Hillside Avenue buses

q1, q36, q43
q36, q43
Hillside Avenue Line[1]
Jamaica−Queens Village/City Line[2]
Overview
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorNew York City Transit Authority
GarageQueens Village Depot
VehicleNova Bus LFS
Route
LocaleQueens, New York, U.S.
Communities servedJamaica, Jamaica Estates, Hollis, Queens Village, Bellerose, Glen Oaks, Little Neck, Floral Park
StartJamaica
ViaHillside Avenue
EndQ1:

Q36:

Q43: Floral Park – 268th Street and Hillside Avenue
Length4.2 miles (6.8 km) (Q1 Queens Village branch)[3]
4.4 miles (7.1 km) (Q1 Bellerose branch)
9.7 miles (15.6 km) (Q36 Little Neck branch)
5.9 miles (9.5 km) (Q36 Floral Park)
6.6 miles (10.6 km) (Q43)
Other routesn22 (Jamaica−Hicksville)[4][5]
n22X (Jamaica−Roosevelt Field Express)[4][5]
Service
Operates24 hours[note 1][note 2][6][7][8]
RidershipQ1: 850,381 (2023)
Q36: 1,380,959 (2023)
Q43: 2,877,560 (2023)[9]
TransfersYes
TimetableQ1 Q36 Q43
← M125 (Manhattan)
Q35
Q42
 {{{system_nav}}}  Q2
Q37
Q44 SBS →

The Q1, Q36, and Q43 bus routes constitute a public transit line in Queens, New York City. The routes run primarily along Hillside Avenue from the Jamaica, Queens commercial and transportation hub towards several eastern Queens neighborhoods on the city border with Nassau County. Originally operated by the North Shore Bus Company until 1947, all three routes are now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand.

  1. ^ New York City Board of Estimate (September 19, 1938). "Hearing-Omnibus Operations" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. p. 8. Retrieved February 25, 2016 – via Fultonhistory.com.
  2. ^ North Shore Bus Company (July 29, 1942). "For the Convenience of Queens Bus Riders" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. p. 4. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 10, 2022. Retrieved February 21, 2016 – via Fultonhistory.com.
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference LIDaily-NShoreFranchise-Jan1939 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference MTA-QnsBusMap-Current was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ a b "NASSAU INTER-COUNTY EXPRESS System Map" (PDF). Nassau Inter-County Express, Transdev. July 2018. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 14, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2016.
  6. ^ MTA Regional Bus Operations. "Q1 bus schedule".
  7. ^ MTA Regional Bus Operations. "Q36 bus schedule".
  8. ^ MTA Regional Bus Operations. "Q43 bus schedule".
  9. ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.


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