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词条 Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal
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  1. Layout

     As a streetcar terminal  As a bus terminal 

  2. History

  3. References

  4. External links

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The Williamsburg Bridge Plaza, sometimes called Washington Plaza[1][2][3][1] or the Williamsburg Bridge Transit Center,[2] is a major bus terminal and former trolley 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 {{NYCS trains|Williamsburg}}.[6]

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.[3][4][5]

Layout

As a streetcar terminal

The original Washington Plaza trolley terminal occupied both blocks between Broadway to the south and South Fourth Street to the north. The right-of-way of South 5th Street ran through the center of the plaza, occupied entirely by a pair of trolley tracks which fed into the Williamsburg Bridge. These tracks were used by the lines of the New York Railways Company and Third Avenue Railway from Manhattan. Both blocks were occupied by numerous balloon loops, which streetcars used to reverse direction. The plaza was originally open-aired. At some point afterwards, shelters were added for loading and unloading passengers.[1][6][7][13][8][15][9][10][11][12]

The plaza served as a hub for Brooklyn surface trolleys, particularly those of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit Company (BRT). This included those from Nostrand Avenue surface line and Reid Avenue Line, among several that went over the bridge to Manhattan.[13][12]

The northern half of the terminal has since been replaced by LaGuardia Playground, named after former New York City mayor Fiorello H. La Guardia.[4][15][12][25][26]

As a bus terminal

{{See also|List of bus routes in Brooklyn|List of bus routes in Queens}}

The current bus terminal lies on the southern block of the former trolley terminal, with Broadway to the south and South 5th Street to the north. The terminal consists of six lanes or bays, numbered 1 to 6 from north to south. Lanes 5 and 6 are being rebuilt as of 2015, and are out of service. Each bay contains a low-level sidewalk platform with several shelters. Buses enter the terminal from the west, where there is a layover area. Buses can exit the terminal to either Broadway or South 5th Street at the east end of the block.

Current bus routes include:

{{Tooltip>Lane|From North to South Route Destination
1B39 Lower East Side, Manhattan
Delancey Street and Allen Street
Q54 Jamaica, Queens
170th Street and Jamaica Avenue
2B60 Canarsie
Williams Avenue and Flatlands Avenue
B24 Greenpoint
Greenpoint Avenue and Manhattan Avenue
3B46
 Kings Plaza Shopping Center
Avenue U and Flatbush Avenue
4B44
Local
(Late nights only)
 Sheepshead Bay
Nostrand Avenue and Emmons Avenue
B44 SBS
Select Bus Service		 Sheepshead Bay
Knapp Street and Emmons Avenue (full route)
or Avenue U and Nostrand Avenue
Broadway
and
Roebling Street
Q59Rego Park, Queens
62nd Road and Queens Boulevard
at 63rd Drive ({{NYCS trains>Queens local|time=box}})
B32Long Island City, Queens
44th Drive and 21st Street
at Court Square ({{NYCS trains>Court Square|time=box}})
{{NYC bus link|B62Long Island City, Queens
Jackson Avenue and Queens Plaza South
at Queensboro Plaza ({{NYCS trains>Queensboro|time=box}}) and Queens Plaza ({{NYCS trains|Queens Plaza|time=box}})
Roebling and
South 8th Streets
 Downtown Brooklyn
Boerum Place and Livingston Street

History

The bridge plaza terminal has existed at least since the opening of the Williamsburg Bridge in December 1903, and possibly earlier.[14][15] On November 6, 1904, BRT streetcars began crossing the bridge to Lower Manhattan.[16][30] At this time, many streetcar routes that terminated at Broadway Ferry were rerouted to terminate at Washington Plaza, or to go over the bridge to the Delancey Street terminal in Manhattan.[17] Meanwhile, four Manhattan trolley routes from the New York Railways Company were extended across the bridge to Washington Plaza.[17][33] The Third Avenue Railway also operated streetcars from Manhattan to Washington Plaza.[18][19] In 1919, the plaza was renamed "Washington Plaza".[20] That year, New York Railway cars ceased operating to the plaza from Manhattan, while Third Avenue service continued to operate.[19]

On December 1, 1923, service on the now-Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT) lines over the Williamsburg Bridge ended, due to decreasing profits and a dispute with the city over tolls. BMT service was truncated to Washington Plaza, and bridge service was replaced with municipal shuttle service.[13][21][22][23] To promote the new service, the city constructed a shed on the south side of the plaza.[24] On February 15, 1931, BMT streetcars once again began running to Manhattan after municipal shuttle service ended. Only the Nostrand, Ralph, Reid, and Tompkins lines resumed traveling over the bridge, while the remaining lines continued to terminate at Washington Plaza.[22][23][28] On January 20, 1932, bridge service from Third Avenue's Grand Street and Post Office Lines was discontinued due to the northern bridge tracks being deemed unsafe.[29] In Spring 1935, the northern portion of the trolley terminal was converted into LaGuardia Playground. Construction began on April 1, and the playground opened on July 2.[30][31][32]

On December 6, 1948, the last of the streetcar lines to run over the bridge, the "Williamsburg Bridge Local" shuttle between the Manhattan and Brooklyn trolley terminals, was converted into the {{NYC bus link|B39}} bus route which ran between the plaza and Lower Manhattan.[1][33][34][35] By 1951, the New York City Board of Transportation (later succeeded by the New York City Transit Authority) motorized all the trolley routes into bus routes and established the current bus terminal. The new lines included the B44 route which replaced the Nostrand Avenue line in 1951.[1][5][15][36][37]

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 2013, with NYCDOT officials planning to begin construction in spring 2014 and complete the project in summer 2015.[38][39][40]

References

1. ^1 2 {{Cite book|url=http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015023094926|title=Report for the three and one-half years ending June 30, 1949.|publisher=New York City Board of Transportation|date=1949}}
2. ^{{cite web|title=Nostrand Ave. Trolley Makes Way for MTA New York City Transit Select Bus Service|url=http://www.mta.info/news-bus-brooklyn-sheepshead-bay-williamsburg-b44-sbs/2013/10/10/nostrand-ave-trolley-makes-way-mta|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|accessdate=2 July 2015|date=October 10, 2013}}
3. ^1 {{cite web|last1=Waite|first1=Thomas L.|title=About-Face for 'Valley Forge' Statue? Maybe.|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1989/02/20/nyregion/about-face-for-valley-forge-statue-maybe.html|website=nytimes.com|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=3 July 2015|date=February 20, 1989}}
4. ^1 2 {{Cite NYCS map|neighborhood|Williamsburg}}
5. ^1 {{cite web|title=Williamsburg: More Than Just a Bridge: Community Crossroads|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52646166/?terms=|via=Newspapers.com|newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|accessdate=22 July 2015|date=April 8, 1951}}
6. ^{{cite web|author1=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|title=Washington Plaza|url=http://www.bklynlibrary.org/slideshows/williamsburg/indexac6d.html?topicid=9|publisher=Brooklyn Public Library|accessdate=21 October 2016|date=1923}}
7. ^{{cite book|author=Branford Electric Railway Association|title=Brooklyn Streetcars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=IduHf5I6KLsC&pg=PA91 |date=29 September 2008|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-1-4396-2045-8}}
8. ^{{cite book|author=Randall Gabrielan|title=Brooklyn: New York in Vintage Postcards|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oYiUkVZ1DTEC&pg=PA85|accessdate=21 October 2016|date=November 1999|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-8786-8|pages=85, 88}}
9. ^{{cite news|title=Extensive Improvements on the Williamsburg Bridge to be Ready Soon|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53877801/?terms=%22williamsburg%2Bbridge%22%2B%22trolley%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=January 9, 1908|page=29}}
10. ^{{cite web|title=Washington Plaza trolley station|url=http://nytm.pastperfectonline.com/photo/9036F3AC-518C-4FC1-81CC-264500683340|publisher=New York Transit Museum|accessdate=21 October 2016|date=February 12, 1940}}
11. ^{{cite web|title=Metropolitan Street Railway - Fourth Avenue and Williamsburg Bridge Line|url=http://nytm.pastperfectonline.com/photo/960215AB-B55C-4EFB-9692-777871616070|publisher=New York Transit Museum|accessdate=21 October 2016|date=1905}}
12. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=Busy Brooklyn|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53861085/?terms=%22greenpoint%22%2B%22Trolley%22%2B%22depot%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=April 19, 1947|page=3}}
13. ^1 2 3 {{cite journal|last1=Linder|first1=Bernard|title=Municipal Operations of Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Cars|journal=New York Division Bulletin|date=April 2016|volume=59|issue=4|pages=3–5|url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2016-04-bulletin/4|accessdate=21 October 2016|publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association}}
14. ^{{cite journal|last1=Woodruff|first1=Clinto Rogers|title=Notes on Municipal Government. The Activities of Civic Organizations for Municipal Improvement in the United States: A Symposium|journal=Annals of the American Academy of Political and Social Science|date=March 1905|volume=25|issue=City Life and Progress|pages=157–199}}
15. ^1 {{cite web|title=Buses Replacing Nostrand Ave. Trolleys; Horsecars Opened Flatbush Line in 1882|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1951/03/31/archives/buses-replacing-nostrand-ave-trolleys-horsecars-opened-flatbush.html|website=nytimes.com|publisher=The New York Times|accessdate=2 July 2015|date=March 31, 1951}}
16. ^{{cite news|title=Rush On New Bridge: Sunday Crowds Necessitated Extra Cars. Most Patrons Traveled to Brownsville|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53436008/?terms=%22williamsburg%2Bbridge%22%2Breid%2Btrolley|accessdate=19 January 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=November 7, 1904|page=2}}
17. ^1 {{cite news|title=How The Cars Will Run Across The New Bridge|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53410786/?terms=%22nostrand%2Bavenue%22%2B%22broadway%2Bferry%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 16, 1904|page=1}}
18. ^1 {{cite book|author=Stephen L. Meyers|title=Manhattan's Lost Streetcars|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jTj1tGfHu4oC&pg=PA113|year=2005|publisher=Arcadia Publishing|isbn=978-0-7385-3884-6|pages=58, 113}}
19. ^1 2 {{cite book|last1=Kahn|first1=Alan Paul|title=The Tracks of New York Number 1: Metropolitan Street Railway 1907|date=1973|publisher=Seymour Durst, Electric Railroaders' Association|url=https://archive.org/details/tracksofnewyork01kahn|accessdate=21 October 2016}}
20. ^1 {{cite news|title=Washington Plaza Is Formally Named: E.D. Residents Celebrate and Aldermanic Resolution Is Presented to Riegelmann|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/56907540/?terms=%22washington%2Bplaza%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 23, 1919}}
21. ^1 {{cite news|title=Through Service on Bridge to End|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1923/11/22/106020490.pdf|accessdate=19 January 2016|work=The New York Times|date=November 22, 1923}}
22. ^1 {{cite news|title=Restores Bridge Service: B.M.T. Abolishes 2-Cent Fare Today on Through Traffic|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1931/02/15/98320513.pdf|accessdate=20 January 2016|work=The New York Times|date=February 15, 1931}}
23. ^1 {{cite journal|title=Municipal Operation of Williamsburg Bridge Trolley Cars Began 80 Years Ago|journal=New York Division Bulletin|date=December 2003|volume=46|issue=12|pages=1, 4|url=http://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2003-12-bulletin|accessdate=21 January 2016|publisher=Electric Railroaders Association}}
24. ^{{cite news|title=Whalen Builds Shed As Shelter Station|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/viewer/?file=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%25201923%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Standard%2520Union%25201923%2520a%2520-%25200540.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fdda93b99fc35f4766e84c175eece5584#page=1|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Standard Union|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=December 5, 1923|page=14}}
25. ^{{cite news|title=Gen. O'Ryan Sides Against E.D. Men In "L" Station Fight|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/60007846/?terms=%22williamsburg%2Bbridge%22%2B%22plaza%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=May 11, 1923|page=3}}
26. ^{{cite news|title=Dr. Schliffer Calls Plaza Station Site Danger To Traffic|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/60009901/?terms=%22williamsburg%2Bbridge%22%2B%22plaza%22%2B%22trolley%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|agency=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|date=May 14, 1923|page=18}}
27. ^{{cite web|title=Proposed Rearrangement of Track Connections - Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation|url=http://nytm.pastperfectonline.com/archive/361A828F-942A-453B-993F-539121448326|publisher=New York Transit Museum|accessdate=21 October 2016|date=February 1937}}
28. ^{{cite news|title=Through Trolley Service on Bridge|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/57570189/?terms=%22williamsburg%2Bbridge%22%2Breid%2Btrolley|accessdate=19 January 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=February 15, 1931|page=16}}
29. ^{{cite news|title=Bans Trolley Lines on East River Span|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1932/01/21/archives/bans-trolley-lines-on-east-river-span-transit-board-orders-service.html|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=January 21, 1932}}
30. ^1 2 {{cite news|title=CWA to Build Span Play Area: Site at Brooklyn End of Williamsburg Bridge Is to Be Converted|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53845661/?terms=%22williamsburg%22%2B%22trolley%22%2B%22playground%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=March 4, 1935|page=1}}
31. ^1 {{cite news|title=LaGuardia Lauds Work of Moses After Bridge Tilf|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52609797/?terms=%22LaGuardia%2BPlayground%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 2, 1935|page=1}}
32. ^1 {{cite news|title=LaGuardia Lauds Work of Moses After Bridge Tilf|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52609800|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=July 2, 1935|page=2}}
33. ^{{cite news|title=Buses Take Over Williamsburg Run: Trolleys End Bridge Service-Old Underground Station No Longer in Use|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1948/12/06/97154899.pdf|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=December 6, 1948}}
34. ^{{cite news|title=Williamsburg Bridge Trolleys Bow to Buses After 44 Years|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53990468/?terms=%22williamsburg%2Bbridge%22%2B%22trolley%22|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|via=Newspapers.com|date=December 5, 1948|page=5}}
35. ^{{cite news|title=City Buys Buses On No-Bid Basis: Emergency Approval Granted by Board-130 Vehicles to Cost $16,500|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1947/11/08/104366735.pdf|accessdate=21 October 2016|work=The New York Times|date=November 8, 1947|pages=1, 2}}
36. ^{{cite web|title=Public Notices|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/52888141/?terms=|via=Newspapers.com|newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|accessdate=22 July 2015|date=January 21, 1949}}
37. ^{{cite web|last1=Rivera|first1=Phelix|title=Letters to the editor of the Eagle: Pleads for Fare Slash On Williamsburg Bridge|url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/53411631/?terms=|via=Newspapers.com|newspaper=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|accessdate=22 July 2015|date=August 17, 1953}}
38. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131010/williamsburg/transit-hub-by-williamsburg-bridge-get-new-restroom-waiting-area |title=Transit Hub by Williamsburg Bridge to Get New Restroom, Waiting Area |author=Meredith Hoffman |date=October 10, 2013 |work= |publisher=DNAinfo.com |accessdate=November 1, 2013 |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20131022142602/http://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131010/williamsburg/transit-hub-by-williamsburg-bridge-get-new-restroom-waiting-area |archivedate=October 22, 2013 |df= }}
39. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/billyburg-bus-riders-lift-article-1.1483232 |title=City unveils plans for bus plaza near Williamsburg Bridge |author= Tanay Warerkar |date=October 11, 2013 |work= |publisher=NY Daily News|accessdate=November 1, 2013}}
40. ^{{cite web |url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/brt/downloads/pdf/2012-06-nostrand-sbs-cac5-slides.pdf |title=Nostrand Avenue / Rogers Avenue Select Bus Service |author= NYCDOT |date=June 19, 2012 |website=nyc.gov|publisher= NYCDOT |accessdate=November 1, 2013}}

External links

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