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About the route
The B44 runs between Bedford-Stuyvesant and Sheepshead Bay.
The current length of the B44 Local route is 8.6 miles. This would change to 8.5 miles under the Draft Plan.
In the existing route, the average stop spacing is 725 feet. Under the proposed route, that would increase to 939 feet. There would be 0.4 turns per mile.
The route would include connections to the B1, B3, B4, B5, B6, B6 LTD, B7, B8, B9, B10, B11, B12, B16, B25, B26, B31, B35, B36, B38, B40, B41, B41 XT, B43, B44 SBS, B45, B48, B49, B52, B53, B54, B55, B57, B65, B68, B69, B81, B82, B82 SBS, B100, B103, Q35, and LIRR.
Route improvements
- More direct routing
- Improved stop spacing
- Improved frequency
- Priority Corridor
Review the B44 route summary
The proposed B44 would maintain its existing southbound routing.
Northbound between Flatbush Av and Fulton St, the proposed B44 would travel on Rogers Av to match the B44 SBS. This would reduce travel time and increase reliability by reducing route length and by utilizing existing bus lanes on Rogers Av. Northbound service on New York Av would be provided by the proposed B49. The B44 would continue to run to Williamsburg Bridge Plaza overnight when the B44 SBS does not operate.
As a Local route, stops would be spaced slightly farther apart than existing to speed up buses and improve reliability.
Weekday frequencies would be increased. No service span changes are being proposed at this time.
B44 Local proposed frequency and span
Weekday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- AM Peak: 7 minutes
- Midday: 8 minutes
- PM Peak: 7 minutes
- Early Evening: 8 minutes
- Late Evening: 11 minutes
Saturday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- Early Morning: 11 minutes
- Morning: 9 minutes
- Midday: 8 minutes
- Early Evening: 9 minutes
- Late Evening: 10 minutes
Sunday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- Early Morning: 11 minutes
- Morning: 11 minutes
- Midday: 10 minutes
- Early Evening: 10 minutes
- Late Evening: 12 minutes
* Frequency indicates how often the bus comes on average in the peak direction.