Street / 5th Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway 7th Avenue 11th Avenue 12th Avenue 13th Avenue 14th Avenue 15th Avenue 16th Avenue 17th Avenue 18th Avenue 19th Avenue 20th Avenue 21st Avenue Bay Parkway 23rd Avenue 24th Avenue 25th Avenue Stillwell Avenue Avenue U Avenue V West 8th Street 86th Street / Avenue W Avenue X / Shell Road ​ West 1st Street East 1st Street East 3rd Street Avenue X / Ocean Parkway Ocean Parkway / Shore Parkway West Avenue Neptune Avenue Ocean Parkway / Ocean View Avenue Brighton Beach Avenue / Ocean Parkway Brighton 1st Place Brighton 3rd Street Brighton 6th Street ​ Coney Island Avenue Brighton 12th Street Brighton Beach Avenue / Brighton 14th Street Corbin Place / Brighton Beach Avenue Oriental Boulevard / West End Avenue Beaumont Street Dover Street Ocean Avenue Hastings Street Kensingston Street Oriental Boulevard / Mackenzie Street  B1  Legend Two-way stop One-way stop  B1  Terminal Subway connection ← S98 (Staten Island)  {{{system_nav}}}  B2 →

The 86th Street Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York, running mostly along 86th Street. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B1 86th Street bus route operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

Route description

The B1 begins at 4th Avenue and 87th Street in Bay Ridge and then turns right onto 86th Street. It then travels down the full length of 86th Street until McDonald Avenue, where it turns onto Avenue X. The B1 then turns right onto Ocean Parkway and continues until turning left onto Brighton Beach Avenue, sharing the street with the B68. It continues until turning right at Corbin Place and left onto Oriental Blvd. The route then continues until it ends at Kingsborough Community College.

History

Streetcar line

The 86th Street streetcar line or Streetcar Line #31 was built by the Nassau Electric Railroad in 1894 to make more profits for the company. The company was later leased by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation. In 1929 the company made a subsidiary company, the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, to run multiple Streetcar lines one of which was the 86th Streetcar Line. The line ran entirely on surface level except for the northern terminal where it went onto an island platform. The 86th Streetcar Line had connections to multiple lines including the Bay Ridge Line, West End Line and the Fifth Avenue Line. In 1930, new tracks were made that split from the West End Line at 24th Avenue and went onto a right of way path used by trolleys to get to the Unionville Depot and onto Crospey Avenue. The 86th Street line would then later merge back with the West End Line at the intersection of Crospey and Stillwell Avenues.

The 86th Street streetcar line closed on August 12, 1948, was replaced with bus service and demolished some time later.

Pre-1930 Stations list

Bus line

Bus service in the Sheepshead Bay area was started in April 1919 by Plum Beach Auto Stage. Trolley service had not reached the area, due to its sparse population. It was one of the first bus routes in Brooklyn. Initially, the routes were lettered A, B, and C. They were feeder routes for elevated trains.

Between 1936 and around 1940, a branch of the B1 was extended from Brighton Beach Avenue and Ocean Avenue to Coney Island Hospital. Another branch of the B1 that operated from Bragg Street and Emmons Avenue and making a loop between Avenues X and Y between Coney Island Avenue and Ocean Avenue was rerouted and extended south to Coney Island Hospital.

When the B2 (later renumbered the B32) started from Avenue U to the foot of Flatbush Avenue, the prefix 1 was added to routes A, B, and C.

In 1946, the B1A and B1B branches were combined to form the B21 making a U-shaped route. The 86th Street portion and Bay Ridge Avenue portion of the B1 (west of 25th Avenue) were B34 until 1978. Service via Brighton Beach was the B21 bus until 1978. Service originally ran via the Sheepshead Bay (BMT Brighton Line) station. Service was rerouted via Brighton Beach and Coney Island Hospital in 1978, absorbing the B21 and B34. The current routing was originally proposed in the 1970s as the B86.

The western end (13th Avenue and 86th Street) was swapped with the B64 in 2010. In June 2020, the B1 was converted into an articulated bus route. Before articulation, Jackie Gleason Depot used to provide additional service to Kingsborough Community College in the A.M. rush with buses that run on compressed natural gas, as well as Flatbush Depot.

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. As part of the redesign, the B1 would retain its route, but closely spaced stops would be eliminated.

References

1. "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
2. "Brooklyn Trolleys". February 6, 2016. Archived from the original on February 6, 2016. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
3. "Home".
4. "OldNYC". OldNYC. Retrieved November 29, 2022.
5. ^ "21 Jul 1916, 2 - Times Union at Newspapers.com". Newspapers.com. Retrieved March 30, 2020.
6. "Draft Plan: B1 Local". new.mta.info. December 1, 2022. Retrieved August 3, 2024.

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Current local routes	B1 B2 B3 B4 B6 B7 B8 B9 B11 B12 B13 B14 B15 B16 B17 B20 B24 B25 B26 B31 B32 B35 B36 B37 B38 B39 B41 B42 B43 B44 B45 B46 B47 B48 B49 B52 B54 B57 B60 B61 B62 B63 B64 B65 B67 B68 B69 B70 B74 B82 B83 B84 B100 B103 B110
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