Draft Plan: B81 Local

The proposed B81 would be a new route connecting Red Hook and Midwood, providing new direct service from Red Hook and Park Slope to central Brooklyn and providing new connections to the and subway lines as well as high-frequency bus routes such as the B8, B35, B41, and B44. The proposed B81 would follow the B61 travel path from the Red Hook ferry terminal to Prospect Park W/20 St, replacing the shortened B61 on Prospect Park W between Bartel-Pritchard Sq and 20 St. (In Red Hook, the Red Hook-bound B81 would travel via Columbia St for direct service to IKEA, while the proposed B61 would travel directly from Dwight St to Van Dyke St.) In Windsor Terrace and Kensington, the proposed B81 would follow the B69 travel path on McDonald Av, replacing the shortened B69. East of McDonald Av, the proposed B81 would travel via Cortelyou Rd and Flatbush Av, replacing the shortened B103 LTD travel path east of Coney Island Av and providing new service on Cortelyou Rd west of Coney Island Av.

As a Local route, stops would be spaced slightly farther apart than existing to speed up buses and improve reliability.

Frequencies and service spans would be similar to existing B103 LTD trips between Midwood and Downtown Brooklyn.

See the route profile with full stop list.