B60 (New York City bus)

{{short description|Bus route in Brooklyn, New York}} {{Sources exist|date=April 2024}} {{Use mdy dates|date=July 2017}} {{Infobox bus line |box_width=300px |number={{NYC bus infobox header |title=b60}} |logo= |logo_width= |logo_alt= |subheader=Wilson Avenue Line |image=File:Williamsburg Bridge Bus Terminal td (2019-08-15) 038.jpg |image_width=300px |caption=A 2015 XD40 (7274) on the B60 at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza in August 2019. |system=MTA Regional Bus Operations |operator=New York City Transit Authority |garage=Fresh Pond Depot |vehicle=New Flyer Xcelsior XD40<ref>{{cite web|title=Grand Avenue Depot Bus Roster|url=https://sites.google.com/view/nyctbusroster/home/mta/brooklyn-division/fresh-pond-depot?authuser=0|access-date=14 January 2025}}</ref> |predecessors=Wilson Avenue Line |locale=Brooklyn, New York, U.S. |communities=Williamsburg, East Williamsburg, Bushwick, Ocean Hill, Brownsville, Canarsie |start=Williamsburg – Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal |via=Wilson Avenue, Rockaway Avenue |end=Canarsie – Williams Avenue and Flatlands Avenue |length= 8.4 mi (13.5 km) |day=24 hours <ref name=B60>{{cite NYC bus|B60}}</ref> |timetable_link=[https://new.mta.info/document/7126 B60] |annualpatronage=515,108 (2024)<ref name=ridership>{{cite web | title=Subway and bus ridership for 2024 | website=mta.info | date=June 10, 2025| url=https://new.mta.info/agency/new-york-city-transit/subway-bus-ridership-2024| access-date=June 11, 2025}}</ref> |transfers=Yes |map_link= |map= |map_state= |map_name= |previous_line=B57 |next_line=B61 |notes= }}

The '''Wilson Avenue Line''' is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, 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.

== Route description == The B60 bus route starts at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza near the Marcy Avenue station. After the subway station, buses head north and use a number of streets through the neighborhood, eventually reaching the Morgan Avenue station on the BMT Canarsie Line. Buses then reach Wilson Avenue and run along the street, parallel to the Canarsie Line until it reaches Decatur and Cooper Streets, near the Wilson Avenue station. Then the route heads south down Decatur and Cooper parallel to the B20 bus, until it reaches Broadway, where the route now heads down Rockaway Avenue. South of Brookdale University Hospital and Medical Center, the B60 enters Canarsie and turns onto Rockaway Parkway. At Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road is the Rockaway Parkway terminus of the Canarsie Line and a transfer point to several routes, including the B6, B17, B42 and B82. However, like the B17, the B60 does not have its own dedicated loop and northbound buses stop in front of the station entrance, while southbound service stops on Glenwood Rd at the B6 bus stand. At this point, the B60 continues east along the B6 and B82 routes until East 108th Street, where southbound buses loop around the Breukelen Houses, and ends at Williams Avenue and Flatlands Avenue near the Breukelen Park. Northbound service follows the B82 route to Rockaway Parkway and resumes the regular route.<ref name=bklnbus>{{cite NYC bus map|B}}</ref> Some southbound buses may terminate at the Rockaway Parkway terminus.

===School trippers=== When school is in session, two extra buses to Canarsie originate at Greene Avenue, outside J.H.S. 383 Philippa Schuyler. These buses depart at 2:45 and 2:50pm, respectively.<ref name=B60/>

==History==

=== As a trolley route === The line was built in 1895<ref>{{cite book|last=Cudahy|first=Brian|title=How We Got to Coney Island|url=https://research.library.fordham.edu/nysh/2/|page=132}}</ref> by the Nassau Electric Railroad to gain access to Williamsburg and the Williamsburg Bridge into Manhattan, and was known as the Hamburg Avenue Line until Hamburg Avenue was renamed Wilson Avenue during World War 1.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://forgotten-ny.com/2015/01/hamburg-avenue-bushwick/|title=Hamburg Avenue, Bushwick|website=Forgotten New York|access-date=2024-09-07}}</ref> 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. {{Citation needed|date=February 2024}}

=== As a bus route === Buses were substituted for streetcars on May 27, 1951 and the route was designated the B60. The only route change was that northbound buses were rerouted to run via Decatur Street instead of Cooper Street between Broadway and Wilson Avenue.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1951 |title=Public Notice Wilson Avenue Line |url=https://www.flickr.com/photos/unionturnpike/50064400993/in/album-72157709433583407/ |access-date=February 14, 2024 |website=Flickr.com |publisher=New York City Board of Transportation}}</ref> As of 2025, the B60 is assigned to the Fresh Pond Depot; it was previously assigned to the Grand Avenue Depot except in 2019.

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network.<ref name="Brachfeld 202212">{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=Draft plan for new Brooklyn bus network aims to finally end decades of slow, unreliable service | website=amNewYork | date=December 1, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/brooklyn/mta-draft-redesign-brooklyn-bus-network/ | access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref><ref name="Crain's New York Business 202212">{{cite web | title=Brooklyn bus riders could finally get faster service under MTA redesign | website=Crain's New York Business | date=December 1, 2022 | last=Spivack | first=Caroline | url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/brooklyn-bus-riders-could-finally-get-faster-service-under-mta-redesign | access-date=December 2, 2022}}</ref> As part of the redesign, the B60 would be split in half at Fulton Street. The southern half would keep the B60 designation, and the northern half would take the new B66 designation. At Fulton Street, both routes would run east along Fulton Street to terminate at Broadway Junction.<ref name="Draft Plan: B60 Local">{{Cite web|title=Draft Plan: B60 Local|url=https://new.mta.info/project/brooklyn-bus-network-redesign/routes/b60-local|access-date=December 5, 2022|website=MTA|language=en}}</ref><ref name="Draft Plan: B66 Local">{{Cite web|title=Draft Plan: B66 Local|url=https://new.mta.info/project/brooklyn-bus-network-redesign/routes/b66-local|access-date=December 5, 2022|website=MTA|language=en}}</ref> The B60 would use Flatlands Avenue in both directions in Canarsie,<ref name="Draft Plan: B60 Local"/> and the B66 would use Cooper Street in both directions in Bushwick.<ref name="Draft Plan: B66 Local"/> Closely spaced stops would also be eliminated.<ref name="Brachfeld 202212"/><ref name="Crain's New York Business 202212"/> A new B76 bus route would also run along Rockaway Avenue during rush hours, following the B60 route between Broadway Junction and Flatlands Avenue, continuing down to Avenue L, before heading west along it and taking over the B17 Paerdegat branch.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Draft Plan: B76 Local|url=https://new.mta.info/project/brooklyn-bus-network-redesign/routes/b76-local|access-date=September 18, 2024|website=MTA|language=en}}</ref>

[[File:7523_B60.jpg|thumb|A 2018 XD40 (7523) on the B60 approaching Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, during the route’s fare-free program]]

As part of a pilot program by the MTA to make five bus routes free (one in each borough), the B60 was selected alongside the Bx18, M116, Q4 and S46/96 to become fare-free in July 2023.<ref name="Brachfeld 2023 j005">{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=MTA announces five bus routes for fare-free pilot | website=amNewYork | date=July 17, 2023 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-five-bus-routes-fare-free-pilot/ | access-date=July 18, 2023}}</ref><ref name="NBC New York 2023 a610">{{cite web | title=Free bus routes will be part of MTA pilot program heading to NYC this fall | website=NBC New York | date=July 17, 2023 | url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/free-bus-routes-will-be-part-of-mta-pilot-program-heading-to-nyc-this-fall/4512524/ | access-date=July 18, 2023}}</ref> The pilot program would last six to twelve months and buses would display a "Fare Free" sign, similar to the one used on the Q70.<ref>{{cite web | title=Governor Hochul Announces Fare Free Bus Routes Included in MTA Pilot | publisher= New York State Government|url=https://www.governor.ny.gov/news/governor-hochul-announces-fare-free-bus-routes-included-mta-pilot|website=www.governor.ny.gov|accessdate=July 17, 2023}}</ref> The pilot was only supposed to run from September 24, 2023 until March 30, 2024, but it was extended in March 2024 to run until further notice.<ref>{{cite web | title= Fare-free pilot on five MTA bus routes | publisher= Metropolitan Transportation Authority|url=https://new.mta.info/guides/riding-the-bus/fare-free-bus-pilot|accessdate=September 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=NYC officials assures New Yorkers new MTA fare-free bus program is 'not a pipe dream'| publisher= ABC 7 New York|url=https://abc7ny.com/mta-pilot-program-fare-free-bus-lines-routes-nyc/13805699/|website=ABC 7 New York|last=Charlesworth|first=Michelle| date= September 20, 2023|accessdate=September 22, 2023}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title=Free NYC bus routes in each borough start Sunday as part of MTA program: What to know| publisher= NBC New York|url=https://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/free-nyc-bus-routes-in-each-borough-start-sunday-as-part-of-mta-program-what-to-know/4697048/|website=nbcnewyork.com|last=Siff|first=Andrew| date= September 20, 2023|accessdate=September 22, 2023}}</ref> Though ten U.S. Congress members requested in April 2024 that the state government provide additional funding for the fare-free pilot program,<ref name="Shkurhan 2024 u250">{{cite web |last=Shkurhan |first=Iryna |date=April 6, 2024 |title=Members of Congress ask Hochul to fund more fare-free buses amid state budget negotiations – QNS |url=https://qns.com/2024/04/members-of-congress-ask-hochul-to-fund-more-fare-free-buses-amid-state-budget-negotiations/ |access-date=April 22, 2024 |website=QNS}}</ref><ref name="Brachfeld 2024 u317">{{cite web |last=Brachfeld |first=Ben |date=March 12, 2024 |title=State lawmakers propose $90 million for more frequent buses, fare-free pilot in budget response |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/state-lawmakers-frequent-buses-fare-pilot-budget/ |access-date=April 22, 2024 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> state lawmakers declined to reauthorize funding for the program.<ref name="Brachfeld 2024 t357">{{cite web |last=Brachfeld |first=Ben |date=April 21, 2024 |title=MTA’s free bus experiment will end after not being reauthorized in state budget |url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-free-bus-experiment-end-state-budget/ |access-date=April 22, 2024 |website=amNewYork}}</ref> The fare-free program ended on August 31, 2024.<ref>{{cite web | last=Matteo | first=Mike | title=NYC fare-free bus pilot to end this weekend: What riders on Staten Island need to know | website=silive | date=August 29, 2024 | url=https://www.silive.com/news/2024/08/nyc-fare-free-bus-pilot-to-end-this-weekend-what-riders-on-staten-island-need-to-know.html | access-date=September 1, 2024}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | last=Dawson | first=Athena | title=MTA’s fare-free bus program slated to end in Queens this week | website=QNS | date=August 29, 2024 | url=https://qns.com/2024/08/mta-fare-free-bus-program-end-queens-this-week/ | access-date=September 1, 2024}}</ref>

==Incidents== On February 1, 2021, a bus operator was doing an early-morning B60 trip to Canarsie when another driver ran a red light at Linden Boulevard and crashed into the bus. The accident left some injuries, of which those in the car were hurried to Brookdale Hospital, with two in critical condition.<ref>{{cite web|title=Six injured in high-speed Brownsville crash involving sedan and MTA bus|url=https://www.brooklynpaper.com/six-injured-in-high-speed-brownsville-crash-involving-sedan-and-mta-bus/|author=Robert Pozarycki|publisher=Brooklyn Paper|date=1 February 2021|access-date=3 February 2026}}</ref>

==See also== ===Connecting bus routes=== * {{NYC bus link|B24|B32|B39|B44 SBS|B46|B62|Q54|Q59}} (at Williamsburg Bridge Plaza) * {{NYC bus link|B48}} (at Lorimer Street) * {{NYC bus link|B43}} (at Graham Avenue) * {{NYC bus link|B57}} (at Flushing Avenue) * {{NYC bus link|B38}} (at DeKalb Avenue) * {{NYC bus link|B54}} (at Myrtle Avenue) * {{NYC bus link|B52}} (at Gates Avenue) * {{NYC bus link|B26}} (at Halsey Street) * {{NYC bus link|B20}} (at Schaefer/Decatur Streets) * {{NYC bus link|Q24}} (at Broadway) * {{NYC bus link|B25}} (at Fulton Street) * {{NYC bus link|B12}} (at East New York Avenue) * {{NYC bus link|B14}} (at Pitkin Avenue) * {{NYC bus link|B8|B35}} (at Hegeman Avenue) * {{NYC bus link|B6|B17|B42|B82|B82 SBS}} (at Glenwood Road) * {{NYC bus link|B82|B103|BM2}} (at Flatlands Avenue)

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