 For many years, the B61 has been considered an unreliable route, due to the route's length, infrequent and off-schedule service, and traffic congestion in Downtown Brooklyn.To remedy the situation, on January 3, 2010, the B61 was split into the B61 (Redhook−Downtown Brooklyn) and a new B62 (Downtown Brooklyn−Long Island City).In addition, the B62 was rerouted to serve the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal to provide convenient connections to bus and subway routes there.