MTA New York City Transit (Bus):

Orion VII HEV


The Orion VII HEV, the first large-scale hybrid order, is the future for NYCT. These buses first appeared in 2004, and they are still being delivered today. They can be found in every borough except Staten Island.

Fleet Breakdown
First Generation
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  • Route: M5
  • Location: 6th Avenue and West 35th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.27
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: Fort Washington Avenue and Margaret Corbin Plaza, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.03
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: Park Avenue South, Manhattan
  • Date: 2005.09.06
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: State Street and Bridge Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.07.19
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: State Street and Bridge Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.07.19
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: Park Avenue South and East 23rd Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2004
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: Battery Place and Greenwich Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.07.19
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  • Route: M7
  • Location: Broadway and East 23rd Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.02.04
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  • Route: M7
  • Location: Union Square East and East 14th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: Margaret Corbin Drive, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.12.31
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  • Route: M60
  • Location: West 120th Street and Broadway, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.14
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  • Route: M60
  • Location: East 125th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.14
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: Broadway and Battery Place, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.07.19
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  • Route: M7
  • Location: Broadway and West 24th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: East 42nd Street and Madison Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.08
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  • Route: M2
  • Location: 4th Avenue and East 14th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.07
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  • Route: Q27
  • Location: Kissena Boulevard and Sanford Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Q46
  • Location: Union Turnpike and Main Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.03.17
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  • Route: Q43
  • Location: Hillside Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.10.09
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  • Description: NYCT #6451 is seen on display at the 2005 NYCT Bus Roadeo at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn.
  • Date: 2005.06.12
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  • Description: NYCT #6451 is seen on display at the 2005 NYCT Bus Roadeo at Floyd Bennett Field, Brooklyn.
  • Date: 2005.06.12
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  • Route: Q36
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and 179th Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.27
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  • Route: Q75
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Merrick Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Q83
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Union Hall Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.01.29
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  • Route: Q27
  • Location: Kissena Boulevard and Sanford Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: Q46
  • Location: Union Turnpike and Main Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.03.17
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  • Route: Q2
  • Location: Hillside Avenue and Wexford Terrace, Queens
  • Date: 2006.02.27
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  • Route: Q27
  • Location: Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2005.08.12
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  • Route: Q27
  • Location: Kissena Boulevard and Main Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.08.02
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  • Route: Q46
  • Location: Union Turnpike and Main Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.03.17
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  • Route: Q83
  • Location: Archer Avenue and Union Hall Street, Queens
  • Date: 2006.01.29
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  • Route: Q88
  • Location: Horace Harding Expressway and Junction Boulevard, Queens
  • Date: 2006.04.11
Second Generation
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.29
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.05.01
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.25
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.07
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Pearl Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Jay Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B52
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.04.05
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  • Route: B52
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.05.01
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Red Hook Lane, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2005.04.11
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Pearl Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: B57
  • Location: Boerum Place and Livingston Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2005
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Jay Street and Tech Place, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.02.09
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.26
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Joralemon Street and Court Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.05.01
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  • Route: B52
  • Location: Adams Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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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: Court Street and Remsen Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.02.21
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.25
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  • Route: Q54
  • Location: Jamaica Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2006.08.02
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  • Route: B61
  • Location: Hicks Street and Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Tillary Street and Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.09.26
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  • Route: Not In Service (displaying "SPECIAL EVENT" on signs)
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Pierrepont Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.11.30
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  • Route: B57
  • Location: Tillary Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.24
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.20
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  • Route: B57
  • Location: Boerum Place and Livingston Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B61
  • Location: Columbia Street and Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: B61
  • Location: Columbia Street and Atlantic Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Tillary Street and Jay Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B13
  • Location: Putnam Avenue and Forest Avenue, Queens
  • Date: 2005.09.17
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Tillary Street and Flatbush Avenue Extension, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.24
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Adams Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.03.21
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  • Route: B52
  • Location: Court Street and Remsen Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2005.11.30
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  • Route: B52
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Red Hook Lane, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.25
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  • Route: B38
  • Location: Tillary Street and Cadman Plaza West, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.05.29
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Tillary Street and Jay Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B52
  • Location: Fulton Mall and Smith Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Cadman Plaza West and Tillary Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2006.01.20
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  • Route: B26
  • Location: Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.02.21
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  • Route: M7
  • Location: Broadway and 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.03.14
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M10
  • Location: Central Park West and West 90th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.03
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.27
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  • Route: Subway Shuttle
  • Location: Broadway and Vesey Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.16
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 125th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.14
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.15
Third Generation
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: Union Square East and East 15th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: Not In Service
  • Location: Broadway and East 23rd Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.01.28
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  • Route: M2
  • Location: 4th Avenue and East 14th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2006.09.14
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  • Route: M7
  • Location: 6th Avenue and West 54th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.01.04
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: 5th Avenue and East 125th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.14
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  • Route: M7
  • Location: Broadway and East 17th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: M7
  • Location: Broadway and East 23rd Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.08
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: 5th Avenue and Central Park South, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M7
  • Location: Broadway and East 17th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: M2
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: Battery Place and Greenwich Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.15
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  • Route: M2
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M2
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: 5th Avenue and Central Park South, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: Park Avenue South and East 23rd Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.27
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  • Route: M1
  • Location: 5th Avenue and Central Park South, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M3
  • Location: Madison Avenue and East 25th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.03
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: Margaret Corbin Circle, Manhattan
  • Date: 2008.01.06
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  • Route: M4
  • Location: 5th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 42nd Street and 8th Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.07
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 125th Street and Amsterdam Avenue, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.14
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  • Route: M104
  • Location: West 125th Street and Old Broadway, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.06.14
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  • Route: M3
  • Location: 5th Avenue and Central Park South, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M5
  • Location: 5th Avenue and Central Park South, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.03.18
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  • Route: M3
  • Location: Park Avenue South and East 25th Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.01.03
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Court Street and Livingston Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.03.27
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Livingston Street and Boerum Place, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.24
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Court Street and Remsen Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.29
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Joralemon Street and Court Street
  • Date: 2007.12.31
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  • Route: B45
  • Location: Livingston Street and Court Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.03.17
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  • Route: A subway shuttle
  • Location: Jay Street and Myrtle Avenue, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.04.29
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  • Route: B51
  • Location: Court Street and Montague Street, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.03.27
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  • Route: B25
  • Location: Adams Street and Fulton Mall, Brooklyn
  • Date: 2007.06.11
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  • Route: B51
  • Location: Park Row and Spruce Street, Manhattan
  • Date: 2007.05.15
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 ]