:Q35 (New York City bus)

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The Q35 bus route operates between Midwood, Brooklyn at the Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College subway station, served by the {{NYCS trains|Nostrand}}, and Rockaway Park, Queens at the Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street subway station, served by the {{NYCS trains|Rockaway Park}}. The route primarily operates on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn, and Newport Avenue in the western Rockaways. It uses the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge to travel across the Rockaway Inlet of Jamaica Bay between Brooklyn and the Rockaway peninsula.{{cite web|title=MTA Bus Time: Q35 Rockaway Park – Brooklyn College|url=http://bustime.mta.info/#Q35|website=mta.info|publisher=MTA Bus Time|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107093818/http://bustime.mta.info/#Q35|url-status=live}}{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}{{Cite NYC bus map|B}} In Brooklyn, the Q35 makes limited-stops on Flatbush Avenue up to its terminus. In the Rockaways between Fort Tilden and Beach 116th Street, the Q35 parallels the Q22 route, which runs across the Rockaway peninsula to Far Rockaway via Rockaway Beach Boulevard.

The Q35 route serves several sections of the Gateway National Recreation Area around Jamaica Bay, including Floyd Bennett Field and Dead Horse Bay in Brooklyn, and Fort Tilden and Jacob Riis Park in Queens.{{cite news |last1=Solomon |first1=Serena |title=Explore New York City's Abandoned Places |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131213/port-morris/how-explore-abandoned-new-york-city-ruins/ |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=DNAinfo |date=December 13, 2013 |location=New York City |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171215231947/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20131213/port-morris/how-explore-abandoned-new-york-city-ruins |archive-date=December 15, 2017 |url-status=dead }}{{cite news |last1=Fractenberg |first1=Ben |title=Brooklyn's Dead Horse Bay Attracts Urban Explorers |url=https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120509/marine-park/brooklyns-dead-horse-bay-attracts-urban-explorers/ |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=DNAinfo |date=May 9, 2012 |location=Marine Park, Brooklyn |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171118022852/https://www.dnainfo.com/new-york/20120509/marine-park/brooklyns-dead-horse-bay-attracts-urban-explorers/ |archive-date=November 18, 2017 |url-status=dead }}

Queens-bound Q35 buses enter service at Avenue H between Nostrand Avenue and Flatbush Avenue in Midwood, Brooklyn, just east of the Brooklyn College campus, and one block south of the entrance to the Flatbush Avenue subway station at "The Junction" of Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues.{{cite web |title=Directions to Floyd Bennett Field |url=https://www.nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit/upload/Directions-to-FBF-2.pdf |publisher=National Park Service |access-date=July 24, 2018 |archive-date=February 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170209171349/https://www.nps.gov/gate/planyourvisit/upload/Directions-to-FBF-2.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite web|title=Proposal to widen traffic lanes would be a decongestant for clogged Flatbush Ave. passage|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/plan-decongest-clogged-flatbush-ave-traffic-article-1.1472189|date=September 30, 2013|access-date=May 12, 2014|author=Blau, Reuven|work=NY Daily News|quote=...and at the major Nostrand Ave. intersection [with Flatbush Avenue], known as the Junction...|archive-date=August 22, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822194039/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/brooklyn/plan-decongest-clogged-flatbush-ave-traffic-article-1.1472189|url-status=live}} Buses proceed south along Flatbush Avenue through the Flatlands and Marine Park neighborhoods to Avenue U at the Kings Plaza shopping mall, where several bus routes, including the B41, terminate. South of Avenue U the route continues down Flatbush Avenue, passing the Marine Park Golf Course and the former Floyd Bennett Field airport (now part of the Gateway National Recreation Area) to the south end of the street, before entering the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge towards Rockaway, Queens. The Q35 is the only route to travel on Flatbush south of Avenue U and cross the bridge between Brooklyn and Queens.

Upon entering the Rockaways, the Q35 route makes its first stop on the off-ramp of the Marine Parkway Bridge, in order to access Fort Tilden, the Riis Landing ferry terminal, and the Roxbury and Breezy Point neighborhoods at the west end of the peninsula. This stop is considered dangerous, exposing passengers to the traffic entering and exiting the bridge.{{rp|12 (PDF p.18)}}{{cite news |title=Goldfeder Calls For Safer Bus Stop Locations |url=http://www.qgazette.com/news/2016-02-10/Front_Page/Goldfeder_Calls_For_Safer_Bus_Stop_Locations.html |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=Queens Gazette |date=February 10, 2016 |archive-date=June 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160626155836/http://www.qgazette.com/news/2016-02-10/Front_Page/Goldfeder_Calls_For_Safer_Bus_Stop_Locations.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Observations on Point |url=http://www.rpnewsonline.com/pdf/RPN_01_07_2011.pdf#page=7 |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=Rockaway Point News |date=January 7, 2011 |page=7}} Normal service continues east on the off-ramp which becomes Beach Channel Drive, passing the parking lot of Jacob Riis Park. The Q35 shares this route with the Q22. The routes then turn south and east onto Rockaway Beach Boulevard near the park's bathhouse and Neponsit Beach Hospital. At Beach 147th Street at the west end of Neponsit, the Q35 turns north, then turns east onto Newport Avenue near the north end of the peninsula. The route proceeds east through Neponsit, Belle Harbor, and Rockaway Park before ending service at Beach 116th Street, just north of the Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street terminal of the IND Rockaway Line.

Brooklyn-bound Q35 buses begin service at Beach 116th Street and Newport Avenue and follow the same route west via Newport Avenue, Beach 147th Street, Rockaway Beach Boulevard, and Beach Channel Drive. At the foot of the Marine Park Bridge, the route runs past the bridge onto what becomes Rockaway Point Boulevard in Roxbury, and turns south onto Beach 169th Street at Fort Tilden and at the far west end of Riis Park; this is also the western terminus of the Q22 route. Buses then u-turn back onto the bridge approaches and cross into Brooklyn. The route then travels north on Flatbush Avenue serving Floyd Bennett Field and Kings Plaza. At Avenue I near the Flatbush−Nostrand terminal, buses turn west then north onto Nostrand Avenue, and finally terminate at Avenue H.

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During the summer season, from late May to early September, Q22 and Q35 buses are rerouted to directly serve Jacob Riis Park, with Q35 buses in both directions using a stop on Rockaway Beach Boulevard in front of the Riis Park historic bathhouse. Rockaway Park-bound buses access the stop via a normally-closed access road, which branches off from Beach Channel Drive near the end of the Marine Park Bridge at the west end of the park. Brooklyn-bound buses make a U-turn on Rockaway Beach Boulevard at the bathhouse to access the stop, then proceed onto Beach Channel Drive towards Fort Tilden and Brooklyn.{{cite web|title=Planned Service Changes: Summer service to and from Jacob Riis Park|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/planned_servChanges_Q22Q35.htm|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|access-date=September 3, 2017|date=2015|archive-date=September 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909052735/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/planned_servChanges_Q22Q35.htm|url-status=live}}{{cite web |title=Planned Service Changes: Summer service to and from Jacob Riis Park |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servNotices_Q22_Q35Reroute.htm |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=July 24, 2018 |date=2018 |archive-date=July 24, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180724183901/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servNotices_Q22_Q35Reroute.htm |url-status=live }} During non-summer months, the closest stop to the park is on Rockaway Beach Boulevard west of Beach 149th Street, in front of Neponsit Beach Hospital.

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Prior to the creation of the Q35 bus, during the summer of 1936, Green Bus Lines operated the Q21B route between Brooklyn and Jacob Riis Park via Cross Bay Boulevard. It began at the New Lots Avenue subway station in New Lots, Brooklyn, and served the Rockaways' Playland amusement park, Rockaway Park and Neponsit before terminating at Riis Park.{{cite news|title=New Bus Route Here: Express Service Between Brooklyn, Seaside and Riis Park, Monday.|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201935-1936%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201935-1936%2520-%25200641.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2016|work=Wave of Long Island|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=June 11, 1936}}{{cite news|title=Green Bus Lines Incorporated|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201936%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201936%2520-%25204897.pdf|access-date=January 12, 2016|work=Long Island Daily Press|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=August 24, 1936|page=13}} In October 1936, citizens from Neponsit lobbied the city and Green Lines to add extra routes in the Rockaways west of Beach 117th Street, then known as the "West End". It was pointed out that much of the population lived north of Rockaway Beach Boulevard, and would have to walk several blocks south to access the {{NYC bus link|Q22}} route. It was also pointed out that the previous transportation in the area, the defunct Ocean Electric Railway streetcar line, operated on Newport Avenue west of Beach 116th Street.{{cite news |title=Seeks Transit Hearing Upon Granting Of Certificate Of 'Convenience And Necessity' |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201935-1936%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201935-1936%2520-%25200811.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=October 28, 1936 |page=1}} The Q21B route was discontinued in November 1936 due to lack of profitability.{{cite news |title=Bus Officials Say They Discontinued Service From New Lots Ave. To Riis Park Because "It Failed To Show A Profit" |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201935-1936%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201935-1936%2520-%25200852.pdf |access-date=August 24, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=December 3, 1936 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174922/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201935-1936/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201935-1936%20-%200852.pdf |url-status=live }} By January 1937, local residents continued to petition Green Lines for several extensions of service. This included the restoration of the Q21B route, and the extension of the normal {{NYC bus link|Q21}} route west from Beach 116th Street to Beach 149th Street via Newport Avenue.{{cite news |title=Bus Company Fails To Answer Civic Club's Suggestions: Only One of Several Suggestions Laid Before Company Secretary Has Been Recognized; Rockaway Civic Club of West End Prepares for Action |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200017.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=January 21, 1937 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174923/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200017.pdf |url-status=live }}

On May 5, 1937, it was announced that Green Bus Lines would operate bus service between the Flatbush Avenue IRT subway station in Brooklyn and Riis Park in the Rockaways via the Marine Parkway Bridge, which was then-under construction. The Brooklyn Bus Corporation, a subsidiary of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation (BMT), would also extend its {{NYC bus link|B2}} route south over the bridge during summer months to serve the park.{{cite news |title=Two Bus Lines Will Operate Over Marine Parkway Bridge: Comm. Moses Announced That He Will Build a Large Bus Terminal at Riis Park; B.M.T. Company and Green Bus Lines Will Operate Over New Bridge. |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200140.pdf |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=May 6, 1937 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174304/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200140.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite book|url=https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3003287;view=1up;seq=181|title=Sixteenth Annual Report For the Calendar Year 1936|publisher=Department of Public Service Metropolitan Division Transit Commission|year=1937|access-date=June 28, 2019|archive-date=May 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220511032609/https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b3003287;view=1up;seq=181|url-status=live}}{{rp|167, 500}} The park had recently underwent a major Works Progress Administration (WPA) expansion in conjunction with the bridge project; both projects were overseen by Robert Moses.{{cite web|title=Cultural Landscape Report: Jacob Riis Park|url=https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/gate/jacob_riis_clr.pdf|publisher=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service|access-date=September 3, 2017|date=1992|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170225074826/https://www.nps.gov/parkhistory/online_books/gate/jacob_riis_clr.pdf|archive-date=February 25, 2017|url-status=dead}}{{rp|1·5, 2·10–2·15}}{{cite news|title=TWO CITY BEACHES OPEN FOR SEASON; Jacob Riis Park, on the Ocean, Attracts 2,500—Few Bathers Brave the Chilly Water 3,000 AT ORCHARD BEACH At Least 1,000 Try Swimming in Long Island Sound—Joint Capacity of 500,000 NEW YORK OPENS TWO NEW RECREATIONAL AREAS TO PUBLIC|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9E00E5DC1238E237A75755C2A9609C946694D6CF&legacy=true|access-date=September 4, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=June 26, 1937|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174304/https://www.nytimes.com/1937/06/26/archives/two-city-beaches-open-for-season-jacob-riis-park-on-the-ocean.html?legacy=true|url-status=live}}

The Marine Parkway Bridge was opened July 3, 1937 providing direct access from Brooklyn to the Rockaways, including Jacob Riis Park at the foot of the bridge.{{cite web|title=Development Concept Plan, Environmental Assessment: Jacob Riis Park, Gateway National Recreation Area, New York-New Jersey|url=https://archive.org/details/developjacobriis00nati|website=Internet Archive|publisher=United States Department of the Interior, National Park Service|access-date=September 3, 2017|date=June 1989}}{{rp|6 (PDF p.12)}}{{cite news|title=NEW RIIS PARK SPAN IS OPENED BY MAYOR; He Pays High Tribute to Moses at Dedication of Bridge Over Rockaway Inlet|url=https://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403E3D81F3AE23ABC4C53DFB166838C629EDE&legacy=true|access-date=September 3, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=July 4, 1937|archive-date=September 9, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909052444/http://query.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=9403E3D81F3AE23ABC4C53DFB166838C629EDE&legacy=true|url-status=live}} That same day, Green Bus Lines inaugurated the Q35 service between the Flatbush Avenue station and Riis Park.The New York Times, [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F1FF8345E177A93C1A9178CD85F438385F9 Rockaway Bus Line Extends Service] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140313223210/http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0F1FF8345E177A93C1A9178CD85F438385F9 |date=March 13, 2014 }}, July 3, 1937, page 17{{cite news |title=Crowds Set New Record at Rockaways: 7,300,000 Visit Beaches in First 11 Days of July |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201937%2520-%25204486.pdf |access-date=July 23, 2018 |work=Long Island Daily Press |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=July 15, 1937 |page=13 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174304/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press%201937/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press%201937%20-%204486.pdf |url-status=live }} Because Green Lines held the rights to bus service in the Rockaways, and the BMT for service in Brooklyn, the Q35 was mandated to run non-stop through Brooklyn. Only two stops were made in Brooklyn, on the Brooklyn side of the Marine Parkway Bridge, and at Flatbush and Nostrand Avenues. In addition, free transfers were provided for passengers traveling farther east up to Beach 84th Street. Travel solely within Brooklyn or solely within Queens charged five cents, while a double fare of ten cents was paid for crossing between boroughs.{{cite news |title=Public Notices |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25205%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%25201937%2520Grayscale%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%25201937%2520Grayscale%2520-%25205748.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=June 16, 1937 |page=28 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174304/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%205/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201937%20Grayscale/Brooklyn%20NY%20Daily%20Eagle%201937%20Grayscale%20-%205748.pdf |url-status=live }} However, by August 1 of that year Green Lines considered ending the service because it was unprofitable even at a double fare. According to the company, high costs stemmed from the 25-cent toll to cross the Marine Parkway Bridge, and the additional buses required for the service that were rented from other companies at $60 per bus along with insurance.{{cite news |title=Green Lines May Quit Riis Park Route |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200253.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=August 5, 1937 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174314/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200253.pdf |url-status=live }} Service was suspended for a single day on August 1 due to the expiration of the route's temporary permit with the city, but the route was reinstated the next day.{{cite news |title=Bus Operation Suspended For One Day |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200257.pdf |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=August 5, 1937 |page=5 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174304/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200257.pdf |url-status=live }}

By August 19, 1937, the route was extended east to its current terminal at Beach 116th Street, running via Cronston Avenue one block north of Newport Avenue.{{cite news |title=Cronston Ave. Bus Route to Bklyn. Tube; Green Bus Line's Newest Route Proving Popular With Commuters; Makes Stops Locally; Serves Section That Has Demanded Newport Ave. Route |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200269.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=August 19, 1937 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174304/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200269.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=Expect Fewer '38 Passengers: Buses Carried Over Three Million Last Year: Less This Year |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200762.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=September 29, 1938 |page=8 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215175435/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200762.pdf |url-status=live }} On October 13, 1937 at a meeting with the New York State Transit Commission, the president of Green Bus Lines stated that the route would remain in operation through the winter in spite of the low profitability during the summer months and the lower patronage predicted during the winter. At the meeting, various Queens civic organizations including the Rockaway Civic Club lodged complaints against the company over unsatisfactory service.{{cite news |title=Bus Company To Continue Bklyn. Route; Complaints Against Bus Co. Aired Yesterday Before Commissioner Fullen; Operating at a Loss; Rockaway Civic CLub Only Local Representative At Transit Hearing |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200333.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=October 14, 1937 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174816/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200333.pdf |url-status=live }} In May 1938, 184 streets in the Rockaways were approved to be converted into one-way streets. This included Newport Avenue and Cronston Avenue, which would become eastbound and westbound streets respectively. Q35 buses would then operate on Cronston Avenue towards Brooklyn and Newport Avenue towards Rockaway Park. The street changes would go into effect upon the completion of the extension of Beach Channel Drive towards Riis Park and the Marine Parkway Bridge.{{cite news |title=New One-Way Streets Get Official Okey; 184 Streets Designated; Police State Change Aid to Traffic. |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200597.pdf |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=May 19, 1938 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174817/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200597.pdf |url-status=live }} In July 1938, however, Newport Avenue was changed back into a two-way street, and Q35 buses were rerouted onto the street.{{cite news |title=Change Made in Traffic: Number of One-Way Signs Throughout Rockaways Have Been Considered |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200678.pdf |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=July 21, 1938 |page=4 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174824/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200678.pdf |url-status=live }} Ridership statistics from the end of 1938 showed that the new bus route had poached summer commuters away from the Long Island Rail Road's Rockaway Beach Branch.{{cite news |title=Travel On L. I. Railroad Decreased To Rockaways During Past Summer |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200795.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=November 3, 1938 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174818/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201937-1938%20-%200795.pdf |url-status=live }}

On May 22, 1939, the Rockaway Chamber of Commerce announced that Green Lines would operate a bus route between the Rockaways and the 1939 New York World's Fair held in Flushing Meadows Park. At this time, the Chamber also requested that an additional stop on the Q35 route at Flatbush Avenue and Kings Highway be added, in order to connect with the BMT Brighton Line to the west. By this time, ridership on the Q35 route was increasing, and the route made a stop in Brooklyn at Floyd Bennett Field.{{cite news |title=Direct Buses Between Fair and Rockaway: Green Line to Operate 25, Chamber of Commerce Announces |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201939%2FJamaica%2520NY%2520Long%2520Island%2520Daily%2520Press%25201939%2520-%25201537.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Long Island Daily Press |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=March 22, 1939 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215175935/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2014/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press%201939/Jamaica%20NY%20Long%20Island%20Daily%20Press%201939%20-%201537.pdf |url-status=live }}

After operating on temporary permits, in 1940 Green Lines sought a permanent franchise for the Q35 route. At this time, stops on the route were added at Avenue U (the future site of Kings Plaza), and at Kings Highway to connect with other bus lines and the BMT subway. The two new stops were added to increase patronage on the route. The exiting stops at the Marine Parkway Bridge and at Floyd Bennett Field were also maintained. In response to complaints from the Rockaway Civic Club, Green Lines would also increase the frequency of bus service, and would line up the bus schedule to meet trains at the Beach 116th Street station. The approval of the franchise was opposed by the Brooklyn Bus Corporation and the Brooklyn and Queens Transit Corporation, another BMT subsidiary. The route was approved by the New York City Board of Estimate in February 1940.{{cite news |title=Civic Club Seeks Delay In Granting Of Bus Franchise |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201939-1940%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201939-1940%2520-%25200459.pdf |access-date=August 16, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=January 18, 1940 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174819/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201939-1940/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201939-1940%20-%200459.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=New Franchise For Green Bus Wins Approval; Board of Estimate Votes To Allow Line to Make Two New Bklyn. Stops |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201939-1940%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201939-1940%2520-%25200483.pdf |access-date=August 16, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=February 8, 1940 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215174819/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201939-1940/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201939-1940%20-%200483.pdf |url-status=live }}{{cite news|title=Approval Looms For Green Bus Lines Franchise|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25205%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%25201940%2520Grayscale%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%25201940%2520Grayscale%2520-%25205527.pdf|access-date=June 17, 2017|work=Brooklyn Daily Eagle|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=July 2, 1940|page=13}} The new franchise was approved by the city Transit Commissioner in July 1940.{{cite news |title=Will Modify Bus Franchises: Approval of Green Lines Plea Is Indicated By Transit Commissioner |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201939-1940%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201939-1940%2520-%25200663.pdf |access-date=August 16, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=July 11, 1940 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215180008/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201939-1940/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201939-1940%20-%200663.pdf |url-status=live }}

On June 29, 1942, in order to conserve fuel and rubber for the World War II effort, Green Lines eliminated several bus stops on the Q21, Q22, and Q35 routes in the Rockaways. The change increased the average distance between bus stops to four blocks.{{cite news |title=Many Stops Are Eliminated By Green Bus Line; Move Made in Order To Conserve Gasoline and Rubber for War Effort; Every Four Blocks is Average Here; Complete List of Bus Stops Given for Three Routes Operating in Rockaways |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201941-1942%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201941-1942%2520-%25200662.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=July 2, 1942 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215175954/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201941-1942/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201941-1942%20-%200662.pdf |url-status=live }} On March 13, 1943, overnight service on the Q35 route began.{{cite news |title=All-Night Bus Service Via Marine Bridge |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201943-1944%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201943-1944%2520-%25200083.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=March 11, 1943 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215175942/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201943-1944/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201943-1944%20-%200083.pdf |url-status=live }} At this time, buses on the route operated every 25 minutes until 10 PM.{{cite news |title=Reduced Train, Bus Service To Rockaways Not Deemed Drastic |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201943-1944%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201943-1944%2520-%25200184.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=June 3, 1943 |page=1}} In 1951, the Rockaway Civic Club and Green Lines petitioned the city Traffic Department to change the location of bus stops on the Q35 route in order to improve safety. At the time, westbound buses stopped at odd numbered street, with eastbound bus stops located at even numbered streets. It was sought to reverse this pattern, in order to better line up with the intersecting one-way streets and reduce accidents.{{cite news |title=Ask Traffic Dept. Change Bus Stops: West End Groups And Bus Company See Safety Step In The New Plan |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201951%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201951%2520-%25200290.pdf |access-date=August 17, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=May 24, 1951}}

In 1968, the Belle Harbor Property Owners association and Green Lines began installing benches at bus stops along Newport Avenue.{{cite news |title=The Wave Editorials – and Special Features: Seats for Waiting Bus Passengers |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201967-1968%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201967-1968%2520-%25200848.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=July 18, 1968 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215180511/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201967-1968/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201967-1968%20-%200848.pdf |url-status=live }} On July 28, 1970, passengers at Jacob Riis Park entered a Fort Tilden-bound Q22 bus and demanded that the driver instead continue along the Q35 route into Brooklyn, after the passengers had reportedly been waiting up to 90 minutes for a Q35 bus. Afterwards, officers from the NYPD 100th Precinct approved of the driver continuing into Brooklyn.{{cite news |title=Angry Beachgoers Take Over A Bus |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201969-1971%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201969-1971%2520-%25200387.pdf |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=July 30, 1970 |page=1 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215180511/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201969-1971/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201969-1971%20-%200387.pdf |url-status=live }} The Kings Plaza shopping mall at Avenue U opened on September 11, 1970,{{cite news|last1=Barmash|first1=Isadore|title=Brooklyn Shopping Center to Open in Week|url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1970/09/04/355795922.pdf|access-date=January 30, 2016|work=The New York Times|date=September 4, 1970|archive-date=October 15, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221015000859/https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1970/09/04/355795922.html?pdf_redirect=true&site=false|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=Huge Kings Plaza Shopping Center Opening Planned For September 11|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201969-1971%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201969-1971%2520-%25200407.pdf|access-date=May 20, 2017|work=Wave of Long Island|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=September 3, 1970|page=1|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215180517/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201969-1971/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201969-1971%20-%200407.pdf|url-status=live}} with the Q35 bus route serving the new mall.{{cite news |title=A New Holiday Tradition Is Bord...At New York's First All-Enclosed Shopping Center |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252024%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Home%2520Reporter%2520and%2520Sunset%2520News%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Home%2520Reporter%2520and%2520Sunset%2520News1970%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Home%2520Reporter%2520and%2520Sunset%2520News1970%252003126.pdf |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Brooklyn Home Reporter and Sunset News |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=November 20, 1970 |page=10 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215180512/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspaper%2024/Brooklyn%20NY%20Home%20Reporter%20and%20Sunset%20News/Brooklyn%20NY%20Home%20Reporter%20and%20Sunset%20News1970/Brooklyn%20NY%20Home%20Reporter%20and%20Sunset%20News1970%2003126.pdf |url-status=live }}

Open-door service on the Q35 route in Brooklyn was added circa 1976;{{cite news|title=City Still Mum On Making Q-35 Local In Brooklyn|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201976%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201976%2520-%25200280.pdf|access-date=June 17, 2017|work=Wave of Long Island|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=July 29, 1976|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215180520/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201976/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201976%20-%200280.pdf|url-status=live}}{{cite news|title=New Express Bus Hearing|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201976%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201976%2520-%25200039.pdf|access-date=June 17, 2017|work=Wave of Long Island|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=February 5, 1976|page=8|archive-date=December 15, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215180515/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201976/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201976%20-%200039.pdf|url-status=live}} until then, buses only made drop offs northbound and pickups southbound in Brooklyn north of Kings Plaza.{{cite news|title=Public Notice is Hereby Given...|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252023%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520New%2520York%2520%26%2520Brooklyn%2520Daily%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520New%2520York%2520%26%2520Brooklyn%2520Daily%25201970%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520New%2520York%2520%26%2520Brooklyn%2520Daily%25201970%2520-%25201195.pdf|access-date=June 17, 2017|work=New York and Brooklyn Daily|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=December 15, 1969|page=7}} In September 1976, a bus rider wrote to New York State Assemblywoman Gerdi E. Lipschutz about the conditions on Q22 and Q35 buses, citing litter, passengers and drivers smoking in buses, and out-of-maintenance buses. At the time, the city was suffering financially due to the 1975 New York City fiscal crisis.{{cite news |title=Writes To City And State About Bus Conditions |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201976%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201976%2520-%25200337.pdf |access-date=August 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=September 2, 1976 |page=13 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215181030/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201976/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201976%20-%200337.pdf |url-status=live }} In March 1978, a citizen from Belle Harbor wrote to Mayor Ed Koch concerning service on the Q35 route. The letter described the buses as "deathmobiles",{{efn|"Deathmobiles" was a reference to Mayor Koch's use of a blue Chrysler Newport that he described as a "deathmobile".{{cite news |title=Notes on People |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/28/archives/notes-on-people-koch-makes-debut-in-his-new-official-automobile.html |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=February 28, 1979 |page=16 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021184414/https://www.nytimes.com/1979/02/28/archives/notes-on-people-koch-makes-debut-in-his-new-official-automobile.html |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=The Continuing Saga of Koch's Limosine |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/23/archives/the-continuing-saga-of-kochs-limousine.html |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=March 23, 1978 |page=12 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021184414/https://www.nytimes.com/1978/03/23/archives/the-continuing-saga-of-kochs-limousine.html |url-status=live }}}} and criticized the condition and maintenance of the buses on the route and the scheduling of buses.{{cite news |title=Rockawayites Send Mayor Complaints About Buses |url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201978%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201978%2520-%25200399.pdf |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |agency=Fultonhistory.com |date=March 15, 1978 |page=5 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215181032/https://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%2021/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201978/Rockaway%20Beach%20NY%20%20Wave%20Of%20Long%20Island%20%201978%20-%200399.pdf |url-status=live }}

The Q35 route served 1.1 million passengers in 1998.{{cite web|title=Analysis of Routes and Ridership of a Franchise Bus Service: Green Bus Lines|url=http://www.utrc2.org/sites/default/files/pubs/NYCDOT-Green-Bus-Lines-Route-Analysis-final.pdf|website=utrc2.org/|publisher=City College of New York|access-date=September 30, 2015|date=October 2000|archive-date=October 1, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151001021409/http://www.utrc2.org/sites/default/files/pubs/NYCDOT-Green-Bus-Lines-Route-Analysis-final.pdf|url-status=live}} In 1999 it was suggested by Transportation Alternatives to create a bike-on-bus program on the Q35 route, which would involve installing bicycle racks onto buses on the route in order to carry bikes over the Marine Parkway Bridge. The program would compensate for the lack of pedestrian and cycle access to the bridge due to a planned rehabilitation project. The program would have been similar to the existing program on the QBx1 route (now the {{NYC bus link|Q50}} route) between Queens and the Bronx.{{cite journal |title=T.A. Calls for Q35 Bike Racks During Bridge Closure |journal=Transportation Alternatives |date=October 1999 |volume=5 |issue=5 |page=9 |url=https://www.transalt.org/sites/default/files/news/magazine/995OctNov.pdf#page=9 |access-date=July 26, 2018}} During the bridge reconstruction project, which ran from 1999 to 2002, Q35 service continued over the bridge.{{cite news |title=Chaos Coming? Lanes Will Close On Bridge |url=https://www.rockawave.com/articles/no-title-1126/ |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |date=September 4, 1999 |archive-date=May 19, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180519173156/https://www.rockawave.com/articles/no-title-1126/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Zeidman |first1=Aaron |title=A Glimpse Of The New Marine Park Bridge |url=https://www.rockawave.com/articles/a-glimpse-of-the-new-marine-park-bridge/ |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |date=April 21, 2001 |archive-date=June 2, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180602164438/https://www.rockawave.com/articles/a-glimpse-of-the-new-marine-park-bridge/ |url-status=live }}

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On January 9, 2006, the MTA Bus Company took over the operations of the Green Bus Line routes as part of the city's takeover of all the remaining privately operated bus routes.{{cite web|url=http://www.apta.com/mc/multimodal/previous/2010/Presentations/The-Merger-of-Seven-Private-Companies-into-One-MTA-Company.pdf|title=The Merger of 7 Private Bus Companies into MTA Bus|date=July 26, 2010|website=apta.com|publisher=American Public Transportation Association, Metropolitan Transportation Authority|last1=Silverman|first1=Norman|access-date=October 16, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016062828/http://www.apta.com/mc/multimodal/previous/2010/Presentations/The-Merger-of-Seven-Private-Companies-into-One-MTA-Company.pdf|archive-date=October 16, 2015|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/23/nyregion/city-to-buy-private-bus-company-for-service-in-three-boroughs.html|title=City to Buy Private Bus Company for Service in Three Boroughs|date=April 23, 2005|work=The New York Times|last1=Lueck|first1=Thomas J.|access-date=October 13, 2015|archive-date=May 29, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150529192802/http://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/23/nyregion/city-to-buy-private-bus-company-for-service-in-three-boroughs.html|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/010-06/mayor-bloomberg-mta-takeover-green-bus-lines|title=Mayor Bloomberg Announces MTA Takeover of Green Bus Lines|date=January 8, 2006|website=The official website of the City of New York|access-date=December 31, 2015|archive-date=March 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304212931/http://www1.nyc.gov/office-of-the-mayor/news/010-06/mayor-bloomberg-mta-takeover-green-bus-lines|url-status=live}} Following the takeover, on March 4, 2007, several intermediate stops on the Q35 route were eliminated on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn between Kings Plaza and Brooklyn College. The changes reduced the number of stops on this stretch of the route to five in either direction.{{cite news |last1=Rosenberg |first1=Miriam |title=New Routes For Old Bus Lines |url=https://www.rockawave.com/articles/new-routes-for-old-bus-lines/ |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |date=March 16, 2007 |archive-date=October 21, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231021184418/https://www.rockawave.com/articles/new-routes-for-old-bus-lines/ |url-status=live }} In October 2007, overnight service on the Q35 was suspended due to construction on the Marine Parkway Bridge.{{cite news |last1=Brosh |first1=Brendan |title=Roadwork, mass transit to disrupt Rockaways until spring |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/roadwork-mass-transit-disrupt-rockaways-spring-article-1.229386 |access-date=August 26, 2018 |work=New York Daily News |date=October 11, 2007 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215181034/https://www.nydailynews.com/2007/10/11/roadwork-mass-transit-to-disrupt-rockaways-until-spring/ |url-status=live }} On May 13, 2008, a city-subsidized Rockaway ferry route operated by New York Water Taxi began service between Riis Landing and Pier 11/Wall Street in Manhattan.{{cite news |last1=Brosh |first1=Brendan |title=New Rockaway ferry route to Wall Street awash in funding brouhaha |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/new-rockaway-ferry-route-wall-street-awash-funding-brouhaha-article-1.329964 |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=New York Daily News |date=May 12, 2008 |archive-date=September 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909052658/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/new-rockaway-ferry-route-wall-street-awash-funding-brouhaha-article-1.329964 |url-status=live }} On that day, the New York Daily News conducted an informal race between the ferry and the combined bus-subway trip between the Rockaways and Wall Street; the bus-subway trip utilized the Q35 route between Riis Park and Flatbush Avenue, and the 2 subway route to Manhattan.{{cite news |title=The great Daily News race: Rockaway to Wall Street |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/great-daily-news-race-rockaway-wall-street-article-1.332424 |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=New York Daily News |date=May 13, 2008 |archive-date=December 15, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231215181035/https://www.nydailynews.com/2008/05/13/the-great-daily-news-race-rockaway-to-wall-street/ |url-status=live }}

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On April 15, 2012, the travel path of the Q35 at its terminal in Midwood was altered. The previous set up, where buses would alight northbound passengers on the north side of Avenue H and pickup Rockaway-bound passengers on Flatbush Avenue at a shared stop with the {{NYC bus link|B41}} was discontinued. Instead, buses would now terminate and enter service at a single bus stop on the south side of Avenue H.{{cite web |title=Planned Service Changes: Route adjustment and terminal relocation in Midwood |url=http://mta.info:80/nyct/service/servChanges_Q35.htm |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=August 23, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120331222935/http://mta.info/nyct/service/servChanges_Q35.htm |archive-date=March 31, 2012 |date=April 15, 2012 |url-status=live }} In February 2016, then-New York State Assemblyman Phil Goldfeder (representing the Rockaways) issued a letter to the New York City Department of Transportation to relocate the Q35 bus stop on the Marine Park Bridge off-ramp. Goldfeder suggested utilizing a nearby stop at a pedestrian overpass on Beach Channel Drive at the Jacob Riis Park central mall.{{cite news |title=Goldfeder Wants Reviews of Breezy Q35 Bus Stop |url=https://issuu.com/rockawaytimes/docs/rockaway_times_2-4-16 |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=The Rockaway Times |date=February 4, 2016 |page=10 |archive-date=February 7, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160207043338/http://issuu.com/rockawaytimes/docs/rockaway_times_2-4-16? |url-status=live }} This stop is normally only used by the Q22.{{cite web|title=MTA Bus Time: Q22 Rockaway Beach Blvd – Beach Channel Dr|url=http://bustime.mta.info/#Q22|website=mta.info|publisher=MTA Bus Time|access-date=November 21, 2023|archive-date=November 7, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151107093818/http://bustime.mta.info/#Q22|url-status=live}}

On March 14, 2016, one of the lanes of the southbound off-ramp from the Marine Parkway Bridge was closed due to construction. Because of this, the Q35 bus stop at the foot of the bridge was closed and relocated farther east to the stop at the Jacob Riis Park central mall.{{cite news |title=Beach Channel Drive Eastbound Lane, Breezy Point Exit Ramp of Marine Parkway Bridge to Close Through April for Ramp Improvement Project |url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/bridges-tunnels/beach-channel-drive-eastbound-lane-breezy-point-exit-ramp-marine |access-date=July 24, 2018 |work=Metropolitan Transportation Authority, MTA Bridges and Tunnels |date=March 10, 2016 |archive-date=July 28, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160728191144/http://www.mta.info/press-release/bridges-tunnels/beach-channel-drive-eastbound-lane-breezy-point-exit-ramp-marine |url-status=live }} For the 2016 summer season, the MTA added 35 daily trips to the Q35 route on Saturdays and Sundays, decreasing the trip headways from 10 minutes to seven-and-a-half minutes.{{cite news |last1=Rivoli |first1=Dan |title=MTA to give Rockaways and Orchard Beach beachgoers better shuttle service, more buses |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/mta-give-beachgoers-better-shuttle-service-buses-article-1.2652420 |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=New York Daily News |date=May 27, 2016 |archive-date=September 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170916183027/http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/queens/mta-give-beachgoers-better-shuttle-service-buses-article-1.2652420 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |title=MTA Adds Service to Area Beaches to Kick Off the Summer Season: Weekend Subway and Bus Service Added in the Rockaways and Orchard Beach |url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-adds-service-area-beaches-kick-summer-season |access-date=July 25, 2018 |work=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |date=May 26, 2016 |archive-date=October 11, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011232543/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/mta-adds-service-area-beaches-kick-summer-season |url-status=live }}

In March 2017, the National Parks Conservation Association released a report to improve mass transit access to the Jamaica Bay Unit of the Gateway National Recreation Area, which includes Floyd Bennett Field, Fort Tilden, and Jacob Riis Park. Part of the proposal included increasing the frequency of the Q35 route, instituting a permanent bike-on-bus program on the route over the Marine Parkway Bridge, and improving the connections with the planned {{NYC bus link|B82}} Select Bus Service route. Other ideas in the plan included familiarizing bus drivers with the features of the Gateway Area, an extension of the {{NYC bus link|Q53 SBS}} route west from Rockaway Park to Riis Park, and an extension of the Q22 route west to the far end of Fort Tilden near Breezy Point.{{cite web |title=Transportation and Access Improvements for the Jamaica Bay Unit of Gateway National Recreation Area |url=https://npca.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/3421/041ba41a-5253-4501-a6db-cecf82df1f79.pdf?1489764093 |publisher=National Parks Conservation Association |access-date=July 27, 2018 |archive-date=October 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201021052355/https://npca.s3.amazonaws.com/documents/3421/041ba41a-5253-4501-a6db-cecf82df1f79.pdf?1489764093 |url-status=live }}{{rp|2, 15, 20–25}}

On October 10, 2017 at the monthly meeting of Queens Community Board 14, the MTA suggested rerouting the Q35 south from Newport Avenue onto Rockaway Beach Boulevard. The reroute would coincide with changes to the Q22 route, in which most Q22 trips would only travel between Beach 116th Street and Far Rockaway. The rerouted Q35 would partially replace Q22 service west of Beach 116th Street. Under the plan, the new Q35 route and most Q22 buses would travel north along Beach 116th Street at the end of Rockaway Park-bound runs, and use the Q35's current turnaround loop via Beach Channel Drive, Beach 117th Street, and Newport Avenue in order to reverse direction. The change to the Q35 route along with many of the service alterations proposed by the MTA received negative feedback from local residents. The rerouting of the Q35 and Q22 routes was protested due to potential traffic issues on Beach 116th Street, with the two routes along with the Q53 all using the street.{{cite news |last1=Mancini |first1=Ralph |title=Destined To Fail: CB14 rejects MTA's bus stop reduction plan |url=https://www.rockawave.com/articles/destined-to-fail/ |access-date=July 26, 2018 |work=Wave of Long Island |date=October 12, 2017 |archive-date=July 26, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180726111834/https://www.rockawave.com/articles/destined-to-fail/ |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Agard |first1=Kami-Leigh |title=Fireworks at CB 14 Meeting |url=http://rockawaytimes.com/index.php/news/9-news/3006-fireworks-at-cb-14-meeting |access-date=July 28, 2018 |work=The Rockaway Times |date=October 12, 2017 |archive-date=June 15, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180615185104/http://rockawaytimes.com/index.php/news/9-news/3006-fireworks-at-cb-14-meeting |url-status=live }} On May 23, 2018, the MTA held an open house at the Rockaway YMCA in Arverne to discuss the changes to Q22 and Q35 service proposed in October 2017, including the potential route adjustment for the Q35 from Newport Avenue to Rockaway Beach Boulevard.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/180723_1030_Transit.pdf#page=218|title=Transit & Bus Committee Meeting|date=July 23, 2018|access-date=July 23, 2018|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|pages=218–225|archive-date=April 24, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190424014452/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/180723_1030_Transit.pdf#page=218|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |title=Q22/Q35 Rockaways Open House |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/busplan_rockways_Q22Q35.htm |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=July 24, 2018 |date=2018 |archive-date=May 16, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180516101843/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/busplan_rockways_Q22Q35.htm |url-status=live }} Following the open house, however, the plans to alter the Q35 route were cancelled.

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network.{{cite web|url=https://qns.com/story/2019/12/17/mta-gives-sneak-peek-of-transformative-queens-bus-network-redesign-plan-at-queens-borough-board-meeting/|title=MTA gives 'sneak peek' of transformative Queens bus network redesign plan|last=Acevedo|first=Angélica|date=December 17, 2019|website=QNS.com|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101011747/https://qns.com/story/2019/12/17/mta-gives-sneak-peek-of-transformative-queens-bus-network-redesign-plan-at-queens-borough-board-meeting/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/12/31/mta-unveils-draft-proposal-to-redesign-bus-network-in-queens|title=MTA Unveils Draft Proposal to Redesign Bus Network in Queens|date=December 31, 2019|website=Spectrum News NY1 | New York City|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101011749/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/12/31/mta-unveils-draft-proposal-to-redesign-bus-network-in-queens|url-status=live}} As part of the redesign, the Q35 would have become a "subway connector" route, with a nonstop section on Flatbush Avenue similar to the existing route. The main change to the route was in Queens, where it would have been rerouted onto Rockaway Beach Boulevard.{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/12706|title=Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=December 2019|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231075237/https://new.mta.info/document/12706|url-status=live}} The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020,{{Cite web|title=Queens bus network redesign remains on hold amid COVID-19 pandemic: MTA|url=https://qns.com/story/2020/06/01/queens-bus-network-redesign-remains-on-hold-amid-covid-19-pandemic-mta/|access-date=July 5, 2020|website=QNS.com|language=en-US|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705220043/https://qns.com/story/2020/06/01/queens-bus-network-redesign-remains-on-hold-amid-covid-19-pandemic-mta/|url-status=dead}} and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback.{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=MTA to release 'totally redone' Queens bus network redesign draft in early 2022 | website=amNewYork | date=December 15, 2021 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-to-release-totally-redone-queens-bus-network-redesign-draft-in-early-2022/ | access-date=January 21, 2022 | archive-date=January 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121010646/https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-to-release-totally-redone-queens-bus-network-redesign-draft-in-early-2022/ | url-status=live }}

A revised plan was released in March 2022.{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=FIRST ON amNY: MTA reveals new Queens bus redesign draft plan | website=amNewYork | date=March 29, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/queens-bus-redesign-relaunch/ | access-date=March 29, 2022 | archive-date=March 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329151616/https://www.amny.com/transit/queens-bus-redesign-relaunch/ | url-status=live }} The plan for the Q35 is the same as in the 2019 redesign, except it is now classed as a "zone" route due to its nonstop section in Brooklyn.{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/79636|title=Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=March 2022|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329153951/https://new.mta.info/document/79636|url-status=live}}

A final bus-redesign plan was released in December 2023.{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=MTA unveils final proposal for Queens bus network redesign | website=amNewYork | date=December 12, 2023 | url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/queens/mta-final-proposal-queens-bus-network-redesign/ | access-date=December 13, 2023 | archive-date=December 13, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213155310/https://www.amny.com/new-york/queens/mta-final-proposal-queens-bus-network-redesign/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Shkurhan | first=Iryna | title=MTA unveils final plan to overhaul Queens bus network for the first time in decades | website=QNS.com | date=December 13, 2023 | url=https://qns.com/2023/12/mta-unveils-final-plan-overhaul-queens-bus-network/ | access-date=December 14, 2023 | archive-date=December 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214010201/https://qns.com/2023/12/mta-unveils-final-plan-overhaul-queens-bus-network/ | url-status=live }} The Q35 would still be a zone route, but it would be rerouted onto Rockaway Beach Boulevard in Queens and extended east to Beach 108th Street, connecting with a NYC Ferry route there. It would also make local stops in Brooklyn during the nighttime.{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/128476|title=Final Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=Dec 2023|access-date=January 1, 2020|page=199|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212204931/https://new.mta.info/document/128476|url-status=live}}

On December 17, 2024, addendums to the final plan were released.{{cite web |last=Russo-Lennon |first=Barbara |date=December 17, 2024 |title=Hold that bus! Queens riders to get more bus service, better rail connections if MTA approves redesign plan |url=https://www.amny.com/news/queens-bus-service-redesign-plan/ |access-date=December 19, 2024 |website=amNewYork}}{{cite web |last=Heyward |first=Giulia |date=December 17, 2024 |title=After years of delays, MTA finally moves ahead with Queens bus redesign |url=https://gothamist.com/news/after-years-of-delays-mta-finally-moves-ahead-with-queens-bus-redesign |access-date=December 19, 2024 |website=Gothamist}} Among these, the stop changes on Flatbush Avenue were moved from the Brooklyn Bus Redesign to the Queens Bus Redesign, and deadheads on Beach 108th Street were switched to the opposite direction.{{cite web|title=Queens Bus Network Redesign Proposed Final Plan Addendum|url= https://new.mta.info/document/160201|access-date=17 December 2024}} On January 29, 2025, the current plan was approved by the MTA Board,{{cite web|title=MTA approves major changes coming to Queens bus network starting this summer|url=https://www.amny.com/news/major-changes-coming-to-queens-bus-network/|author=Barbara Russo-Lennon|publisher=amNewYork Metro|date=29 January 2025|access-date=29 January 2025}} and the Queens Bus Redesign will go into effect in two different phases during Summer 2025.{{cite web|title=MTA approves major changes coming to Queens bus network starting this summer|url= https://ny1.com/nyc/queens/traffic_and_transit/2025/02/20/queens-bus-network-redesign-to-launch-this-summer--mta-says#:~:text=MTA%20announced%20Thursday.-,Phase%20one%20will%20launch%20on%20Sunday%2C%20June%2029%2C%20and%20phase,faster%20service%20to%20train%20stations.|author=Atlan Hassard|publisher=Spectrum News NY1|date=20 February 2025|access-date=22 February 2025}}

• B41 (New York City bus)
• Woodhaven and Cross Bay Boulevards buses

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• [http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspapers%252021%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2FRockaway%2520Beach%2520NY%2520%2520Wave%2520Of%2520Long%2520Island%2520%25201937-1938%2520-%25200266.pdf Green Lines cancel Q35, Rockawave, August 12, 1937]
• [http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%25205%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%25201940%2520Grayscale%2FBrooklyn%2520NY%2520Daily%2520Eagle%25201940%2520Grayscale%2520-%25200223.pdf Q35 Franchise, 1940]
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