B43 (New York City bus)

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b43
Graham Avenue Line and Tompkins Avenue Line
A 2017 XN40 (794) on the Lefferts Gardens-bound B43 on Brooklyn Avenue in March 2020
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	New York City Transit Authority
Garage	Jackie Gleason Depot
Vehicle	New Flyer C40LF CNG New Flyer Xcelsior XN40
Began service	July 1854 (Graham Avenue streetcar) September 10, 1995 (B43)
Route
Locale	Brooklyn, New York, U.S.
Communities served	Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Start	Greenpoint– Box Street
Via	Manhattan Avenue, Graham Avenue, Tompkins Avenue
End	Lefferts Gardens– Prospect Park ​​
Length	7 miles (11 km)
Other routes	B48 Lorimer Street/Classon/Franklin Avenues
Service
Operates	All times
Annual patronage	1,718,047 (2023)[1]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	B43
Route map ← B42    B44 SBS →

The Graham Avenue Line and Tompkins Avenue Line were two public transit lines in Brooklyn, New York City with the Graham Avenue Line running mainly along Graham Avenue and Manhattan Avenue and the Tompkins Avenue Line running mainly along Tompkins Avenue. The Graham Avenue line ran between Downtown Brooklyn and Greenpoint and the Tompkins Avenue Line ran between Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Williamsburg. Originally streetcar lines, they were replaced by the B47 and B62 bus routes which were then combined to form the B43 route which currently operates between Prospect Lefferts Gardens and Greenpoint. The line is dispatched from Jackie Gleason Depot in Sunset Park, Brooklyn.