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Q59 (New York City bus)

January 01, 1970

For additional information on the current bus service, see List of bus routes in Queens.

The Grand Street Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn and Queens, New York City, running mostly along the continuous Grand Street and Grand Avenue between Williamsburg, Brooklyn and Maspeth, Queens. It then continues down Queens Boulevard to the 63rd Drive–Rego Park station. Originally a streetcar line, it is now the Q59 bus route, operated by the New York City Transit Authority between Williamsburg and Rego Park, Queens.

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Grand Street Line
A Q59 bus traveling along Queens Boulevard.
Overview
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorNew York City Transit Authority
GarageGrand Avenue Depot
VehicleNew Flyer Xcelsior XD40
New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40
Route
LocaleBrooklyn and Queens, New York, U.S.
Communities servedRego Park, Elmhurst, Maspeth, East Williamsburg, Williamsburg
Landmarks servedRego Center, Queens Center Mall, Queens Place Mall, Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal
StartWilliamsburg, Brooklyn – Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal
ViaGrand Street and Grand Avenue[1]
EndRego Park, Queens – Junction Boulevard & Horace Harding Expressway (Rego Center)
Length6.47 miles (10.41 km) (streetcar line)[2]
7.6 miles (12.2 km) (Q59)
Other routesQ58 Fresh Pond Road/Grand/Corona Avenues
Service
Operates24 hours[1]
Annual patronage1,755,451 (2023)[3]
TransfersYes
TimetableQ59
← Q58  {{{system_nav}}}  Q60 →

Route description edit

The Q59's western terminus is at the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal in Williamsburg, Brooklyn. From there, it goes west on Broadway, turning right on Kent Avenue to travel north to Grand Street. However, since Grand Street is not continuous across the Brooklyn–Queens Expressway (BQE), the eastbound Q59 uses Roebling Street, Metropolitan Avenue, and Union Avenue to travel around the BQE.[1][4] At Grand Street, the Q59 turns left, continuing until Gardner Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue (since eastbound Grand Street curves onto Metropolitan Avenue after crossing the Newtown Creek).[4][5] The eastbound Q59 turns right onto Grand Street after a short distance, continuing across the Grand Street Bridge and into Maspeth until another discontinuity forces the Q59 to turn right and then left at Flushing Avenue, meeting up with the Q58.[5] It remains on Grand Avenue until Queens Boulevard, when it turns right while the Q58 goes to Corona Avenue to reach Flushing.[1][5] At Queens Boulevard, the Q59 turns right onto the eastbound service road. It continues along Queens Boulevard until Eliot Avenue, where it turns left along the Long Island Expressway. The Q59 turns right on Junction Boulevard and terminates at 62nd Road, near Rego Center and the 63rd Drive–Rego Park subway station in Rego Park.[1][5]

The westbound Q59 turns right off 62nd Road onto Queens Boulevard. At 90th Street, it makes a right to serve Queens Center and Queens Place Mall. This is so the Q59 can make a turn from the service road into the main road that would otherwise be illegal; it must do this in order to access the left-turn lane at Grand Avenue, which can only be served from the main road.[1][5] The Q59 turns left at 56th Avenue and then right again into the Queens Boulevard main road, using the left-turn lane to turn left onto Grand Avenue.[1][5] The Q59 continues down Grand Avenue until it turns into Grand Street,[1][5] and goes straight down Grand Street until it reaches Union Avenue, where it turns right to go around the BQE.[1][4] The Q59 makes a left at Metropolitan Avenue, a left at Roebling Street, and another right at Grand Street. It goes down Grand Street until Wythe Avenue, turning left there. At Broadway, the Q59 makes another left and continues until it enters the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal.[1][4]

History edit

At various points in its history, the Grand Street Line has been served by horsecar, trolley, and bus, with service modifications implemented by New York City's mass-transit authorities in response to varying ridership levels (and associated revenues).

Railroad edit

Initial construction of the line, by the Grand Street and Newtown Rail Road, began in September 1860.[6] Its first section (from Williamsburg's Grand Street Ferry to Bushwick Avenue) was completed on October 15, 1860, with a public opening expected by the end of that month.[7] In addition to the Grand Street Ferry, cars soon also served the Broadway Ferry via the Brooklyn City Rail Road's Greenpoint Line trackage on Kent Avenue.[8] By 1865, the line had been extended from Grand Street north along Bushwick Avenue, Humboldt Street, and Meeker Avenue to Penny Bridge.[9] The tracks in Bushwick Avenue were removed after trains began using Humboldt Street instead of between Grand Street and Maspeth Avenue on July 19, 1870.[10]

The main line was later lengthened eastward from the intersection of Grand and Humboldt Streets, along the Grand Street extension. It opened to the city line (Newtown Creek) on June 9, 1875[11] and to Newtown on August 1, 1876.[12][13] The old line to Penny Bridge became the Meeker Avenue Line.

When the Maspeth Depot opened in 1885, the line was truncated to Maspeth. Service between Maspeth and Elmhurst became a shuttle (which later became a part of the Flushing–Ridgewood Line).

The Brooklyn City Rail Road leased the Grand Street and Newtown on May 1, 1890.[14][15]

Bus line edit

In 1949, the New York City Board of Transportation reacted to declining ridership by proposing the conversion of the line to a bus route. The New York City Board of Estimate approved the change on October 13, 1949,[16] and the streetcars were permanently removed on December 11, 1949.[citation needed]

 
An Orion VII bus on the Q59 route crossing the Grand Street Bridge.

On November 6, 1954, the NYCTA proposed to eliminate weekday service between 7 p.m. and 5 a.m. and all weekend service to cut costs. Free transfers would have been provided between the B53 and B57.[17][18] In the fall of 1975, the bus route was extended from 72nd Street in Maspeth east to Elmhurst and southeast on Queens Boulevard to Junction Boulevard in Rego Park. On June 25, 1979, seven westbound trips from Rego Park were added between 10:30 p.m. and 1:36 a.m..[19] On December 11, 1988, the line was relabeled to its current identifier, the Q59.[20]

In January 2008, 24/7 service was added to the Q59 route.[21] In August 2009, southbound service was rerouted from Kent Avenue to Wythe Avenue due to the conversion of Kent Avenue to a one-way northbound street to restructure the bike lanes on that street.[22] Service was eventually extended to the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal in 2010, and in September 2016, the eastern terminus of the route was relocated to 62nd Drive to avoid a hazardous U-turn at 63rd Road/63rd Drive, as well as provide a closer connection to Rego Center.[23]

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network.[24][25] As part of the redesign, the Q59 bus would have been truncated to the Woodhaven Boulevard station.[26] The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020,[27] and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback.[28] A revised plan was released in March 2022.[29] As part of the new plan, the Q59 would be realigned in Brooklyn to use Borinquen Place instead; the discontinued routing within Williamsburg would be covered by another route in a future Brooklyn bus redesign. At the eastern end, the route would be straightened out, which might include reinstating the U-turn at 63rd Road/63rd Drive.[30] A final bus-redesign plan was released in December 2023.[31][32] The Q59 would retain its eastern terminal at Junction Boulevard, but the Q59 would be realigned in Brooklyn to use Borinquen Place instead, and one turn on the eastbound Q59 in East Williamsburg, Brooklyn, would be moved. The B53 and B62 routes would make stops near the Q59's discontinued routing in Williamsburg.[33]: 286–287 

See also edit

References edit

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i j MTA Regional Bus Operations. "Q59 bus schedule".
  2. ^ "Public Notices". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. May 19, 1949. p. 29. Retrieved December 26, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. ^ "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d "Brooklyn Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 2020. Retrieved December 1, 2020.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g "Queens Bus Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. August 2022. Retrieved September 29, 2022.
  6. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Began at Last, September 4, 1860, page 3
  7. ^ "Completion of the Grand Street Railroad". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. October 16, 1860. p. 3. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  8. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Grand Street Railroad, October 31, 1860, page 3
  9. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Particulars About Our City Rail Roads, August 10, 1865, page 2
  10. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Change in the Grand Street Railroad Route, July 19, 1870, page 2
  11. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, June 9, 1875, page 4
  12. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, The Grand Street Railroad, August 1, 1876, page 4
  13. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Grand Street Railroad, August 2, 1876, page 4
  14. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Ratified the Lease, April 28, 1890, page 6
  15. ^ Brooklyn Daily Eagle, Takes Possession of the New Lines, May 1, 1890, page 6
  16. ^ "Public Notices". The Brooklyn Daily Eagle. November 10, 1949. p. 21. Retrieved May 5, 2024.
  17. ^ "Transit Authority Proposes Cut In Local Bus Service" (PDF). Queens Ledger. November 11, 1954. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  18. ^ "'Brooklyn' Program Hits Queens: TA Slashes Service On Two Bus Lines" (PDF). Long Island Star-Journal. November 6, 1954. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  19. ^ "Service Improvement.... B-59 Route Effective Monday, June 25". Fllickr. New York City Transit Authority. 1979. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  20. ^ "Revised Bus Service In Queens: Introducing Great Connections to Archer Avenue Subway Extension". Fllickr. New York City Transit Authority. 1988. Retrieved March 16, 2022.
  21. ^ Naanes, Marlene (September 24, 2007). . AM New York. Archived from the original on October 17, 2007. Retrieved July 19, 2016.
  22. ^ "Southbound Q59 Rerouted in Brooklyn". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 29, 2009. Retrieved March 13, 2020.
  23. ^ (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on August 19, 2016. Retrieved September 10, 2016.
  24. ^ Acevedo, Angélica (December 17, 2019). "MTA gives 'sneak peek' of transformative Queens bus network redesign plan". QNS.com. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  25. ^ "MTA Unveils Draft Proposal to Redesign Bus Network in Queens". Spectrum News NY1 | New York City. December 31, 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  26. ^ "Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 2019. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  27. ^ . QNS.com. Archived from the original on July 5, 2020. Retrieved July 5, 2020.
  28. ^ Duggan, Kevin (December 15, 2021). "MTA to release 'totally redone' Queens bus network redesign draft in early 2022". amNewYork. Retrieved January 21, 2022.
  29. ^ Duggan, Kevin (March 29, 2022). "FIRST ON amNY: MTA reveals new Queens bus redesign draft plan". amNewYork. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
  30. ^ "Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 2022. Retrieved January 1, 2020.
  31. ^ Brachfeld, Ben (December 12, 2023). "MTA unveils final proposal for Queens bus network redesign". amNewYork. Retrieved December 13, 2023.
  32. ^ Shkurhan, Iryna (December 13, 2023). "MTA unveils final plan to overhaul Queens bus network for the first time in decades". QNS.com. Retrieved December 14, 2023.
  33. ^ "Final Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 2023. Retrieved January 1, 2020.

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For additional information on the current bus service see List of bus routes in Queens The Grand Street Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn and Queens New York City running mostly along the continuous Grand Street and Grand Avenue between Williamsburg Brooklyn and Maspeth Queens It then continues down Queens Boulevard to the 63rd Drive Rego Park station Originally a streetcar line it is now the Q59 bus route operated by the New York City Transit Authority between Williamsburg and Rego Park Queens q59Grand Street LineA Q59 bus traveling along Queens Boulevard OverviewSystemMTA Regional Bus OperationsOperatorNew York City Transit AuthorityGarageGrand Avenue DepotVehicleNew Flyer Xcelsior XD40New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40RouteLocaleBrooklyn and Queens New York U S Communities servedRego Park Elmhurst Maspeth East Williamsburg WilliamsburgLandmarks servedRego Center Queens Center Mall Queens Place Mall Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus TerminalStartWilliamsburg Brooklyn Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus TerminalViaGrand Street and Grand Avenue 1 EndRego Park Queens Junction Boulevard amp Horace Harding Expressway Rego Center Length6 47 miles 10 41 km streetcar line 2 7 6 miles 12 2 km Q59 Other routesQ58 Fresh Pond Road Grand Corona AvenuesServiceOperates24 hours 1 Annual patronage1 755 451 2023 3 TransfersYesTimetableQ59Route map Q58 system nav Q60 Contents 1 Route description 2 History 2 1 Railroad 2 2 Bus line 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksRoute description editThe Q59 s western terminus is at the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal in Williamsburg Brooklyn From there it goes west on Broadway turning right on Kent Avenue to travel north to Grand Street However since Grand Street is not continuous across the Brooklyn Queens Expressway BQE the eastbound Q59 uses Roebling Street Metropolitan Avenue and Union Avenue to travel around the BQE 1 4 At Grand Street the Q59 turns left continuing until Gardner Avenue and Metropolitan Avenue since eastbound Grand Street curves onto Metropolitan Avenue after crossing the Newtown Creek 4 5 The eastbound Q59 turns right onto Grand Street after a short distance continuing across the Grand Street Bridge and into Maspeth until another discontinuity forces the Q59 to turn right and then left at Flushing Avenue meeting up with the Q58 5 It remains on Grand Avenue until Queens Boulevard when it turns right while the Q58 goes to Corona Avenue to reach Flushing 1 5 At Queens Boulevard the Q59 turns right onto the eastbound service road It continues along Queens Boulevard until Eliot Avenue where it turns left along the Long Island Expressway The Q59 turns right on Junction Boulevard and terminates at 62nd Road near Rego Center and the 63rd Drive Rego Park subway station in Rego Park 1 5 The westbound Q59 turns right off 62nd Road onto Queens Boulevard At 90th Street it makes a right to serve Queens Center and Queens Place Mall This is so the Q59 can make a turn from the service road into the main road that would otherwise be illegal it must do this in order to access the left turn lane at Grand Avenue which can only be served from the main road 1 5 The Q59 turns left at 56th Avenue and then right again into the Queens Boulevard main road using the left turn lane to turn left onto Grand Avenue 1 5 The Q59 continues down Grand Avenue until it turns into Grand Street 1 5 and goes straight down Grand Street until it reaches Union Avenue where it turns right to go around the BQE 1 4 The Q59 makes a left at Metropolitan Avenue a left at Roebling Street and another right at Grand Street It goes down Grand Street until Wythe Avenue turning left there At Broadway the Q59 makes another left and continues until it enters the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal 1 4 History editAt various points in its history the Grand Street Line has been served by horsecar trolley and bus with service modifications implemented by New York City s mass transit authorities in response to varying ridership levels and associated revenues Railroad edit Initial construction of the line by the Grand Street and Newtown Rail Road began in September 1860 6 Its first section from Williamsburg s Grand Street Ferry to Bushwick Avenue was completed on October 15 1860 with a public opening expected by the end of that month 7 In addition to the Grand Street Ferry cars soon also served the Broadway Ferry via the Brooklyn City Rail Road s Greenpoint Line trackage on Kent Avenue 8 By 1865 the line had been extended from Grand Street north along Bushwick Avenue Humboldt Street and Meeker Avenue to Penny Bridge 9 The tracks in Bushwick Avenue were removed after trains began using Humboldt Street instead of between Grand Street and Maspeth Avenue on July 19 1870 10 The main line was later lengthened eastward from the intersection of Grand and Humboldt Streets along the Grand Street extension It opened to the city line Newtown Creek on June 9 1875 11 and to Newtown on August 1 1876 12 13 The old line to Penny Bridge became the Meeker Avenue Line When the Maspeth Depot opened in 1885 the line was truncated to Maspeth Service between Maspeth and Elmhurst became a shuttle which later became a part of the Flushing Ridgewood Line The Brooklyn City Rail Road leased the Grand Street and Newtown on May 1 1890 14 15 Bus line editIn 1949 the New York City Board of Transportation reacted to declining ridership by proposing the conversion of the line to a bus route The New York City Board of Estimate approved the change on October 13 1949 16 and the streetcars were permanently removed on December 11 1949 citation needed nbsp An Orion VII bus on the Q59 route crossing the Grand Street Bridge On November 6 1954 the NYCTA proposed to eliminate weekday service between 7 p m and 5 a m and all weekend service to cut costs Free transfers would have been provided between the B53 and B57 17 18 In the fall of 1975 the bus route was extended from 72nd Street in Maspeth east to Elmhurst and southeast on Queens Boulevard to Junction Boulevard in Rego Park On June 25 1979 seven westbound trips from Rego Park were added between 10 30 p m and 1 36 a m 19 On December 11 1988 the line was relabeled to its current identifier the Q59 20 In January 2008 24 7 service was added to the Q59 route 21 In August 2009 southbound service was rerouted from Kent Avenue to Wythe Avenue due to the conversion of Kent Avenue to a one way northbound street to restructure the bike lanes on that street 22 Service was eventually extended to the Williamsburg Bridge Plaza Bus Terminal in 2010 and in September 2016 the eastern terminus of the route was relocated to 62nd Drive to avoid a hazardous U turn at 63rd Road 63rd Drive as well as provide a closer connection to Rego Center 23 In December 2019 the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network 24 25 As part of the redesign the Q59 bus would have been truncated to the Woodhaven Boulevard station 26 The redesign was delayed due to the COVID 19 pandemic in New York City in 2020 27 and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback 28 A revised plan was released in March 2022 29 As part of the new plan the Q59 would be realigned in Brooklyn to use Borinquen Place instead the discontinued routing within Williamsburg would be covered by another route in a future Brooklyn bus redesign At the eastern end the route would be straightened out which might include reinstating the U turn at 63rd Road 63rd Drive 30 A final bus redesign plan was released in December 2023 31 32 The Q59 would retain its eastern terminal at Junction Boulevard but the Q59 would be realigned in Brooklyn to use Borinquen Place instead and one turn on the eastbound Q59 in East Williamsburg Brooklyn would be moved The B53 and B62 routes would make stops near the Q59 s discontinued routing in Williamsburg 33 286 287 See also editFlushing Ridgewood Line Q58 Junction Boulevard Line Q72 References edit a b c d e f g h i j MTA Regional Bus Operations Q59 bus schedule Public Notices Brooklyn Daily Eagle May 19 1949 p 29 Retrieved December 26 2015 via Newspapers com Subway and bus ridership for 2023 mta info April 29 2024 Retrieved May 2 2024 a b c d Brooklyn Bus Map PDF Metropolitan Transportation Authority October 2020 Retrieved December 1 2020 a b c d e f g Queens Bus Map PDF Metropolitan Transportation Authority August 2022 Retrieved September 29 2022 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Began at Last September 4 1860 page 3 Completion of the Grand Street Railroad The Brooklyn Daily Eagle October 16 1860 p 3 Retrieved May 5 2024 Brooklyn Daily Eagle The Grand Street Railroad October 31 1860 page 3 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Particulars About Our City Rail Roads August 10 1865 page 2 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Change in the Grand Street Railroad Route July 19 1870 page 2 Brooklyn Daily Eagle June 9 1875 page 4 Brooklyn Daily Eagle The Grand Street Railroad August 1 1876 page 4 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Grand Street Railroad August 2 1876 page 4 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Ratified the Lease April 28 1890 page 6 Brooklyn Daily Eagle Takes Possession of the New Lines May 1 1890 page 6 Public Notices The Brooklyn Daily Eagle November 10 1949 p 21 Retrieved May 5 2024 Transit Authority Proposes Cut In Local Bus Service PDF Queens Ledger November 11 1954 Retrieved January 3 2020 Brooklyn Program Hits Queens TA Slashes Service On Two Bus Lines PDF Long Island Star Journal November 6 1954 Retrieved January 3 2020 Service Improvement B 59 Route Effective Monday June 25 Fllickr New York City Transit Authority 1979 Retrieved March 16 2022 Revised Bus Service In Queens Introducing Great Connections to Archer Avenue Subway Extension Fllickr New York City Transit Authority 1988 Retrieved March 16 2022 Naanes Marlene September 24 2007 Expanded bus service on tap AM New York Archived from the original on October 17 2007 Retrieved July 19 2016 Southbound Q59 Rerouted in Brooklyn mta info Metropolitan Transportation Authority July 29 2009 Retrieved March 13 2020 Transit amp Bus Committee Meeting PDF Metropolitan Transportation Authority July 2016 Archived from the original PDF on August 19 2016 Retrieved September 10 2016 Acevedo Angelica December 17 2019 MTA gives sneak peek of transformative Queens bus network redesign plan QNS com Retrieved January 1 2020 MTA Unveils Draft Proposal to Redesign Bus Network in Queens Spectrum News NY1 New York City December 31 2019 Retrieved January 1 2020 Draft Plan Queens Bus Network Redesign Metropolitan Transportation Authority December 2019 Retrieved January 1 2020 Queens bus network redesign remains on hold amid COVID 19 pandemic MTA QNS com Archived from the original on July 5 2020 Retrieved July 5 2020 Duggan Kevin December 15 2021 MTA to release totally redone Queens bus network redesign draft in early 2022 amNewYork Retrieved January 21 2022 Duggan Kevin March 29 2022 FIRST ON amNY MTA reveals new Queens bus redesign draft plan amNewYork Retrieved March 29 2022 Draft Plan Queens Bus Network Redesign Metropolitan Transportation Authority March 2022 Retrieved January 1 2020 Brachfeld Ben December 12 2023 MTA unveils final proposal for Queens bus network redesign amNewYork Retrieved December 13 2023 Shkurhan Iryna December 13 2023 MTA unveils final plan to overhaul Queens bus network for the first time in decades QNS com Retrieved December 14 2023 Final Plan Queens Bus Network Redesign Metropolitan Transportation Authority December 2023 Retrieved January 1 2020 External links editKML file edit help Template Attached KML Q59 New York City bus KML is not from Wikidata nbsp Media related to Q59 New York City bus at Wikimedia Commons Horse Car Rest Stop Historical Sign Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Q59 New York City bus amp oldid 1221949214, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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