B42 (New York City bus)
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| Rockaway Parkway Line | |||
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| System | MTA New York City Bus | ||
| Operator | New York City Transit Authority | ||
| Garage | East New York Depot | ||
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Nova Bus RTS-06 Orion VII New Flyer XD40 Xcelsior NovaBus LFS |
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| Began service | 1917 (streetcar) 1951 (bus) |
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| Locale | Brooklyn | ||
| Start | Rockaway Parkway Station | ||
| Via | Rockaway Parkway | ||
| End | Canarsie Pier | ||
| Length | 3.0 miles (4.8 km) (entire route) | ||
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| Operates | All times | ||
| Fare | $2.75 (MetroCard or coins) | ||
| Timetable | B42 | ||
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The Rockaway Parkway Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running mostly along Rockaway Parkway between Canarsie Pier and the Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway terminal of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B42 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.
The Wilson Avenue Line (now the B60 bus) continues north on Rockaway Parkway from the end of the B42 to Williamsburg.
The line was originally operated as an electric streetcar by the Nassau Electric Railroad, a company that became part of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) Company system, subsequently reorganized as the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation in 1928 before passing to city ownership in 1940.
Initially cars were through-routed between Williamsburg and Canarsie Pier via the Wilson Avenue Line (then Hamburg Avenue) and Rockaway Parkway. It was later cut at the company's Canarsie Depot at the corner of Hegeman and Rockaway Avenues, running via Rockaway Avenue and Rockaway Parkway to the Canarsie Pier. At the Canarsie Line rapid transit station at Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road, the Rockaway Parkway Line crossed the rapid transit line's surface right-of-way. The rapid transit line then turned east on private-right-of-way to parallel the trolley line to the shore and ferry.
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