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Many of these routes used to be part of Triboro Coach. Several had been Queens Surface Corporation routes that operate in western Queens, which were closer to the LaGuardia Depot than their former Queens Surface Depot in College Point. Local Routes: Q18, Q29, Q33, Q39, Q47, Q49, Q67, Q69, Q72, Q100, Q101, Q102, Q103, Q104 [240] [241]
[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 ...
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.
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 ...
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.
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 ...
On March 30, 1947, North Shore Bus was taken over by the Board of Transportation (later the New York City Transit Authority), making the bus routes city operated. [ 33 ] [ 34 ] [ 24 ] [ 22 ] The city immediately added 120 new vehicles to ten bus routes, including the Hillside bus routes. [ 35 ]
The current Q58 bus route follows the former trolley route, with some exceptions. The right-of-ways of Lawrence Street and Rodman Street along the route have since been replaced with College Point Boulevard, while the Long Island Expressway was built over the corridor containing Horace Harding Boulevard and Strong's Causeway. Some northbound ...