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Residents of transit-deprived parts of New York City started a share taxi service with minibuses and their own private vehicles. The fare on each of these share taxis was one dollar. Even after the strike ended, share taxis continued to operate, evolving into higher-capacity "dollar vans" with seats for up to 13 people. [2]
The BMT Jamaica Line, also known as the Broadway - Brooklyn Line, is an elevated rapid transit line of the B Division of the New York City Subway in Brooklyn and Queens.It runs from the Williamsburg Bridge southeast over Broadway to East New York, Brooklyn, and then east over Fulton Street and Jamaica Avenue to Jamaica, Queens.
In 2020, the MTA announced that it would reconstruct the track and third rail on the IND Archer Avenue Line, which had become deteriorated. From September 19 to November 2, 2020, E service was cut back to Jamaica–Van Wyck, with a shuttle bus connecting to Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Center.
The Q113 and Q114 provide limited-stop service between Jamaica and Far Rockaway, connecting two major bus-subway hubs, and crossing into Nassau County. The Q111 provides local service exclusively within Queens, with the exception of select rush-hour trips to or from Cedarhurst in Nassau County.
Began service: 1932 (Whitestone Branch service) 1937 (Q20 Flushing-College Point service) 1938 (Q44 Flushing-Jamaica service) 1940 (Q44 Bronx-Jamaica service) 1999 (Q44 limited-stop service; Q20A/B College Point-Jamaica service) 2015 (Q44 SBS) Route; Locale: Queens and The Bronx, New York, U.S. Communities served
It opened on July 3, 1918, [3] after the Atlantic Avenue Rapid Transit service was eliminated from Jamaica Station. [2] The station closed on September 10, 1977, with the Q49 bus replacing it until December 11, 1988, [4] in anticipation of the Archer Avenue Subway, and due to political pressure in the area. Site, 30 years after demolition
A Long Island woman who was walking on a Queens sidewalk Saturday was ... The 23-year-old taxi driver was in a Toyota Rav4 at 115th Avenue and Lefferts Boulevard in South Ozone Park around 3:10 a ...
The route ran from the intersection of Jamaica Avenue and 114th Street to the Richmond Hill Circle section of South Ozone Park, Queens. [8] In the 1920s, what is now the Q10 was part of the Lefferts–Bergen Landing route, which was operated by the New York City Department of Plant & Structure.