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Re: History of the Q19A/Q69 and the Q101R/Q100 [Q33A/Q51[

Posted by BusMgr on Sun Mar 11 04:29:58 2018, in response to Re: History of the Q19A/Q69 and the Q101R/Q100 [Q33A/Q51[, posted by Union Tpke on Thu Mar 3 20:07:26 2016.

In addition to the path described, route Q19A was authorized to turn-around at 31st Street using a loop: Ditmars Boulevard, 29th Street, 23rd Avenue, 31st Street to Ditmars Boulevard. (October 20, 1936 franchise.)

Route Q33 operated from the 74th Street station, Jackson Heights, to LaGuardia Field, using the 85th Street entrance to the airport (at the time, 85th Street continued straight northward over the Grand Central Parkway, continuing on what is now Marine Terminal Road). A separate branch operated from 82nd Street via Astoria Boulevard to 80th Street, then across the Grand Central Parkway, 78th Street, and Ditmars Boulevard. The turn-around loop was Ditmars Boulevard, 33rd Street, 23rd Avenue, 31st Street to Ditmars Boulevard. This branch might have been designated by the bus company as route Q33A, but it was franchised as part of route Q33. (December 12, 1939 franchise.)

Later, route Q33 was modified to enter LaGuardia Air Terminal using the new entrance, following the former route to 85th Street, then via 23rd Avenue and 94th Street to the airport. The branch via Ditmars Boulevard was designated as route Q51, from 82 Street & Astoria Boulevard to the 31st Street station. This service may have continued operating directly to and from the 74th Street station, Jackson Heights, as the bus company did not adhere strictly to franchise route designations, and sometimes combined routes (e.g., franchise routes Q18 and Q24 have long been combined as single route Q18). (October 3, 1952 franchise.)

Finally, routes Q19A and Q51 were combined into a single route Q19A, and the Q51 designation was eliminated. The turn-around loops using 29th Street and 33rd Street were both retained, and a new turn-around loop was authorized via 78th Street, across the Grand Central Parkway, south service road of the Grand Central Parkway, 82nd Street to Astoria Boulevard (returning via Astoria Boulevard to 80th Street, then across the Grand Central Parkway to 78th Street). (February 23, 1961 franchise.)

As to route Q101R, this was an informal designation used on maps, to distinguish the Rikers Island service from the Steinway Street local service, but officially both services were route Q101. The purpose for having instituted the separate Rikers Island service was to segregate the passengers destined for Rikers Island from those destined for Steinway Street, as the passengers for each were largely distinct racially, socially, and economically. Initially, the Rikers Island service was routed along Steinway Street, without stops, and only later was the service moved to 21st Street.

Also, note that the successor to the Steinway Street streetcar route was Steinway Omnibus Corporation. On August 19, 1959, the company changed its name to Steinway Transit Corp. Meanwhile, on February 27, 1957, Queens-Nassau Transit Lines, Inc., changed its name to Queens Transit Corp., and again changed its name again, on June 30, 1986, this time to Queens/Steinway Transit Corp. On the following day, July 1, 1986, Steinway Transit Corp. was merged out. Queens/Steinway Transit Corp. was then, itself, merged out on May 17, 2007. An entirely separate company, Linden Bus Co., Inc., was incorporated on April 22, 1988. It changed its name, on June 23, 1988, to Queens Surface Corp., and acquired the operating assets of Queens/Steinway Transit Corp. This company continues in existence.

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