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[14] [15] [16] Affiliated Bus operated the route on several temporary permits, [1] [2] [17] before being granted a five-year contract from the city in November 1934. [18] The route was acquired in 1936 by Triboro Coach Corporation, as part of the company's takeover of all routes within "Zone A" of Queens' four-zone bus system, covering greater ...
On October 30, 1956, the last streetcars operated to the depot along McDonald Avenue, [5] [9] [11] [102] [103] at which point it was likely converted for bus service. The bus depot was closed on July 27, 1960, replaced by the Fresh Pond Depot in Queens. [119] [125] [127] [128] [286] The depot was closed due to traffic congestion in Coney Island ...
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 ...
In 1937, several major bus route changes occurred. Queens–Nassau Transit took over the Q25 service and combined it with their Q34 route along Linden Place and 127th Street in College Point (predecessor to the northern portion of the current Q25). The Q35 was discontinued by North Shore, and was replaced by a new Q20 service.
The original Q34 route was the College Point segment of the Q25; it was later rerouted to its current alignment in Whitestone and then extended along the Q25 route. On April 17, 2000, the span of weekday evening service on the route was changed, with bus service ending at 9 p.m. instead of midnight, and Saturday service was eliminated due to ...
On May 25, 1933, Queens–Nassau Transit received a one-year franchise for route "Q-34" from Flushing to College Point. [13] The route began service in April 1933. [11] In 1931, the Board of Estimate was deciding which bus route franchises would be given to which operators. Along with thirty other bus routes, the Q25 was tentatively assigned to ...
Queens Surface QM4 bus in Midtown Manhattan. This bus is now retired and scrapped. Queens Surface Corporation was a bus company in New York City, United States, operating local service in Queens and the Bronx and express service between Queens and Manhattan until February 27, 2005, when the MTA Bus Company took over the operations.
Signs along the route showed this proposed extension, as well as bus destination signs. Prior to January 8, 2017, the Q23 was based out of the LaGuardia Depot. It was moved to the College Point Depot in exchange for the Q53 due to plans for the latter to become a Select Bus Service route. On September 23, 2017, the route of the Q23's terminal ...