Fast Buses for Central Brooklyn

About the Project | Community Outreach | Project Timeline | Contact Us

NYC DOT and MTA are planning near-term and long-term rapid bus and complete street improvements on three critical, high-ridership, Vision Zero corridors in Central Brooklyn: Church Avenue, Flatbush Avenue, and Utica Avenue. These corridors serve over 150,000 bus riders on 13 bus routes each day. In 2026, NYC DOT and MTA are beginning project coordination and community engagement along these corridors.

About the Project

Map of Brooklyn highlighting three roadways where N Y C D O T is planning transit improvements: Flatbush Avenue, Church Avenue, and Utica Avenue.

As outlined in the Next Stop: Fast Buses, Better Service plan, NYC DOT is studying improvements for three major transit corridors:

  • 39: Flatbush Avenue: Grand Army Plaza to Avenue H
  • 40: Utica Avenue: Fulton Street to Kings Highway
  • 41: Church Avenue: Ocean Avenue to Kings Highway

Following community engagement, NYC DOT will propose street design improvements designed to work together to create safer streets, and faster and more reliable bus travel throughout Central Brooklyn.

Community Outreach

Help shape the future of Flatbush Avenue, Church Avenue, and Utica Avenue! We are gathering feedback to better understand how people travel along these corridors and where improvements are needed. We want to hear directly from the people who ride, walk, bike, drive, live, work, and do business in the area. Whether you ride the bus every day, occasionally use these corridors, or simply live or work nearby, your perspective is important. Your experiences will help shape future bus and pedestrian recommendations for Flatbush Avenue, Church Avenue, and Utica Avenue.

Events

Join us and MTA for our Central Brooklyn Bus Rider Town Hall events where bus riders can learn about our vision to make buses faster across 13 Central Brooklyn routes and weigh in on the future of bus service in your neighborhood. We'll also share ways that you can continue taking action toward making bus service better.

Feedback Map

We want to understand what works well, what doesn’t work, and what changes may make it easier and safer to travel and live in Central Brooklyn.

Survey

Take our travel survey to share how and why you travel around Central Brooklyn. The survey is available in English and will be available in Bengali, Spanish, and Haitian Creole in the coming weeks. The survey will close on October 31, 2026.

Project Timeline

The Fast Buses for Central Brooklyn project timeline is planned in five phases:

Illustrated timeline with five phases: 1 listen and learn in summer and fall 2026, 2 develop and refine in fall and winter 2026, 3 proposed near-term projects in spring 2027, 4 implement near-term projects in summer 2027, and 5 performance monitoring and continued engagement for rapid bus improvements in fall 2027 and beyond.

Phase 1: Listen & Learn (Summer to Early Fall 2026)

Before any designs are developed, we will gather input from the community to better understand existing conditions, challenges, and opportunities. During this phase, we will attend community events and pop-ups, host public workshops, organize bus ride-alongs, and collect feedback through surveys and our online feedback map.

Phase 2: Develop & Refine (Late Fall 2026 to Winter 2026)

Gathering what we hear from the community, we will develop corridor-specific street design concepts and recommendations. We will share those concepts with the public through workshops, open houses, and other engagement opportunities to gather additional feedback and refine the designs.

Phase 3: Propose Near Term Projects (Spring 2027)

NYC DOT will present final bus priority plans for each corridor that reflect community input and technical analysis. Following this phase, we anticipate moving toward project implementation.

Phase 4: Implement Near Term Projects (Summer 2027)

Following the final proposal presentations, NYC DOT will implement bus and pedestrian improvements on each corridor. During implementation, we will continue coordinating with community stakeholders and partners to help ensure projects are delivered successfully.

Phase 5: Looking Ahead (Beyond 2027)

As projects are implemented, NYC DOT and the MTA will continue evaluating opportunities for longer-term rapid bus infrastructure investments across these three corridors in addition to monitoring the performance of the recently implemented projects. This ongoing work will build on community feedback, technical analysis, and the performance of implemented improvements to identify future opportunities to further improve bus service, while enhancing safety and the public realm.

Contact Us

If you have questions or comments about MTA bus schedules, fare collection machines, fare enforcement, or general MTA issues (e.g. OMNY, subway service) please contact the MTA online or call 511.

Please share feedback, concerns, or questions about transportation issues in Central Brooklyn on our feedback map. You may contact NYC DOT online about other transportation-related issues.