B9 (New York City bus)
The B9 is a bus route in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, which serves the corridor of 60th Street, plus some of Avenue M and Avenue L. Originally operated by the Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation, it is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand. Route descriptionThe B9 route begins at Shore Road and 71st Street in Bay Ridge. It turns right onto Bay Ridge Avenue, and then left onto Fourth Avenue. Next, it turns right onto its main corridor, 60th Street. It continues until the end, running straight onto Avenue N. Then it starts running in a squiggle pattern, heading left onto Ocean Parkway, right onto Avenue M, left onto Ocean Avenue, and left onto Avenue L. It continues on Avenue L until Flatbush Avenue, where it makes a right, then heads straight to Kings Plaza, terminating at the bus loop. The westbound route heads back to its Bay Ridge terminal via Narrows Avenue and 71st Street. Early morning and late evening service terminates at Flatbush Avenue and Avenue L in Flatlands.[3][4] HistoryThe B9 began service on October 28, 1931 under the operation of Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit, which was sold to the City on June 1, 1940. It originally used Third Avenue between Bay Ridge Avenue and 60th Street. On June 14, 1980, the B9 began summer weekend service to Jacob Riis Park in Rockaway, Queens, which lasted throughout the 1980s. Service would run every 30 minutes between 8 a.m. and 7 p.m., and when the service was announced four days earlier, it was expected that service would be increased as ridership increased. The extensions in service were made possible via federal funding from the Gateway National Recreational Area.[5][6][7] In September 2006, the B9 was rerouted from Third Avenue to Fourth Avenue, in order to improve connections to and from the subway.[8] On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. As part of the redesign, the current B9 route would remain, but closely-spaced stops would be eliminated.[9] References
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