B65 | |||
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Bergen Street Line | |||
Overview | |||
System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | ||
Operator | New York City Transit Authority | ||
Garage | East New York Depot | ||
Route | |||
Locale | Brooklyn | ||
Service | |||
Operates | All times except late nights | ||
Fare | $2.75 (MetroCard or coins) | ||
Cash | Coins only (exact change required) | ||
Transfers | Yes | ||
Timetable | B65 | ||
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The Bergen Street Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, running westbound mostly along Bergen Street, as well as eastbound on Dean Street (as part of a one-way pair), between Downtown Brooklyn and Ocean Hill (earlier Red Hook to City Line). Originally a streetcar line, it is now the B65 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.
The South Brooklyn and Bergen Street Railroad was organized under the general railroad law and opened by 1865 from Hamilton Ferry along Sackett Street (including part of the Brooklyn City Rail Road's Furman Street Line), Hoyt Street, and Bergen Street to Classon Avenue. The Bergen Street Railroad was merged into the Brooklyn and Canarsie Railroad, and on September 21, 1866 an extension to Canarsie Landing (where steamboats connected for Rockaway) along Bergen Street, Nostrand Avenue, Clove Road, Little Lane, and Canarsie's main street (the last three partially gone) was opened. It was the second line to Canarsie, arriving a year after the Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Railroad, and was a failure, being foreclosed on January 13, 1868. The original portion, west of the stables at Bergen Street and Classon Avenue, was sold on February 14, 1868; the rest was sold on September 15, 1868. None of the extension to Canarsie was ever used again.