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About the route
The B57 Limited runs between Downtown Brooklyn and Jackson Heights.
The current length of the B57 Limited route is 8 miles. This would increase to 8.4 miles under the Draft Plan.
In the existing route, the average stop spacing is 800 feet. Under the proposed route, that would increase to 1,403 feet. There would be 1.4 turns per mile.
The route would include connections to the B15, B25, B26, B27, B38, B41, B41 XT, B43, B44, B44 SBS, B45, B46, B47, B48, B52, B53, B54, B61, B62, B63, B65, B66, B67, B69, Q18, Q21, Q32, Q33, Q47, Q49, Q52 SBS, Q53 SBS, Q54, Q58, Q59, Q60, Q67, Q70, Q98, and trains.
Route improvements
- Interborough route
- More direct routing
- New connections
- Improved stop spacing
- Improved frequency
- Avoids narrow streets
- Improved ADA access
- Priority Corridor
Review the B57 Limited route summary
As part of both the Brooklyn and Queens Bus Network Redesigns, the proposed B57 LTD would be extended north from Maspeth to Jackson Heights via 69 St, providing new, all-day frequent service between Brooklyn and Queens, addressing customer requests for better interborough service. In Brooklyn, the proposed B57 LTD would travel via Park Av west of Classon Av and would terminate in Downtown Brooklyn. Service on Flushing Av west of Classon Av would be provided by the proposed B62 LTD. Service between Red Hook and Downtown Brooklyn would be provided by the proposed B27.
As a Limited route, stops would be spaced slightly farther apart than Local routes to improve speed and reliability, but still within reasonable walking distance.
Frequencies would be increased on weekdays to 10-minutes-or-better. Saturday Late Evening frequencies would be reduced to match weekdays. Service would now operate 24 hours on weekdays and weekends.
B57 proposed frequency and span
Weekday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- AM Peak: 10 minutes
- Midday: 10 minutes
- PM Peak: 10 minutes
- Early Evening: 10 minutes
- Late Evening: 25 minutes
Saturday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- AM Peak: 18 minutes
- Midday: 20 minutes
- PM Peak: 19 minutes
- Early Evening: 15 minutes
- Late Evening: 25 minutes
Sunday
- Service Hours: 24 hours
- AM Peak: 23 minutes
- Midday: 20 minutes
- PM Peak: 20 minutes
- Early Evening: 23 minutes
- Late Evening: 30 minutes
*Frequency indicates how often the bus comes on average in the peak direction.