B47 (New York City bus)
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| Ralph Avenue Line | |||
A 2015 XD40 (7198) on the B47 heading to Kings Plaza. | |||
| Overview | |||
| System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | ||
| Operator | New York City Transit Authority | ||
| Garage | Grand Avenue Depot | ||
| Vehicle | New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 New Flyer Xcelsior XE40 Orion VII NG HEV | ||
| Began service | 1943 (streetcar line) 1951 (bus) | ||
| Route | |||
| Locale | Brooklyn, New York, U.S. | ||
| Communities served | Bedford–Stuyvesant, Crown Heights, Brownsville, Remsen Village, East Flatbush, Flatlands, Mill Basin, Marine Park | ||
| Start | Bedford–Stuyvesant – Woodhull Medical Center | ||
| Via | Ralph Avenue | ||
| End | Mill Basin / Marine Park – Kings Plaza | ||
| Length | 6.2 miles (10.0 km) (entire route) | ||
| Service | |||
| Operates | All times | ||
| Annual patronage | 1,465,943 (2024) | ||
| Timetable | B47 | ||
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The B47 is a surface transit line on Ralph Avenue in Brooklyn, New York City. Once a streetcar line, it is now part of the B47 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority, Prior to 1995, it was the B78 route; the northern part of the route from St. Johns Place to Woodhull Hospital was part of the B40 line. The B47 was created as a result of a merger of the B40 and B78 on September 8, 2002.