List of bus routes in Queens

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates a number of bus routes in Queens, New York, United States. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Queens).

This table gives details for the routes prefixed with "Q"—in other words, those considered to run primarily in Queens by the MTA. For details on routes with other prefixes, see the following articles:

List of bus routes in Brooklyn: B13, B15, B20, B24, B26, B38, B52, B54, B57, and B61
List of bus routes in Manhattan: M60
List of bus routes in Nassau County, New York: N1, N2, N3, N4, N6, N20, N21, N22, N22A, N24, N26, N31, N32, and N33
List of express and multi-borough bus routes in New York City: x32, x51, x63, x64, x68, BQM1, QBx1, QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM10, QM11, QM12, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, QM21, QM22, QM23, and QM24

Routes marked with an asterisk run 24 hours a day.

Route	Operator	Terminals		Major streets	History	Notes
Q1*	NYCTA	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Bellerose or Queens Village	Hillside Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, and Braddock Avenue
Q2*	NYCTA	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Belmont Park	Hillside Avenue and Hollis Avenue
Q3*	NYCTA	JFK Airport Terminal 4	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Farmers Boulevard and Hillside Avenue	Extended to JFK Airport in 1989
Q4*	NYCTA	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station, Jamaica	Cambria Heights	Merrick Boulevard and Linden Boulevard	Original western terminus was 169th Street subway station	both local and limited-stop service
Q5*	NYCTA	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station, Jamaica	Rosedale or Green Acres Mall, Nassau County	Merrick Boulevard	Original western terminus was 169th Street subway station Extended to Green Acres Mall in 1989	both local and limited-stop service
Q6*	MTA Bus	JFK Airport (North Boundary Road)	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Rockaway Boulevard and Sutphin Boulevard	extended to 165th Street Terminal ca. 1990 operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q7	MTA Bus	Euclid Avenue subway station, East New York, Brooklyn	JFK Airport (cargo area)	Pitkin Avenue, Sutter Avenue, Rockaway Boulevard, and 150th Street	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q8	MTA Bus	Euclid Avenue subway station, East New York, Brooklyn	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	101st Avenue	extended to 165th Street Terminal ca. 1990 operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q9	MTA Bus	South Ozone Park	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Lincoln Street and Liberty Avenue (Q9) or Linden Boulevard and Merrick Boulevard (Q9A)	extended to 165th Street Terminal ca. 1990 operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q10*	MTA Bus	JFK Airport Terminal 4	Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens subway station, Kew Gardens	Lefferts Boulevard	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006 Had express service variant Q10A until 2006	both local and limited-stop service
Q11*	MTA Bus	Hamilton Beach or Howard Beach	Woodhaven Boulevard subway station, Elmhurst	Woodhaven Boulevard	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q12*	NYCTA	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Little Neck	Sanford Avenue and Northern Boulevard
Q13	NYCTA	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Fort Totten	Northern Boulevard and Bell Boulevard
Q14	NYCTA	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Whitestone	Union Street, 149th Street, and 150th Street
Q15	NYCTA	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Beechhurst	41st Avenue, 150th Street, and 154th Street
Q16	NYCTA	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Fort Totten	Union Street, Bayside Avenue, 29th Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, and Willets Point Boulevard
Q17*	NYCTA	Jamaica	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Hillside Avenue, 188th Street, Horace Harding Expressway, and Kissena Boulevard	extended to Archer Avenue and Merrick Boulevard on December 11, 1988 Began limited-stop service in 2003	both local and limited-stop service
Q18	MTA Bus	Maspeth	Astoria	65th Place, 58th Street, and 30th Avenue	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q19	MTA Bus	Astoria	Flushing–Main Street subway station, Flushing	Astoria Boulevard	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006 extended from East Elmhurst to Flushing in 2007
Q19A	MTA Bus	Long Island City	Jackson Heights	21st Street and Ditmars Boulevard	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q19B	MTA Bus	Roosevelt Avenue–74th Street subway station, Jackson Heights	East Elmhurst	35th Avenue, 89th Street, 90th Street, and Astoria Boulevard	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q20A Q20B	NYCTA	Jamaica	College Point	Main Street, Union Street, Parsons Boulevard, and 20th Avenue (Q20A) or 14th Avenue (Q20B)	North Shore Bus Company began operating the Q44FS on February 15, 1932; renumbered to the Q20 on April 12, 1990 Extended to Jamaica in 1999 when Q44 became limited-stop in Queens, then split into Q20A and Q20B
Q21	MTA Bus	Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street subway station, Rockaway Park	Rockaway Boulevard subway station, Ozone Park	Rockaway Beach Boulevard and Cross Bay Boulevard	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q22	MTA Bus	Roxbury	Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue subway station, Far Rockaway	Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, and Seagirt Boulevard	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q22A	MTA Bus	Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue subway station, Far Rockaway	Bayswater	Mott Avenue	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q23	MTA Bus	Forest Hills	East Elmhurst	69th Avenue, 108th Street, 103rd Street, 102nd Street, and Ditmars Boulevard	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q24*	NYCTA	Kosciuszko Street subway station, Bushwick, Brooklyn	Jamaica	Broadway and Atlantic Avenue	Formerly B22; renumbered and extended from 89th Avenue and Parsons Boulevard to 170th Street and Jamaica Avenue on December 11, 1988
Q25*	MTA Bus	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station, Jamaica	College Point	Parsons Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard, Linden Place, Ulmer Street, and 127th Street	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q26	NYCTA	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Fresh Meadows	Parsons Boulevard, 46th Avenue, and Hollis Court Boulevard
Q27*	NYCTA	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Cambria Heights	Kissena Boulevard, 46th Avenue, 48th Avenue, and Springfield Boulevard	Extended to Cambria Heights from Queens Village in 2004 Began limited-stop service in 2001	both local and limited-stop service
Q28*	NYCTA	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Bay Terrace	Northern Boulevard, Crocheron Avenue, 32nd Avenue, and Corporal Kennedy Street
Q29	MTA Bus	Glendale	82nd Street-Jackson Heights subway station, Jackson Heights	80th Street, Dry Harbor Road, 90th Street, 92nd Street, and Hampton Street	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q30*	NYCTA	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station, Jamaica	Little Neck	Home Lawn Street, Utopia Parkway, and Horace Harding Expressway	Formerly Q17A; renumbered and extended to Jamaica LIRR station on December 11, 1988
Q31	NYCTA	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station, Jamaica	Bayside	Home Lawn Street, Utopia Parkway, 48th Avenue, Bell Boulevard, and 32nd Avenue	extended to Jamaica LIRR station on December 11, 1988
Q32	NYCTA	Penn Station, Manhattan	Jackson Heights	Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, Queensboro Bridge, Queens Boulevard, and Roosevelt Avenue	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating the 15 on July 9, 1925;^[1] became M32 in July 1974
Q33*	MTA Bus	Roosevelt Avenue–74th Street subway station, Jackson Heights	La Guardia Airport	83rd Street and 82nd Street	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q34	MTA Bus	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station, Jamaica	Whitestone	Parsons Boulevard, Kissena Boulevard, 28th Avenue, and Willets Point Boulevard	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q35*	MTA Bus	Brooklyn College, Brooklyn	Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street subway station, Rockaway Park	Flatbush Avenue, Marine Parkway Bridge, and Newport Avenue	Extended from Rockaway Park to Brooklyn College on July 3, 1937^[2] operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q36*	NYCTA	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Floral Park	Hillside Avenue, 212th Place, 212th Street, and Jamaica Avenue
Q37	MTA Bus	South Ozone Park	Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens subway station, Kew Gardens	135th Avenue, 111th Street, and Park Lane South	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q38	MTA Bus	Forest Hills	Corona	63rd Drive, Penelope Avenue, Juniper Valley Road, Metropolitan Avenue, and Eliot Avenue	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q39*	MTA Bus	Ridgewood	Long Island City	Forest Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, 58th Street, 48th Avenue, and Thomson Avenue	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q40*	MTA Bus	South Jamaica	Sutphin Boulevard subway station, Jamaica	142nd Street, Lakewood Avenue, and Sutphin Boulevard	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q41	MTA Bus	Howard Beach	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Cross Bay Boulevard, Rockaway Boulevard, 111th Avenue, 127th Street, 95th Avenue, and 94th Avenue	extended to 165th Street Terminal ca. 1990 operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q42	NYCTA	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station, Jamaica	Addisleigh Park	Liberty Avenue, 174th Street, and Sayres Avenue	Original western terminus was 169th Street subway station
Q43*	NYCTA	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station, Jamaica	Floral Park	Hillside Avenue		both local and limited-stop service
Q44*	NYCTA	Jamaica	West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue subway station, Bronx Park South, Bronx	Main Street, Union Street, Parsons Boulevard, Bronx Whitestone Bridge, Cross Bronx Expressway, and 177th Street	North Shore Bus Company began operating the Q44 on March 22, 1938 Began operating limited-stop service in 1999	limited-stop service; local in the Bronx
Q45	MTA Bus	Juniper Valley	Roosevelt Avenue–74th Street subway station, Jackson Heights	80th Street, Calamus Avenue, and 69th Street	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q46*	NYCTA	Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens subway station, Kew Gardens	Lake Success	Union Turnpike	North Shore Bus Company began operating the Q44A on December 4, 1939; renumbered to the Q46 on April 12, 1990 Began limited-stop service on February 11, 1974 Extended to Long Island Jewish Hospital in 1997	both local and limited-stop service
Q47	MTA Bus	Roosevelt Avenue–74th Street subway station, Jackson Heights	La Guardia Airport (Marine Air Terminal)	74th Street, 73rd Street, and 77th Street	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006
Q48	NYCTA	LaGuardia Airport	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	Ditmars Boulevard, 108th Street, and Roosevelt Avenue
Q53	MTA Bus	Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street subway station, Rockaway Park	Woodside-61st Street subway station, Woodside	Rockaway Beach Boulevard, Cross Bay Boulevard, Woodhaven Boulevard, Queens Boulevard, and Broadway	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006 Originally went non-stop between Rego Park-63rd Drive station and Jamaica Bay Wildlife Refuge until the MTA added stops in 2006 replaced LIRR Rockaway Beach Branch	limited-stop service
Q54*	NYCTA	Marcy Avenue subway station, Williamsburg, Brooklyn	Jamaica	Grand Street, Metropolitan Avenue, and Jamaica Avenue	Formerly B53; renumbered on December 11, 1988
Q55*	NYCTA	Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues subway station, Ridgewood	Richmond Hill	Myrtle Avenue	Formerly B55; renumbered on December 11, 1988
Q56*	NYCTA	Broadway Junction subway station, East New York, Brooklyn	Jamaica	Jamaica Avenue	Formerly B56; renumbered on December 11, 1988
Q58	NYCTA	Myrtle-Wyckoff Avenues subway station, Ridgewood	Flushing	Madison Street, Fresh Pond Road, Grand Avenue, Corona Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway, and College Point Boulevard	Formerly B58; renumbered on December 11, 1988
Q59	NYCTA	Williamsburg, Brooklyn	63rd Drive–Rego Park subway station, Rego Park	Grand Street, Grand Avenue, and Queens Boulevard	Formerly B59; renumbered on December 11, 1988
Q60	MTA Bus	East Midtown, Manhattan	South Jamaica	Queensboro Bridge, Queens Boulevard, and Sutphin Boulevard	operated by Green Bus Lines until 2006
Q65*	MTA Bus	Sutphin Boulevard/Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station, Jamaica	College Point	164th Street, 45th Avenue, and College Point Boulevard	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q65A	MTA Bus	Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station, Forest Hills	Electchester	Jewel Avenue	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q66*	MTA Bus	Queensboro Plaza subway station, Long Island City	Flushing-Main Street subway station, Flushing	21st Street, 35th Avenue, and Northern Boulevard	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q67	MTA Bus	Long Island City	Ridgewood	21st Street, Borden Avenue, 55th Avenue, Hamilton Place, 69th Street, and Metropolitan Avenue	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q72	MTA Bus	63rd Drive–Rego Park subway station, Rego Park	La Guardia Airport	Junction Boulevard and 94th Street	operated by Triboro Coach Corporation until 2006	Formerly B72 Went to LaGuardia Airport full-time in 2006
Q74	NYCTA	Union Turnpike–Kew Gardens subway station, Kew Gardens	Queens College	Union Turnpike, Vleigh Place, and Main Street	North Shore Bus Company began operating the Q44VP on October 14, 1940; renumbered to the Q74 on April 12, 1990
Q75	NYCTA	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Oakland Gardens	Hillside Avenue, 188th Street, and 73rd Avenue	extended to 165th Street Terminal ca. 1989
Q76	NYCTA	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	College Point	Hillside Avenue, Francis Lewis Boulevard, 14th Avenue, and 20th Avenue	extended to 165th Street Terminal ca. 1989 Extended to College Point from Whitestone in 2000
Q77	NYCTA	Springfield Gardens	165th Street Terminal, Jamaica	Springfield Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard, and Hillside Avenue	extended to 165th Street Terminal ca. 1989
Q79	NYCTA	Floral Park	Little Neck	Little Neck Parkway	Formerly Q12A; renumbered on April 12, 1990
Q83*	NYCTA	Jamaica	Queens Village	Liberty Avenue, Murdock Avenue, and Springfield Boulevard	Formerly Q3A; renumbered and rerouted on December 11, 1988	both local and limited-stop service
Q84	NYCTA	Laurelton	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station, Jamaica	120th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard	Formerly Q4A; renumbered on December 11, 1988 Original western terminus was 169th Street subway station
Q85*	NYCTA	Green Acres Mall, Nassau County or Rosedale	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station, Jamaica	Conduit Avenue, Bedell Street, and Merrick Boulevard	Formerly Q5A and Q5AB; combined into the Q85 on December 11, 1988 Original western terminus was 169th Street subway station Extended to Green Acres Mall in 1991 Began operatiing limited-stop service in 1994	both local and limited-stop service
Q88	NYCTA	Woodhaven Boulevard subway station, Elmhurst	Queens Village	Horace Harding Expressway, 188th Street, 73rd Avenue, and Springfield Boulevard	NYCTA began operating the Q88 on September 16, 1974
Q101*	MTA Bus	Midtown	Steinway	Queensboro Bridge, Northern Boulevard, Steinway Street, and 20th Avenue	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q101R*	MTA Bus	Long Island City	Rikers Island	21st Street, 20th Avenue, and Rikers Island Bridge	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005	limited-stop service
Q102	MTA Bus	Roosevelt Island, Manhattan	Astoria	36th Avenue, Vernon Boulevard, 41st Avenue, 31st Street, and Newtown Avenue	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q103	MTA Bus	Vernon Boulevard-Jackson Avenue subway station, Hunters Point	Astoria	Vernon Boulevard	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q104	MTA Bus	Ravenswood	46th Street-Bliss Street subway station, Sunnyside	Broadway and 48th Street	operated by Queens Surface Corporation until 2005
Q110*	MTA Bus	Jamaica	Belmont Park	Jamaica Avenue and Hempstead Avenue	operated by Jamaica Buses until 2006; originally labeled A
Q111*	MTA Bus	Rosedale or Cedarhurst, Nassau County	Jamaica	Peninsula Boulevard, Rosedale Road, 147th Avenue, and Brewer Boulevard	operated by Jamaica Buses until 2006	via Nassau County
Q112	MTA Bus	Rockaway Boulevard subway station, Ozone Park	Jamaica	Liberty Avenue and South Road	operated by Jamaica Buses until 2006; originally labeled C
Q113*	MTA Bus	Far Rockaway	Jamaica	Seagirt Boulevard, Beach 9th Street, Beach Channel Drive, Wanser Avenue, Rockaway Turnpike, Rockaway Boulevard, Brookville Boulevard, 147th Avenue, and Brewer Boulevard	operated by Jamaica Buses until 2006; originally labeled B	via Nassau County both local and limited-stop service. Limited-Stop service expanded in 2007

[edit] Former routes

On December 11, 1988, when the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station opened, some of the Brooklyn "B" routes primarily in Queens were redesignated as "Q" routes,^[3] and a number of other routes were renumbered or modified. Most of the former routes are operated by NYCTA; some were operated by private companies in Queens.

Route	Terminals		Major streets	History
Q3A	became Q83 on December 11, 1988
Q4A	became Q84 on December 11, 1988
Q5A	Rosedale	Jamaica	243rd Street, Conduit Avenue, Farmers Boulevard, and Merrick Boulevard	merged with Q5AB to become the Q85 on December 11, 1988
Q5AB	Locust Manor station, Springfield Gardens	Jamaica	Bedell Street and Merrick Boulevard	merged with Q5A to become the Q85 on December 11, 1988
Q5AS	Rosedale	Laurelton	147th Avenue and 225th Street	originally Q5ALS; discontinued on December 11, 1988
Q5S	became Q86 on December 11, 1988
Q10A	Kew Gardens	JFK Airport	Van Wyck Expressway	To JFK Airport only in weekday morning hours, express service, became Q10 Limited stop service in 2006. Originally operated by Green Bus Lines then MTA Bus.
Q12A	became Q79 on April 12, 1990
Q17A	became Q30 on December 11, 1988
Q18X	now x68
Q20X	now x63
Q21A	Far Rockaway	East New York, Brooklyn	Edgemere Avenue, Cross Bay Boulevard, Pitkin Avenue, and Linden Boulevard	Discontinued in the late 1980s, due to poor ridership. Operated by Green Bus Lines
Q24	Grand Avenue	Woodside	65th Place	now part of the Q18; operated by Triboro Coach Corporation
Q24X	now x64
Q33A			Ditmars Boulevard?	Operated by Triboro Coach Corporation
Q44A	became Q46 on April 12, 1990
Q44B	Malba		"Malba Shuttle" on Parsons Boulevard	discontinued in 1980s; was to become Q71 on December 11, 1988
Q44FS	became Q20 on April 12, 1990
Q44VP	became Q74 on April 12, 1990
Q45X				Operated by Triboro Coach Corporation
Q49	Richmond Hill	Jamaica	Jamaica Avenue	Subway shuttle provided for discontinued BMT Jamaica Line service from 121st Street to 168th Street Discontinued on December 11, 1988
Q50	69th Street	Rego Park	Eliot Avenue	now part of the Q38; operated by Triboro Coach Corporation
Q51	Ditmars Boulevard–Astoria subway station	82nd Street	Ditmars Boulevard	now part of the Q19A; operated by Triboro Coach Corporation
Q52	now Q19B; operated by Triboro Coach Corporation
Q69	Hunters Point Ferry	Long Island City	Borden Avenue and 49th Avenue	Fare free, weekday rush hour service, discontinued in 2002 due to poor ridership. Operated by Queens Surface.
Q86	Rosedale		Francis Lewis Boulevard	originally Q5S; renumbered on December 11, 1988 Discontinued in 1996 due to poor ridership
Q89	Elmhurst	Jackson Heights	Broadway, 81st Street, and 82nd Street	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating the 16 on July 9, 1925^[1]
Q99	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer subway station, Jamaica	169th Street subway station, Jamaica		"Jamaica Link"; only operated ca. 1990

[edit] References

^ ^a ^b New York Times, Plans to Link All Suburban Transit, July 10, 1925, page 19
^ New York Times, Rockaway Bus Line Extends Service, July 3, 1937, page 17
^ New York Times, All Aboard...Somewhere...for Subway Changes!, December 12, 1988, section B, page 1

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