Q65 (New York City bus)

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Flushing–Jamaica Line
College Point Line
A bus en route to Jamaica, Queens.
A 2012 New Flyer C40LF CNG (602) on the Q65 en route to Jamaica, Queens.
Overview
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorMTA Bus Company
GarageCollege Point Depot
VehicleNew Flyer C40LF CNG
Began serviceApril 7, 1891 (College Point Trolley)[1]
December 2, 1899 (Flushing–Jamaica trolley)[1]
August 10, 1937 (bus service)[1]
Route
LocaleQueens, New York, U.S.
StartCollege Point – 110th Street
ViaCollege Point Boulevard, 164th Street
EndJamaica – Sutphin Boulevard / LIRR station
Length5 miles (8.0 km) (Flushing–Jamaica trolley)[1][2]
9.1 miles (14.6 km) (Q65)[3]
Other routesQ25 127th St/Kissena Blvd/Parsons Blvd;Q34 Willets Point/Kissena/Parsons Blvds
Q17 Kissena Boulevard/Horace Harding Expressway/188th Street
Service
Operates24 hours[4]
Annual patronage4,954,301 (2023)[5]
TransfersYes
TimetableQ65
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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.

  1. ^ a b c d e f g Seyfried, Vincent F. (1950). Full text of "New York and Queens County Railway and the Steinway Lines, 1867-1939.". Vincent F. Seyfried. Retrieved December 20, 2015 – via archive.org.
  2. ^ Seyfried, Vincent F. (1961). Full text of "Story of the Long Island Electric Railway and the Jamaica Central Railways, 1894-1933 /". F. E. Reifschneider. Retrieved December 20, 2015 – via archive.org.
  3. ^ "Transit & Bus Committee Meeting September 2013" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2013. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 25, 2013. Retrieved March 9, 2016.
  4. ^ MTA Regional Bus Operations. "Q65 bus schedule".
  5. ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  6. ^ Cite error: The named reference Meyers2006 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  7. ^ "Opening of the World Fair Will Assure Jamaica-Flushing Transit Line's 'Comeback': Buses to Replace Trolley Cars by Summer" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. January 31, 1937. p. 24. Retrieved February 4, 2016.
  8. ^ "Trolleys Doomed At College Point: Line Will Be Supplanted by Buses Tomorrow After 46 Years' Service" (PDF). The New York Times. August 22, 1937. Retrieved January 4, 2016.
  9. ^ "Trolley Route Paving Petitioned; Jamaica-Flushing Car Line Soon to Be Motorized; 164th Street Right-of-Way to Be Used for Buses" (PDF). Long Island Daily Press. Fultonhistory.com. November 27, 1936. p. 32. Retrieved February 4, 2016.