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The New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) and its subsidiary, the Manhattan And Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority (MaBSTOA), operates local and express Bus es out of a number of Bus Depot s in all five boroughs of New York City , United States . Some of these depots were once Car Barn s for Streetcar s, while others were built later and have only served buses. CENTRAL MAINTENANCE FACILITIES New York City Transit Authority has two major central maintenance facilities that serves in the New York City area. The East New York Central Maintenance Facility is located adjacent to East New York Depot in Brooklyn and the '''Zerega Avenue Central Maintenance Facility''' is located at 750 Zerega Avenue in the Bronx . Both facilities are responsible for major maintenance work on New York City Transit Authority's bus fleet and surface transportation training/instruction facility. Zerega Avenue Central Maintenance Facility is responsible of registry for new buses. Zegera Avenue and East New York Central Maintenance Facilities , accessed May 24, 2007 BRONX DIVISION Gun Hill Depot The Gun Hill Depot is located on Bartow Avenue west of the New England Thruway in Baychester, Bronx . It opened on September 10 , 1989 , and was the first NYCTA depot to use Solar Panel s, which now provide about 40% of the depot's power. Kingsbridge Depot The Kingsbridge Depot is located in the block bounded by Ninth Avenue , Tenth Avenue , and 216th and 218th Streets in Inwood, Manhattan . Two blocks to the south is the New York City Subway 's 207th Street Yard . The depot was originally a Car Barn , and became the location of the central repair Shop in 1947, when the 65th Street Shops closed. In 1948, the shop was again relocated to the depot in Yonkers . The original 1897 depot stood until 1990. Mother Clara Hale Depot The Mother Clara Hale Depot, formerly the '''146th Street Depot''', fills the block bounded by Lenox Avenue , Seventh Avenue , and 146th and 147th Streets in Harlem, Manhattan . The depot is named for Harlem humanitarian Clara Hale . The site of the depot was initially home to the Lenox Avenue Car House, a , 1939 , page 11 West Farms Depot The West Farms Depot is located along East 177th Street and next to a terminated , 2007 BROOKLYN DIVISION East New York Depot The East New York Depot is located between Jamaica Avenue and Bushwick Avenue in East New York, Brooklyn , just east of the New York City Subway 's East New York Yard . The depot opened in 1859 as a Car Barn for the Broadway Railroad 's Broadway Line . Flatbush Depot The Flatbush Depot is located in Flatlands, Brooklyn , near the Kings Plaza shopping center, where a number of bus routes terminate. The depot occupies two blocks, bounded by Fillmore Avenue, East 49th Street, Avenue N, and Utica Avenue. The area, including the Bergen Beach Shuttle, Flatbush Avenue Line, Nostrand Avenue Line , Ocean Avenue Line , and Utica Avenue Line . Fresh Pond Depot The Fresh Pond Depot is located on the east side of Fresh Pond Road south of Madison Street in Ridgewood, Queens , and lies just west of the Fresh Pond Yard of the New York City Subway . Jackie Gleason Depot The Jackie Gleason Depot, formerly the '''Fifth Avenue Depot''' until June 30 , 1988 , The Daily Herald , Jackie Gleason depot dedicated in Brooklyn, July 1 , 1988 is located on the east side of Fifth Avenue between 36th and 39th Streets in Sunset Park, Brooklyn . Named after Jackie Gleason , who grew up in Brooklyn and played bus driver Ralph Kramden in '' The Honeymooners '', it is just west of the 36th-38th Street Yard of the New York City Subway . The depot was equipped with a Compressed Natural Gas Fueling Station on June 7 , 1999 , the first NYCTA depot to support CNG buses. CNG testing began in 1990, when the NYCTA was testing Transportation Manufacturing Corporation RTS-06 CNG Demonstration Model Buses . Ulmer Park Depot The Ulmer Park Depot is located at 2249 Harway Avenue in the neighborhood of Bensonhurst, Brooklyn . The depot fills the block bounded by 25th Avenue, Bay 38th Street, Harway Avenue, and Bath Avenue. It was open for operation in 1950 and is a single story, 118,800 square foot building. {Link without Title} Ulmar Park Depot description in the MTA "Notice of Public Hearing and Description of Projects for fiscal 2008", page 72 document (page 85 on PDF), accessed May 28, 2007 MANHATTAN DIVISION 100th Street Depot The 100th Street Depot fills the block bounded by Park Avenue , Lexington Avenue , and 99th and 100th Streets on the Upper East Side Of Manhattan . The depot was closed in spring 1998 - when the Michael J. Quill Depot opened - and reopened on September 7 , 2003 , taking on a number of routes from the Hudson Depot . It was formerly a Car Barn for Streetcar s on the Lexington Avenue Line . 126th Street Depot The 126th Street Depot fills the block bounded by First Avenue , Second Avenue , and 126th and 127th Streets, near the Harlem River Drive , Triborough Bridge , and Willis Avenue Bridge in East Harlem, Manhattan . Among bus routes it stores the buses for is the M15 , the busiest bus route in the world, carrying over 6,000,000 passengers a day. http://www.economist.com/world/na/displaystory.cfm?story_id=9047239 Manhattanville Depot The Manhattanville Depot, formerly the '''132nd Street Depot''', is located in the block bounded by Broadway , Riverside Drive , and 132nd and 133rd Streets in Manhattanville, Manhattan . Michael J. Quill Depot The Michael J. Quill Depot fills the block bounded by Eleventh Avenue , the West Side Highway , 40th Street , and 41st Street in Midtown Manhattan . The depot opened in spring 1998 as the '''Westside Depot''', replacing the Walnut Depot and 100th Street Depot (the latter since reopened), and was renamed after Michael J. Quill , one of the founders of the Transport Workers Union Of America , on July 13 , 2000 . The depot is the former New York headquarters and bus garage for Greyhound Lines , which sold it to the NYCTA in 1996. QUEENS DIVISION All Queens division bus depots are members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 1056 of Queens, New York . Casey Strengel Depot website , accessed May 24, 2007 Casey Stengel Depot The Casey Stengel Depot, formerly the '''Flushing Depot''', is located on the south side of Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing Meadows-Corona Park in Queens, west of 126th Street and east of the New York City Subway 's Corona Yard . The depot is named after Casey Stengel , former manager of the New York Yankees and New York Mets , and is near Shea Stadium , where the Mets play. Jamaica Depot The Jamaica Depot is located on the west side of Merrick Boulevard between South Road and 107th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens . Constructed in 1940, it is currently the oldest of all the New York City Transit Depots. Queens Village Depot The Queens Village Depot is located on 97-11 222nd Street between 97th and 99th Avenues in Queens Village, Queens . The depot was open on September 8th, 1974 and it is formerly on the site of Dugan's Bakery. It has 202,178 square feet of space. Queens Village Depot building won an Award Honor for engineering excellence from the New York Association of Consulting Engineers. {Link without Title} Former Queens Village website access by archive.org (Information located in the Photo Album link), accessed May 26, 2007 STATEN ISLAND DIVISION All Staten Island division bus depots are the members of Amalgamated Transit Union Local 726 of Staten Island, New York . {Link without Title} ATU 726 Staten Island website, accessed May 26, 2007 Castleton Depot The Castleton Depot is located on 1390 Castelton Avenue and fills the block bounded by Jewett Avenue, Hurst Street, and Rector Street in Port Richmond, Staten Island . Yukon Depot The Yukon Depot is located on 40 Yukon Avenue between Richmond Avenue and Forest Hill Road in the center of Staten Island, just south of the Staten Island Mall . FORMER DEPOTS 12th Street Depot The 12th Street Depot was acquired from the Fifth Avenue Coach Company in 1962, and closed in 1971. 54th Street Depot The 54th Street Depot was located in the block bounded by Eighth Avenue , Ninth Avenue , 53rd Street , and 54th Street in Midtown Manhattan . It was originally the Car Barn of the Ninth Avenue Railroad . Amsterdam Depot The Amsterdam Depot was located in the block bounded by , 2007 The depot was once a Third Avenue Railway Car Barn . Hudson Depot The Hudson Depot or '''Hudson Pier Depot''' was located on , October 15 , 2003 , section B, page 6 Walnut Depot The Walnut Depot was located on 132nd Street east of the , 1998 , section B, page 10 and closed in spring 1998, replaced by the Michael J. Quill Depot . West Farms Depot (old) The West Farms Depot was located at the southwest corner of Boston Road and 177th Street in when it reopened in 2003. SEE ALSO REFERENCES EXTERNAL LINKS |
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