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
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorMTA Bus Company
GarageFar Rockaway Depot
VehicleOrion VII NG HEV
Nova Bus LFS
New Flyer Xcelsior XD40
Began serviceJuly 3, 1937[1]
Route
LocaleBrooklyn and Queens, New York, U.S.
Landmarks servedBrooklyn College, Kings Plaza, Floyd Bennett Field, Dead Horse Bay, Fort Tilden, Jacob Riis Park[2][3]
StartMidwood, Brooklyn – Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College subway station
ViaFlatbush Avenue, Marine Parkway Bridge, Newport Avenue
EndRockaway Park, Queens – Beach 116th Street subway station
Length9 miles (14 km)[4]
Other routesB41 Flatbush Avenue
Service
OperatesAll times[2]
Ridership813,815 (2023)[5]
TransfersYes
TimetableQ35
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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 Due to franchise restrictions with the city government, buses originally made no stops in Brooklyn between Flatbush Avenue station and the bridge.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.

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference NYTimes-GBLQ35-1937 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ a b MTA Regional Bus Operations. "Q35 bus schedule".
  3. ^ Cite error: The named reference NPCA-Gateway-March2017 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  4. ^ "MTA Bus Operations Committee Meeting February 2012" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority (New York). February 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 17, 2012. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  5. ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.