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We ❤️ Vintage Buses

In honor of the New York Transit Museum's annual Bus Festival, we've put together a collection of vintage bus photography to go along with our vintage bus fleet. These historic images look back on a time when green and white buses crisscrossed Brooklyn and double deckers stopped in Washington Square Park. Hop on!

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976 Third Avenue

976 Third Avenue

American Car & Foundry Company bus on a lift at the 39th Street Depot of the Brooklyn Bus Company.

2

976 Third Avenue

976 Third Avenue

Mechanics are working on the frames and shells of the Brooklyn Bus Company rolling stock.

3

410 Ocean Parkway

410 Ocean Parkway

A "trackless trolley" on Cortelyou Road.

4

Fulton Street and Boerum Place

Fulton Street and Boerum Place

In 1950, the B26 buses permanently replaced trolleys on the Putnam Avenue Line. Here is a bus stop along the line at Fulton Street near Boerum Place.

5

1293 Fulton Street

1293 Fulton Street

A GM "old-look" bus traveling along Fulton Street at Nostrand Avenue.

6

Casey Stengel Bus Depot

Casey Stengel Bus Depot

A view of the Flushing Bus Depot, now named for ormer Mets and Yankees manager Casey Stengel.

7

1523 Avenue U

1523 Avenue U

Bus #4358 stopped at the corner of Avenue U and East 16th Street.

8

Washington Square South at Thompson Street

Washington Square South at Thompson Street

A Yellow Coach “Z-type” double-decker buses seen at Washington Square South and Thompson Street.

9

Herald Square

Herald Square

Two buses in a busy Herald Square, both are painted with the "Go The Motor Coach Way" tagline.

10

555 Fifth Avenue

555 Fifth Avenue

Two versions of double-decker Fifth Avenue Coaches wait at the light at Fifth Avenue and 46th Street.

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