Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal

Not to be confused with the Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Terminal or Essex Street Terminal, the closed trolley terminal on the Manhattan side of the bridge.

Williamsburg Bridge Plaza
New York City bus station
General information
LocationBroadway & Havemeyer Street
Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates40°42′36″N 73°57′38″W / 40.709971°N 73.960437°W / 40.709971; -73.960437
Owned byMetropolitan Transportation Authority
Operated byNew York City Transit Authority
Bus routes7 Brooklyn routes, 2 Queens routes
Bus stands5
Connections New York City Subway:
"J" train"M" train"Z" train​ at Marcy Avenue
Bike transport Williamsburg Bridge
Passengers
Daily150,000

The Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, sometimes called Washington Plaza[1][2][3][4] or the Williamsburg Bridge Transit Center,[5] is a major bus terminal and former trolley terminal located at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, one block west of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278). It is situated by the boundaries of Broadway, Havemeyer Street, Roebling Street, and South 5th Street, south of the LaGuardia Playground. It contains five bus lanes, and serves as a terminal for numerous MTA New York City Transit Authority bus routes of Brooklyn and Queens that start and end their runs there.

This bus terminal is near the Marcy Avenue subway station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Marcy Avenue and Broadway, which is served by the J, M, and Z​ trains.[6]

The bus terminal is one of three plazas at the foot of the bridge that constitute Washington Plaza, along with Continental Army Plaza and LaGuardia Playground across South 5th Street, which are run by the Parks Department.[3][6][7]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYERA-WBridgeTrolley-Ap2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Cite error: The named reference BklynEagle-WashPlz-Feb1919 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  3. ^ a b Waite, Thomas L. (February 20, 1989). "About-Face for 'Valley Forge' Statue? Maybe". The New York Times. Retrieved July 3, 2015.
  4. ^ Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949. New York City Board of Transportation. 1949. hdl:2027/mdp.39015023094926.
  5. ^ "Nostrand Ave. Trolley Makes Way for MTA New York City Transit Select Bus Service". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 10, 2013. Archived from the original on July 3, 2015. Retrieved July 2, 2015.
  6. ^ a b "MTA Neighborhood Maps: neighborhood". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.
  7. ^ "Williamsburg: More Than Just a Bridge: Community Crossroads". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. April 8, 1951. Retrieved July 22, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.