Wilson Avenue Line
The Wilson Avenue Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running along Wilson Avenue and Rockaway Avenue between Williamsburg and Canarsie. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B60 bus route, operated by MTA New York City Bus' Grand Avenue Depot in Maspeth, Queens.
B60 bus route
The B60 bus route runs between Williamsburg Bridge Plaza near the Marcy Avenue subway station in Williamsburg and Williams Avenue and Flatlands Avenue near the Breukelen Houses and Breukelen Park in Canarsie via Wilson Avenue and Rockaway Avenue at all times.
The route serves the Lindsay Park Houses, the Williamsburg Houses, Maria Hernandez Park, Irving Square, Cemetery of the Evergreens, Howard Housing, the Langston Hughes Apartments, Van Dyke Housing, the Tilden Houses, the Floyd Patterson Ball fields, the Breukelen Houses, and Breukelen Park. It also connects with the B6 Limited, B8, B12, B14, B15 to JFK Airport, B17, B20, B24, B25, B26, B35 Limited, B38 Limited, B42, B43, B44 SBS, B46 Limited, B48, B52, B54, B57, B62, B82 Limited, B103 Limited, BM2, Q54, and Q59 bus routes and the following subway stations:
- Marcy Avenue on the BMT Jamaica Line (J
M 
Z 
) - Hewes Street on the BMT Jamaica Line (J all times except weekdays 7:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m., peak direction M )
- Broadway on the IND Crosstown Line (G )
- Montrose Avenue on the BMT Canarsie Line (L )
- Morgan Avenue on the BMT Canarsie Line (L )
- Central Avenue on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line (M )
- Knickerbocker Avenue on the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line (M )
- Chauncey Street on the BMT Jamaica Line (J all except rush hours, peak direction Z )
- Rockaway Avenue on the IND Fulton Street Line (A
C ) - Rockaway Avenue on the IRT New Lots Line (2
3 4 5 ) - Canarsie – Rockaway Parkway on the BMT Canarsie Line (L )
- East 105th Street on the BMT Canarsie Line (L )
History
The line was built after 1897[1] by the Nassau Electric Railroad to gain access to Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Bridge into Manhattan. The line began at Canarsie-Rockaway Parkway on the Canarsie Line and ran north and west along Rockaway Parkway, Rockaway Avenue, Cooper Street, Wilson Avenue, Morgan Avenue, Johnson Avenue, and Broadway to the bridge. Later, eastbound traffic from the bridge was rerouted to use the Bushwick Avenue Line (South 4th Street, Meserole Street, and Bushwick Avenue) to the crossing of Bushwick and Johnson Avenues, and westbound Bushwick Avenue cars were moved to the Wilson Avenue Line. Buses were substituted for streetcars on May 27, 1951.
References
- ↑ Rand McNally, Brooklyn and vicinity, 1897 Atlas of the World
