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S66 (New York City bus)

The **S66** constitutes a bus route in Staten Island, New York, running primarily on Victory Boulevard, Howard Avenue, and Jewett Avenue, between St. George Ferry Terminal and Port Richmond.

The S66 was originally part of a streetcar route named the Silver Lake Line, later the route 7 trolley. It was replaced with buses in 1934. It was also a streetcar route named the Concord Line, which was replaced with buses in 1927. The bus route was initially designated as the R6, then the S6, and finally the S66.

## Route description

The S66 begins at the St. George Ferry Terminal at Ramp "A", and continues on Bay Street until it goes on Victory Boulevard. It then mostly goes on Victory Boulevard, until it uses Highland Avenue, Arlo Road, Howard Avenue, and Clove Road, and goes back on the boulevard. It then continues on the boulevard until it turns to Jewett Avenue, Castleton Avenue, and Port Richmond Avenue. It then continues on Port Richmond Avenue until it ends at Richmond Terrace.

## History

### Streetcar service

The S66 was originally two streetcar routes. One of them was named the Silver Lake Line, which ran between Port Richmond and St. George. It was operated by the Midland Electric Railroad, later the Staten Island Midland Railway. It was taken over by the Richmond Light and Railroad Company, later Richmond Railways, in 1927, and it was re-designated as route 7.

Part of the bus route was also the Concord Line, which also operated between Port Richmond and St. George. It was initially operated by the Midland Electric Railroad, later the Staten Island Midland Railway.

### Bus service

The Concord Line was taken over by the city and was replaced with buses on October 16, 1927.

The route 7 trolley was replaced with buses on January 26, 1934, and was initially operated by the Staten Island Coach Company, and then Isle Transportation Company. In 1947, Isle Transportation went bankrupt, and was taken over by the New York City Board of Transportation on February 23rd of the same year.

The bus route was initially designated as the R6. It was originally a 24 hour through route and there was a weekday Grymes Hill shuttle (S6S).

The through route, R6, was re-designated the S6, and then the S66, and the destination was changed to Park Avenue and Richmond Terrace. The S6S shuttle was re-designated the S60.

The S60, which was the Grymes Hill shuttle, was merged into the S66 in 2010.
Bx4 and Bx4A buses

### **Start**

The Hub – Bergen Avenue and Westchester Avenue / Third Avenue–149th Street (Bx4)
Longwood – West Farms Road-Southern Boulevard (Bx4A)

### **Via**

Westchester Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue (Bx4A only)

### **End**

Westchester Square – Lane Avenue and East Tremont Avenue / Westchester Square–East Tremont Avenue

The **Bx4** and **Bx4A** constitute the Westchester Avenue Line, a public transit line in The Bronx, operating between The Hub and Westchester Square. It operates mainly via Westchester Avenue.

## Current route

The Bx4 and Bx4A begins at Bergen Avenue and Westchester Avenue, and uses Bergen Avenue to access Westchester Avenue, while buses access the terminus use St. Ann’s Avenue and 149th Street. It then continues on Westchester Avenue until it turns to East Tremont Avenue, and ends at Lane Avenue. The Bx4A bus uses East 167th Street and West Farms Road to access the terminus. The Bx4A bus heading to The Hub uses East Tremont Avenue, Castle Hill Avenue, and Metropolitan Avenue to access Westchester Avenue.

## History

Buses replaced Westchester Avenue Line streetcars on July 10, 1948, operating as the Bx42. On February 19, 1984, the Bx42 was renumbered the Bx4, but had its route kept.

The 'A' variant, or the Bx4A, was created on January 2, 2011 to replace former Bx14 service at Parkchester via Metropolitan Oval.

As part of the MTA's 2017 Fast Forward Plan to speed up mass transit service, a draft plan for a reorganization of Bronx bus routes was proposed in draft format in June 2019, with a final version published in October 2019. The plan included eliminating Bx4A service west of Southern Boulevard in exchange for increased frequency on Bx4 and Bx4A. This change was proposed to be implemented by mid-2020. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the changes were halted for over a year. A final implementation date was announced in February 2022, and the redesign took effect on June 26, 2022.
S48 and S98 buses

The **S48** and **S98** constitutes two bus routes in Staten Island, New York, running primarily on Victory Boulevard and Ferry Avenue, between St. George Ferry Terminal and Arlington.

The S48 was originally the R107 bus route, and was renumbered to S107, then the S48 in 1989. The S98 was created in 1995 as a limited stop variant of the S48.

## Route description and service

The S48 begins at the St. George Ferry Terminal at Ramp C, and continues along Bay Street until it goes on Victory Boulevard. It goes on the boulevard for a length until it turns to Forest Avenue. It then continues on Forest Avenue until it turns to South Street, and uses Arlington Place to access the terminus. Buses heading eastbound use Holland Avenue and Richmond Terrance to access South Avenue. Some buses terminate or start at Richmond Avenue during rush hours in the peak direction.

During rush hours, the S98 replicates the S48, running to St. George Ferry Terminal during AM rush hours and Arlington during PM rush hours. Buses make all local stops west of Forest Avenue and Richmond Avenue.

## History

The S48 was originally the R107 route, which ran between St. George Ferry Ramp "C", and Mariner's Harbor or Port Ivory. It was initially operated by the Staten Island Coach Company, then the Isle Transportation Company.

In 1947, Isle Transportation went bankrupt, and the New York City Board of Transportation took over its routes, including the R107, on February 23rd of the same year.

The R107 was renumbered the S107, then the S48 on April 2, 1989. On that date, the hours of service to Holland Avenue and Richmond Terrace were extended, with some trips now running to Howland Hook to serve works in Port Ivory, taking over the western terminal of the S1, then renumbered the S40. Service to Mariners Harbor was extended to Holland Avenue & Richmond Terrace, Arlington.

On March 1995, the S98 service began as a limited stop variant of the S48. Service to St. George initially ran between 7:00 a.m. and 8:30 a.m. and service from St. George initially ran between 5:00 p.m. and 6:30 p.m.. S98 trips were implemented by converting some existing local trips to provide passengers traveling longer distances with quicker trips to and from St. George.
54th Street Depot

The **54th Street Depot** was a Manhattan Divison bus depot located on Ninth Avenue, between 53rd Street, and 54th Street streets in Midtown Manhattan (40.765227°N 73.985540°W).The address was 806 Ninth Avenue. It was built as the Ninth Ave. car barn of the Ninth Avenue Railroad in the late 1800s. The streetcar line was replaced by Fifth Avenue Coach Company buses on November 12, 1935, and the facility became a bus depot for the company. In March 1962, it fell under municipal operations. This depot was closed in 1992 and replaced by the newly rebuilt Manhattanville Depot, and was demolished between 1996 and 1997, and replaced by the Rapid Transit Division's Rail Command Control Center, at 354 West 54th Street between Eighth and Ninth Avenues. Before it closed in 1992, it operated the following Manhattan bus routes, M6, M7, M11, M42, M27/M50, M57, M72, and M79.

The contract for the command center was awarded in November 1997, with the intent of creating a central control room for the New York City Subway that would implement automation of the system, including automatic train protection. The use of non-union labor by the construction contractor led to a protest by thousands of union members at the site and at the MTA's midtown headquarters in June 1998. Adjacent to the control center is an NYCT parking lot on the east side of Ninth Avenue. The parking lot is planned to be redeveloped into affordable housing as part of the "Western Rail Yard" project, which would redevelop this site and the West Side Yard on West 33rd Street.
B77 (New York City bus)

The **B77** constituted a bus route between Red Hook and Park Slope, but since 2010 it no longer operated, now part of the B61 bus.

## History

The bus route began on August 27, 1936 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit.

On June 15, 2008, the B77 was extended to Beard Street and Van Brunt Street to serve the newly opened IKEA in Red Hook. Service along Coffey Street was then discontinued.

On 2010 due to a budget crisis, this bus route was merged with the B61.
M66 (New York City bus)

The **M66** constitutes a bus route between Upper West Side and Upper East Side. It serves as a 66th Street crosstown bus route.

## History

The Comprehensive Omnibus Company began operating bus route (M7) on February 15, 1935. Route M7 became the M29 in July 1974 and M66 around March 1989.

In November 1987, the MTA Board approved plans to reroute its eastern terminal loop and to renumber the route the M66. Eastbound service was rerouted from running east along East 68th Street, north along York Avenue, west along East 71st Street, and north along First Avenue, to running north directly along First Avenue after running east on East 68th Street. The route's terminal was moved from York Avenue and East 70th Street to York Avenue and East 69th Street. This change formalized a detour that was regularly made to avoid vehicles blocking East 68th Street between First Avenue and York Avenue. The change also eliminated two difficult turns.

Overnight service was discontinued on June 27, 2010, due to a budget crisis.
Q22 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Far Rockaway – Mott Avenue and Beach 20th Street / Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station

### **Via**

Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway Beach Boulevard

### **End**

**All trips:** Roxbury – Beach Channel Drive, Rockaway Beach Boulevard
**Part-time trips:** Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street and Newport Avenue / Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street station

### **Length**

TBA

The **Q22** bus route constitutes a public transit line in the Rockaway Peninsula of southern Queens in New York City. The Q22 is operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand, but was formerly privately operated by Green Bus Lines. The bus provides service between Far Rockaway to Roxbury or Rockaway Park on the Rockaway Peninsula, running mainly along Beach Channel Drive and Rockaway Beach Boulevard on the Rockaway Peninsula.

## Route description

The route begins at Mott Avenue and Beach 21th Street, near the Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue station, and uses the former and Beach 20th Street to access Seagirt Boulevard, while buses terminating uses Beach 19th Street, Cornaga Avenue, and Beach 21st Street to access the terminus. It then continues on it, then going on Beach Channel Drive, until it turns to Rockaway Beach Boulevard, and continues until it turns to Beach 102nd Street, and then on Rockaway Beach Boulevard. It then continues until it ends at 169th Street. For buses heading eastbound, they use the loop to access Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

Part-time service to Rockaway Park turns to Beach 108th Street, and uses the latter, Beach Channel Drive, and Beach 116th Street to access the terminus.

## History

The Q12 bus service began in 1912, and was originally owned by Long Island Coach Company. It was then operated by Green Bus Lines.

On January 9, 2006, the MTA Bus Company took over the operations of the Green Bus Line routes, including the Q22, as part of the city's takeover of all the remaining privately operated bus routes.
Metro Apple Express

**Metro Apple Express** was a bus operator in New York City. On June 10, 1984, it started a express bus route, numbered the BM10. They did not have fare boxes on the bus so the drivers were able to make change. Their bus schedules were color-coded for each route, BM10 was black, BM11 was blue, BM12 was green and BM15 was red. The president was Patrick Condren.

In May 1994 the company shut down, and all of its express routes were discontinued. They tried to start again as Metro Apple in August 1995, using ex-NYCT Blitz buses, but it did not last.

## Routes

**Southbound**: 5th Avenue, Broadway, Brooklyn Battery Tunnel
 **BM15** | **Coney Island**Ocean Parkway and Avenue Z atConey Island Hospital

 Notes:
* **BM10** service operated 7 days a week with 28 daily trips and 5-10 minute headways from 6AM to 9AM.
* **Bay Ridge Parkway** was listed as **75th Street** on their schedules and bus signs, which is the same street name.
* **BM15**: Originally, **Fiesta Bus** operated the route, **BM15** originally ran southbound via Lexington Avenue.
* **BM10, BM11** super express ran during the PM Rush Hours, via 23rd Street, FDR Drive and Downtown Manhattan service began at Thomas Street & Broadway, **BM10** super express originally ran Via West Houston Street, West Street, than switched to the FDR Drive.
* **BM15** one trip during the PM Rush Hours started at Fulton Street & Water Street.
* The **check point** Brooklyn bound originally was at Broadway and Exchange Pl, then 66th Street & 4th Avenue in Bay Ridge, it was changed when they started the super express so passengers may transfer between buses, that is why the **BM11**, and **BM15** routes were changed, the **check point** for Manhattan bound was the last pick up stop in Brooklyn.
* **BM11** started to terminate from Manhattan in 1989 at Bay Ridge Parkway & 12th Avenue
* **QBM1**, (Breezy Point, Beach 217th Street) and **QBM2** (Hammels, Beach 73rd Street) via Madison Ave. Originally, operated by **Erin Tours**.
* They had 2 Jones Beach routes, the **BN1** Bay Ridge, the **MN1** started at Midtown, 55th Street & 2nd Avenue ran during the summer months, and they ran a **Amtrak** special ran between Grand Central & Penn Station for passengers who needed to transfer between trains, and a **Department Of Labor** ran for the employees between the office and Downtown Brooklyn to connect to the subways.

1. ↑ [1]
B70

The **Eighth Avenue Line** is a public transit line in Brooklyn in New York City, running mostly on 8th Avenue and 39th Street between Sunset Park and Dyker Heights. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the **B70** bus route, operated by MTA New York City Bus. It does not run at late nights.

## Route Description

### Towards Dyker Heights

It begins at 1st Avenue and 39th Street, similar to the B35 bus. It then goes via 39th Street until it turns left at 3rd Avenue and then turns right at 37th Street. Then it turns right again to 4th Avenue and left at 39th Street. It continues until it turns left at 8th Avenue. It goes on 8th Avenue the whole way. It then turns right to Bay Ridge Avenue and turns left on 7th Avenue. It goes the whole length until at 92nd Street, when it turns left and then turns right at 7th Avenue again. Then it goes in the bus loop at VA Hospital, where it ends.

### Towards 1st Avenue & 39th Street

It begins at the bus route's terminus, VA Hospital. It continues at 7th Avenue until at Fort Hamilton Parkway where it turns left. It then turns right onto Bay Ridge Parkway and then turns right back to 7th Avenue. It goes there until 8th Avenue, when it turns right and continues until 39th Street. It turns left onto that street and continues until it turns right at Fourth Avenue and turns left at 37th Street. It then turns left at Third Avenue and then turns right back into 39th Street. It then continues until it ends at 1st Avenue & 39th Street, the same terminus as the B35 bus.

## History

The Eighth Avenue streetcar opened on December 1, 1916 and was the last trolley line built in Brooklyn. Streetcars ran between Bay Ridge Avenue and 39th Street. The trolley route ran until May 15, 1949, when it was converted to bus operation.

Buses originally terminated at 7th Avenue and Crospey Avenue. It was extended to VA Hospital on January 2010.

In July 2010, due to budget cuts, the B37 bus was discontinued and the B70 bus was rerouted from 7th Avenue to 3rd Avenue in Bay Ridge. When the B37 bus was restored in June 29, 2014, the B70 bus was rerouted back from 3rd Avenue to 7th Avenue in Bay Ridge.

## Trivia

* This is the only local bus route in New York City to make the most profit, at a farebox recovery ratio of 100 percent.

## References

1. ↑ title=B8 B37 B70 Effective Sunday, June 29, 2014 New and improved service for our Brooklyn customers!, June 2014, mta.info, Metropolitan Transportation Authority, retrieved June 28, 2018
Q7 (New York City bus)

The **Q7** constitutes a bus route between East New York and JFK International Airport. Originally operated by Green Bus Lines, it is now operated by MTA Bus Company, and is based at the JFK Depot.

## Route description

The route begins at Euclid Avenue, and uses Belmont Avenue and Crescent Avenue to access Pitkin Avenue. The westbound route turns right from Pitkin Avenue to Euclid Avenue, where it ends. It the continues until it turns onto 84th Street, Sutter Avenue, Cross Bay Boulevard, and Rockaway Boulevard. It then goes on Rockaway Boulevard for most of its length, until it turns to 150th Street. It then continues, going on 150th Street then 148th Street, until it ends at South Cargo Road. For buses heading westbound, it uses Cargo Plaza Road and 150th Avenue to access 148th Street.

## History

The Q7 bus started service on October 5, 1921 as DP&S Route 66, originally operated by the Ruoff Brothers. Operations were than handed over to Green Bus Lines.

On January 6, 2006 all of Green Bus Lines' routes, including the Q7, were taken over by MTA Bus Company.
B42 (New York City bus)

The **Rockaway Parkway Line** is a public transit line in Brooklyn, New York City, running mostly along Rockaway Parkway between Canarsie Pier and the Canarsie–Rockaway Parkway terminal of the BMT Canarsie Line of the New York City Subway. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the **B42** bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority.

The Wilson Avenue Line (now the B60 bus) continues north on Rockaway Parkway from the end of the B42 to Williamsburg.

## History

The line was originally operated as an electric streetcar by the Nassau Electric Railroad, a company that became part of the Brooklyn Rapid Transit (BRT) Company system, subsequently reorganized as the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation in 1928 before passing to city ownership in 1940.

Initially cars were through-routed between Williamsburg and Canarsie Pier via the Wilson Avenue Line (then Hamburg Avenue) and Rockaway Parkway. It was later cut at the company's Canarsie Depot at the corner of Hegeman and Rockaway Avenues, running via Rockaway Avenue and Rockaway Parkway to the Canarsie Pier. At the Canarsie Line rapid transit station at Rockaway Parkway and Glenwood Road, the Rockaway Parkway Line crossed the rapid transit line's surface right-of-way. The rapid transit line then turned east on private-right-of-way to parallel the trolley line to the shore and ferry.

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When the elevated train service was truncated at the Rockaway Parkway station after the 1917 summer season, the BRT operated a shuttle trolley on the former surface elevated line trackage, but did not discontinue the Rockaway Parkway Line.

Under city ownership, the trolley shuttle on the former elevated line's right-of-way was abandoned on November 21, 1942. On the same day, the terminals of the Wilson Avenue and Rockaway Parkway lines were changed from the Canarsie Depot to the Rockaway Parkway station, essentially turning the Rockaway Parkway Line into a replacement of the Canarsie Line shuttle. At the Canarsie Pier end of the line, the Rockaway Parkway trolleys were rerouted via St. Jude Place and Canarsie Road in order to access the former shuttle station at the shore.

In recognition of the fact that the Rockaway Parkway Line was replacing the survivor of a former rapid transit service, a free transfer between the Canarsie Line and the Rockaway Parkway trolley was instituted with trolleys entering the fare control of the Rockaway Parkway station. The free subway-streetcar (later subway-bus) transfer arrangement continues today, and is the only such transfer that can be made without having to use a MetroCard.

Buses designated **B42** were substituted for streetcars on April 29, 1951.

## References

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1. ↑ The Merchants' Association of New York, Pocket Guide to New York, March 1906, p. 64
Q33 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Jackson Heights – Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station Bus terminal Lane 1

### **Via**

82nd/83rd Streets, 23rd Avenue, 94th Street

### **End**

East Elmhurst – Ditmars Boulevard and 94th Street

### **Length**

TBA

The **Q33** constitutes a bus route in Queens, New York, running between Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst. Originally operated by Triboro Coach Corporation, it is now operated by MTA Bus Company under the MTA Regional Bus Operations brand.

## Route description

The bus route begins at The Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station bus terminal at Lane 1, and turns right on Roosevelt Avenue. It then continues on the avenue until northbound buses uses 83rd Street, Astoria Boulevard and 85th Street to access 23rd Avenue, while southbound buses use 82nd Street to access Roosevelt Avenue. It then continues until it uses 95th Street to access the terminus. Buses heading to Jackson Heights use Ditmars Boulevard and 94th Street to access 23rd Avenue.

## History

The Q33 bus service began on January 1, 1933 and was originally operated by Municipal Motorbus Company, then Triboro Coach Corporation.

On February 2, 2006, Triboro Coach ceased operations and the Q33, as well as all other routes operating under Triboro Coach, were picked up by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA).

Until September 8, 2013 it ran to LaGuardia Airport. It replaced by the Q70 to the airport.
Queens Village Depot

The **Queens Village Depot** is a Queens Division bus depot located on 97-11 222nd Street between 97th and 99th Avenues in Queens Village (40.717232°N 73.730045°W), across to the west from Belmont Park. The MTA began acquiring land for the depot in 1968. The depot was opened on September 8, 1974, and it is on the site of what was Dugan's Bakery. Upon opening, the depot received many former North Shore Bus Company routes from the existing Casey Stengeland Jamaica Depots, and relieved overcrowding at those depots. In 1979, the buses from the depot tested a radio-based real-time information system called the "Radio-Data-Locator System", precursor to MTA Bus Time. The depot was renovated in 1987. The depot stores around 250 buses. It has 202,178 square feet (18,783.0 square meters) of space. The Queens Village Depot building won an Award Honor for engineering excellence from the New York Association of Consulting Engineers.

## Fleet

* OBI Orion VII OG HEV
* OBI Orion VII NG HEV
* Nova Bus LFS LF40102
* MCI D4500CT

## Routes

Local Routes: Q1, Q2, Q27, Q36, Q43, Q46, Q83, Q88

Express Routes: X63, X64, X68

Former Local Routes: Q75 (discontinued 2010), Q79 (discontinued 2010)
Bx14 (New York City bus 1933–2010)

This article is about the former bus route in the Bronx. For the first version of the Bx14 that merged into the current Bx16, see Bx16 (New York City bus).

### **Start**

Parkchester – Hugh Grant Circle / Parkchester station

### **Via**

Metropolitan Avenue, East Tremont Avenue, Westchester Avenue, Bruckner Boulevard

### **End**

Country Club – Ampere Avenue and Research Avenue

The **Bx14** constituted a public transit line in the Bronx, New York, running between Metropolitan Avenue, East Tremont Avenue, Westchester Avenue, and Bruckner Boulevard between Parkchester and Country Club.

The Bx14 was originally the Bx22, which began in 1933, replacing Pelham Bay Park streetcars. It would be renumbered the Bx14 in 1984, as part of the Bronx bus revamp. The Bx14 would be discontinued on June 27, 2010, due to a budget crisis, and would be replaced by the Bx4A and the Bx24 bus routes.

## Route description

The Bx14 began at Hugh Grant Circle, near the Parkchester station on the IRT Pelham Line, and continued on Metropolitan Avenue until it turned to Castle Hill Avenue and then East Tremont Avenue. It then continued along East Tremont Avenue until it turned to Westchester Avenue, and continued along that avenue as well until it turned to Bruckner Boulevard. It then went on Bruckner Boulevard for a length until it turned to Country Club Road, and then turned to Kearney Avenue, Rawlins Avenue, Campbell Drive, Country Club Road again, Spencer Drive, Radio Drive, and Research Avenue, and ends at Ampere Avenue and Research Avenue, while buses heading to Parkchester used Ampere Avenue, Kennelworth Place, Spencer Drive, and Country Club Road to access Bruckner Boulevard.

## History

Country Club buses began in 1933, which then replaced Pelham Bay Park Line streetcars on August 17, 1940, numbered the Bx21 and Bx22.

The original western terminus was at Buhre Avenue station on the IRT Pelham Line. Service was merged with the former Bx21 service from Pelham Bay Park to Westchester Square, and former Bx22 service at Middletown Road and Edison Avenue were discontinued.

Service was later extended to Parkchester station via Westchester Avenue in February 1984 and later rerouted to serve the former Bx54 service at Metropolitan Oval in September 1990.

The Bx14 originally served the New York City Children's Center Bronx Campus at Waters Place-Hospital Road until September 1990, when the Bx21 replaced it.

Metropolitan Oval service was discontinued in June 2010 due to budget crisis, but was restored in January 2011 as the Bx4A.

Country Club service between Crosby Avenue and Layton Avenue temporarily became part of the rerouted Bx8 from June 2010 to January 2011 via Pelham Bay and Stadium Avenue.

Bx24 service was introduced to serve Country Club in January 2011. Service was later extended to Westchester Square station on the IRT Pelham Line in 2012, officially reviving the pre-February 1984 former Bx14 service.
Manhattanville Depot

The **Manhattanville Depot**, formerly the **132nd Street Depot**, is a Manhattan Divison bus depot. It is a three-story structure located in the block bounded by Broadway, Riverside Drive, and 132nd and 133rd Streets in Manhattanville, Manhattan (40.753393°N 74.062962°W). The depot is viewable from the IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line between 125th Street and 137th Street – City College. The depot holds 192 buses, with storage space on the second and third floors. The original site on 132nd Street and Broadway was a streetcar barn built in 1918 for the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, which later used it for buses. The facility was taken over by the MaBSTOA subsidiary of the Transit Authority in March 1962. It served as the headquarters for the MaBSTOA. The original depot was demolished in the late 1980s, and a new depot was erected opening on November 8, 1992, replacing the old 54th Street Depot (also a former Fifth Avenue Coach facility) which closed the same day. In September 1998, the depot operated a pilot fleet of 10 Orion VI hybrid electric buses. Also that year, it was planned to convert the depot into a compressed natural gas (CNG) facility due to community complaints, but the plan was scrapped due to the high cost of converting such a large facility. Since 2010, Manhattanville Depot is the one of the most greenest bus depots in the city because they only use Hybrid Electric Buses.

## Fleet

* OBI Orion VII NG HEV
* Nova Bus LFS HEV LF40102
* New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40
* Mercedes-Benz Citaro G facelift (former demonstrator)

## Routes

Local Routes: M2, M3, M4, M5, M10, M11, M96, M98, M104, M106, M116

Former Local Routes: M18 (discontinued 2010)

## Notes

1. ↑ Fleet swapped with Michael J. Quill Depot to train operators and let them adapt to the fleet in the event of a swap.
Steinway Transit Corporation

**Steinway Transit Corporation** (earlier **Steinway Railway Company** [or **Corporation**] then, beginning in 1922, Steinway Lines) and also known as **Steinway Omnibus Corporation**) was a transit operator in the northwestern part of the borough of Queens in New York City.

As the Steinway Railway Company, the company was incorporated in 1892. It leased the Rikers Ave. & Sanford Point Railroad and acquired the Steinway & Hunters Point Railroad before becoming itself merged into the New York & Queens County Railway. In a 1932 reorganization, the company broke free from the NY&QC, but remained under the control of the NY&QC successor New York & Queens Transit Corp. In 1938 the company was bought by the Queensboro Bridge Railway Company, which set up a subsidiary under the Steinway Omnibus name, and converted its lines from streetcars to buses.

In 1986 the NY&QT's successor Queens Transit Corp. and Steinway Transit Corp. were once again merged into one company, named Queens/Steinway Transit Corporation.

## Routes

The Steinway Lines operated the following streetcar routes, most of which (see notes on each individual line) continued to run as buses after 1939:
B11

**B11** is a bus route in Brooklyn. It begins at 1st Avenue and 58th Street and ends at Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues. It is based at the Jackie Gleason Depot.

## Description

### Eastbound

It begins at 1st Avenue and 58th Street and then continues until it turns left onto 2nd Avenue and then right onto 52nd Street. It continues until it turns left onto 4th Avenue and then right onto 50th Street. It continues until it turns left onto 20th Avenue and right onto Avenue I. It then goes on until it turns right onto Coney Island Avenue and then left onto Avenue J. It continues until it then turns left into Bedford Avenue and continues until it turns right onto Glenwood Road and then right onto Flatbush Avenue, and then right onto Nostrand Avenue and then left onto Avenue H and finally left onto Flatbush Avenue, where it terminates.

## History

The B11 bus route began on September 21, 1931 by Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit. The original eastern terminus was 18th Avenue.

It was extended to Rockaway Parkway station on November 12, 1978 via the B6 route. In the mid-1980s, the route was shortened to the current terminus at Brooklyn College.

Overnight service was discontinued on September 10, 1995 due to budget crisis.

On December 1, 2022, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Brooklyn bus network. As part of the redesign, the B11 will be straightened at the west end, and take 57th Street westbound between First and Second Avenues. Eastbound, it would take 56th Street between Second and Fourth Avenues.
Mother Clara Hale Depot

The site of the **Mother Clara Hale Depot**, formerly named the **146th Street Depot** until 1993, is a Manhattan Divison bus depot, located at 721 Lenox Avenue, filling the block bounded by Lenox Avenue, Seventh Avenue, and 146th and 147th Streets in Harlem, Manhattan (40.821949°N 73.93897°W), two blocks south of the Harlem–148th Street subway station. The three-floor structure has capacity for 150 buses. The depot is named for Harlem humanitarian Clara Hale.

The site of the depot was initially home to the **Lenox Avenue Car House**, a two-story car barn and power station, built by the Metropolitan Street Railway for their Lenox Avenue Line, the first line in the city to use conduit electrification. The line and depot began service on July 9, 1895. The New York City Omnibus Corporation, which had replaced the trolley lines with bus routes in 1936, began constructing a new bus garage on the site in 1938. Operations from the new depot began on July 31, 1939. It was rehabilitated in 1990. This depot had capacity for 123 buses. On September 23, 1993, it was renamed the Mother Clara Hale Depot.

The previous depot building closed in January 2008 and was demolished in spring 2009. To make up for the lack of storage space, the Amsterdam Depot reopened temporarily, with some routes shifted to Manhattanville and West Farms. The old depot was originally a part of the Bronx Division. A new garage was built on the site after demolition, designed as a "green depot" with solar panels and features for energy conservation and efficiency. The new depot was opened on November 20, 2014, at the cost of $262 million. The new depot, which can now house 150 buses, has replaced the 126th Street Depot, which lies above a historical 17th century African-American burial ground; it opened as a directly run NYCT depot in the Manhattan Division like the 126th Street Depot on January 4, 2015, though many routes are operated from other depots.

## Fleet

* OBI Orion VII NG HEV
* New Flyer XDE40
* New Flyer XD60

## Routes

Local Routes: M1, M7

Articulated Local Routes: M15 SBS, M35 (shared with Tuskegee Airmen Depot on weekdays)
S59 (New York City bus)

The **S59** consitutes a bus route in Staten Island, New York, running primarily on Richmond Avenue and Port Richmond Avenue during normal hours; and Hylan Boulevard during rush hours, between Port Richmond and Eltingville during normal hours or Tottenville during rush hours.

The S59 was originally a streetcar route named the #4 line. It was replaced with buses in 1933 and was numbered the R4. It was renumbered the S4, and the S59 assumed the entire Richmond Avenue service of the R4.

## Route description

The S59 begins at Richmond Terrace and Port Richmond Avenue, and continues on Port Richmond Avenue until it turns to Forest Avenue and Richmond Avenue. It then goes on Richmond Avenue for a length until it uses Ring Road, Platinum Avenue, Yukon Avenue, Forest Hill Road, and Richmond Avenue again. It then continues on the avenue until it ends at Hylan Boulevard.

During rush hours, the route turns to Hylan Boulevard, and continues until it uses Craig Avenue and Amboy Road to access the terminus, while buses heading to Port Richmond use Main Street to access Hylan Boulevard.

Some trips serve Tottenville High School at Luten Avenue and Eylandt Street.

The S59 does not run during overnight hours.

## History

The S59 was originally a streetcar route named Route 4, which ran between Bulls Head and Port Richmond. The streetcar line was initially operated by the Staten Island Electric Railroad, Richmond Light and Railroad Company, and finally Richmond Railways. Buses replaced streetcars on December 31, 1933, and was designated the R4. The R4 ran between Port Richmond and Richmondtown. It was initially operated by the Staten Island Coach Company, and then the Isle Transportation Company.

In 1947, Isle Transportation went bankrupt, and on February 23rd of the same year, the city took over the routes of the company, including the R4.

The R4 was renumbered the S4. On September 13, 1987, a new branch of the S4 was created to serve Tottenville High School via Hylan Boulevard.

The S4 was split and the S59 assumed the entire Richmond Avenue service, while the S54 assumed the Nelson Avenue and Giffords Lane service (along with R110 service).
S62 and S92 buses

The **S62** and **S92** constitute bus routes in Staten Island, running from the St. George Ferry Terminal to Travis, Staten Island.

The S62 was originally part of a streetcar line named the Silver Lake Line, later the Richmond Light and Railroad Company's Route 7 trolley; it was then replaced with buses in 1934 and initially designated R112. It was renumbered in the 1980s or 1990s to the S92, and at the latter decade, the S92 was started.

## Description

The route begins at St. George Ferry Terminal, at Ramp A. Then the S62 bus goes on Bay Street, and continues on some of its length until it turns right on Victory Boulevard. It then continues on most of the street until at a loop, where the route ends.

During weekdays and Saturdays, short-turns run between St. George and the College of Staten Island. During late nights, buses bypass the College of Staten Island loop.

During rush hours, the S92 replicates the S62, running to St. George during AM hours and Travis during PM hours. It also makes all local stops between Jewett Avenue/Victory Boulevard and Wild Avenue.

## History

The S92 bus route was originally the Midland Railway's Silver Lake Line. It was operated by the Midland Electric Railroad, later the Staten Island Midland Railway. In 1927 it was taken over by the Richmond Light and Railroad Company, later Richmond Railways, and was designated as route 7. Both routes ran between Port Richmond and St. George. Buses were substituted for streetcars on January 26, 1934. It was initially numbered the R112, which was a shuttle from St. George to Victory Boulevard/Jewett Avenue rush hours only, operating between Castleton Corners and Travis other times. It was a limited weekend special service to Willowbrook State School from Ramp "A" St. George Ferry and return to coincide with visitor hours. It was also initially operated by the Staten Island Coach Company, and then the Isle Transportation Company.

In 1947, Isle Transportation went bankrupt, and on February 23rd of the same year, the New York City Board of Transportation took over the routes of the company, including the R112.

When the College of Staten Island campus first opened, limited trips to and from the campus entrance began.

The bus route was renumbered to the S112, then the S62.

It was then extended the full length of Victory Boulevard and the S92 route was implemented in the early 1990s.
Bx24 (New York City bus)

**Late nights:** Pelham Bay – Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard / Pelham Bay Park station

The **Bx24** constitutes a bus route in the Bronx, New York running primarily on Bruckner Boulevard, Country Club Road, Marconi Street, and Westchester Avenue between Hutchinson Metro Center and Country Club, or Pelham Bay during late nights.

The Bx24 started service in 2011 to replace the portion of the former Bx14 service between Country Club and Westchester Square.

## Route description

The Bx24 begins at the 911 Call Center at Hutchinson Metro Center, and continues on Marconi Street until it uses Waters Place, Eastchester Road, Silvers Street, Williamsbridge Road, and Westchester Avenue. It then continues on Westchester Avenue until it turns to Bruckner Boulevard. It then continues on Bruckner Boulevard until it uses Kearney Avenue, Rawlings Avenue, Campbell Drive, Country Club Road, Stadium Avenue, Spencer Drive, Radio Drive, Research Avenue, and Ampere Avenue to access the terminus, while westbound buses use Ampere Avenue, Kennelworth Place, Stadium Avenue, and Country Club Road to access Bruckner Boulevard.

During late nights, the Bx24 terminates at Westchester Avenue and Bruckner Boulevard, at Pelham Bay Park station on the IRT Pelham Line.

## History

The Bx24 was introduced on January 2, 2011 to replace the portion of the former Bx14 service, which was discontinued on June 27, 2010 due to a budget crisis, between Country Club and Westchester Square. Service was extended from Pelham Bay Park station on the IRT Pelham Line to Westchester Square (6, <6> trains) on April 8, 2012, then to Hutchinson Metro Center in August 2014.

Service between Hutchinson Metro Center and Pelham Bay Park station on the IRT Pelham Line began to run overnight on June 1, 2016.

As part of the MTA's 2017 Fast Forward Plan to speed up mass transit service, a draft plan for a reorganization of Bronx bus routes was proposed in draft format in June 2019, with a final version published in October 2019. The plan included rerouting a short, meandering segment of the Bx24 along Ohm Avenue, Griswold Drive, and Spencer Drive on the more direct route on Kennelworth Place. Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City, the changes were halted for over a year. In February 2022, it was announced that the modifications would take place on June 26, 2022. The said modifications were implemented on the mentioned date.
College Point Depot

The **College Point Depot** is a Queens Division bus depot located on 28th Avenue near Ulmer Street in the College Point section of Queens (40.773378°N 73.840804°W), near the printing plant of The New York Times, the former site of Flushing Airport, and directly behind the headquarters of Queens Surface on land owned by New York City. The depot stores around 250 buses. Construction on the $43 million project began in 1993. The depot was supposed to be completed by spring 1996, but was delayed to October 1997 because the general contractor for the project quit the job. As of June 1996, the project was 60% completed. In August 1996, the electrical contractor stopped work on the project due to a contract dispute with the NYCDOT. The depot opened on October 31, 1997, a year ahead of a previous estimate. The depot increased the number of its wash bays from 1 to 3, and doubled the company's repair bays to 24. It was built with space for 275 buses and 400 cars. This was the first CNG fueling station to be built by and owned by the city. It is owned by the New York City Department of Transportation and leased to MTA Bus. It had been leased to Queens Surface Corporation before the lease was taken over by MTA Bus. Many buses under Queens Surface used compressed natural gas, and all local bus service from this depot operates using CNG provided by Trillium CNG. In 2006, a unified command center for MTA Bus Company was established at the depot. Also, plans are underway to modify this depot to accommodate articulated-buses in the very near future.

## Fleet

* New Flyer C40LF CNG
* MCI D4500CL
* Prevost X3-45

## Routes

Local Routes: Q19, Q23, Q25, Q34, Q38, Q65, Q66. The Q25, Q34, Q65, and Q66 had been Queens Surface routes, while the Q19, Q23 and Q38 (former Triboro Coach routes) had operated from the LaGuardia Depot.

Express Routes: BxM9 (rush hours only, shared with Eastchester), QM1, QM2 (rush hours only, shared with Eastchester), QM3, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM7, QM8, QM10, QM11, QM12, QM20 (rush hours only, shared with Eastchester), QM31, QM32 (rush hours only, shared with Eastchester), QM35, QM36, QM40, QM42, QM44
Bx33 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Harlem, Manhattan – West 135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue / 135th Street station

### **Via**

West 135th Street, East 138th Street, Madison Avenue Bridge

### **End**

Port Morris – Locust Avenue and East 132nd Street

The **Bx33** constitutes a bus route in the Bronx, New York, running primarily on West 135th Street and East 138th Street between Harlem, Manhattan and Port Morris in the Bronx.

The Bx33 was originally a streetcar route, which was replaced with buses in 1948. Since then, the route has been mostly unchanged.

## Route description

The Bx33 begins at West 135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue, near the 135th Street station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line, in Harlem, Manhattan, and uses St. Nicholas Avenue to access West 135th Street, while buses accessing the Harlem terminus use Edgecombe Avenue, West 137th Street, and St. Nicholas Avenue. It continues on West 135th Street until it turns to Madison Avenue and then East 135th Street. It then continues on East 135th Street until it turns to Walnut Avenue, and uses 134th Street, Willow Avenue, and 132nd Street to access the terminus, while buses heading to Harlem turns to Walnut Avenue from 132nd Street.

## History

Buses replaced 138th Street Crosstown Line streetcars on July 10, 1948. It has since remained mostly unchanged, even during the February 19, 1984 Bronx bus revamp.
S93 (New York City bus)

The **S93** consitiutes a bus route in Staten Island and Brooklyn, New York running primarily on Victory Boulevard, Narrows Road, Fort Hamilton Parkway, and 86th Street, between Willowbrook in Staten Island and Bay Ridge in Brooklyn.

The S93 was created in 2001 as a limited stop route in Staten Island.

## Route description

The S93 begins at College of Staten Island, in Staten Island, and uses C Street and Loop Road to access Victory Boulevard. It continues on Victory Boulevard until it goes on Clove Road, and uses Narrows Road South to access the Staten Island Expressway and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, while westbound buses use Narrows Road North to access Clove Road. The S93 continues on the bridge until it uses exit 17 to access Fort Hamilton Parkway, and uses the parkway and 86th Street to access the terminus, while buses heading to Staten Island use 4th Avenue and 92nd Street to access the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. The S93 makes all local stops west of Victory Boulevard and Jewett Avenue. The S93 also runs during weekdays only.

Unlike all limited-stop services, which duplicate the routes of their respective local services, the S93 does not duplicate any routes. This is the same case with the S89 bus. It closely duplicates parts of the S53 and S62 buses.

## History

The S93 service began in 2001, as a limited stop route in Staten Island. Reverse-peak service (and additional stops along Narrows Road South/North) was added in September 2006.

It was extended further into the College of Staten Island Campus in January 2013. Midday and evening service was added on September 2, 2014.
Q49 (New York City bus)

### **Start**

Jackson Heights – Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal / Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station

### **Via**

35th Avenue, 89th/90th Streets, Astoria Boulevard

### **End**

East Elmhurst – Astoria Boulevard and 102nd Street

### **Length**

TBA

The **Q49** constitutes a bus route in Queens, New York running between Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal in Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst. Formerly operated by Triboro Coach Corporation, it is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand.

## Route description

The Q49 bus begins at Victor A. Moore Bus Terminal in Jackson Heights, near the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station. It then continues until it turns to 74th Street to access 35th Avenue, while buses heading to the terminal use 75th Street and Broadway to access it. It continues on 35th Avenue until it uses 89th Street to access Astoria Boulevard, while westbound buses use 92nd Street, 32nd Avenue, and 90th Street to access 35th Avenue. It then continues until it ends at 102nd Street. For buses heading westbound, they use 31st Avenue to access the first stop towards Jackson Heights, which is also at 102nd Street. It then turns to 101st Street and then Astoria Boulevard.

## History

The Q49 bus service was originally designated as the **Q19B**, and it started in January 1938. It was formerly operated by Triboro Coach Corporation.

On February 2, 2006, Triboro Coach ceased operations and the Q49, as well as all other routes operating under Triboro Coach, were picked up by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Fare structures were converted to those of the MTA. It was renumbered from Q19B to the Q49 on April 20, 2008.

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network. As part of the redesign, the Q49 would have been replaced with the QT74, a "neighborhood" route running from East Elmhurst to Elmhurst. The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020, and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback. A revised plan was released in March 2022. As part of the new plan, the Q49 would be realigned in East Elmhurst to use 31st Avenue instead of 32nd Avenue to access 35th Avenue, as well as be extended along Astoria Boulevard to 110th Street.

## References

1. ↑ Metropolitan Transportation Authority (March 2022). Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network. Retrieved on April 7, 2022.