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On October 19, 1919, the line was extended from the Fresh Pond Depot south to Ridgewood terminal at the Brooklyn-Queens line. [17] Between 1939 and 1940, the line served passengers going to the 1939 New York World's Fair in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park. [3] [16] [18]
[2] [8] [17] [18] The Junction Avenue line and other trolley lines to North Beach primarily served the Gala Amusement Park, owned by the Steinway family. [10] [19] On June 20, 1896, service on the Fresh Pond Road Line (predecessor to the Flushing–Ridgewood Line) was run between Ridgewood Terminal and North Beach. [2]
The Q55 begins at the Ridgewood Intermodal Terminal at the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues Subway station on the Brooklyn-Queens border. It then runs via Myrtle Avenue, cutting through Forest Park, and continuing to Jamaica Avenue and Myrtle Avenue in Richmond Hill, a few blocks west of the 121st Street subway station. [1]
Between 1985 and December 1989, the route's terminal loop was changed so that buses ran via Rockaway Boulevard, 145th Street, 135th Avenue, 140th Street and Rockaway Boulevard again, instead of its previous route via Rockaway Boulevard, 143rd Street, 135th Avenue and 142nd Street. [185] [121] Terminal loop changed multiple times during the 1980s.
The Queens Village Depot is located on 97-11 222nd Street between 97th and 99th Avenues in Queens Village), across to the west from Belmont Park The MTA began acquiring land for the depot in 1968. [ 243 ] [ 244 ] The depot was opened on September 8, 1974, [ 5 ] [ 245 ] [ 246 ] [ 247 ] and it is on the site of what was Dugan's Bakery.
The Ridgewood Terminal at the Myrtle–Wyckoff Avenues station serves New York City Bus' B13, B26, B52, B54, Q55 and Q58 lines. The B20, B38, B57, Q39, Q54 and Q67 bus lines also serve Ridgewood. [110] In addition, the neighborhood is home to the large Fresh Pond Bus Depot, which services many of the buses that run throughout Brooklyn and Queens.
Operated by Queens Transit 1970-1988, Caravan Transit 1988-1990, and Queens Surface Corporation [36] 1990-2005; On April 15, 2013, low ridership eastbound drop-off stops made in the PM along Northern Boulevard at 82nd Street and 114th Street were discontinued. [108] Queens-bound service rerouted to 59th Street in August 2015; QM4 QM44
The oldest subway line in Queens is the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line which was extended from Brooklyn into Ridgewood and Middle Village, replacing a steam dummy line. This was followed by the IRT Flushing Line , which had only one station in Long Island City, until it was extended with Dual Contracts to Astoria in 1916, Corona on April 21, 1917, [ 1 ...