Q35 (New York City bus)

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Brooklyn−Rockaway Park
A 2009 Orion VII NG HEV (4153) on the Rockaway Park-bound Q35 in Jacob Riis Park in September 2023.
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	MTA Bus Company
Garage	Far Rockaway Depot
Vehicle	Orion VII NG HEV Nova Bus LFS New Flyer Xcelsior XD40
Began service	July 3, 1937[1]
Route
Locale	Brooklyn and Queens, New York, U.S.
Landmarks served	Brooklyn College, Kings Plaza, Floyd Bennett Field, Dead Horse Bay, Fort Tilden, Jacob Riis Park[2][3]
Start	Midwood, Brooklyn – Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College subway station
Via	Flatbush Avenue, Marine Parkway Bridge, Newport Avenue
End	Rockaway Park, Queens – Beach 116th Street subway station
Length	9 miles (14 km)[4]
Other routes	B41 Flatbush Avenue
Service
Operates	All times[2]
Ridership	813,815 (2023)[5]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	Q35
Route map Midwood – Flatbush−Nostrand Avs ​  Q35  Kings Highway Troy Avenue / Avenue P Quentin Road Avenue S / Utica Avenue Kings Plaza / Avenue U Marine Park Golf Course / Toys "R" Us Aviator Sports and Events Center Floyd Bennett Field Ryan Visitor Center Floyd Bennett Field−Aviation Road Marine Parkway Bridge Brooklyn Queens Marine Parkway Bridge off-ramp / Rockaway Point Bl Fort Tilden−Beach 169th Street Brooklyn-bound only Q35 to Rockaway Pk via Jacob Riis Park (summers only) Q35 to Brooklyn via Jacob Riis Park (summers only) Rockaway Beach Bl / Jacob Riis Park bathhouse Rockaway Beach Bl / Neponsit Beach Hospital Rockaway Beach Bl / Beach 149th Street 147th Street / Rockaway Beach Bl 147th Street / Neponsit Avenue Intermittent stops via Newport Avenue Beach 146th Street Beach 145th Street Beach 144th Street Beach 143rd Street Beach 142nd Street Beach 140th Street Beach 139th Street Beach 138th Street Beach 137th Street Beach 136th Street Beach 135th Street Beach 133rd Street Beach 132nd Street Beach 130th Street Beach 129th Street Beach 128th Street Beach 127th Street Beach 126th Street Beach 125th Street Beach 124th Street Beach 123rd Street Beach 122nd Street Beach 121st Street Beach 120th Street Beach 119th Street Beach 118th Street Rockaway Park – Beach 116th Street ​  Q35  Legend Two-way stop One-way stop Part-time service  Q35  Terminal Subway connection ← Q34  {{{system_nav}}}  Q36 →

The Q35 bus route constitutes a public transit line in southeast Brooklyn as well as the Rockaway Peninsula of southern Queens in New York City. The Q35 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 Midwood in central Brooklyn to Rockaway Park on the Rockaway Peninsula, running mainly along Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and Newport Avenue on the Rockaway Peninsula. The route utilizes the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge to cross between Brooklyn and Queens.

The Q35 began operations under Green Bus Lines on July 3, 1937, the day the Marine Parkway Bridge was opened, to connect Brooklyn with the newly renovated Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways. In August 1937, the route was extended east to its current terminus at Beach 116th Street subway station. Due to franchise restrictions with the city government, buses originally made no stops in Brooklyn between Flatbush Avenue station and the bridge. Additional stops in Brooklyn were added by 1940, and by 1976 buses were allowed to pick up and drop off passengers in both directions in Brooklyn. Following the MTA takeover in 2006, several stops in Brooklyn were eliminated to streamline service, so that the Q35 makes limited stops in Brooklyn while operating as a local route in Queens.