news $4.9 Million in Enhancements Planned for Routes in All Five New York City Boroughs

[East New York]

 

New routes, extensions and stops are among the bus enhancements customers will get to use on Sunday, August 31. One example will be the M12 route on the Far West Side of Manhattan to meet a demand for public transportation in an area of Manhattan that has experienced significant residential and commercial growth.

 

The $4.9 million in service enhancements are:

B13, B83, Q8 extensions

All three routes will be extended to a new bus terminal at Gateway Center II (Gateway Center North) in the Spring Creek area of Brooklyn.

Bx24 extension

The route will be extended from Westchester Square to the end of Marconi Street by the 911 Call Center in the Hutchinson Metro Center. The extension adds four eastbound stops and four westbound at the Metro Center.

M12

The new service will accommodate customers along 11th and 12th Avenues between Abington Square in the West Village and Columbus Circle, an area that has been developing rapidly. The northern terminal will be on West 58th Street at Broadway. The southern terminal will be on Eighth Avenue at Jane Street.

Q17, Q27 terminal relocations

The terminals for both routes in downtown Flushing will be relocated from Main Street between 39th Avenue and Roosevelt Avenue to138th Street between 39th and 37th Avenues.

Q113 Local becomes Q114 Limited

The Q113 local route will be restructured as the Q114 Limited to provide faster service to customers traveling a long distance along Guy R. Brewer Boulevard in South Jamaica and Rochdale Village. The new Q114 route will make limited stops on the Boulevard, then all local stops along Brookville Boulevard and through Woodmere, Cedarhurst, Inwood, Lawrence and Far Rockaway. During overnight hours, it will make all local stops along Guy R. Brewer Boulevard. The Q113 Limited will continue its limited-stop service from Jamaica through Far Rockaway, and the Q111 will continue to make all local stops from Jamaica through Rosedale.

S93 service additions (begins on Sept. 2)

Midday and evening service will be added to the limited-stop route that travels between Bay Ridge in Brooklyn and the College of Staten Island. Buses will run between 5:45 a.m. and 10 p.m.

X21 Super Express (service begins on Sept. 2)

The Super Express concept is coming to Eltingville in Staten Island via the X21, which will travel to Midtown Manhattan along 42nd Street.  It will operate during morning and evening peak hours, making a limited number of stops and offering a faster commute for many customers of existing Staten Island express buses. The terminal in Manhattan will be located on East 41 Street and First Avenue. The Staten Island terminal will be located in the Hylan Boulevard bus loop on Richmond Avenue.

 

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[CPBO]

Thank god they are taking the 17 and 27 out of that spot....they cause traffic nightmares in flushing.....but time will tell what this does to the 138 st junction....as plenty of cars make the turn on that street...unless they put up no turns except buses will this work...also they will need to in force the no turn zone. Seems to me police presence on main street is spotty at best....and you would think with the precinct just up on northern blvd they would have a better presence.

[CPBO]

Thank god they are taking the 17 and 27 out of that spot....they cause traffic nightmares in flushing.....but time will tell what this does to the 138 st junction....as plenty of cars make the turn on that street...unless they put up no turns except buses will this work...also they will need to in force the no turn zone. Seems to me police presence on main street is spotty at best....and you would think with the precinct just up on northern blvd they would have a better presence.

 

When will this happen?

[Q43LTD]

When will this happen?

It went into effect in the fall pick

[Gotham Bus Co.]

Thank god they are taking the 17 and 27 out of that spot....they cause traffic nightmares in flushing.....but time will tell what this does to the 138 st junction....as plenty of cars make the turn on that street...unless they put up no turns except buses will this work...also they will need to in force the no turn zone. Seems to me police presence on main street is spotty at best....and you would think with the precinct just up on northern blvd they would have a better presence.

 

They didn't really "solve" the Q17's and Q27's problems as much as move the problems to 138th Street. Getting the buses away from the church was pure politics.

 

A true solution would have been an off-street terminal under the former Municipal Parking Field #1, which was actually being seriously considered in the mid-1990's as part of the station rehab. Unfortunately, both the Community Board and "the politicians" (a/k/a John Liu) killed it at the request of the local merchants who wanted bus passengers to walk past and see their stores (but still begrudge any curb space for actual bus loading).

[MysteriousBtrain]

They didn't really "solve" the Q17's and Q27's problems as much as move the problems to 138th Street. Getting the buses away from the church was pure politics.

 

At least southbound buses don't get delayed as much when the Q17 and Q27 turn to their terminal now.