Jul 6, 2020 3 min read Central Brooklyn

B99 Is Brooklyn’s Latest Bus Route Connecting Midwood To Manhattan’s Westside

MTA New York City Transit demonstrates prototypes of permanent protective barriers at the Bus Operator’s position on local and express buses at the Michael J. Quill Depot on Tue., June 30, 2020. Photo: Marc A. Hermann / MTA New York City Transit

Brooklyn 99 may be your favorite precinct, but B99 is now the latest bus route in the borough. With New York City buses carrying as many passenger trips as the subways these days – Mayor Bill De Blasio said this morning that each service was carrying about 1.1 million passengers daily as the city reopened for Phase 3 today – a new nightly service has been added connecting Brooklyn to Manhattan.

The new route was launched on June 28th and connects those traveling from Midwood to Columbus Circle on Manhattan’s Westside. The route is part of the expanded bus service to help those working the night shift get around during the nightly MTA subway closures. All subway lines are closed nightly between 1:00 am and 5:00 am for enhanced cleaning of the system during the COVID-19 pandemic.

The new route follows the #2 subway line and is free. Buses on the new route will operate every 20 minutes from approximately, 1:00 a.m. to 6:00 a.m. every night. According to posted schedules, the first bus from Brooklyn Junction departs at 1:10 am and from Columbus Circle at 1:00 am.

MTA has also been installing plastic barriers across 4,800 local buses and 1,000 express buses. Some buses are getting a full-length polycarbonate slider by the operator’s seat and others are testing a full-length vinyl curtain – which the bus operator can slide back and forth when passengers board.

Rear door boarding was implemented on March 23 to protect all frontline employees from the spread of COVID-19, but also meant no fares could be collected. Once the barriers are deployed, the MTA is expected to resume front-door boarding and fare collecting in August.

Here’s the full list of stops and for your convenience they are posted here as well:

Stop Number	On Street	At Street	Destination
1	FLATBUSH AV	NOSTRAND AV	Columbus Circle
2	NEW YORK AV	FOSTER AV	Columbus Circle
3	NEW YORK AV	BEVERLY RD	Columbus Circle
4	NEW YORK AV	CHURCH AV	Columbus Circle
5	NEW YORK AV	WINTHROP ST	Columbus Circle
6	NEW YORK AV	EMPIRE BL	Columbus Circle
7	EASTERN PKWY	NOSTRAND AVE	Columbus Circle
8	EASTERN PKWY	FRANKLIN AVE	Columbus Circle
9	EASTERN PKWY	WASHINGTON AVE	Columbus Circle
10	FLATBUSH AV	PLAZA ST E	Columbus Circle
11	FLATBUSH AV	BERGEN ST	Columbus Circle
12	FLATBUSH AV	ATLANTIC AV	Columbus Circle
13	FLATBUSH AV	DEKALB AV	Columbus Circle
14	CANAL ST	BOWERY	Columbus Circle
15	CANAL ST	MERCER ST	Columbus Circle
16	AV OF THE AMERICAS	THOMPSON ST	Columbus Circle
17	AV OF THE AMERICAS	W HOUSTON ST	Columbus Circle
18	AV OF THE AMERICAS	WAVERLY PL	Columbus Circle
19	8 AV	W 14 ST	Columbus Circle
20	8 AV	W 23 ST	Columbus Circle
21	8 AV	W 34 ST	Columbus Circle
22	8 AV	W 40 ST	Columbus Circle
23	8 AV	W 49 ST	Columbus Circle
24	W 58 ST	BROADWAY	Columbus Circle


Stop Number	On Street	At Street	Destination
1	W 58 ST	BROADWAY	Midwood
2	9 AV	W 50 ST	Midwood
3	9 AV	W 42 ST	Midwood
4	9 AV	W 34 ST	Midwood
5	9 AV	W 23 ST	Midwood
6	W 14 ST	8 AV	Midwood
7	7 AV S	W 10 ST	Midwood
8	VARICK ST	CLARKSON ST	Midwood
9	CANAL ST	6 AV	Midwood
10	CANAL ST	BROADWAY	Midwood
11	CANAL ST	MOTT ST	Midwood
12	FLATBUSH AV	DEKALB AV	Midwood
13	FLATBUSH AV	ATLANTIC AV	Midwood
14	FLATBUSH AV	BERGEN ST	Midwood
15	FLATBUSH AV	8 AV	Midwood
16	EASTERN PKWY	WASHINGTON AVE	Midwood
17	EASTERN PKWY	FRANKLIN AVE	Midwood
18	NOSTRAND AV	EASTERN PY	Midwood
19	NOSTRAND AV	EMPIRE BL	Midwood
20	NOSTRAND AV	HAWTHORNE ST	Midwood
21	NOSTRAND AV	CHURCH AV	Midwood
22	NOSTRAND AV	BEVERLY RD	Midwood
23	NOSTRAND AV	NEWKIRK AV	Midwood
24	NOSTRAND AVE	AVENUE H	Midwood

This map shows you every night-bus route in Brooklyn.