I love you B65, but then again I almost always prefer taking the bus in NYC. Peter Pan or Boltbus, etc.. to leave the city? No so much, I'd rather crawl. But within NYC, the bus is how I travel. I like to stay above ground. Nothing better than to say to an out-of-town friend, "let's just hop on this here bus", to take them somewhere. A much better way to see the city than taking the subway.
When I first moved to Crown Heights, I was psyched to be near the A. But the A is actually 6 annoying, litter-strewn blocks away and the A at 830 in the morning is NOT delightful. So I set off the find alternate ways to get places, which having moved from from the Clinton Hill/Bed-Stuy Border (como se dice "train-free" en espagnol), is now a specialty of mine.
I discover that walking up Nostrand several blocks brings me to a 3 train, which is convenient, but I find myself feeling scowly for having to go further away from my house first in order to get closer to the city.
THEN in an unprecedented turn of events, I was hanging out at the famed Starlite Lounge on Bergen when a bus whooshed by. And it was going...towards downtown! I had found my new love. I'm sorry B38 Limited, you've been replaced (still a sexy second though, dohn worry).
Now, the B65, like any NYC MTA bus does have its drawbacks, the most prominent being (as the esteemed Mo P mentioned) sometimes....it just doesn't come. I don't know why. Maybe when the driver calls out sick, they just don't replace him? Maybe there is a traffic jam? I know not. But still, I wait. I refuse to give in. I am a bus loyalist (my girlfriend wants to kill me sometimes though. "But the train's right THERE." She just doesn't understand).
My morning commute now consists of me walking one stop to the B65, waiting five minutes while staring at the Starlite looking for signs of life or wondering what building Mo P lives in, reading my book on a comfortably full bus ride, then hopping on the 2/3 at Bergen to get me to Court and Montague. Average trip door-to-door: 25 minutes. read more