Flatbush Avenue Line (surface)
- Flatbush Avenue Line (surface)
The Flatbush Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along Flatbush Avenue between downtown Brooklyn and Marine Park. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B41 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.
History
The Brooklyn City Railroad opened the line, a branch of their Fulton Street Line, to the city line on July 14, 1860, and to Vernon Avenue in Flatbush about a week later. [cite BDE|title=Flatbush Avenue Railroad in Operation|md=July 14|y=1860|page=3] The Vernon Avenue Depot was built on the east side of the line at the terminal.Fact|date=March 2007 The line was later extended to Bergen Beach along Flatbush Avenue and Avenue N, and later still the line along Flatbush Avenue was extended to Avenue U in Marine Park; the older route became the Bergen Beach Shuttle.Fact|date=March 2007 Buses were substituted for streetcars on March 4, 1951. [Brian J. Cudahy, How We Got to Coney Island: Development of Mass Transportation in Brooklyn and Kings County, page xvi]
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