Q65 (New York City bus)

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q65
q65
Flushing–Jamaica Line
College Point Line
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 patronage4,697,259 (2022)[5]
TransfersYes
TimetableQ65
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Q66
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The Q65

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,

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.

Route description

A Q65 bus as seen during a snowy day. The sign at the front of the bus signifies that it will short-turn at Goethals Avenue, rather than running the full route.
Some Q65 buses, like the one pictured, short-turn at Goethals Avenue near Union Turnpike

Streetcar route

Flushing–Jamaica Line

The original Flushing–Jamaica Line, nicknamed the "Toonerville Express",

Far Rockaway, Brooklyn, and Belmont Park.[2][6][14]
On Sundays, a shuttle service ran to take passengers from Downtown Flushing to Flushing Cemetery.

College Point Line

The College Point line, consisting of two tracks, began in Flushing at a T-junction on Broadway and Lawrence Street with the Flushing–Jamaica Line and the Corona Line traveling west along Broadway (Northern Boulevard). It ran north along Lawrence Street, the College Point Causeway, and 122nd Street (all part of the modern College Point Boulevard) to 14th Road (northbound) or 15th Avenue (southbound). It then ran west to 110th Street and 14th Avenue at the edge of the East River.[6] The line served the College Point Ferry or 99th Street Ferry, which ran to East 99th Street in the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[1][15]

Current bus service

The current Q65 service begins at the College Point Line's terminal at 110th Street and 14th Avenue, and follows the former trolley route to Northern Boulevard. After running on Main Street and Kissena Boulevard, interchanging with the

Q34 routes (also former Queens Surface routes). The routes proceed south to Jamaica Avenue, then west to Sutphin Boulevard. All three routes terminate at Sutphin Boulevard and 94th Avenue, underneath the Jamaica station for the LIRR and AirTrain JFK, and adjacent to the Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport subway station.[4][16][17]

During weekday rush-hours, the Q65 employs limited-stop service in both directions. Limited-stop buses make all stops north of 25th Road and College Point Boulevard.[4]

History

A 1909 map of Jamaica showing the route of the Flushing–Jamaica streetcar route (orange) and the current Q65 bus route (light blue).

Streetcar operations

On July 26, 1886, the Flushing and College Point Street Railway was incorporated, with the intent of building what became the College Point Line. The then-villages of

New York and Queens County Railway system.[1]

The New York & North Shore Railway Company was organized on March 13, 1897, as a subsidiary to the

Jamaica−Far Rockaway Line, was purchased by the company.[1][19] Track connections at 160th Street had been built during the construction of the Flushing–Jamaica Line in order to facilitate service between the two lines.[1][11] On March 12, 1900, through service on the combined routes began between Flushing and Far Rockaway.[2] This service ended on August 1, 1901 after the LIER was bought out by the Hogan Brothers, a group of trolley line surveyors who worked on both the Flushing and Far Rockaway lines.[2] During the month of May in 1902, the Flushing–Jamaica Line was bought out by the parent New York and Queens company, through several complex proceedings and reorganizations.[1] In 1906, it became part of the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT).[7]

The 99th Street Ferry in College Point ceased service in 1913.[8]

In 1923, the line went into bankruptcy and the IRT relinquished ownership.

Flushing–Main Street subway station, Flushing–Jamaica through service was extended to College Point.[1]

Decline and conversion to bus service

Around this time, many

Fiorello H. La Guardia, and New York City Parks Commissioner Robert Moses, also desired to use the right-of-way to build the planned Grand Central Parkway (this highway would instead be built along the western end of Flushing Meadows–Corona Park).[1] The College Point trolley, meanwhile, was cited for noise disturbances.[2]

On December 18, 1936, the

Horace Harding Boulevard and 46th Avenue, with 164th Street impassible by vehicles through Kissena Park.[1][10] Service on the College Point trolley was abandoned on August 23 of that year, replaced by buses between 110th Street and Flushing.[1][8][18] The Flushing-Jamaica buses were rerouted onto 164th Street after the road was paved and opened on August 10, 1938.[1][9][26] The company's stock and property were transferred to its subsidiary Queens-Nassau Transit Lines company, which operated the buses.[1][21] By 1940, the Q65 route ran between College Point and Jamaica. That year, the company applied for an extension of the route north along 122nd Street (College Point Boulevard), which was never implemented.[23][27][28] Queens-Nassau would become the Queens Transit Corporation in 1957.[29]

The bus company would become Queens-Steinway Transit Corporation in 1986, and Queens Surface Corporation in 1988.[29] In 2004, the southern termini of the Q65, Q25, and Q34 were moved west one block along Jamaica Avenue, from 160th Street to Parsons Boulevard.[30]

MTA takeover

Orion V CNG
bus on the Q65 in Downtown Flushing

On February 27, 2005, the

Jamaica LIRR station on Sutphin Boulevard in 2007.[33] Also in 2007, bidirectional limited-stop service was introduced on the Q65 during rush hours between Jamaica and Flushing–Main Street.[34]

On April 15, 2013, Q65 Limited service began skipping two stops along College Point Boulevard, at 26th Avenue and the

Q44 SBS on November 29, 2015,[38] and the Q25 Limited was studied for future conversion.[39] In September 2015, as part of the Northeast Queens Bus Study, it was suggested to modify a small portion of the Q65 route near Flushing Cemetery, taking it off Bowne Street and moving it onto the wider Parsons Boulevard.[39]

In September 2016, because Q65 buses frequently detoured to avoid traffic on the narrow 14th Road, the Q65 was rerouted to run via 14th Avenue in College Point. Six bus stops on 14th Road were discontinued and replaced by three stops on 14th Avenue.[40]

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network.

Q83 bus along Liberty Avenue, where the Q83 would run nonstop.[47] A final bus-redesign plan was released in December 2023.[48][49] The Q65 would run to Flushing, but service to College Point would be replaced by an extension of the Q26 bus, and the route would be modified in Murray Hill to avoid narrow streets. In addition, the Q65 would no longer be extended southward.[50]
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References

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