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Merrick Boulevard Buses
The Q5 and Q85 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor running along Merrick Boulevard (also known as Floyd H. Flake Boulevard) in southeastern Queens, New York City. The routes run from the Jamaica Center transit hub and business district to Rosedale, with continued service to Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream, Nassau County. The Q4 and Q84 buses also serve the northern portion of the corridor, before diverging east along Linden Boulevard and 120th Avenue respectively. The Q4, Q5, and Q85 also provide limited-stop service along the corridor. The routes on the corridor mainly serve as feeder routes to New York City Subway services at Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station. The Q4, Q5, Q84, and Q85 routes were operated by Bee-Line Inc. and later the North Shore Bus Company until 1947. All four routes are now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand. On June 29, 2025, all weekday Q5 service will terminate at 233rd Street, and all ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MTA Regional Bus Operations
MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the Public transport bus service, bus operations division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority in New York City. The MTA operates local, limited-stop, express, and Select Bus Service (bus rapid transit) services across the city of New York, forming a key part of Transportation in New York City, the city's transportation system. The system's fleet of over 5,000 buses is the largest in the United States, and many of Lists of bus routes in New York City, its over 300 routes operate 24/7 service, 24/7. MTA Regional Bus Operations was formed in 2008 to consolidate the MTA's bus operations, which currently consist of two operating companies. MTA New York City Bus operates citywide, with its origins in New York City's first municipal bus service in 1919. MTA Bus operates primarily in Queens, and was formed in 2006 to take over 7 private bus companies. The two operating companies have distinct administration and history, but they operate as a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Conduit Avenue
Conduit Avenue (Conduit Boulevard in Brooklyn) is an arterial road in New York City, the vast majority of which is in Queens. The divided highway runs from Atlantic Avenue (New York City), Atlantic Avenue in Cypress Hills, Brooklyn to Hook Creek Boulevard in Rosedale, Queens at the Nassau County, New York, Nassau County border. The thoroughfare is named after an aqueduct (water supply), aqueduct in its Right-of-way (transportation), right-of-way. Conduit Avenue and Conduit Boulevard were conceived in 1921 as part of the Conduit Highway, later the Sunrise Highway, with the original highway opening in 1929. The highway was expanded in 1940 as part of the construction of the Belt Parkway. The Brooklyn section was originally supposed to host Interstate 78 in New York, Interstate 78 within its median, but this section was ultimately not built. Etymology Conduit Avenue and Conduit Boulevard are named for the conduit of the Brooklyn Waterworks, which fed Ridgewood Reservoir. The r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q84 (New York City Bus)
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates a number of bus routes in Queens, New York, United States, under two different public brands. Some of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Queens). List of routes until June 28th, 2025 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, B32, B38, B52, B54, B57, B62 * List of bus routes in Manhattan: M60 Select Bus Service * List of bus routes in Nassau County, New York: n1, n4, n4X, n6, n6X, n20G, n20X, n22, n22X, n24, n26, n31, n31X, n32, n33 * List of express bus routes in New York City: BM5, QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM7, QM8, QM10, QM11, QM12, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, QM20, QM21, QM24, QM25, QM31, QM32, QM34, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Q4 (New York City Bus)
The Q4 bus route constitutes a public transit corridor running along Merrick Road, Merrick Boulevard and the easternmost portion of Linden Boulevard in southeastern Queens, New York City. The route runs from the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station to Cambria Heights, Queens, Cambria Heights near the Queens–Nassau County, New York, Nassau County border. The Q4 also provides limited-stop service along the corridor during peak weekday hours. The route is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit Authority, New York City Transit brand. What is now the Q4 began service in November 1919, running from Jamaica, Queens, Jamaica to 201st Street in St. Albans, Queens, St. Albans. The franchise was extended to 223rd Street in Cambria Heights in 1931. The Q4 was originally operated by Bee-Line Incorporated and later the North Shore Bus Company until 1947. The Jamaica terminal has been changed several times throughout the route's history. Route descrip ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Freeport, New York
Freeport is a Political subdivisions of New York State#Village, village in the town of Hempstead, New York, Hempstead, in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County, on the South Shore (Long Island), South Shore of Long Island, in New York (state), New York state, United States. The population was 43,713 at the 2010 census, making it the second largest village in New York by population. A settlement since the 1640s, it was once an oystering community and later a resort popular with the New York City theater community.Newsday.com Long Island History: Freeport Retrieved July 20, 2006. It is now primarily a bedroom suburb but retains a modest commercial waterfront and some light industry. History [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
List Of Bus Routes In Nassau County, New York
The following bus routes are operated in Nassau County, New York. Most of these routes are operated under Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE), formerly Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Long Island Bus, except in Greater Long Beach, New York, Long Beach, where that city operates its own bus service through Long Beach Bus. These tables give details for the routes that service Nassau County primarily. For details on routes that run into Nassau County but do not service it primarily, see: *List of bus routes in Queens: Q2, Q5, Q36, Q46, Q85, Q110, Q111, Q113, Q114 *List of express bus routes in New York City: QM6, QM36 Routes Some of routes listed below are the direct descendants of tram, streetcar lines (see List of streetcar lines on Long Island and List of streetcar lines in Queens, in Queens), and most were privately operated prior to 1973. Nassau Inter-County Express NICE routes are designated on the buses, bus stop signs, and timetables with a lowercase "n". Previous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Linden Boulevard
Linden Boulevard is a boulevard in New York City and Nassau County. Its western end is at Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, where Linden Boulevard travels as an eastbound-only street to Caton Avenue, where it becomes a two-way street. The boulevard stretches through both Brooklyn and Queens – in addition to southwestern Nassau County. This boulevard, especially the area of Cambria Heights between Springfield Boulevard and the Nassau County line represents a smaller version of shopping centers located on Jamaica Avenue and Queens Boulevard. Within Nassau County, the road becomes the unsigned Nassau County Route C36. It is known as Linden Boulevard as far east as Valley Stream and then becomes Central Avenue, which was one of several former names of the street in Queens. Description New York City section Linden Boulevard runs through both Brooklyn and Queens, but is interrupted by Aqueduct Racetrack and the street grid in Ozone Park, Queens. The street's character is v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Long Island Daily Press
The ''Long Island Daily Press'' was a daily newspaper that was published in Jamaica, Queens. It was founded in 1821 as the ''Long Island Farmer''. The paper’s founder, Henry C. Sleight, was born in New York City in 1792, and raised in Sag Harbor, Long Island. Sleight got his start as a newspaperman when he worked on the staff of the ''Suffolk County Gazette'', a weekly newspaper published in Sag Harbor. During the War of 1812 Sleight enlisted in the army and saw action on the Kentucky frontier. After the war he remained in Kentucky for a few years, during which time he published another weekly newspaper, the ''Messenger'', and later went into the mercantile business. After suffering heavy business losses due to a fire, Sleight returned to New York and settled in Jamaica, where he established the ''Long Island Farmer''. The ''Long Island Farmer'' began as a weekly newspaper, publishing its first issue on January 4, 1821. It continued, sometimes as a weekly and sometimes bi-weekl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Green Acres Mall
Green Acres Mall is an indoor shopping mall located in South Valley Stream, New York, South Valley Stream, New York (state), New York, off Sunrise Highway in Nassau County, New York, Nassau County near the border of New York City and the Incorporated Village of Valley Stream, New York, Valley Stream. As of 2022, the mall currently features two Macy's locations, as well as a Primark coming soon. The mall currently features staples like Express (clothing), Express, H&M, and Forever 21. The mall has a gross leasable area (GLA) of . The mall is the 18th List of largest shopping malls in the United States, largest in the United States. The mall is extremely popular in Nassau County and in the neighboring New York City borough of Queens. The mall is accessible by many Nassau Inter-County Express routes as well as two Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA New York City Bus routes, the , that cross the city border. History Green Acres Mall was built in 1956 on the northern portion ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nassau County, New York
Nassau County ( ) is a suburban County (United States), county located on Long Island, immediately to the east of New York City, bordering the Long Island Sound on the north and the open Atlantic Ocean to the south. As of the 2020 United States census, Nassau County's population was 1,395,774, making it the sixth-most populous county in the State of New York, and reflecting an increase of 56,242 (+4.2%) from the 1,339,532 residents enumerated at the 2010 United States census, 2010 census. Its county seat is Mineola, New York, Mineola, while the county's largest and most populous town is Hempstead, New York, Hempstead. Situated on western Long Island, the County of Nassau borders New York City's Boroughs of New York City, borough of Queens to its west, and Long Island's Suffolk County, New York, Suffolk County to its east. It is the most densely populated and second-most populous county in the State of New York outside of New York City, with which it maintains extensive commu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
South Valley Stream, New York
South Valley Stream is an unincorporated hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in the Town of Hempstead in Nassau County, on Long Island, in New York, United States. The population was 6,386 at the time of the 2020 census. South Valley Stream is located in the southern part of the Town of Hempstead, and consists of two unincorporated areas, North Woodmere and Mill Brook. Geography According to the United States Census Bureau, the CDP has a total area of , all land. Economy The Green Acres Mall is located along the border of the hamlet and the Village of Valley Stream. Demographics As of the census of 2010, there were 5,962 people, 1,969 households, and 1,554 families residing in the CDP. The population density was . There were 2,045 housing units at an average density of . The racial makeup of the CDP was 51.90% White, 23.10% African American, 0.07% Native American, 18.10% Asian, 0.00% Pacific Islander, 4.40% from other races, and 2.20% from two or more races. Hisp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
