b48 Lorimer Street
System | MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator | New York City Transit Authority
Garage | Fresh Pond Depot
Vehicle | Orion VII Orion VII Next Generation Nova Bus RTS-06 New Flyer Industries Xcelsior XD40
Began service | November 6, 1884 (streetcar service) December 14, 1947 (bus service)
Locale | Brooklyn
Communities served | Greenpoint, Williamsburg, Bedford–Stuyvesant, Clinton Hill, Prospect Lefferts Gardens
Landmarks served | Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn Botanic Garden, Prospect Park
Start | Prospect Lefferts Gardens – Ocean Avenue and Flatbush Avenue / Prospect Park
Via | Classon/Franklin Avenues, Lorimer Street, Nassau Avenue
End | Greenpoint – Meeker Avenue and Gardner Avenue
Operates | 24 hours
Annual patronage | 1,117,264 (2017)
Transfers | Yes