B110 (New York City bus)
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 B110 bus in Borough Park. | |||
| Overview | |||
| Operator | Private Transportation Corporation | ||
| Garage | 2nd Avenue Depot[note 1] | ||
| Vehicle | Gillig Low Floor | ||
| Began service | 1960 | ||
| Route | |||
| Locale | Brooklyn | ||
| Start | Borough Park – 18th Avenue & 49th Street | ||
| Via | Gowanus Expressway, Fort Hamilton Parkway, Prospect Expressway, Brooklyn-Queens Expressway, 49th Street/50th Street, Bedford Avenue/Lee Avenue | ||
| End | Williamsburg – Lynch Street and Lee Avenue[1][2] | ||
| Service | |||
| Operates | All times except late nightsA[›] | ||
| Transfers | Yes | ||
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The B110 bus consitiutes a bus route between Borough Park and Willamsburg. Instead of the MTA, it is operated by Private Transportation Corporation under a franchise with the City of New York,[3] and is the only unsubsidized route operating in Brooklyn. It is classified as an express bus route due to having fewer stops and taking quicker routes on the Prospect Expressway, Gowanus Expressway, and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.
Buses on the B110 route do not accept MetroCard, instead requiring a contactless smart card that charges US$3.50 one-way, and has a fee of $5 deposit.[4]. They also charge a one-way exact change fare of US$5.00.
Description[edit]
The route begins at 18th Avenue and 49th Street, and continues until it turns right on Fort Hamilton Parkway. Then the bus route continues along Fort Hamilton Parkway. After Fort Hamilton Parkway, it goes on McDonald Avenue, and then uses 11th Avenue to go on the Prospect Expressway. Buses heading to Borough Park get off at exit 4, and goes on 10th Avenue and then McDonald Avenue, turns to Fort Hamilton Parkway, makes a left turn to 50th Street, and continues until it turns left again to 18th Avenue, where it terminates. It then continues on the Prospect, Gowanus, and the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway until it uses exit 30 to access Classon Avenue, and then Rutledge Street, and makes a left on Bedford Avenue, where passengers are dropped off. It then makes a right on Division Avenue, and left on Lee Avenue, where passengers are picked up. Buses then use Heyward Street, Wallabout Street, Kent Avenue, and Flushing Avenue to access the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway.[note 2] At Brooklyn, buses heading to Borough Park use 10th Avenue to go on McDonald Avenue, and 50th Street to the terminus on 18th Avenue.
Bus stop signs of the B110 are colored green, the same color used for express buses of the MTA. It runs at all times except late nights, and there is no service from two hours prior to sundown on Friday until nightfall Saturday due to Shabbat.
History[edit]
The bus route started around 1960 by Marcus Pearlstein with some old rented 1948 PD 4101's. Then with UMTA funds he purchased 3 new TDH-5302's. At the same time he founded Private Transportation Corporation. Marcus died a year later after his son, Izzy, who was a mechanic, was crushed to death between two buses at the garage when an e-brake accidentally released. The company was then taken over and since owned by former bus driver Jack Marmerstein.[5]
In October 2011, the B110 was reported in several New York newspapers to have signs requiring female passengers to sit in the back to avoid possible contact with men, as is considered necessary by some Hasidic Jewish groups in the area it serves.[6][7][8][9] The story was reported internationally.[10][11][12][13] On October 20, the New York City Department of Transportation said it would shut down the line if the gender separation was not discontinued,[14] and six days later, Private Transportation Corporation agreed to end this practice.[15]
As of 2013[update], Private Transportation Corporation no longer enforces the Hasidic custom that men and women sit apart in social situations. Still, most Hasidic men and women riders choose to sit apart from each other, and do not complain about segregation.[16]
Starting in mid-2021, a contactless smart card system was implemented, with a fare of $3.50 one-way, and a fee of $5 deposit.
Notes[edit]
References[edit]
- ↑ "B110 bus map". google.com. Archived from the original on April 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2016. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ "Private Transportation Corp. Routes". google.com.
- ↑ Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg Signs Legislation Extending Franchises for Unsubsidized Buses (press release), June 30, 2004
- ↑ "W"SBG B"P NEWS AND INFORMATION - New payment system". www.wbbpbusco.com. Retrieved 2021-05-21.
- ↑ "Private Transportation partial roster". www.forumbustalk.info. Retrieved May 21, 2021.
- ↑ Haughney, Christine (October 19, 2011). "At Front of Brooklyn Bus, a Clash of Religious and Women's Rights". The New York Times. New York City.
- ↑ Fermino, Jennifer (October 19, 2011). "'Back of bus' furor". New York Post. New York City: News Corp.
- ↑ Del Signore, John (October 19, 2011). "Women Riding Brooklyn's B110 Bus Told To Sit In The Back". Gothamist. New York City: Gothamist LLC. Archived from the original on October 20, 2011. Unknown parameter
|url-status=ignored (help) - ↑ Chavkin, Sasha (October 18, 2011). "Women ride in back on sex-segregated Brooklyn bus line". New York World. New York City: Columbia University.
- ↑ Dias, Elizabeth (October 21, 2011). "A New York City Bus Gives Women the Back Seat". TIME. New York City: Time Inc.
- ↑ "NY bus accused of sex discrimination". BBC News. London: BBC. October 21, 2011.
- ↑ Bradley Hagerty, Barbara (October 20, 2011). "Controversy Erupts Over Sex-Segregated Brooklyn Bus". NPR News. Washington, DC: NPR.
- ↑ Oster, Marcy (October 23, 2011). "Bus line franchise in jeopardy over gender segregation". Jewish Telegraph Agency. New York City.
- ↑ Ali, Aman (October 20, 2011). "New York may shut down bus service that makes women sit in back". Reuters. New York City: Thomson Reuters.
- ↑ Chavkin, Sasha (October 25, 2011). "Sex-segregation policy on Brooklyn bus line to end, operator pledges". New York World. New York City: Columbia University.
- ↑ Berger, Joseph (August 22, 2013). "Out of Enclaves, a Pressure to Accommodate Traditions". The New York Times. Retrieved September 29, 2015.
