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Today, only two Q-type cars are preserved: Car 1602A (ex-BU 1410) is preserved at the Trolley Museum of New York. [5] It is awaiting restoration. Car 1612C (ex-BU 1417) is preserved at the New York Transit Museum. This car was previously used as a work car before it was restored to its original condition for the museum collection in 1979.
The Q44 is one of two Queens bus routes to operate between the two boroughs (along with the Q50). The Q44 and Q20 were originally operated by the North Shore Bus Company from the 1930s to 1947; they are now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand. In June 1999, the Q44 began limited stop service in Queens ...
Its western terminus is a major transfer with the New York City Subway's IND Queens Boulevard Line at the Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station. At its eastern end, the Q46 has branches to the Glen Oaks neighborhood of Queens and to Long Island Jewish Hospital (LIJ) in the village of Lake Success in Nassau County.
In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network. [45] [46] As part of the redesign, the Q60 bus would have terminated at Hunters Point, instead of crossing the East River. [47] The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020, [48] and the original draft plan was dropped due to ...
The route runs from the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station to Cambria Heights near the Queens–Nassau County border. The Q4 also provides limited-stop service along the corridor during peak weekday hours. The route is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand.
At the time, the Q23 was one of the slowest bus routes in New York City due to its serpentine path. From 2018 to 2022, it consistently traveled slower than 8 miles per hour (13 km/h), the average speed of New York City bus routes. [49] A revised plan was released in March 2022. [50]
A 2022 XD40 (7864) on the Jamaica-bound Q54 at Metropolitan/72nd Avenues in Forest Hills A 2013 C40LF (651) on the Q66 at an old-style bus stop with the timetable box in Woodside, Queens. The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Queens, New York, United States, under two
The Richmond Hill Line is a surface transit line on Myrtle Avenue in Queens, New York City. Once a streetcar line owned by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation, it was replaced on April 26, 1950 by the B55 bus route. [3] [4] [5] The trolley tracks were not removed until April 1955, when Myrtle Avenue was being repaved. [6]