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About the route
The proposed B53 would run between Broadway Junction and Sunnyside.
The length of the new B53 Local route would be 8.1 miles under the Draft Plan.
The average stop spacing would be 1,157 feet, and there would be 1 turn per mile.
The route would include connections to the B7, B10, B12, B15, B20, B25, B26, B38, B39, B43, B44 SBS, B46, B46 SBS, B47, B52, B54, B57, B60, B62, B66, B69, B76, B83, Q24, Q54, Q56, Q59, Q68, and LIRR trains.
Route improvements
- Interborough route
- New connections
- Improved stop spacing
- Avoids narrow streets
- Improved ADA access
Review the B53 route summary
As part of both the Brooklyn and Queens Bus Net-work Redesigns, the proposed B53 would be a new interborough route serving segments of the existing B24 and B32 and replacing the two routes. The proposed B53 would serve the entire stretch of Broadway from Broadway Junction to Williamsburg, continuing through Williamsburg via Kent Av/Wythe Av, and extending across Greenpoint Av to Sunnyside, connecting to the train at the future accessible 46 St-Bliss St station. The route would replace existing Q24 service from Broadway Junction to Lafayette Av (the proposed Q24 would still operate on Atlantic Av east of Broadway Junction). It would also replace the existing B32 in its entirety and the northern seg-ment of the existing B24 on Greenpoint Av (the other half of the B24 would be served by the Queens Bus Network Redesign’s proposed Q68).
As a Local route, stops would be spaced slightly farther apart than existing to speed up buses and improve reliability. Frequencies would be increased compared to existing B24 and B32.
Service would operate 24 hours (between Broadway Junction and Williamsburg Plaza only).
B53 proposed frequency and span
Weekday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- AM Peak: 14 minutes
- Midday: 20 minutes
- PM Peak: 15 minutes
- Early Evening: 18 minutes
- Late Evening: 25 minutes
Saturday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- AM Peak: 20 minutes
- Midday: 20 minutes
- PM Peak: 20 minutes
- Early Evening: 20 minutes
- Late Evening: 25 minutes
Sunday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- AM Peak: 20 minutes
- Midday: 20 minutes
- PM Peak: 20 minutes
- Early Evening: 20 minutes
- Late Evening: 25 minutes
*Frequency indicates how often the bus comes on average in the peak direction.