Q60 (New York City bus)

The Q60 bus route constitutes a public transit line running primarily along Queens Boulevard in Queens, New York City, extending from Jamaica, Queens, to Midtown Manhattan via Queens Boulevard and the Queensboro Bridge. It is city-operated under the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations.

This article is about the current bus route and former streetcar route. For the subway route along Queens Boulevard, see IND Queens Boulevard Line. For additional information on the current bus services, see List of bus routes in Queens.

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Queens Boulevard Line
A Q60 Orion VII bus in Kew Gardens, Queens.
Overview
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorMTA Bus Company
GarageJFK Depot
VehicleOrion VII OG HEV
Orion VII NG HEV
Nova Bus LFS
Began serviceJanuary 29, 1913 (trolley line)
April 17, 1937 (bus)
Route
LocaleQueens and Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Communities servedSouth Jamaica, Jamaica, Briarwood, Kew Gardens, Forest Hills, Rego Park, Elmhurst, Woodside, Sunnyside, Long Island City, East Midtown
StartEast Midtown, Manhattan – Second Avenue and 60th Street
ViaQueensboro Bridge, Queens Boulevard, Sutphin Boulevard
EndSouth Jamaica, Queens – 109th Avenue and 157th Street
Length10.7 miles (17.2 km)
Other routesQ32 Penn Station–Jackson Heights (west of 48th Street/Roosevelt Avenue)
IND Queens Boulevard Line (Grand Avenue to Hillside Avenue)
Service
Operates24 hours
Annual patronage3,439,752 (2022)
TransfersYes
TimetableQ60
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The route was originally the Queens Boulevard Line, a streetcar line operated by the Manhattan and Queens Traction Company (also known as the Manhattan and Queens Transit Company) from 1913 to 1937, when it became a bus line. The route was taken over by Green Bus Lines in 1943 and operated by that company until its operations were taken over by the MTA in 2006.

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