Q41 (New York City bus)

The **Q41** constitutes a bus route in Queens, New York running between the 165th Street Bus Terminal in Jamaica and Howard Beach. Originally operated by Green Bus Lines, it is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand.

## Route description

The bus route begins at Bay 22 and 23 of the 165th Street Bus Terminal in Jamaica, and uses 89th Avenue and 168th Street to access Jamaica Avenue, while buses heading to the terminal use Merrick Boulevard to access it. The bus route then continues on the avenue until it turns to Sutphin Boulevard and then southbound buses use 94th Avenue to access Atlantic Avenue, while northbound buses use 95th Avenue to access Sutphin Boulevard. It then continues until it turns right on 127th Street, while northbound buses use 94th Avenue to access Atlantic Avenue. It then continues until it goes on 109th Avenue, with northbound buses using 128th Street and Liberty Avenue to access 127th Street. It then goes on until it goes on Rockaway Boulevard, and then Cross Bay Boulevard. It then continues until southbound buses use 153rd Avenue to access 155th Avenue, while northbound buses use 151st Avenue, 89th Street, and South Conduit Avenue to access Cross Bay Boulevard. It then continues until it turns to 84th Street, and goes on until it is briefly interrupted by Shore Parkway, and then it turns to 157th Street and then back on Cross Bay Boulevard. It then continues until it turns right on 164th Avenue, and ends. Buses heading northbound use 164th Avenue, 84th Street, and 160th Avenue to access Cross Bay Boulevard.

## History

The Q41 service began on July 10, 1934 and was originally operated by Courier Bus Company It was then taken over by Green Bus Lines.

The route in Lindenwood, via 155th and 157th Avenues, was added on September 14, 1964.

Between 1980 and 1985, the route's path in Ozone Park was changed with the conversion of 109th Avenue and 130th Streets to one-way streets. Northbound buses were rerouted to turn south for one block on 127th Street, east on 111th Avenue for one block and then north on 130th Street before resuming the previous route at Atlantic Avenue. Southbound buses were rerouted to continue on 127th Street from 109th Avenue to 111th Avenue before heading west on that street until 111th Street, where the route would turn north one block and then resume on its previous route on 109th Street.

The route's path through Ozone Park was modified again between 1985 and December 1989. Southbound buses were rerouted off of Atlantic Avenue at 133rd Street before turning onto 95th Avenue and resuming via 127th Street. Northbound buses were rerouted off of 109th Avenue, instead following the path of southbound buses, turning south onto 111th Street and then east on 111th Avenue, north on 131st Street and west on 109th Avenue to 128th Street, before turning west on Liberty Avenue and then north on 127th Street, before turning east on 95th Avenue, north on 134th Street and back onto Atlantic Avenue.

It was extended from Guy R. Brewer Boulevard and Archer Avenue to 165th Street Terminal on October 30, 1989.

On July 1, 2012, service was rerouted off of 111th Avenue to 109th Avenue to cut costs and reduce travel times. Local residents were opposed to the change, arguing that were not given advanced notice, and because the change eliminated parking spaces.

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network. As part of the redesign, the Q41's route would have been replaced with the QT88A/B, two "neighborhood" routes running from Howard Beach and Hamilton Beach. 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. The Q41 would be discontinued and be replaced with a local route designated the Q109, which would run between East New York, Brooklyn and Jamaica, Queens.