Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal

Williamsburg Bridge Plaza
New York City bus station
Location	Broadway & Havemeyer Street Williamsburg, Brooklyn, New York
Coordinates
Owned by	Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Operated by	New York City Transit Authority
Line(s)	7 Brooklyn routes, 2 Queens routes
Platforms	6 bus bays
Connections	New York City Subway: Marcy Avenue ()
Traffic
Passengers (daily)	150,000

The Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, sometimes called Washington Plaza or the Williamsburg Bridge Transit Center, is a major bus terminal located at the foot of the Williamsburg Bridge in the New York City borough of Brooklyn, one block west of the Brooklyn-Queens Expressway (I-278). It is situated by the boundaries of Broadway, Havemeyer Street, Roebling Street and South 5th Street, south of the LaGuardia Playground. It contains six bus lanes and serves as a terminal for the many MTA New York City Transit Authority bus routes of Brooklyn and Queens that start and end their runs there.

This bus terminal is near the Marcy Avenue subway station on the BMT Jamaica Line of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of Marcy Avenue and Broadway, which is served by the J M Z trains.

The bus terminal is one of three plazas at the foot of the bridge that constitute Washington Plaza, along with Continental Army Plaza and LaGuardia Playground across South 5th Street which are run by the Parks Department.

History

The bridge plaza terminal has existed at least since the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge in December 1903, and possibly earlier. The plaza originally served as a hub for surface trolleys, including those from Nostrand Avenue surface line and those that went over the bridge to Manhattan. In 1951, the New York City Transit Authority took operations of the lines, replacing them with bus routes and establishing the current bus terminal. The new lines including the current B39 route, and the B44 route which replaced the Nostrand Avenue line.

The New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) is planning to renovate this terminal. The project will bring new benches, a sleek, glass-paneled indoor waiting room, public restrooms and widened sidewalks to the eight bus lines serving in the terminal. The project was unveiled in October of 2013, with NYCDOT officials planning to begin construction in spring 2014 and complete the project in summer 2015.

Local bus routes

See also: List of bus routes in Brooklyn and List of bus routes in Queens

Lane	Route	Destination
1	B39	Lower East Side, Manhattan Delancey Street and Allen Street
	Q54	Jamaica, Queens 170th Street and Jamaica Avenue
2	B60	Canarsie Williams Avenue and Flatlands Avenue
	B24	Greenpoint Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue
3	B46 Local and Limited-stops	Kings Plaza Shopping Center Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue
4	B44 Local (Overnights only)	Sheepshead Bay Knapp Street and Emmons Avenue
	B44 Select Bus Service	Sheepshead Bay Knapp Street and Emmons Avenue (full route) or Avenue U and Nostrand Avenue
Broadway and Roebling Street	Q59	Rego Park, Queens 63rd Drive and Queens Boulevard at 63rd Drive ( E   M   R  trains)
	B32	Long Island City, Queens 44th Drive and 21st Street at Court Square ( 7   <7>   E   G   M  trains)
	B62	Long Island City, Queens Jackson Avenue and Queens Plaza South at Queensboro Plaza ( 7   <7>   N   Q  trains) and Queens Plaza ( E   M   R  trains)
Roebling and South 8th Streets	B62	Downtown Brooklyn Boerum Place and Livingston Street

Lanes 5 and 6 are being rebuilt as of 2015.