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About the route
The B48 runs between Flatbush and Downtown Brooklyn.
The current length of the B48 Local route is 6 miles. This would decrease to 5.2 miles under the Draft Plan.
In the existing route, the average stop spacing is 710 feet. Under the proposed route, that would increase to 1,083 feet. There would be 1.7 turns per mile.
The route would include connections to the B10, B16, B25, B26, B27, B35, B38, B40, B41, B41 XT, B43, B45, B49, B52, B54, B55, B57, B62, B65, B67, B69, and trains.
Route improvements
- New connections
- Improved stop spacing
- Priority Corridor
Review the B48 route summary
The proposed B48 would be rerouted on its northern end to Downtown Brooklyn via Flushing Av to provide a new connection from central Brooklyn east of Prospect Park to the Brooklyn Navy Yard, increasing north-south service to that employment center. The proposed B48 would be extended on its southern end to Church Av via Ocean Av to provide new connections to the B35 and the proposed new B55 Crosstown to JFK Airport on Church Av, and to the B12 and the proposed B16 on Parkside Av/Woodside Av. Service on Wallabout St, Lorimer St, and Nassau Av would be provided by the proposed B69.
As a Local route, stops would be spaced slightly farther apart than existing to speed up buses and improve reliability.
No frequency changes are being proposed at this time. The route would no longer operate 24 hours.
B48 proposed frequency and span
Weekday
- Service Hours: 5:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- AM Peak: 13 minutes
- Midday: 20 minutes
- PM Peak: 20 minutes
- Early Evening: 20 minutes
- Late Evening: 28 minutes
Saturday
- Service Hours: 5:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Early Morning: 27 minutes
- Morning: 20 minutes
- Midday: 20 minutes
- Early Evening: 20 minutes
- Late Evening: 25 minutes
Sunday
- Service Hours: 5:00 AM - 12:00 AM
- Early Morning: 30 minutes
- Morning: 20 minutes
- Midday: 20 minutes
- Early Evening: 20 minutes
- Late Evening: 30 minutes
* Frequency indicates how often the bus comes on average in the peak direction.