MTA New York City Transit (Bus):

NovaBUS RTS

The "Novas" were built between 1996 and 1999 and were the last RTS buses ordered for NYCT. They are virtually identical to the latter-model TMC buses except for cosmetic differences such as seating and destination signs.

Fleet Breakdown
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  • Route: Q17
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Midland Parkway, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.27
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  • Route: Q30
  • Location: Jamaica Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.08.02
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  • Route: B51
  • Location: Tillary Street and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.24
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  • Route: B82
  • Location: Canarsie/Rockaway Parkway subway station bus loop, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.24
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Livingston Street and Boerum Place, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.21
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  • Route: B82
  • Location: Flatlands Avenue and Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.01
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  • Route: B51
  • Location: Court Street and Livingston Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B65
  • Location: Smith Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Livingston Street and Smith Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.07
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  • Route: M42
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 7th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.01.25
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  • Route: M34
  • Location: East 34th Street and 1st Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.22
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  • Route: Subway Shuttle
  • Location: East 14th Street and University Place, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.02.25
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: West 33rd Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.02.18
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Flatbush Avenue and Grand Army Plaza, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.28
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  • Route: B2
  • Location: Quentin Road and East 16th Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.07.19
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.25
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.28
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.26
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  • Route: B49
  • Location: Ocean Avenue and Avenue U, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Adams Street and Joralemon Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.24
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  • Route: B2
  • Location: Avenue R and Gerritsen Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.01
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.05.29
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.28
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  • Route: M6
  • Location: State Street and Whitehall Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.15
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  • Route: M6
  • Location: Broadway and East 17th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: M42
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.07
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: State Street and Whitehall Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.15
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  • Route: M22
  • Location: Chambers Street and Broadway, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.15
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: West 42nd Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.08
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  • Route: M42
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.07
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  • Route: B82
  • Location: Flatlands Avenue and Rockaway Parkway, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Smith Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.05.29
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.09.12
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Joralemon Street and Court Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.02.21
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Clark Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.09.26
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Old Fulton Street and Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.09.26
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  • Route: B36
  • Location: Surf Avenue and Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.07.19
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B64
  • Location: 4th Avenue and 86th Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.21
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U and East 33rd Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: M66
  • Location: East 66th Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M100
  • Location: East 125th Street and Park Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.14
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Court Street and Livingston Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.03.27
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Court Street and Livingston Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.11
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Livingston Street and Boerum Place, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Pearl Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.05.01
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Tillary Street and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Description: 8938 is seen on the obstacle course at the 2005 NYCT Bus Roadeo at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn.
  • Date: 2005.06.12
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  • Route: Q4
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.12
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  • Route: Q17
  • Location: Horace Harding Expressway, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.18
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  • Route: Q17
  • Location: Horace Harding Expressway, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.18
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  • Route: Q17
  • Location: Horace Harding Expressway and Kissena Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.18
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  • Route: Q30
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.12
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Flatbush Avenue and 4th Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.01.03
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.12.03
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Adams Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.03.27
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  • Route: B6
  • Location: Canarsie/Rockaway Parkway subway station bus loop, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B1
  • Location: Ocean Parkway and Brighton Beach Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.04.30
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U and Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.05.29
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B52
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Description: 9150 is seen on the obstacle course at the 2005 NYCT Bus Roadeo at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn.
  • Date: 2005.06.12
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.20
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Smith Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Description: 9158 is seen on the obstacle course at the 2005 NYCT Bus Roadeo at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn.
  • Date: 2005.06.12
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  • Route: B57
  • Location: Jay Street and Willoughby Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.26
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  • Description: 9150 is seen parked near the obstacle course at the 2005 NYCT Bus Roadeo at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn.
  • Date: 2005.06.12
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  • Route: B57
  • Location: Schermerhorn Street and Boerum Place, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.04.29
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.04.30
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Surf Avenue and West 12th Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.12
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  • Route: M9
  • Location: Battery Place and Greenwich Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.07.19
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  • Route: M2
  • Location: East 25th Street and Madison Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.07
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  • Route: A Train Shuttle Bus
  • Location: Jay Street and Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.29
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U and Bragg Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: Q2
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Route: Q4
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.12
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.01.29
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  • Route: Q3
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Homelawn Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Route: Q30
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.12
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  • Route: Q36
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Merrick Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.20
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U and Gerritsen Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U and East 27th Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B64
  • Location: Neptune Avenue and Stillwell Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.07.19
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  • Route: B3
  • Location: Avenue U and Gravesend Neck Road, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.04.30
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  • Route: Q4
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Parsons Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.12
  • Notes: With MTA Bus #1189
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  • Route: Q43
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and 168th Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.20
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Union Turnpike and Main Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.03.17
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.28
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.09
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  • Route: Q Train Shuttle Bus
  • Location: East 16th Street and Avenue R, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.04.30
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  • Route: Not In Service (displaying B44 signs)
  • Location: Gravesend Neck Road and East 29th Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.18
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.28
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Livingston Street and Boerum Place, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.24
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Adams Street and Joralemon Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.20
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Flatbush Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.28
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Court Street and Remsen Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.02.21
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Adams Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Boerum Place and Livingston Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.27
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Livingston Street and Smith Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.09.17
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  • Route: Q54
  • Location: Metropolitan Avenue and 79th Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.01.17
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  • Route: B61
  • Location: Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: B61
  • Location: Atlantic Avenue and Court Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Joralemon Street and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.02.21
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  • Route: Q46
  • Location: Queens Boulevard and 78th Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.31
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  • Route: Q17
  • Location: Horace Harding Expressway and 164th Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.07.18
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  • Route: Q17
  • Location: Hillside Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.20
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Jay Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.26
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  • Route: B54
  • Location: Tillary Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.24
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Smith Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B57
  • Location: Jay Street and Tech Place, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.09
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  • Route: B52
  • Location: Adams Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.20
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Boerum Place and Livingston Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.01
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Flatbush Avenue and 3rd Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.01
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  • Route: Q43
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Wexford Terrace, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.27
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  • Route: M31
  • Location: East 57th Street and Park Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.11
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Livingston Street and Boerum Place, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.24
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.20
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.25
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  • Description: 9681 is seen parked at Floyd Bennett Field after having completed a run on the 2005 NYCT Bus Roadeo shuttle.
  • Date: 2005.06.12
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  • Route: B41
  • Location: Adams Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.20
MTA New York City Transit (Bus)


MCI: [ 102-DLW3SS / D4500 ] [ D4500CL ]
New Flyer: [ C40LF ] [ D45S ITV 'Viking' ] [ D60HF ]
Orion: [ Orion V ] [ Orion V CNG ] [ Orion VII CNG ] [ Orion VII HEV ]
RTS: [ GMC RTS ] [ NovaBUS RTS ] [ TMC RTS ]