MTA Bus Company

MTA Bus Company Planned Service Changes

MTA Bus is currently running a normal service schedule.

MTA Bus Service Changes

Brooklyn

B103 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010

To respond to increased ridership between Canarsie and Flatbush, additional Sunday evening and night service will be provided between Canarsie and Flatbush Avenue at Nostrand Avenue only (this additional service will not operate to or from Downtown Brooklyn).

Eastbound service to Canarsie will operate from Flatbush Avenue at Nostrand Avenue between 9:24 PM and 12:24 AM.

Westbound service to Avenue H (Flatbush Avenue) at Nostrand Avenue will operate from Canarsie between 8:00 PM and 10:00 PM.

Sunday Downtown Brooklyn B103 service will continue to operate eastbound toward Canarsie from 7:45 AM to 8:15 PM, and westbound toward Downtown Brooklyn from 6:30 AM to 7:00 PM. All Downtown Brooklyn service operates via Flatbush Avenue at Nostrand Avenue in each direction.

BM1, BM2 and BM3 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE SATURDAY, JULY 3, 2010

To align service closer with ridership, the times of the last westbound trips to Midtown/Downtown Manhattan on the BM1, BM2 and BM3 on Saturdays only will be adjusted.

BM1: The last westbound trip on Saturdays will leave Mill Basin at 8:30 PM instead of 9:30 PM.

BM2: The last westbound trip on Saturdays will leave Canarsie at 8:40 PM instead of 9:40 PM.

BM3: The last westbound trip on Saturdays will leave Sheepshead Bay at 8:20 PM instead of 9:20 PM.

All other hours of service will remain unchanged, including the first westbound trips and all eastbound trips on Saturdays, and all weekday service.

BM5 and QM15 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010

To provide increased travel options for express bus customers on the Woodhaven Boulevard / Cross Bay Boulevard corridor, the following BM5 bus stops will be added:

These bus stops are also served by the QM15. There will be no changes to the current BM5 travel path. All current bus stops in Midtown Manhattan and bus stops between Lindenwood and Spring Creek will remain unchanged.

In Midtown, the BM5 will continue to operate via Madison Avenue (drop-off) and Fifth Avenue (pick-up) between 34th Street and 57th Street/1st Avenue. The BM5 will continue to operate Monday-Saturday.

Queens

Q10 ROCKAWAY BLVD BRANCH and QM18 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, AUGUST 15, 2010

Continuing the current detour, the Rockaway Boulevard branch of the Q10 will operate permanently on 130th Street instead of 131st Street between Rockaway Boulevard and 135th Avenue in South Ozone Park.

All Q10 bus stops on 131st Street will be discontinued (including the bus stops on Rockaway Boulevard at 131st Street and on 135th Avenue at 130th Place), and relocated to 130th Street. In addition, the southbound Q10 and QM18 bus stop on 130th Street at North Conduit Avenue will be relocated to the north end of the block on 130th Street at 135th Avenue.

New Q10 bus stops on 130th Street (both directions):

All other bus stops will remain unchanged.

Q19, Q66, QBx1 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2010

The New York City Department of Transportation will implement a pilot program that will restrict certain turns in Flushing for all vehicles, including buses. This pilot program requires changes to the Flushing Terminus of the Q19, Q66 and QBx1.

The last Flushing-bound stop will be relocated around the corner to 39th Avenue at Main Street. The current last stop (on Main Street at 39th Avenue) will be discontinued.

The first stop from Flushing (Q19 to Astoria, Q66 to Long Island City and QBx1 to Pelham Bay Park) will be relocated to the south side of Roosevelt Avenue between Prince Street and Main Street. The current first stop (on Main Street between Roosevelt Avenue and 39th Avenue) will be discontinued.

All other bus stops will remain unchanged.

Q34 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

To provide service closer with ridership needs, supplemental weekday daytime trips will operate only between Flushing (Main Street at Roosevelt Avenue) and Whitestone (these trips will not operate to or from Jamaica).

In the late evening on weekdays, between 9:00 PM and 10:55 PM, Q34 short trips between Flushing and Whitestone will be added. No full-length Q34 trips to and from Jamaica will operate during this time; however, service to and from Jamaica will continue to operate weekdays northbound until 8:16 PM and southbound until 9:17 PM.

The destination sign on these southbound short trips will read: "Q34 ROOSEVLT AV"

All Q34 service will continue to operate weekdays only.

Q60 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010

In order to provide faster, more reliable service using a more direct path on commercial streets, the Q60 travel path will be revised in each direction in Jamaica. The Q60 travel path will be revised to remain on Jamaica Avenue to travel directly to and from Sutphin Boulevard instead of diverting to 139th Street and Archer Avenue.

This revision will discontinue Q60 service to the following bus stops on 139th Street:

South Jamaica-boundManhattan-bound
139 St & 90 Av
139 St & Archer Av		139 St & 91 Av
139 St & Jamaica Av

Customers may access the South Jamaica-bound Q60 at the bus stops on Jamaica Avenue at 139th Street or Sutphin Boulevard at Archer Avenue. Customers may access the Manhattan-bound Q60 at the bus stops on Sutphin Boulevard at Archer Avenue or Jamaica Avenue at 144th Street.

Additionally, the Manhattan-bound bus stop on Archer Avenue at Sutphin Boulevard will be relocated from the northwest corner to the southeast corner on Sutphin Boulevard.

Q89 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

Due to low ridership, the Q89 will be discontinued. The last day of operation will be Friday, June 25, 2010.

Customers traveling between Lincoln Street and Downtown Jamaica may use the Q9 instead.

Customers traveling between Linden Boulevard and Downtown Jamaica may use the Q40 (142nd Street), Q6 (Sutphin Boulevard), or Q111/Q113 (Guy R. Brewer Boulevard).

Along Merrick Boulevard, customers may use the Q4, Q5, Q84 or Q85 as alternates.

Q6 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010

In order to provide faster service and respond to growing ridership on the Q6 between Jamaica, South Jamaica, Springfield Gardens and the North Boundary Road Cargo Area in JFK Airport, a new Q6 limited-stop service will be provided. The Q6 Limited will operate Weekdays only, northbound approximately 6:00 AM to 8:30 AM and southbound approximately 3:20 PM to 7:00 PM, and will operate along the same route as the Q6 local service, stopping only at:

Then all other local stops to/from JFK Airport/N Boundary Rd Q6 local service will continue to operate at all times in both directions serving all local Q6 bus stops.

Q102 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 2010

In order to provide more consistent and uniform service on Roosevelt Island, all Q102 service will travel through Roosevelt Island in the same direction.

Upon entering the island at the Roosevelt Island Bridge, all buses will first travel north on Main Street to Coler Hospital, then south to Goldwater Hospital, and then exit the island at the bridge.

In addition, the following closely-spaced bus stops on the island will be discontinued: (1) 568 Main St, (2) 579 Main St, (3) P.S./I.S. 270, and (4) The Octagon on Northbound Main St. Please use a nearby alternate bus stop.

All service in Long Island City and Astoria will remain unchanged.

QM18 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, APRIL 19, 2010

Due to low ridership, the hours of service will be adjusted. The last trip to Midtown will now depart South Ozone Park at 8:58 AM, instead of 9:58 AM. The first trip to South Ozone Park will now depart 34th Street/3rd Avenue at 3:35 PM instead of 2:55 PM, and the last trip will now depart at 6:35 PM instead of 7:00 PM.

Bold denotes change.

New Hours of Service

To Midtown:
Weekdays: 6:28 AM - 8:58 AM

To South Ozone Park:
Weekdays: 3:35 PM - 6:35 PM

STARTING WEDNESDAY, APRIL 1, 2009 TO 2012
Reconstruction of Sewer System
108th Street to 62nd Drive to the Horace Harding Expressway

Northbound
Q23

Southbound
Q38

Westbound
QM10 - QM11

Starting December 31 2008 Until Further Notice.

Construction Closure:
Borden Avenue Bridge

Eastbound
Westbound
Q67

The Bus Stop on 27th Avenue at 49th Street will not be made.

QM1/QM1A CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010

To provide improved customer identification, QM1/QM1A service will be re-labeled based on the branch pairs being served. There will be no changes to service patterns, bus stop locations or hours of service.

QM1: Fresh Meadows - Midtown (6 Av & 3 Av)
QM5: Glen Oaks - Midtown (6 Av & 3 Av)
QM6: Lake Success - Midtown (6 Av & 3 Av)
QM7: Fresh Meadows - Downtown
QM8: Glen Oaks - Downtown

Note that selected QM5 and QM8 trips will continue to operate via Fresh Meadows. These trips will be noted on the bus destination signs.

Transfers (with MetroCard only) may continue to be made on Union Turnpike at 188th Street/187th Street (westbound) and on Union Turnpike at Chevy Chase Street (eastbound).

QM3, QM4, QM10 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

To align service closer with ridership, the times of the first and last weekday trips on the QM3, QM4 and QM10 will be adjusted. New Weekday Hours of Service (Bold denotes change)

QM3: To Midtown: 6:45 AM - 7:45 AM
To Little Neck: 5:05 PM - 6:05 PM

QM4: 6 Av Service
To Midtown: 5:45 AM - 11:00 PM
To Electchester: 9:50 AM - 11:50 PM

3 Av Service
To Midtown: 6:50 AM - 9:20 AM
To Electchester: 4:35 PM - 6:05 PM
The current two AM reverse-peak 3rd Avenue trips to Electchester will be discontinued.

QM10: 6 Av Service
To Midtown: 6:30 AM - 11:00 AM
To Rego Park: 1:45 PM - 6:45 PM

3 Av Service
To Midtown: 7:00 AM - 9:30 AM
To Rego Park: 4:00 PM - 7:00 PM

QM12 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

To align service closer with ridership, the times of the first and last weekday trips will be adjusted.

New Weekday Hours of Service (Bold denotes change)

6 Av Service
To Midtown: 6:30 AM - 11:00 AM
To Forest Hills: 1:50 PM - 6:50 PM

3 Av Service
To Midtown: 7:10 AM - 8:50 AM
To Forest Hills: 4:10 PM - 7:10 PM

QM22 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

Due to low ridership, the QM22 will be discontinued. The last day of operation will be Friday, June 25, 2010.

Customers may use the following as alternatives to Midtown:

Jackson Heights Customers may use the Q47 local bus and transfer to the E LineF LineM LineR Line7 Line subway or transfer to the Q32 local bus to Midtown.

Astoria and Long Island City Customers may use the Q69 local bus and transfer to the E LineF LineM LineN LineQ LineR Line7 Linesubway or Q32 local bus to Midtown.

Customers are permitted one free transfer (bus-bus or bus-subway) with Pay-Per-Ride MetroCard or multiple transfers with Unlimited Ride MetroCard.

Note: The Q Line will replace the W Line in Queens and the M Linewill replace the V Line in Queens and Manhattan.

QM23 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

Due to low ridership, the QM23 will be discontinued. The last day of operation will be Friday, June 25, 2010.

Customers may use the following as alternatives to Midtown:

Woodhaven Boulevard Customers may use the QM15 or BM5 express bus routes.

Jamaica Avenue Customers may use the Q56 local bus or J LineZ Line trains and transfer to QM15 express bus at Woodhaven Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue; or use the J LineZ Line trains to Lower Manhattan and transfer to a northsouth route to Midtown (A LineC LineF LineM LineN LineQ LineR Line2 Line3 Line4 Line5 Line trains).

Customers may transfer between local buses and express buses only with a MetroCard at no additional cost.

Note: The M Line train will operate on Sixth Avenue in Midtown Manhattan.

QM24 CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

To provide improved customer identification, the Downtown branch of the QM24 will be relabeled QM25.

Service between Glendale and Downtown Manhattan will be relabeled QM25, there will be no changes to service or bus stop locations.

Service between Glendale and Midtown Manhattan (8 Av and 3 Av) will continue to be labeled QM24.

Bronx

BxM4A and BxM4B CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE SUNDAY, JUNE 27, 2010

Due to low ridership, the BxM4A will be discontinued. The last day of BxM4A operation will be Saturday, June 26, 2010. The BxM4B will continue to operate and will be relabeled BxM4.

BxM4A customers along the Grand Concourse and north to Bainbridge Avenue at 210th Street may continue to use the BxM4 to Midtown.

BxM4A customers west of Bainbridge Avenue at Gun Hill Road in Bedford Park may use the Bx1, Bx2, Bx10, Bx28 or Bx38 local buses and transfer to the BxM4.

Transfers between local buses and express buses may be made only with a MetroCard at no additional cost.

BxM4A customers at Dickinson Avenue & Sedgwick Avenue have the added option of walking west to Sedgwick Avenue & Van Cortlandt Avenue West to use the BxM3 to Midtown.

BxM7B and BxM7A CUSTOMERS EFFECTIVE MONDAY, JUNE 28, 2010

Due to low ridership, the BxM7B will be discontinued. The last day of BxM7B operation will be Friday, June 25, 2010.

To provide continued express bus service between City Island and Midtown, two weekday peak period BxM7A trips will be extended to City Island from Pelham Bay Park station in each direction.

BxM7A trips to Midtown will depart City Island Avenue & Rochelle Street Weekdays at 6:43 AM and 7:13 AM.

BxM7A trips to City Island will depart Madison Avenue & East 24th Street Weekdays at 4:50 PM and 5:18 PM.

These extended BxM7A trips will serve the same bus stops in Manhattan as the current BxM7B, and will serve all regular BxM7A bus stops in the Bronx.

June 21st, 2008
BxM 6, 7, 7A, 7B, 9, 10

EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY AND UNTIL FURTHER NOTICE, THE NORTH BOUND PICK UP ON THIRD AVENUE AT EAST 120TH STREET IS DISCONTINUED DUE TO SCHEDULED CONSTRUCTION. CUSTOMERS DESIRING TO BOARD THE NORTH BOUND BxM 6, 7, 7A, 7B, 9, OR 10, MAY DO SO IN THE M101, M103 BUS STOP, LOCATED ON THIRD AVENUE BETWEEN EAST 122nd STREET AND EAST 123rd STREET.