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QUEENS SURFACE HISTORY FROM QS WEBSITE

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The QS website: Surface Lines History is on borrowed time. Eventually, it will be abandoned - they stopped updating it when MTA Bus took over. - SSG Cornelius Seon (Retired) 20:26, 8 August 2007 (UTC)[reply]

Surface Corporation is the successor to a long line of companies extending back to the inception of horsecar service in the Village of Astoria in the 1860s. In 1988, Queens Surface Corporation was formed to replace the Queens/Steinway Transit Corporation (Q/STC), which was established from the merger of the Queens Transit Corporation and the Steinway Transit Corporation in 1986. Q/STC was owned by the Salzberg interests, a scrap metal and short line railroad operator, since it acquired the old New York & Queens County Railway Company in 1932. This acquisition was made for the purpose of replacing the street railway operations with buses and selling the scrap steel.

There's more on the history of the two trolley companies(New York and Queens County Railway and Steinway Railway) that eventually became part of Queens Surface in "Lost Trolleys of Queens and Long Island," by Stephen L. Meyers. If they won't survive as separate articles (and I have a strong feeling they won't), you can add them to the history section of this article. You might be able to get it on Kindle, and if not, I can rummage through a shelf and grab my own copy out of storage. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 06:06, 6 January 2014 (UTC)[reply]

More history on SubChat

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Got some QSC and Steinway Transit bus maps on a thread on Subchat. It's really too bad that forums are considered unreliable sources, even though it's normally understandable. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 17:57, 23 January 2016 (UTC)[reply]

Jones Beach Buses

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A bit of evidence that one of the predecessors of Queens Surface (Queens Transit) had buses serving Jones Beach. Any info on this before I submit my reformatted version of the bus routes? ---------User:DanTD (talk) 21:11, 22 November 2016 (UTC)[reply]

I have two sandboxes for Queens Transit Buses and Steinway Transit Buses that are nearly ready for reformatting, and I still don't have any info on the former Jones Beach routes. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 12:23, 31 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]

Reformatted bus route list

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Nobody has commented on my effort to add a new version of the list of bus routes. So let me show it off;


Route Terminal A Major streets of travel Terminal B Notes/History
FORMER QUEENS SURFACE CORPORATION BUS ROUTES
Bronx and Queens Local
QBx1 Flushing
Main Street and 39th Avenue
near Flushing – Main Street ( 7   <7> ​ trains)
Whitestone Expressway, Hutchinson River Parkway,
Bruckner Boulevard, Co-op City Boulevard
Co-op City, Bronx
Earhart Lane and Erskine Place
Limited Stop Service; most service ran exclusively between Pelham Bay Park and Co-op City. Interborough service is now called the Q50. Co-op City shuttle service is now the Bx23.
Queens Local
Q25 Jamaica
Sutphin Boulevard and 94th Avenue
at Sutphin Boulevard – Archer Avenue – JFK Airport ( E ​ ​ J  Z  trains) and Jamaica LIRR / AirTrain Station
Parsons Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard, 127th Street College Point
Poppenhusen Avenue and 119th Street
  • Originally owned by Flushing Heights Bus Company, service began in 1928.[1]
  • Acquired by Queens–Nassau Transit, Inc. on May 25, 1933.[2]
  • Weekdays, Q34 also provides service between Flushing and Jamaica.
  • The original Q25 terminus was in Flushing; it was combined with the then-Q34 route into College Point.
  • Southern terminus moved from 160th Street and Jamaica Avenue to Parsons Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue in 2005;[3] extended to Jamaica LIRR station on Sutphin Boulevard in 2006.[4]
Q34 Parsons Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard, Union Street Whitestone
Willets Point Boulevard and 149th Street
  • Service began in April 1933.[1]
  • Weekday service only.
  • The original Q34 route was the College Point segment of the Q25; it was later rerouted to its current alignment in Whitestone and then extended along the Q25 route.
  • Southern terminus moved from 160th Street and Jamaica Avenue to Parsons Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue in 2004;[3] extended to Jamaica LIRR station on Sutphin Boulevard in 2007.[4]
Q65 164th Street, 45th Avenue,
College Point Boulevard
College Point
14th Avenue and 110th Street
  • Service started on August 10, 1937 to replace Flushing–Jamaica Line and College Point Line streetcar service.
  • Southern terminus moved from 160th Street and Jamaica Avenue to Parsons Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue in 2004;[3] extended to Jamaica LIRR station on Sutphin Boulevard in 2007.[4]
Q65A Forest Hills
Queens Boulevard and 71st Avenue
at Forest Hills – 71st Avenue ( E  F   <F>  M  R  trains)
Jewel Avenue Electchester
164th Street and Jewel Avenue
  • Service started in 1951.[1]
  • Renumbered as Q64 in 2007.
Q66 Long Island City
28th Street and Queens Plaza South
at Queensboro Plaza ( 7   <7> ​​  N  W  trains)
and Queens Plaza ( E  M  R  trains)
21st Street, 35th Avenue,
Northern Boulevard
Flushing
Main Street and 39th Avenue
near Flushing – Main Street ( 7   <7> ​ trains)
  • Service started on September 5, 1937 to replace streetcar service.[1]
  • Original terminus was at 51st Street in Woodside; extended to Queens Plaza in 1989.
Q67 21st Street, Borden Avenue,
55th Avenue, 69th Street
Middle Village
Metropolitan Avenue and Fresh Pond Road
  • Service started on October 30, 1937 to replace streetcar service.[1]
  • Ridgewood terminal replaced by Middle Village
Queens-Manhattan express
QM2 Midtown Manhattan
6th Avenue
Manhattan: 34th Street, 6th Avenue (or 3rd Avenue), 57th Street (Manhattan bound), 59th Street (Queens bound)
Queens: Whitestone Expressway service road (weekdays only), Parsons Boulevard (weekends only), Cross Island Parkway service road
Bay Terrace
Bay Terrace Shopping Center
  • Bayside-Whitestone Express, via 6th Avenue or 3rd Avenue
  • Operated by Queens Transit from 1969 until June 30, 1988.
  • Operated by Queens Surface Corporation from July 1, 1988 until MTA takeover in February 27, 2005.
  • Last Manhattan bound dropoff is at 57th Street and 3rd Avenue.
  • Last Queens bound pickup is on 59th Street and Lexington Avenue.
  • Rerouted away from Whitestone Expressway Service Road to serve Parsons Boulevard on weekends on April 6, 2014.
  • Rerouted away from 57th Street onto 59th Street in the Queens bound direction on August 24, 2015.
  • 3rd Ave route spilt off to new route QM32 in early September 2016
QM2A Manhattan: 34th Street, 6th Avenue, 57th Street (Manhattan bound), 59th Street (Queens bound)
Queens: Willets Point Boulevard, Utopia Parkway, 26th Avenue
Bay Terrace
Corporal Kennedy Street and 23rd Avenue
  • Clearview, Linden & Mitchell Express
  • Weekday service only.
  • Operated by Queens Transit from 1971 until June 30, 1988.
  • Operated by Queens Surface Corporation from July 1, 1988 until MTA takeover in February 27, 2005.
  • Last Manhattan bound dropoff is at 57th Street and 3rd Avenue.
  • Last Queens bound pickup is at 59th Street and Lexington Avenue.
  • Rerouted off of 57th Street and onto 59th Street in the Queens bound direction on August 24, 2015.
  • Renumbered from QM2A in September 2011.
QM3 Manhattan: 34th Street, 6th Avenue, 57th Street (Manhattan bound), 59th Street (Queens bound)
Queens: Northern Boulevard, Little Neck Parkway.
Little Neck
Little Neck Parkway and Horace Harding Expressway
  • Deepdale-Douglaston Express
  • Originally Operated by Queens Transit from 1970 until 1988.
  • Temporarily operated by Caravan Transit from 1988 until 1990.
  • Operated by Queens Surface Corporation from 1990 until MTA takeover in 2005.
  • Last drop off is on 57th Street and 3rd Avenue.
  • Last pick up to Queens is on 59th Street and Lexington Avenue.
  • Queens bound buses taken off 57th Street and put onto 59th Street on August 24, 2015.
QM4 Manhattan: 34th Street, 6th Avenue (or 3rd Avenue), 57th Street
Queens: Jewel Avenue
Electchester
164th Street and Horace Harding Expressway
  • Jewel Avenue Express
  • Operated by Queens Transit from 1971 until 1988.
  • Operated by Queens Surface Corporation from 1988 until MTA takeover in 2005.
  • Last dropoff is at 57th Street and 3rd Avenue.
  • Former 3rd Avenue service relabeled to QM44 on July 5, 2016.
FORMER STEINWAY TRANSIT BUS ROUTES
Queens Local
Q101 East Midtown, Manhattan
East 61st Street and 2nd Avenue
Northern Boulevard, Steinway Street,
20th Avenue
Steinway
77th Street and Hazen Street
  • Service started on November 1, 1939, to replace Steinway Street Line streetcar service.[5]
  • Formerly operated by Steinway Transit until 1988, and then by Queens Surface Corporation until takeover in 2005.[6][7]
  • Travels between Manhattan and Queens via the Queensboro Bridge.
  • Original northern terminus was Rikers' Island; when the Q101R (now Q100) was created, service was truncated to 19th Avenue. Prior to the creation of the Q101R, this route was the ONLY local bus route to traverse three boroughs, since Rikers' Island is located in The Bronx.
Q101R Long Island City
Jackson Avenue and Queens Plaza South
at Queensboro Plaza ( 7   <7> ​​  N  W  trains)
and Queens Plaza ( E  M  R  trains)
21st Street, 20th Avenue Rikers Island, Bronx
  • Started service in the 1980s.[1]
  • Formerly operated by Queens Surface Corporation until takeover in 2005.[7]
  • Renumbered as Q100 on April 6, 2008.[8]
  • Originally non-stop between Long Island City and Rikers Island parking lot.[9]
  • Limited-stop service along 21st Street began on February 1, 2009.[10]
Q102 Roosevelt Island, Manhattan
Coler-Goldwater Hospital
Main Street (Manhattan), Vernon Boulevard, 31st Street, 30th Avenue Astoria
27th Avenue and 2nd Street
  • Service started on September 29, 1939, to replace a Steinway Streetcar.[1][5]
  • Formerly operated by Steinway Transit until 1988, and then by Queens Surface Corporation until takeover in 2005.[6][7]
  • Travels between Manhattan and Queens via the Roosevelt Island Bridge.
  • Newtown Avenue, Crescent Street, and Astoria Boulevard segment discontinued in favor of operating via 30th Avenue on June 29, 2014.
Q103 Hunters Point
Borden Avenue and Vernon Boulevard
at Vernon Boulevard – Jackson Avenue ( 7   <7> ​ trains) and Long Island City LIRR station
Vernon Boulevard Astoria
27th Avenue and 2nd Street
  • Service started on September 29, 1939, to replace a Steinway Streetcar.[1][5]
  • Formerly operated by Steinway Transit until 1988, and then by Queens Surface Corporation until takeover in 2005.[6][7]
  • Weekend service added on June 29, 2014
Q104 Ravenswood
Vernon Boulevard and 34th Avenue
Broadway, 48th Street Sunnyside
48th Street and Queens Boulevard
at 46th Street – Bliss Street ( 7  train)
  • Service started on September 29, 1939, to replace a Steinway Streetcar.[1][5]
  • Formerly operated by Steinway Transit until 1988, and then by Queens Surface Corporation until takeover in 2005.[6][7]
Queens-Manhattan express
QM1 Midtown Manhattan
6th Avenue
or
Downtown Manhattan
Downtown Loop
Manhattan: 34th Street, 6th Avenue, 57th Street
Queens: Union Turnpike, 188th Street
Fresh Meadows
188th Street and 64th Avenue
  • Fresh Meadows Express
  • Operates during rush hours only, off peak service available via QM5
  • Off-peak service discontinued on December 31, 2015
  • Began service on February 26, 1968;[11] operated by Steinway Transit from 1968 until 1988.[11]
  • Last dropoff from Queens is at 57th Street.
  • Downtown trips redesignated QM7 in June 2010.
  • Former 3rd Ave branch split off to new QM31 in early September 2016
QM1A Manhattan: 34th Street, 6th Avenue, 57th Street
Queens: Union Turnpike, 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway, Lakeville Road
Glen Oaks
260th Street and Union Turnpike
or
Lake Success
North Shore Towers
  • Glen Oaks-Windsor Park Express, and Lake Success Express (a.k.a.; North Shore Towers Express)
  • Operated by Steinway Transit from 1968 until 1988.
  • Temporarily operated by Caravan Transit from 1988 until 1990.
  • Operated by Queens Surface Corporation from 1988 or 1990 until MTA takeover in 2005.
  • Last dropoff from Queens is at 57th Street.
  • Glen Oaks-Windsor Park Express redesignated QM5 in June 2010.[12]
  • Lake Success Express redesignated QM6 in June 2010.[12]
  • Downtown trips redesignated QM8 in June 2010.[12]
  • Former 3rd Avenue service on QM5 relabeled QM35 in September 2016
  • Former 3rd Avenue service on QM6 relabeled QM36 in early September 2016
  • Peak service only.
  • QM8 operates from Glen Oaks bypassing Fresh Meadows.
  • QM8 AM super express service serves Fresh Meadows.

I'm still puzzled over the Jones Beach Bus Route. Let me know what you people think of this version. ---------User:DanTD (talk) 18:17, 26 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT ROUTES". www.chicagorailfan.com. Retrieved 2016-01-01. Cite error: The named reference "Bus Route History" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  2. ^ "Full text of 'State of New York Department of Public Service Metropolitan Division: Fourteenth Annual Report For the Calendar Year 1934'"". archive.org. New York State Department of Public Service. February 14, 1935. Retrieved 2 March 2016.
  3. ^ a b c Hirshon, Nicholas (March 2, 2006). "BIZ DRIVEN AWAY. BUS REROUTE HURTS SALES, SAY JAMAICA MART OWNERS". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 16 December 2015.
  4. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference MTA-AnnualReport-2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b c d Seyfried, Vincent F. (1950). "Full text of "New York and Queens County Railway and the Steinway Lines, 1867-1939."". archive.org. Vincent F. Seyfried. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. ^ a b c d Roger P. Roess; Gene Sansone (23 August 2012). The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System. Springer Science & Business Media. pp. 416–417. ISBN 978-3-642-30484-2.
  7. ^ a b c d e Woodberry, Jr., Warren (February 24, 2005). "MAJOR BUS CO. TO JOIN MTA". Daily News (New York). Retrieved 4 January 2016.
  8. ^ "MTA Bus Service Changes". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 2008. Archived from the original on 2008-04-18. Retrieved 1 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  9. ^ "Queens Bus Map: Notes" (PDF). archive.org. mta.info. December 2002. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2003-03-23. Retrieved 6 July 2015. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "MTA Bus Service Changes". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. January 2009. Archived from the original on 2009-01-25. Retrieved 1 January 2016. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  11. ^ a b Perlmutter, Emanuel (February 27, 1968). "Queens-Midtown Service Starts: 11 Express Buses Carry 1,000 on Test Runs". The New York Times. Retrieved 26 August 2016.
  12. ^ a b c "Northeast Queens Bus Study" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2015. Retrieved 11 December 2015.