Q30 (New York City bus)

### **Vehicle**

Nova Bus LFS (2011, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022)New Flyer XD40 (2014, 2015, 2018, 2019)

### **Start**

Jamaica – Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard / Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport / Jamaica LIRR/AirTrain Station

### **Via**

**All trips:** Homelawn Street, Utopia Parkway, Horace Harding Expressway
**Bayside trips:** Springfield Boulevard

### **End**

Little Neck – Little Neck Parkway and Nassau Boulevard
Bayside – 56th Avenue and 223rd Street (Queensborough Community College and Benjamin N. Cardozo High School)

### **Length**

TBA

The **Q30** constitutes a bus route in Queens, New York, operating between Jamaica and Little Neck or Bayside. Originally operated by North Shore Bus Company, it is now operated by New York City Transit under the MTA Regional Bus Operations brand.

## Route description

The bus route begins at Archer Avenue and Sutphin Boulevard, and continues on the former until it turns right on 168th Street and again on Jamaica Avenue, while buses heading to the terminus use Jamaica Avenue and 146th Street to access it. Eastbound buses use 170th Street and Hillside Avenue to access Home Lawne Street, while westbound buses use 169th Street to access Jamaica Avenue. Buses continue on Home Lawne Avenue, then go on Utopia Parkway, until it turns to Horace Harding Expressway. It then continues until it turns to West Alley Road, Douglaston Parkway, and then Horace Harding Expressway again. It then continues until it uses Little Neck Parkway and then turns left on Nassau Boulevard until it terminates there. For buses heading westbound, it uses the latter boulevard to access Horace Harding Expressway.

Buses heading to Queensborough Community College uses Springfield Boulevard and 56th Avenue to access the terminus.

There is no overnight service, and no early morning, night, or weekend service to Queensborough Community College.

## History

Q30 service began as a New York City Transit route on September 7, 1947, at 6 a.m. running between Jamaica Avenue and 168th Street to Horace Harding Boulevard and Springfield Boulevard.

The route was then extended to Horace Harding Boulevard and Little Neck Parkway at the Nassau County Line on August 21, 1949.

On November 29, 1956, the NYCTA approved a large number of changes to city bus service to take effect January 22, 1957. One of the changes was to consolidate Q17 and Q30 service to eliminate duplication with a bus route of the Queens-Nassau Transit company. The change took effect on February 3, 1957, and the route was renumbered the Q17A.

The Q17A was renumbered back to Q30 and extended from Jamaica Avenue-169th Street to Jamaica LIRR station via Archer Avenue on December 11, 1988.

On August 29, 1993, two-way traffic on Archer Avenue and Jamaica Avenue was restored between 138th Street and 168th Street, undoing changes that took effect in November 1990. The change was made to alleviate heavy traffic on Jamaica Avenue. Q30 service began running on Archer Avenue in both directions; eastbound buses had been running along Jamaica Avenue between Parsons Boulevard and 168th Street.

Short run trips terminating at Horace Harding Expressway converted into branch to Queensborough Community College on January 7, 2013.