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In April 2001, the MTA Board announced that it planned to reroute the B70 to run along 92nd Street and Fort
Hamilton Parkway instead of Seventh Avenue and 86th Street in Fort Hamilton. The change would eliminate difficult turns at Fort Hamilton Parkway and 86th Street, and to improve connections with
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It begins at the bus route's terminus, VA Hospital. It continues at 7th Avenue until at Fort
Hamilton Parkway where it turns left. It then turns right onto Bay Ridge Parkway and then turns right back to 7th Avenue. It goes there until 8th Avenue, when it turns right and continues until 39th Street.
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