B38 (New York City bus)

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DeKalb Avenue Line
A 2012 XD60 (4722) on the Downtown Brooklyn-bound B38 Limited along Fulton Street in June 2024.
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	New York City Transit Authority
Garage	Grand Avenue Depot
Vehicle	New Flyer Xcelsior XD60
Route
Locale	Brooklyn and Queens, New York, U.S.
Communities served	Ridgewood, Bushwick, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Fort Greene, Downtown Brooklyn
Start	Downtown Brooklyn–Cadman Plaza & Tillary Street
Via	Lafayette Avenue (eastbound) / DeKalb Avenue (westbound)[1]
End	Ridgewood, Queens
Length	5.9 miles (9.5 km)
Other routes	B26 Halsey/Fulton Streets B52 Gates Avenue B54 Myrtle Avenue
Service
Operates	All times (Seneca/Catalpa), All times except late nights (Metropolitan/Starr)[1]
Annual patronage	3,362,541 (2023)[2]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	B38
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The DeKalb Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, running mostly along DeKalb Avenue, as well as eastbound on Lafayette Avenue (as part of a one-way pair), between Downtown Brooklyn and Ridgewood, Queens. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B38 DeKalb/Lafayette Avenues bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

At its east end, after crossing into Queens, the line turns southeast on Seneca Avenue and ends just short of Myrtle Avenue, at Catalpa Avenue. A branch runs northeast on Stanhope Street to Linden Hill Cemetery.