B43 (New York City bus)

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Graham Avenue Line and Tompkins Avenue Line
A front view of a curved mostly blue bus passing a bright yellow building
A 2017 XN40 (794) on the Lefferts Gardens-bound B43 on Brooklyn Avenue in March 2020
Overview
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorNew York City Transit Authority
GarageJackie Gleason Depot
VehicleNew Flyer C40LF CNG
New Flyer Xcelsior XN40
Began serviceJuly 1854 (Graham Avenue streetcar)
September 10, 1995 (B43)
Route
LocaleBrooklyn, New York, U.S.
Communities servedGreenpoint, Williamsburg, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens
StartGreenpoint– Box Street
ViaManhattan Avenue, Graham Avenue, Tompkins Avenue
EndLefferts GardensProspect Park "B" train"Q" trainFranklin Avenue Shuttle
Length7 miles (11 km)
Other routesB48 Lorimer Street/Classon/Franklin Avenues
Service
OperatesAll times
Annual patronage1,718,047 (2023)[1]
TransfersYes
TimetableB43
← B42    B44 SBS →

The Graham Avenue Line and Tompkins Avenue Line were two public transit lines in Brooklyn, New York City with the Graham Avenue Line running mainly along Graham Avenue and Manhattan Avenue and the Tompkins Avenue Line running mainly along Tompkins Avenue. The Graham Avenue line ran between Downtown Brooklyn and Greenpoint and the Tompkins Avenue Line ran between Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Williamsburg. Originally streetcar lines, they were replaced by the B47 and B62 bus routes which were then combined to form the B43 route which currently operates between Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Greenpoint. The line is dispatched from Jackie Gleason Depot in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.

  1. ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.