B57 (New York City Bus)

The B57 bus constitutes a bus route in Brooklyn and Queens. The route mainly runs on Flushing Avenue, Smith Street in the eastbound direction, and Court Street westbound.

Route description
The B57 begins at IKEA Terminal in Red Hook. It then continues along streets, mainly Lorraine Street. It then turns right at Clinton Street, right again at Mill Street, and left at Smith Street. WIP

History
The Flushing Avenue Line streetcar ran until November 21, 1948. The Court Street Line streetcar ran until July 17, 1949. The Smith Street Line streetcar ran until February 11, 1951.

The Flushing Avenue Line streetcar was replaced by trolleybuses on November 14, 1949. On September 1, 1954, the terminus was changed from Browne Place & Grand Avenue, Maspeth, to Flushing Avenue and 61st Street. On September 21, 1955, the western terminus was changed from Pearl and High Streets to Kent and Flushing Avenues. On February 13, 1957, the western terminus was then switched back from Kent and Flushing Avenues to Flushing Avenue and Navy Street. On January 27, 1960, the western terminus was then changed from Flushing Avenue and Navy Street back to Pearl and High Streets. Finally, on July 27, 1960, trolleybuses were replaced by gas buses.

In September 1996, B57 service was slated to be extended west to the center of Downtown Brooklyn at Smith Street at Livingston Street via Jay Street from its previous terminal at Sands Street and Jay Street. The extension was intended to encourage ridership growth by providing direct access to Downtown Brooklyn, to provide transfers to other routes and to create a common terminal with the B51, B57 and B65. In addition, the B57's route path was revised to loop around the Farragut House, running along York Street between Navy Street and Gold Street, to make up for the loss of the B61, which was rerouted. Service was extended to Fulton Mall on March 30, 1997.

It was extended along the Smith/Court Street sections of the B75 in 2010. It was also extended to Red Hook in January 2013 from Smith-9th Streets subway station.

The B57 and B61 buses were rerouted via Mill Street in January 26, 2014. This change was to increase speeds and reliability.

The B57 is planned to be replaced by a new bus route called the QT4.