165th Street Bus Terminal

40°42′27″N 73°47′44″W / 40.7075°N 73.7955°W / 40.7075; -73.7955

165th Street Bus Terminal
New York City bus station
An Orion VII OG, two Orion VII NGs, two Long Island Orion Vs, two RTSs and an NYCT Orion V at 165th Street Terminal, viewed from Merrick Boulevard & 89th Avenue
General information
Location89-21 165th Street[1]
(at 89th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard)
Queens, New York City
United States
Owned byFBE Limited
Operated byNYCT, MTA Bus, Nassau Inter-County Express
Bus routes11 local MTA routes, 5 NICE Bus routes
Bus stands23 Loading Bays
Connections New York City Subway:
"F" train"F" express train at 169th Street
"E" train​​"J" train​"Z" train at Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer
Mainline rail interchange Long Island Rail Road
AirTrain JFK
at Jamaica (Sutphin Blvd)
Construction
Structure typeAt-grade
History
OpenedAugust 11, 1936[2][3]
Previous namesLong Island Bus Terminal[3]

The 165th Street Bus Terminal, also known as Jamaica Bus Terminal,[1][4] the Long Island Bus Terminal[5] (the name emblazoned on the entranceway's red tiles), Jamaica−165th Street Terminal (as signed on buses towards the terminal), or simply 165th Street Terminal, is a major bus terminal in Jamaica, Queens. Owned by FBE Limited,[6] the terminal serves both NYCT and MTA Bus lines as well as NICE Bus lines to Nassau County, and was a hub to Green Bus Lines prior to MTA takeover.[7] It is located at 89th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard, near the Queens Public Library's main branch. Most buses that pass through Jamaica serve either this terminal, the Jamaica Center subway station at Parsons Boulevard, or the LIRR station at Sutphin Boulevard.[8]

Unlike other major bus centers in New York City, there is currently no direct subway transfer available at the terminal. The closest subway station is 169th Street on Hillside Avenue served by the F and <F> train. Most buses traveling to/from the east, which operate via Hillside Avenue, also stop at 179th Street served by the E, ​F, and <F> trains.[8][9]

  1. ^ a b Clark, Alfred E. (May 22, 1966). "4 Good Samaritans: 3 Succeed, 1 Killed" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  2. ^ "At Midnight...Tuesday, August 11, 1936". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. August 11, 1936. p. 4. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2016 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ a b "Bee Bus Line Will Use New Jamaica Station: To Remove to $1,500,000 Terminal Tuesday Night". New York Herald Tribune. August 10, 1936. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTimes-Macy's-165-1944 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "BUILDING PLANS FILED: Houses in Brooklyn and Queens Form Bulk of Projects". The New York Times. May 2, 1936. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
  6. ^ Cifuentes, Kevin (November 11, 2022). "FBE Limited Buys Queens Development Site for $51M". The Real Deal. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
  7. ^ "165th Street Mall Improvement Association Annual Report – Fiscal Year 2009" (PDF). 165th Street Mall. 165th Street Mall Improvement Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
  8. ^ a b "Queens Bus Map" (PDF). MTA New York City Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
  9. ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: neighborhood". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2018. Retrieved October 1, 2018.