The Crosstown Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along Van Brunt Street and Manhattan Avenue between Red Hook and Long Island City, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B61 bus route, operated by MTA New York City Bus' Grand Avenue Depot in Maspeth, Queens.
It should not be confused with the IND Crosstown Line, a separate subway line that also operates between Brooklyn and Queens.
B61 bus route
The south end of the B61 bus route is in a cut-off lane at Beard Street and Otsego Street in front of the IKEA in Red Hook. The north end is at Queens Plaza South and 28th Street near the Queensboro Plaza subway station in Long Island City. Service runs via Van Brunt Street and Manhattan Avenue at all times.
The route serves IKEA Red Hook, Red Hook II Housing, Coffey Park, Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn Bridge Park, the Brooklyn Criminal Court, the New York Transit Museum, the Brooklyn Civil Court, Borough Hall, MetroTech Center, the Brooklyn Civic Center, the Brooklyn Supreme & Family Court, the Polytechnic Institute of New York University, the New York City College of Technology, the Raymond Ingersoll Houses, Farragut Housing, the Brooklyn Navy Yard, Commodore J Barry Park, the University Towers Houses, Fort Greene Park, the Walt Whitman Houses, Shaefer Landing, the Brooklyn Brewery, McCarren Park, the Hunterspoint Avenue Long Island Rail Road station, the P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, the Long Island City Courthouse Complex, and One Court Square. It also connects with the B24, B25, B26, B37, B38 Limited, B39, B41 Limited, B43, B44 Limited, B45, B46 Limited, B48, B51, B52, B54, B57, B60, B63, B65, B67, B69, B71, B75, B77, B103 Limited, Q32, Q39, Q54, Q59, Q60, Q66, Q67, Q69, Q100 Limited, Q101, and Q102 bus routes and the following subway stations:
- Jay Street – Borough Hall on the IND Culver Line and IND Fulton Street Line (A
C 
F ) - Lawrence Street – MetroTech on the BMT Fourth Avenue Line (M
N 
R ) - Nassau Avenue on the IND Crosstown Line (G )
- Greenpoint Avenue on the IND Crosstown Line (G )
- 21st Street on the IND Crosstown Line (G )
- Hunters Point Avenue on the IRT Flushing Line (7 <7>
) - 23rd Street - Ely Avenue-45th Road - Court House Square-Long Island City - Court Square on the IND Crosstown Line, IND Queens Boulevard Line, and IRT Flushing Line (7 <7> E V
G ) - Queens Plaza on the IND Queens Boulevard Line (E G
R V ) - Queensboro Plaza on the BMT Astoria Line and IRT Flushing Line (7 <7> N W )
History
The Nassau Railroad was incorporated in 1863[citation needed] with the power to build from the Hunters Point Ferry through Williamsburg to Flatbush, with a branch to the South Ferry.[1] The Greenpoint and Williamsburgh Railroad and Nassau Railroad merged in 1868 to form the Brooklyn City, Hunter's Point and Prospect Park Railroad, with the right to build from the Hunters Point Ferry to the South Ferry with a branch to Prospect Park.[2]
References
- ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Laws of New York, September 13, 1866, page 4
- ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Railroad Consolidation, September 24, 1868, page 2
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