The 37-year-old driver said they had just parked the bus when it started rolling backward on Broadway at around 10:45 p.m.
The bus rolled into a retaining wall surrounding an apartment building. It did not strike the building and no structural damage was reported.
Police say no one was injured and no one was on the bus at the time.
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