Q65 (New York City bus)

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Flushing–Jamaica Line College Point Line
A 2012 New Flyer C40LF CNG (602) on the Q65 en route to Jamaica, Queens.
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	MTA Bus Company
Garage	College Point Depot
Vehicle	New Flyer C40LF CNG Orion VII NG HEV New Flyer Xcelsior XD40
Began service	April 7, 1891 (College Point Trolley)[1] December 2, 1899 (Flushing–Jamaica trolley)[1] August 10, 1937 (bus service)[1]
Route
Locale	Queens, New York, U.S.
Start	College Point – 110th Street
Via	College Point Boulevard, 164th Street
End	Jamaica – Sutphin Boulevard / LIRR station
Length	5 miles (8.0 km) (Flushing–Jamaica trolley)[1][2] 9.1 miles (14.6 km) (Q65)[3]
Other routes	Q25 127th St/Kissena Blvd/Parsons Blvd;Q34 Willets Point/Kissena/Parsons Blvds Q17 Kissena Boulevard/Horace Harding Expressway/188th Street
Service
Operates	24 hours[4]
Annual patronage	4,954,301 (2023)[5]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	Q65
Route map College Point – 110th Street  Q65  Intermittent stops 110th Street / 15th Avenue 112th Street 114th Street 115th Street 118th Street 119th Street College Point Boulevard / 14th Avenue College Point Boulevard / 15th Avenue 18th Avenue 20th Avenue 23rd Avenue 25th Road 26th Avenue 28th Avenue / 123rd Street 30th Avenue 31st Avenue Whitestone Expressway 32nd Avenue Northern Boulevard / College Point Boulevard Main Street / Northern Boulevard Flushing – Main Street Station ​ Main Street / Kissena Boulevard / 41st Avenue Kissena Boulevard / Sanford Avenue Sanford Avenue / Bowne Street Local stops Bowne Street / Beech Avenue Bowne Street / Cherry Avenue 45th Avenue / Bowne Street Parsons Boulevard / Flushing Hospital Local stops 45th Avenue / 149th Street 45th Avenue / 156th Street 45th Avenue / 158th Street 45th Avenue / 162nd Street 46th Avenue / Flushing Cemetery Local stops Pidgeon Meadow Road / Laburnum Avenue 164th Street / Pidgeon Meadow Road Oak Avenue / Kissena Park Lithonia Avenue / Kissena Park Metcalf Avenue / Kissena Park Booth Memorial Avenue / Kissena Park 59th Avenue Horace Harding Expressway Local stops 65th Avenue 67th Avenue 69th Avenue Jewel Avenue 71st Avenue 72nd Avenue 73rd Avenue 75th Avenue Local stops 75th Road 76th Avenue 77th Avenue 77th Road 78th Avenue Union Turnpike Goethals Avenue  Q65  82nd Road / Queens Hospital Center Local stops 84th Avenue 84th Drive / Chapin Parkway 85th Avenue 86th Avenue Highland Avenue Hillside Avenue Hillside Avenue / Parsons Boulevard Parsons Boulevard / 89th Avenue Parsons Boulevard / Jamaica Avenue ​​​ Jamaica Center Bus Terminal ​​​ Jamaica Avenue / 153rd Street Jamaica LIRR Station – Sutphin Bl ​​​  Q65  Legend Local & Limited stops Local stops  Q65  Terminal  Q65  Part-time terminal  LTD  Limited buses make all stops north of 25th Road ​ Subway connection LIRR connection ← Q64  {{{system_nav}}}  Q66 →

The Q65 bus route constitutes a public transit line in Queens, New York City. The south-to-north route runs primarily on 164th Street, operating between two major bus-subway hubs: Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue station in Jamaica and Flushing–Main Street station in Flushing. It then extends north along College Point Boulevard to College Point at the north end of the borough. The route is city-operated under the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations.

The bulk of the bus route between Jamaica and Flushing follows a former streetcar line known as the Flushing–Jamaica Line,^[1] Jamaica–Flushing Line,^[1][6] or 164th Street Line,^[7] operated by the New York and Queens County Railway from 1899 to 1937. The northern portion of the route follows a second line operated by the company called the College Point Line or Flushing–College Point Line,^[8] which began operation in 1891. Both lines, combined known as the Jamaica–College Point Line^[1] or Jamaica−Flushing−College Point Line,^[9] were replaced by bus service in 1937, operated by successor companies Queens-Nassau Transit Lines, Queens Transit Corporation, and finally Queens Surface Corporation until the route was taken over by the city in 2005.