FamousNYLover

East Elmhurst

Harlem

Morningside Heights

Cloisters

George Washington

Bronx

Bx41 SBS

Hunts Point Av   train

Central Park South

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17 minutes ago, trainfan22 said:

Cool. I rode the 139 for the first time a couple weeks ago, decent route to fan. 

I was heading to opening of new vegan cafe in Old Bridge, Nj since my friend's mother who lives in same apartment complex floor in JH gave me money for transit.

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I went to opening of new vegan cafe in Old Bridge, NJ.

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Does anyone notice, MTA posting map on twitter for bus routes that on detour due snow, accident, etc.

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 at Queensboro Plaza

M42

Big Bus Tour

SIM8

M103

Passengers United Rally

3rd Av Bus

M42

M20

QM20

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M14A SBS

M55 and SIM3C

M55

During Anti Fur March

M55

M50

In Flushing

NICE Bus n20G

Q16

Q27

NICE Bus n20G

Q50

Q48

Q12

Q48

NICE Bus n20G

Q15

Q66

Enj

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On 1/14/2021 at 10:19 AM, FamousNYLover said:

Due to following Washington, DC Capitol Incident, following streets surrendering major buildings will be closed.

In Brooklyn, Trump Village Estate blockade will closed streets surrendered by Surf Av, Ocean Parkway, Neptune Av and West 8th St, which means B36 and B68 is affected.

In the Bronx, Trump Golf Course will force closure on Bronx-Whitestone Bridge between 14th Av and Lafayette Av, affecting Q44 SBS and Q50.

In Manhattan, 57th St, Mad Av, 55th St, 6th Av will be closed affected BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BM5, BxM3, BxM4, BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9, BxM10, BxM11, BxM18, M1, M2, M3, M4, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C, SIM8C, SIM23, SIM24, SIM25, SIM30, SIM33C, SIM35 buses will be closed.

In addition in Manhattan Central Park West closed from Columbus circle to 65th St, Broadway closed northbound from Columbus circle to 72nd St Subway Station, affecting BxM2, M5, M7, M10, M20, and M104 buses.

 

 

 

B36:

Sea Gates-bound: Via Neptune Av, turn left at West 8th St, turn right at Surf Av, regular route.

Sheepshead Bay-bound: Via Surf Av, turn left at West 8th St, turn right at Neptune Av, regular route.

B68:

Coney Island-bound: Via Brighton Beach Av, turn right at Ocean Parkway, turn left at Neptune Av, regular route,.

Prospect Park-bound: Via Neptune Av, turn right at Ocean Parkway, turn left at Brighton Beach Av, regular route.

BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BM5:

Brooklyn-bound: Via 57th St, turn left at Park Av, turn right at 49th St, turn left at 5th Av, regular route.

BxM2: 

Manhattan-bound: Via Columbus Av, proceed onto 9th Av, turn left at 57th St, turn right at 7th Av, regular route.

Bonx-bound: Via 59th St, turn left at 7th Av, turn right at 57th St, turn right at 10th Av, onto Amsterdam Av, regular route.

BxM3/BxM4/BxM6/BxM7/BxM8/BxM9/BxM10/BxM11/BxM18:

Manhattan-bound: Via 5th Av, turn left at 57th St, turn right at Park Av, turn right at 49th St, turn left at 5th Av, regular route.

M1/M2/M3/M4:

Downtown: Via 5th Av, turn left at 57th St, turn right at Park Av, turn right at 49th St, turn left at 5th Av, regular route.

M5:

Downtown: Via Broadway, turn right at Columbus Av, onto 9th Av, left at 57th St, turn right at 7th Av, turn left at 50th St, turn right at 5th Av, regular route.

Uptown: Via 59th St, left at 7th Av, right at 57th St, right at 10th Av, onto Amsterdam Av, left at 72nd St, regular route.

M7/M20:

Downtown: Via  Columbus Av, onto 9th Av, left at 57th St, turn right at 7th Av, turn left at 50th St, turn right at 5th Av, regular route.

Uptown: Via 59th St, left at 7th Av, right at 57th St, right at 10th Av, onto Amsterdam Av, regular route.

M10:

Downtown: Via Central Park West, turn right at 66th St, turn left at Columbus Av, onto 9th Av, turn left at 57th St, turn left at 8th Av.

Uptown: Via 8th Av, turn right at 58th St, turn right at Broadway, turn right at 57th St, turn right at 10th Av, onto Amsterdam Av, turn right at 65th St, left at Central Park West, regular route.

M104:

Downtown:

Downtown: Via  Broadway, right at Columbus Av, onto 9th Av, left at 57th St, turn right at 7th Av, turn left at 50th St, turn right at 5th Av, regular route.

Uptown: Via 8th Av, turn left at 57th St, turn right at 10th Av, onto Amsterdam Av, turn left at 73rd St, regular route.

Q32:

Manhattan-bound: Via 60th St, turn left at Park Av, turn right at 49th St, turn left at 5th Av, regular route.

Q44 SBS:

Bronx-bound: Via  Parsons Blvd, turn right at 14th Av, turn right at Cross island Parkway Service Rd, turn right at Francis Lewis Blvd, turn left at 26th Av, left onto Clearview Expressway North, onto Throgs Neck Bridge, onto Cross Bronx Expressway West, take exit 11 ramp to Cross Bronx Expressway Ext, turn left at Lafayette Av, regular route.

Queens-bound: Via Hutchison River Parkway, turn left at Lafayette Av, turn right at Cross Bronx Ext, onto Cross Bronx Expressway, onto Throgs Neck Bridge, onto Clearview Expressway South, take 26th av exit, turn right at 26th Av, turn right at Francis Lewis Blvd, turn left at Cross island Parkway Service Rd, turn left at 14th Av, turn left at Parsons Blvd, regular route.

Q50: 

Bronx-bound: Via Whitestone Expressway Service Rd, turn right at 14th Av, turn right at Cross island Parkway Service Rd, turn right at Francis Lewis Blvd, turn left at 26th Av, left onto Clearview Expressway North, onto Throgs Neck Bridge, onto Cross Bronx Expressway West, take exit 11 ramp to Cross Bronx Expressway Ext, turn left at Lafayette Av, regular route.

Queens-bound: Via Hutchison River Parkway, turn left at Lafayette Av, turn right at Cross Bronx Ext, onto Cross Bronx Expressway, onto Throgs Neck Bridge, onto Clearview Expressway South, take 26th av exit, turn right at 26th Av, turn right at Francis Lewis Blvd, turn left at Cross island Parkway Service Rd, turn left at 14th Av, turn left at Whitestone Expressway South, regular route.

SIM1C/SIM3C/SIM4C/SIM33C:

Staten Island-bound: Via 7th Av, turn left at 50th St, turn right at 5th Av, regular route.

SIM6/SIM11/SIM31:

Staten Island-bound: Via 57th St, turn left at Park Av, turn right at 49th St, turn left at 5th Av, regular route.

SIM23/SIM24 (Academy)

Staten island-bound: Via 5th Av, turn left at 57th St, turn right at Park Av, turn right at 49th St, left at 5th Av, regular route.

X27/X28:

Brooklyn-bound: Via 57th St, turn left at 7th Av, turn left at 50th St, turn right at 5th Av, regular route.

NYWaterway Ferry Shuttle:

Weekend loop: Via 57th St, turn right at Park Av, turn right at 49th St, turn left at 5th Av, regular route.

Due to following Washington, DC Capitol Incident, following streets surrendering major buildings will be closed.

In Brooklyn, Trump Village Estate blockade will closed streets surrendered by Surf Av, Ocean Parkway, Neptune Av and West 8th St, which means B36 and B68 is affected.

In the Bronx, Trump Golf Course will force closure on Bronx-Whitestone Bridge between 14th Av and Lafayette Av, affecting Q44 SBS and Q50.

In Manhattan, 57th St, Mad Av, 55th St, 6th Av will be closed affected BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, BM5, BxM3, BxM4, BxM6, BxM7, BxM8, BxM9, BxM10, BxM11, BxM18, M1, M2, M3, M4, SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C, SIM8C, SIM23, SIM24, SIM25, SIM30, SIM33C, SIM35 buses will be closed.

In addition in Manhattan Central Park West closed from Columbus circle to 65th St, Broadway closed northbound from Columbus circle to 72nd St Subway Station, affecting BxM2, M5, M7, M10, M20, and M104 buses.

1 hour ago, Mtatransit said:

There is no need for a n20X. That bus makes very little stops already between Hicksville and Glen Cove Rd. I would just add more service along that route (MTA used to have alot of service to Roslyn, adding that amount of service back will do wonders).  Regarding LTD stops in Queens, I'm not sure that works on the n20. Ridership along Sanford/Northern Blvd is in my opinion greater than Flushing- Main Street Station.

In some ways I do think that the n20 should be combined back together because NICE lost alot of ridership along that route.  People used to ride Queens- Roslyn, Manhasset all the time. That ridership I believe NICE destroyed by splitting the route. Finally n21 should be listed in the 20H timetable at the least

I do miss riding the n20 LTD over the roslyn viadact though

n21 I would run via Glen Cove Rd, so the n27 doesn't need to come back. But I would extend the n23 into Hempstead/RF and eliminate weekend service to Mineola.

n22X is suspended. But with the split I'm not sure if they are even planning to bring it back. 

I think that would be too complicated. It would be easier to run the n22 full route between 169th and Hicksville. The n22 segment west of RF is pretty well utilized so I don't see it going away. 

The problem with splitting the n22 is that people from Queens use it to take it to RF and people use from new Cassel and Westbury gets off alittle after RF and towards Mineola. So by splitting it at RF people from New Cassel will be severly impacted, and if you split it at Mineola, people from Queens/NHP will be affected, so I would honestly leave that route alone.

n24 however, I would split it at Mineola. A new route could just take over between Hicksville and Mineola (old n79) if they REALLY want to split the route. But honestly ridership along Old Country Rd increased when they combined the n79 western portion to the n24. But most of the ridership seems to be off by the time the bus reaches the old source mall. So I don't think it would be wise to split either route to be honest, but in regards to impact splitting the n24 will have a much lighter impact than the n22

Depends on bus driver some n22 bus drivers interline and let passengers stay on bus. This was big mistake cutting n22 into two legs. It's incovient. Sometimes connecting n22 buses don't wait for each other when they suppose to.

n20G/H should restore direct n20 service during weekday. During weekday rush hour n20X implemented with buses leaving from Hicksville Station, stopping at Broadway Mall, Columbia Drive, SUNY Old Westbury, CW Post, NYIT on  Northern Blvd, Greenvale Rd, Roslyn Locust, Pt-Wahington-Searington, St. Mary's High School, Community Drive, Great Neck Station, City Line, Bell Blvd, Sanford Av-165th St, Parsons Blvd and Flushing-Main St. Eastbound pickup at Flushing-Main St, Kissena Blvd-Main St, Sanford Av-Parson Blvd, Sanford Av-165th St, Northern-Bell Blvd, City Line, Great Neck Station, Schechank Av, St. Mary's High School,  Searington-Pt. washington,, Roslyn Locustr, Greenvale Rd, NIYT on Northern, CW Post, SUNY Old Westbury, Columbia Drive, Broadway Mall and Hicksville Station.

n22 need to be restored with weekday rush hour n22X restored.

n27, weekend service need to be restored between Glen Cove and RFM.

2 hours ago, Lex said:

Honestly, if I had to justify the splits, then I'd at least consider having the n24 run between Mineola and Jamaica and give the route between Mineola and Hicksville back to the n78. The n79 would assume the part of the existing n22 east of Roosevelt Field while the portion to the west would be all there is of the latter.

On weekdays, limited-stop n28 (rush hours as a combination of the n24 and n78) and n29 (rush hours and middays as a combination of the n22 and n79) would operate between Jamaica and Hicksville to mitigate potential losses. And when I say limited-stop, I mean serving transfer points with intersecting routes and a small number of other intermediate stops.

Granted, I doubt it would work in practice, but I doubt it would necessarily be the worst idea short of abandoning the eastern splits.

Port Washington Shuttle bus is consider n28 bus route since it serves Roslyn Station, Roslyn Industrial, with extention of Amsterdam at Harborside, hotles and Pt. Washington downtown.

There are not enough transfer point for ltd stops along Old Country Rd.

Ill rather have direct n20 and n22 bus back as it was before.

n20 and n22 buses should never been split.

Also depends on drivers on n22, n24, n20G/H, sometimes each other interline and they let passengers stay on bus for one fare; or ask to pay again if they want to stay onboard the bus.

n20H bus has lost lots of ridership after split.

On 7/12/2020 at 11:55 PM, Bay Ridge Express said:

Q32 runs via Q66 and Q18 route between Northern Blvd & 81 St and 58 St & Roosevelt Av

Q33 runs via Q49 route between 82-83 Sts & 35 Av and 74th St Bus Terminal

Q47 runs via 69 St to Broadway, then via Broadway to 74-75 Sts

Q53 SBS service ends at 74th St Bus Terminal, use

Q70 SBS will turn right at 69th St, turn left at Woodside Av, turn left into Q70 Lane, regular route.

On 7/13/2020 at 9:42 AM, FamousNYLover said:

Forgot Qmyslf about Q70 too.

On 7/14/2020 at 8:01 PM, B35 via Church said:

Where does that bus route go?

Hillside Av  station track works between Kew Garden and Jamaica-179th St.

 trains run local in Queens between Forest Hill and Jamaica Center.

 trains rerouted via  to/from Jamaica Center. Some trains terminate/originate at Kew Garden-Union Turnpike

Q20A, Q20B, Q25, Q30, Q31, Q34, Q43, Q44 SBS, Q60, Q65, Q110, Q111, Q112, Q113, Q114 buses will add more service.

Free shuttle buses operate between Jamaica-179th St and Kew Garden-Union Turnpike every 5 minutes.

LIRR will cross honor MetroCard customers at Atlantic Terminal, Nostrand Av, East New York, Penn Station, Woodside, Jamaica, Hollis, Queens Village, Laurenton manor, St. Alban, and Rosedale.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=1MvkSpj6c7ZZ74FuUl18flWnIKxNHPYcx&usp=sharing

24 minutes ago, Vulturious said:

So from what I'm understanding, You plan on having  trains extended from Coney Island towards 36th St? Sounds like a pretty cool idea, although, I don't think keeping having 3 different lines running via Montague is a good idea. That is if it's running during weekdays and not just weekends and late nights. Although, wouldn't it be better to extend  trains to Church Av via the ?  trains can make express stops on Culver and run local stops from Church to Coney Island and maybe even be extended towards 36th St? If anything, run shuttle service between Atlantic and Coney Island via 4th Av Express and West End, splitting up service.

 trains will not be running.

Manhattan Bridge renovation on both tracks.

: No trains running.

: Trains run between Norwood-205th St and 2nd Av . No train service between Broadway-Lafayette and Coney Island-Stilwlell Av.

: Trains will run via  between Canal and 59th St-Brooklyn.

: Trains will run via  between Canal and Atlantic Av, then at Coney Island,  will run on  to/from 36th St-4th Av.

Manhattan Bridge Shuttle buses operate in following.

6th Av Shuttle Bus will  leaving Atlantic av-Pacific St will stop at DeKalb Av, Grand St, 2nd Av and Broadway-Lafayette.

Broadway Shuttle Bus will leaving from atlantic Av-Pacific st on 4th Av entrance, stopping at DeKalb Av, Jay St, Court St-Borough Hall and Canal St.

NYC Ferry's will cross honor MetroCard at Brooklyn Bridge Park, DUMBO, Wall St Pier, 34th St Pier.

https://www.google.com/maps/d/edit?mid=11N7wGZkg_4JEz3jpgERyxCA64sqsgRH-&usp=sharing

Broadway Bridge Renovation for weekend.

 No trains between Dyckman and 242nd Sts. Free shuttle buses provided.

Bx7 and Bx20 rerouted via Kingsbridge Rd/Sedgwick Av/Fordham Av and Universtiy Heights Bridge, then via 10th Av/215th St. Bx7 and Bx20 will not make any stops between 215th & 225th Sts.

BxM1 will follow same detour as Bx7/Bx20.

15 hours ago, Q43LTD said:

So since I left New York, the n20, n22 and 24 are shells of themselves getting split and the 22A was eliminated? 

n22A was discontinue on April 9th, 20017 as part of April 9th doomsday cut.

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19 hours ago, Mtatransit said:

day

19 hours ago, Mtatransit said:

Most of my riding experience was during Veolia's time so I can't say much here. The last few months of LIB, however I don't think it was better when it comes to reliability/missing runs.  I do know that LIB had more buses heading out to Roslyn Clock Tower/Mineola Avenue. Essentially Roslyn lost service under NICE.

But until the split, the n20 under NICE was horrible. Not only were runs overcrowded, they were also very late. 

Now, the crowd is gone, but the service reliability has definitely gone up.

No doubt the n20H lost customers. During rush hours back then, the n20L used to be crush loaded by the time service left Glen Cove Road. I don't see that kind of crowds anymore along that portion of the route. 

Passengers do seem to be more savvy in transferring however. You see much more people transferring at Middle County Rd/Northern Blvd

There was significant ridership on the old n20L between Glen Cove Rd and Queens. From my experience, we would leave Hicksville with a full seated load, and by the time we got to Americana Manhasset, the bus will be absolutely packed. That is no longer the case today (pre-pandemic). The bus still carries a full seat load, but the crowds the n20L receive is becoming more and more rare. 

I believe Hicksville also received additional service after the split.

In terms of reliability on the n20h, the buses was pretty reliable to me. It does run 10-20 min late into Great Neck sometimes however causing the entire bus to miss their connection. Now this isn't a issue during the day when the 20G is frequent. However the night, especially when the 20G becomes every 30 minutes, now you have close to two buses and some packed onto one 20G.

I do think some form of n20L should be brought back during rush hours, and the n20H should be interlined with the n20G when service on the 20G segment is infrequent (nights). But I think during the day, the service works fine. The connections could be better timed though I agree.

There are some trips that are interline.

on weekdays, many evening trips interline.

When I used to go to Jericho Whole Food on weekdays, I always take 20:17 n20H Great Neck since this bus becomes 21:20 n20G Flushing. Depends on Transdev driver, some drivers might let passenger stay on bus. I think right now, it's properly 20:10pm n20H weekday bus becomes 21:20pm n20G.

Also some people are getting off at Northern/Middle Neck Rd, so they don't mess bus.

Everyone had to cross on red light just to catch connecting bus at most dangerous busy intersection.

3 hours ago, Mtatransit said:

I disagree. Especially for the n20. I remember the old n20. That route was routinely 30 minutes late. I remember one time, it was so bad that it BUNCHED on ONE HOUR HEADWAY out of Hicksville. Ever since the route was split, the service became much more reliable.

I don't know about n22/24 and how it is performing. 

 

Regarding the minibus on n22. It isn't a permanent thing. Bus probably broke down, and instead of missing a run, NICE sent out a minibus instead. 

Not for people going between Hicksville and Flushing. n20H lost lots of customers due to split. Crossing guard at Americana Mall Manhasett want direct n20 bus back because split route is hurting their business.

Ill rather have direct n20, n22 and n24 buses back way it was before split route.