Q46 ( New York City Bus ) - wikipedia Q46 ( New York City Bus ) For additional information on the current bus services, see List of bus routes in Queens. q46 q46 Union Turnpike A now - retired Nova Bus RTS - 06 in Q46 service at Parsons Boulevard in Kew Gardens Hills, Queens. Overview System MTA Regional Bus Operations Operator New York City Transit Authority Garage Queens Village Depot Vehicle Orion VII Orion VII Next Generation Nova Bus LFS Began service 1939 1974 ( Q44A limited - stop service ) Route Locale Queens Communities served Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Hillcrest, Fresh Meadows, Oakland Gardens, Bellaire, Glen Oaks, Floral Park Landmarks served Queens Borough Hall, St. John 's University, Creedmoor Psychiatric Center, Queens County Farm Museum, Queens Hospital Center Start Kew Gardens -- Queens Boulevard / Union Turnpike station Via Union Turnpike End Oakland Gardens -- Springfield Boulevard ( Rush hour local service ) Glen Oaks -- Little Neck Parkway & 260th Street ( Glen Oaks Branch ) Lake Success, Nassau County -- Long Island Jewish Medical Center ( full route ) Service Operates 24 hours Annual patronage 6,348,286 ( 2016 ) Fare $2.75 ( MetroCard or coins ) Cash Coins only ( exact change required ) Transfers Yes Timetable Q46 show Route map Lake Success -- LIJ Hospital Q46 Intermittent stops Lakeville Road / LIJ Hospital Roadway Lakeview Road / Hewlett Street Lakeville Road / Union Turnpike 271st -- Hewlett Streets Intermittent stops 270th Street 268th Street 267th Street 265th Street 263rd Street Glen Oaks ( Little Neck Parkway / 260th Street ) Q46 Intermittent stops 73rd Avenue 74th Avenue 75th Avenue Union Turnpike / 260th Street Intermittent stops 258th Street 255th -- 256th Streets 252nd Street -- Little Neck Parkway Intermittent stops 251st Street 248th Street Commonwealth Boulevard Cross Island Parkway Winchester Boulevard Intermittent stops 236th Street 234th -- 235th Streets 232nd Street Grand Central Parkway East 226th Street Springfield Boulevard Q46 Local stops 222nd Street 220th Place Stewart Road Bell Boulevard Local stops 211th Street Hollis Hills Terrace Francis Lewis Boulevard Local stops 198th Street 197th Street 196th Street 193rd Street 190th Street 188th Street Local stops Chevy Chase Street 185th Street 183rd -- Kent Streets 179th Street -- Surrey Place Utopia Parkway 175th Street 173rd Street Local stops 170th -- 171st Streets 168th Street 165th -- 166th Streets 164th Street 160th Street Parsons Boulevard 153rd Street 150th Street 147th Street Main Street 141st Street Local stops Vleigh Place 135th Street Union Turnpike / Queens Boulevard ​ Kew Gardens -- Queens Boulevard Q46 ​ Legend Local & Limited stops Local stops Q46 Terminal LTD Limited buses make all stops east of Springfield Boulevard Q46 Select trips begin / end at Springfield Boulevard ​ Subway connection ← Q44 ( ( ( system_nav ) ) ) Q47 → The Q46 bus route constitutes a public transit line in Queens, New York City, United States, running primarily along Union Turnpike from a major transfer with the IND Queens Boulevard Line subway in Kew Gardens to either Glen Oaks, or Long Island Jewish Hospital in Lake Success. Originally named the Q44A, the bus route was originally operated by the North Shore Bus Company from December 4, 1939 to 1947 when the company 's routes were taken over by the New York City Board of Transportation. In 1974, limited - stop service on the route commenced, speeding up travel times for passengers in Eastern Queens. Also in 1974, the route was extended into Nassau County at Lakeville Road to serve Long Island Jewish Hospital. On April 12, 1990, the bus route was renumbered to Q46. It was extended from Lakeville Road to Long Island Jewish Hospital on September 7, 1997. Overnight and weekend service to Glen Oaks was eliminated in September 2002. Contents 1 Route description and service 2 History 2.1 Early years 2.2 Express service and route extension 2.2. 1 Q44A Express 2.2. 2 Extension and changes in service 3 See also 4 Notes 5 References 6 External links Route description and service Q46 buses terminating at the Glen Oaks Village development ( top ), and at LIJ Hospital ( bottom ). The Q46 begins on the north side of Queens Boulevard at the Kew Gardens -- Union Turnpike subway station ( E and ​ F trains ) of the IND Queens Boulevard Line, and travels via Union Turnpike. At 260th Street in Glen Oaks, near the east end of Union Turnpike, the route splits into two branches. One branch, which only operates on weekdays, turns north onto 260th Street and terminates at Little Neck Parkway near the Queens County Farm Museum. The full - time branch continues east on Union Turnpike until Lakeville Road, where the bus turns north, before briefly entering Nassau County and terminating at Long Island Jewish Medical Center ( LIJ ). Limited - stop service is operated along the Q46 route during rush hours. Limited - stop service operates bidirectionally during the AM rush hour, and operates in the peak - direction ( heading east ) during the PM rush hour. Limited - stop buses make limited stops between Queens Boulevard and Springfield Boulevard, and local stops east of Springfield. Local service operates between Kew Gardens and Springfield Boulevard. During the AM rush hour, eastbound Q46 locals terminate in Glen Oaks, while eastbound Q46 limiteds terminate at LIJ, with Kew Gardens - bound limited service originating from either terminal. During the PM rush hour, Q46 locals terminate at Springfield Boulevard, while limiteds alternate between Glen Oaks or LIJ. No limited - stop service operates on weekends. History Early years The North Shore Bus Company began operating a bus route along Union Turnpike on December 4, 1939. Prior to World War II, the route was originally the Union Turnpike branch of the Q44, running between Queens Boulevard in Kew Gardens and 188th Street. By 1942, the route was extended to Hollis Court Boulevard at the east end of Cunningham Park. It was later renamed the Q44A. North Shore Bus became bankrupt, and as a result this route, along with the company 's 26 other roues were taken over by the New York City Board of Transportation. On August 12, 1947, the United Civic Council advocated the extension of the Q44A, then under city control, from Hollis Court Boulevard to Springfield Boulevard. At the time, the extension had preliminary approval from some of the members of the Board of Transportation. This extension took place on September 7, but only after pressure from civic organizations. On November 30, 1947, under city control, the Q44A was extended from Springfield Boulevard to Glen Oaks Village at Union Turnpike and 257th Street at the Nassau County line to serve new apartments there. On January 13, 1950, a spur of the Q44A was approved to turn off at 260th Street and operate via 260th Street to Little Neck Parkway. Service began on February 6, 1950. Previously, all Q44A buses continued along Union Turnpike to the Nassau County line. This spur provided direct service to Glen Oaks Village, sparing its residents a half - mile walk. This extension had been requested on December 16, 1949, and the public hearing was held on January 12, 1950. Express service and route extension Q44A express In 1974, the New York City Transit Authority ( NYCTA ) began to study whether bus service could be sped up using computerized traffic signals. The Q44A was the chosen route as it serves as a subway feeder and as a connector to major hospitals. In the late 1950s, the route carried as many as 7.5 million passengers per year, but that figure decreased to 3.78 million by 1976. Union Turnpike received computerized traffic signals before other streets, but it did little to cut travel times for bus passengers. As part of the plan, it was decided that a zone express concept could be used on the Q44A without inconveniencing many passengers, while benefiting a majority of them. Limited - stop service began on April 18, 1977 with the intent of attracting new riders to the route. Along with the M15, the two routes became the first to use limited service in the city. Limited - stop service would be bidirectional during the AM rush hour, and peak - direction ( heading east ) during the PM rush hour. These limited - stop buses were labeled as expresses. Eastbound expresses only stopped at Court House ( only east - bound ), Main Street, 149th Street, and Springfield Boulevard before making all stops. After running local to Winchester Boulevard, westbound expresses only stopped at Cloverdale Boulevard ( 226th Street ), Springfield Boulevard, 149th Street, Main Street, and the subway. Some buses on the Glen Oaks Branch used to continue up Little Neck Parkway, turning west on the Grand Central Parkway service road, and turning onto Commonwealth Road, going east on the Grand Central Parkway service road, before it terminated at Little Neck Parkway and 260th Street. Between 4 : 50 and 6 : 35 PM, local service only ran to Springfield Boulevard, and free transfers were issued to continue past Springfield Boulevard via express Q44As. The express Q44As were also intended to compete with privately owned expresses buses operated by Queens Surface -- travel times were 20 minutes shorter and the fare was $5 less. The Q44A expresses were able to take advantage of the timed traffic signals for the first time, cutting scheduled running time to 27 minutes from 33 minutes. The average terminal - to - terminal speed of the zone expresses was better than 18 miles per hour ( 29 km / h ) -- significantly higher than on any other bus route in the city. Seat availability increased by 40 %, travel times were reduced by 24 %, and passengers from the outer reaches of Eastern Queens could get to Midtown Manhattan in less than an hour. All of this was possible with no change in labor costs, no additional vehicles, and with a slight increase in fuel consumption. Extension and changes in service During rush hours Q46 local buses, like the one pictured, terminate at Springfield Boulevard. In April 1974, an extension of the Q44A to Long Island Jewish Hospital was approved, which made it the first city route to extend into Nassau County. The extension was approved by Queens Borough President Donald Manes and Nassau County Executive Ralph Caso, and it was first proposed by the Lost Community Civic Association of Floral Park. The extension faced legal hurdles -- the NYCTA did not authorize it to operate any franchised service outside city limits. However, in 1968, with the passage of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority Act, the NYCTA became subordinate to the MTA, which could determine transit plans and policies for the NYCTA. The head of the MTA, William Ronan, searched for a legal mechanism to allow for the extension. The decided course of action included a request for the service by the Queens Borough President and approval by the Nassau County Executive, an approval or no objection by the New York City Comptroller and approval by the Mayor. When the Queens Village depot was opened on September 8, 1974, the Q44A was reassigned from Flushing Depot ( the former North Shore Bus Company facility ). Around this time, there was a third branch in Little Neck, separate from the Glen Oaks branch. This branch diverged north at Commonwealth Boulevard, running along Commonwealth and the Grand Central Parkway service road and terminating at Little Neck Parkway. The Q44A was renumbered to the Q46 on April 12, 1990. The Q46 was extended from Lakeville Road to Long Island Jewish Hospital on September 7, 1997. On November 17, 1997, limited - stop buses started to make an additional stop at 150th Street. Overnight and weekend service to Glen Oaks was eliminated on September 8, 2002. On February 2, 2008, the LIJ branch 's terminal was moved to Lakeville Road outside the hospital gates due to construction within the hospital grounds, particularly a new women 's hospital adjacent to the bus stop. The Katz Women 's Hospital was completed in December 2011, and the Q46 began running to a new terminal within the hospital. See also Q20 and Q44 buses along Main Street Q64, QM4 and QM44 buses along Jewel Avenue Q74 ( New York City bus ) formerly along Main Street from Queens College to Kew Gardens -- Union Turnpike QM1 and QM1A buses Notes Jump up ^ `` Service to Glen Oaks operates weekdays only ''. Missing or empty url = ( help ) References ^ Jump up to : MTA Regional Bus Operations. `` Q46 bus schedule '' ( PDF ). Jump up ^ `` Facts and Figures ''. mta.info. August 28, 2011. Retrieved January 27, 2018. ^ Jump up to : `` New Bus Service to Help Owners ''. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. December 17, 1939. p. 47. Retrieved October 14, 2015 -- via Newspapers.com. ^ Jump up to : `` For the Convenience of A, B and C Car Owners ''. Long Island Star - Journal. Fultonhistory.com. December 22, 1942. p. 7. Retrieved January 9, 2016. Jump up ^ `` New Queens Bus route Hailed : Welcome Service to Park Area ''. Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 4, 1942. Retrieved September 16, 2015 -- via Newspapers.com. Jump up ^ `` CITY TAKES OVER BUS LINE : O'Connor Selected to Operate North Shore System '' ( PDF ). The New York Times. March 30, 1947. Retrieved March 27, 2016. Jump up ^ Sparberg, Andrew J. ( October 1, 2014 ). From a Nickel to a Token : The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA. Fordham University Press. ISBN 978 - 0 - 8232 - 6190 - 1. Jump up ^ `` City Takes Over Bus Line : O'Connor Selected to Operate North Shore System '' ( PDF ). The New York Times. March 30, 1947. Retrieved March 27, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Council Asks for Extension of Bus Route ''. Long Island Star -- Journal. August 12, 1947. p. 18. Retrieved July 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Businessmen Attac New Bus Routes ''. Long Island Star -- Journal. September 3, 1947. p. 5. Retrieved July 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Bus Service Extended : Queens Line Now Runs Direct to Glen Oaks Village '' ( PDF ). New York Times. December 7, 1947. Retrieved January 4, 2016. Jump up ^ Report for the three and one - half years ending June 30, 1949. New York City Board of Transportation. 1949. Jump up ^ `` 15 More Buses Will Operate For Shoppers ''. Long Island Star -- Journal. November 29, 1947. p. 2. Retrieved July 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Estimate Board O.K. 's Q - 44A Bus Route Spur ''. Long Island Star - Journal. January 13, 1950. Retrieved January 10, 2015 -- via Fulton History. Jump up ^ `` New Bus Extension for Glen Oaks Saves Villagers Half - Mile Hike ''. Long Island Star -- Journal. February 6, 1950. p. 5. Retrieved July 24, 2017. ^ Jump up to : Habib, Philip A. ( 1978 ). TSM Seminar - Policy, Procedure & Practice. American Society of Civil Engineers ; Institute of Transportation Engineers -- via Google Books. Jump up ^ `` Express Yourself on the Q44A ''. Flickr. New York City Transit Authority. April 18, 1977. Retrieved July 25, 2017. `` Express Yourself on the Q44A ''. Flickr. New York City Transit Authority. April 18, 1977. Retrieved July 25, 2017. `` Express Yourself on the Q44A ''. Flickr. New York City Transit Authority. April 18, 1977. Retrieved July 25, 2017. ^ Jump up to : `` Department of Buses History ''. mta.nyc.ny.us. Archived from the original on January 27, 1998. Retrieved January 28, 2018. Jump up ^ `` Q44A Timetable 1976 - 1978 ''. Flickr - Photo Sharing !. Retrieved January 7, 2016. Jump up ^ Annual Report. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 1977. p. 27. Jump up ^ `` Metropolitan Briefs : City Bus Route May Serve Nasay '' ( PDF ). New York Times. April 12, 1974. Retrieved January 4, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Manes, Caso Approve Bus Line Extension ''. Queens Ledger. April 18, 1974. Retrieved July 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` Buses - A Plague on All Our Houses and Now on the Pkwy '' ( PDF ). Creedmoor Civic News. November 1974. Retrieved November 7, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Bingham Adds 20 Buses to Flushing Lines ''. Long Island Star -- Journal. January 11, 1952. p. 1. Retrieved July 24, 2017. Jump up ^ `` 1975 Queens Bus Map ''. wardmaps.com. New York City Transit Authority. 1975. Retrieved February 18, 2016. Jump up ^ `` In The Nabes Q - 46 Bus To Stop At Hosp ''. New Hyde Park, New York : Daily News ( New York ). August 29, 1997. Retrieved December 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Q46 Bus Will Go to L.I. Jewish Medical Center ''. mta.info. New York City Transit. January 27, 1998. Archived from the original on January 27, 1998. Retrieved October 1, 2016. CS1 maint : BOT : original - url status unknown ( link ) Jump up ^ `` Bus Service Notices ''. mta.nyc.ny.us. Archived from the original on January 27, 1998. Retrieved July 24, 2017. Jump up ^ Burke, Kerry ( August 8, 2002 ). `` TA TRIMS Q46 SERVICE TO GLEN OAKS ''. Daily News ( New York ). Retrieved December 16, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Bus Service Advisories : Q46 ''. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2002. Archived from the original on October 17, 2002. Retrieved February 20, 2016. Jump up ^ `` NYC Transit : Bus Service Advisories Queens ''. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2008. Archived from the original on April 24, 2008. Retrieved January 4, 2016. Jump up ^ `` Final Generic Environmental Impact Statement for the Long Island Jewish Medical Center Modernization Program '' ( PDF ). Dormitory Authority of the State of New York, Long Island Jewish Medical Center. June 2, 2009. Retrieved December 30, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Long Island Jewish Medical Center Modernization Program Draft Generic Environmental Impact Statement '' ( PDF ). Dormitory Authority of the State of New York. 2008. Retrieved December 30, 2015. Jump up ^ Solnik, Claude ( December 5, 2011 ). `` North Shore - LIJ unveiling $300 M expansion ''. Long Island Business News. Retrieved December 30, 2015. Jump up ^ `` Northeast Queens Bus Study '' ( PDF ). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015. 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Question: what bus goes to long island jewish hospital
Answer: Q46