List of streetcar lines in Queens

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The following

streetcar lines once operated in Queens, New York City, United States
.

BMT

The

Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation concentrated on Brooklyn, but had some lines into Queens.[1] Only the ones that significantly entered Queens are shown here; see list of streetcar lines in Brooklyn for the others (mainly into Ridgewood
).

Name From To Route Notes
Metropolitan Avenue Line
 Brooklyn
Jamaica
 Metropolitan Avenue built by the Broadway Ferry and Metropolitan Avenue Railroad?
abandoned June 12, 1949
now the Q54 bus
Richmond Hill Line
 Brooklyn Jamaica Myrtle Avenue abandoned April 26, 1950
now the Q55 bus
Jamaica Line Brooklyn
Jamaica
 Jamaica Avenue opened by the East New York and Jamaica Railroad on May 7, 1863
abandoned November 30, 1947
now the Q56 bus
Flushing Avenue Line Brooklyn Maspeth Flushing Avenue abandoned November 21, 1948
now the B57 bus
Flushing–Ridgewood Line
 Ridgewood
Flushing
Grand Avenue, and Corona Avenue
 abandoned July 17, 1949[2]
now the Q58 bus[2]
Grand Street Line
 Brooklyn Elmhurst
Grand Avenue
 built by the Grand Street and Newtown Railroad in 1876
abandoned December 11, 1949
now the Q59 bus
North Beach Line
 Corona
North Beach
 Junction Boulevard abandoned August 25, 1949
now the Q72 bus
Cypress Hills Cemetery Line Ridgewood Cypress Hills Cemetery Cypress Avenue opened by the Bushwick Railroad on May 26, 1878
abandoned September 1, 1947


Long Island Electric

The Long Island Electric Railway operated lines in eastern Queens until 1926. These lines were later operated by Jamaica Central Railways, until the company reorganized as Jamaica Buses, with bus service replacing trolley service in 1933.[3][4]

Name From To Route Notes
Jamaica
 Nassau County towards Hempstead (became NY&LI at the city line)
Hempstead Avenue
 abandoned November 25, 1933
now the Q110 bus[3]
Liberty Avenue Line Brooklyn
Jamaica
 Liberty Avenue and South Road abandoned 1933
now the Q112 bus[3]
Jamaica−Far Rockaway line[5]
Jamaica
Far Rockaway
 Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Rockaway Boulevard, Mott Avenue, Wanser Avenue, and the Long Island Rail Road's Far Rockaway Branch abandoned December 2, 1933
now the Q113 and Q114 buses.[3][6]


Manhattan and Queens Traction

The

South Shore Traction Company based in Sayville, New York, which planned to build lines throughout Central and Western Suffolk, as well as Nassau and Queens County, before selling off its only lines to the Suffolk Traction Company, and moving to New York City. Before reorganizing itself as M&QT, it operated a line across the Queensboro Bridge from Manhattan
to Long Island City until April 1937.

Name From To Route Notes
Queens Boulevard Line
 Manhattan South Jamaica
Sutphin Boulevard
 abandoned April 17, 1937
now the Q60 bus
Van Dam Industrial Spur
Long Island City
Long Island City
 Van Dam Street abandoned

New York and Long Island Traction

The

Nassau County
.

Name From To Route Notes
Mineola Line Queens Village Nassau County towards Mineola Jamaica Avenue abandoned April 3, 1926
now the n24 bus
Jamaica-Hempstead Line Jamaica (Long Island Electric Railway terminates at the Queens-Nassau Line) Hempstead 160th Street Jamaica to Belmont Park on 160th Street, Jamaica Avenue, and
Hempstead Avenue
(Turnpike) 		Joint NY&LI - LIER service. abandoned April 3, 1926
now the n6 bus
Brooklyn-Freeport Line
 Brooklyn Nassau County towards Freeport
Sunrise Highway
 abandoned April 3, 1926; parts of line replaced by Q7, Q85, n4 buses

New York and Queens County

The

Queens-Nassau Transit Lines
in 1937.

Name From To Route Notes
Flushing–Jamaica Line
Jamaica
 Flushing 164th Street, 45th Avenue, and Bowne Street abandoned 1937
now part of the Q65 bus
College Point Line
 Flushing College Point College Point Boulevard abandoned 1937
now part of the Q65 bus
Corona Line Woodside
Flushing
 37th Avenue, 61st Street, Woodside Avenue, Broadway, 43rd Avenue, and private right-of-way abandoned August 3, 1925
Cemetery Route
Hunters Point
 Middle Village Borden Avenue and 69th Street abandoned 1937
now the Q67 bus

Steinway Lines [1922-1939]

Long Island City Steinway Railway Company c 1894

The

Steinway Transit
.

Name From To Route Notes
Steinway Street Line Midtown Manhattan
59th Street & 2nd Avenue 		Steinway
Northern Boulevard, Steinway Street
, and 19th Avenue 		abandoned 11/01/1939
now the Q101 bus
31st Street Line
Long Island City or
Midtown Manhattan

59th Street & 2nd Avenue
Astoria Ferry
 Jackson Avenue, 31st Street, Newtown Avenue, and Astoria Boulevard abandoned 09/29/1939
now the Q102 bus
Vernon Boulevard Line
Hunters Point
 Astoria Ferry Vernon Boulevard abandoned 09/29/1939
now the Q103 bus
Broadway Line Astoria Ferry Woodside
Broadway
 abandoned 09/29/1939
now the Q104 bus
Flushing Avenue Line
Astoria
 Bowery Bay Astoria Boulevard abandoned 12/06/1935
now the Q19 Bus
Jackson Avenue Line
Long Island City
 Woodside Jackson Avenue, Northern Blvd abandoned 09/29/1939
replaced partially by B62, Q100 buses

Ocean Electric

The

The Rockaways
.

Name From To Route Notes
Hammels Neponsit Rockaway Beach Boulevard from Beach 75th Street to Beach 116th Street, north to Newport Avenue, west to Beach 142nd Street to Neponsit Avenue to west of Beach 149th Street. Built from 1904-1916; abandoned October 25, 1928
now
Q22 and Q35
Hammels Hammels Beach
Hammels Wye; South Leg
along Beach 84th Street (formerly Fairview Avenue). 		abandoned
Far Rockaway Hammels Long Island Rail Road on the original LIRR tracks shared with LIRR trains Far Rockaway Branch then down Beach 84th Street to join the Rockaway Beach Boulevard line. abandoned September 9, 1926
now New York City Subway's IND Rockaway Line
Far Rockaway
 Roche's Beach
Far Rockaway
station at Mott Avenue, south on Central Avenue (now Beach 20th Street to New Haven and Brookhaven Avenue, then south on Rockaway Turnpike (now Beach 19th Street) to Roche's Beach, just south of today's Seagirt Boulevard 		abandoned September 14, 1924

New York and North Shore Traction

The

Nassau County. By 1920, the company converted itself into the North Shore Bus Company
.

Name From To Route Notes
North Shore Line
Flushing
 Nassau County towards
Roslyn and Hicksville LIRR Station
 35th Avenue, 39th Avenue, and
Northern Boulevard
 abandoned 1920
replaced by Q12, n20(G/H) buses
Whitestone Line Flushing
Whitestone
 35th Avenue, 149th Street, and 150th Street abandoned 1920
operated as the Q14 bus until 2010, replaced with similar Q15A

See also

References

  1. ^ BMT Surface Division map, undated
  2. ^
    Newspapers.com
    .
  3. ^
    Newspapers.com
    .
  4. Newspapers.com
    .
  5. ^ Seyfried, Vincent F. (1950). "Full text of "New York and Queens County Railway and the Steinway Lines, 1867-1939."". archive.org. Vincent F. Seyfried. Retrieved 20 December 2015.
  6. ^ Soto, Juan (August 29, 2014). "New Q114 bus line ready for first riders". Times Ledger. Retrieved 12 October 2015.
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