Jewel Avenue buses#Q74

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The eastbound Q64 starts at the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station in Forest Hills on the north side of Queens Boulevard at 71st Avenue. Then the bus route turns onto Jewel Avenue, crossing over the Grand Central Parkway, Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, and Van Wyck Expressway. The bus then travels through Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, and passes by Queens College. Eastbound buses turn south onto Parsons Boulevard, then run east along 71st Avenue, terminating at 164th Street. Buses lay over on the east side of 164th Street before reentering service on Jewel Avenue.

The westbound Q64 essentially follows the same route until just west of the Van Wyck Expressway, where the westbound Q64 turns slightly north onto 69th Road, which runs parallel to Jewel Avenue. The westbound Q64 continues along 69th Road until the intersection with 108th Street, where buses turn left and continue four blocks to Queens Boulevard. Buses lay over at the west side of 108th Street between Queens Boulevard and 70th Road.{{Cite NYC bus map|Q}}*{{cite web|author1 = Urbitran Associates, Inc|title = NYCDOT Bus Ridership Survey and Route Analysis Final Report: Chapter 3 Transit System Characteristics|url = http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotbusrsra_2.pdf|website = nyc.gov|publisher = New York City Department of Transportation|access-date = October 16, 2015|date = May 2004}}

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{{For|the bus route that formerly ran on Main Street|Q74 (New York City bus, 1940–2010)}}

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The eastbound Q74 is a limited-stop route, starting at the Forest Hills–71st Avenue subway station in Forest Hills on the north side of Queens Boulevard at 71st Avenue. Then the bus route turns onto Jewel Avenue, crossing over the Grand Central Parkway, Flushing Meadows – Corona Park, and Van Wyck Expressway. The bus then travels through Kew Gardens Hills, Queens, and passes by Queens College before turning north at 164th Street. It then turns east at Horace Harding Expressway, continuing to Springfield Boulevard, where it turns north again. The Q74 terminates at Queensborough Community College in Bayside, Queens.{{cite web |title=Q74 Limited |url=https://www.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/q74-limited |access-date=June 28, 2025 |website=MTA}}

The westbound Q74 essentially follows the same route until just west of the Van Wyck Expressway, where the westbound Q74 turns slightly north onto 69th Road, which runs parallel to Jewel Avenue. The westbound Q74 continues along 69th Road until the intersection with 108th Street, where buses turn left and continue four blocks to Queens Boulevard. Buses lay over at the west side of 108th Street between Queens Boulevard and 70th Road.

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Eastbound QM4 service via Sixth Avenue begins at Sixth Avenue and 36th Street. The route then picks up passengers along Sixth Avenue. Sixth Avenue service turns onto 57th Street. Afterwards, the service moves onto 59th Street, and then turns onto the Queensboro Bridge crossing over the East River into Queens. Once in Queens, the bus continues along Queens Boulevard making no stops until it reaches Jewel Avenue. The bus drops off passengers along Jewel Avenue, and turns onto 164th Street, with its final stop at the Horace Harding Expressway.

Westbound QM4 service begins at 164th Street and the Horace Harding Expressway, and then turns onto Jewel Avenue picking up passengers. Once the route reaches Queens Boulevard, the bus stops picking up passengers. The bus route then continues via Queens Boulevard until it turns onto the Long Island Expressway. It then goes under the East River through the Queens Midtown Tunnel. Once in Manhattan the bus goes via Sixth Avenue. The bus drops off passengers and then turns via 57th Street, terminating at Third Avenue.{{cite NYC bus|url=http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/qm004cur.pdf|display=QM4}}

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Eastbound QM44 service begins at Third Avenue and 39th Street. The route then picks up passengers along Third Avenue. Afterwards, the service moves onto 59th Street, and then turns onto the Queensboro Bridge crossing over the East River into Queens. Once in Queens, the bus continues along Queens Boulevard making no stops until it reaches Jewel Avenue. The bus drops off passengers along Jewel Avenue, and turns onto 164th Street, with its final stop at the Horace Harding Expressway.

Westbound QM44 service begins at 164th Street and the Horace Harding Expressway, and then turns onto Jewel Avenue picking up passengers. Once the route reaches Queens Boulevard, the bus stops picking up passengers. The bus route then continues via Queens Boulevard until it turns onto the Long Island Expressway. It then goes under the East River through the Queens Midtown Tunnel. Once in Manhattan the bus goes via Third Avenue until its last stop at 56th Street.

QM44 service only operates during rush hours in the peak direction.

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In November 1949, the Queens Valley Home Owners' Association of Kew Gardens Hills proposed an extension of the city's Q44 Vleigh Place shuttle bus (later the {{NYC bus link|Q74}}) west from its northern terminus at Jewel Avenue and Main Street to the 71st–Continental Avenues subway station of the IND Queens Boulevard Line in Forest Hills, to give Kew Gardens Hills additional bus service. It would have created a loop service between the 71st Avenue station and the nearby Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike station on the same line, running via Main Street. The proposed route was numbered Q75.{{Cite news|url = http://www.fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2520-%25208960.pdf|title = Start of Q-65A Bus Line Delayed For 2 Weeks More by Legal Tangles|date = October 16, 1951|access-date = January 19, 2016|via = Fultonhistory.com|newspaper = Long Island Star–Journal}}

The Q75 proposal was submitted to the New York City Board of Transportation on March 20, 1951.{{cite news|title=Kew Hills Lines up for Finish Fight Thursday for Shuttle Extension|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2520-%25205977.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fd33fbcbaa48a3e564a52c2c39c4ffb3c#page=1|access-date=March 2, 2016|work=Long Island Star-Journal|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=July 17, 1951}} On June 19, transit officials informed the Board of Estimate it would not be advisable to extend that route. In response, Queens–Nassau Transit (the predecessor to the Queens Surface Corporation) proposed that the Q65A bus run along the entire length of Jewel Avenue between 164th Street to the 71st Avenue station at Queens Boulevard. In an alternate proposal, Queens–Nassau Transit proposed having the route terminate at the 75th Avenue subway station, between the 71st Avenue and Union Turnpike stops.{{Cite news|url = http://www.fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2520-%25206604.pdf|title = Kew Hills Taxpayers To Discuss Bus Route|date = August 4, 1951|access-date = January 18, 2016|via = Fultonhistory.com|work = Long Island Star–Journal}} The Q65A's introduction was also meant to help alleviate congestion at the Union Turnpike subway station. The Queens Valley Association opposed the Q65A proposal, due to it only serving the northern portion of Kew Gardens Hills.{{cite news|title=Kew Hills Group Urges City Buses As Link to Forest Hills Subway|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2520-%25206723.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2F333551ee305f929d872945ecfb2f7b3a#page=1|access-date=March 2, 2016|work=Long Island Star-Journal|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=August 9, 1951|page=4}} It also opposed placing the terminus at the 75th Avenue station, since 75th Avenue only serves local trains, while 71st Avenue and Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike serve both local and express trains.

The Board of Estimate approved Queens-Nassau Transit's proposal on August 17, 1951. On November 14, 1951, bus service began on the Q65A.{{cite news|title=Jewel Avenue Line Buses to Roll Wednesday|url=http://fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?altUrl=http%3A%2F%2Ffultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2520-%25209956.pdf&highlightsFile=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2Fhighlighter%2Fhits%2Fddf609828e8f22a5509f9a1251baab5b#page=1|access-date=March 2, 2016|work=Long Island Star-Journal|agency=Fultonhistory.com|date=November 10, 1951|page=2}}{{Cite book|title = New York City Transit Buses 1945–1975 Photo Archive|last = Martin|first = Guy E.|publisher = Iconografix|year = 2005|isbn = 1-58388-149-2|location = Hudson, Wisconsin|pages = 116}} The route was originally a spur of the {{NYC bus link|Q65}}, for which the bus route was named.{{Cite news|url = http://www.fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201951%2520-%25208283.pdf|title = New Bus Route|date = September 27, 1951|access-date = January 19, 2016|via = Fultonhistory.com|newspaper = Long Island Star – Journal}} On August 2, 1953, the Q65A's terminal route was changed. Originally, the Q65A bus traveled east on Jewel Avenue all the way to 164th Street, until it made a loop and reversed direction at 165th Street. The route was changed so that buses would turn south on Parsons Boulevard, east on 71st Avenue, and then north on 164th Street to the terminus at Jewel Avenue; this routing is still used by the current Q64 bus. The change was met with resentment from the local community due to concerns that buses would hit kids outside the newly opened Public School 200 at 164th Street and 71st Avenue.{{Cite news|url = http://www.fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201953%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201953%2520-%25207893.pdf|title = Kids Endangered Residents Hit New Looping of Q-65A Bus|date = August 25, 1953|access-date = January 18, 2016|via = Fultonhistory.com|newspaper = Long Island Star–Journal}}{{Cite news|url = http://www.fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201953%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201953%2520-%25207992.pdf|title = PSC Blamed for Changing Q-65A Bus Route|access-date = January 18, 2016|via = Fultonhistory.com|newspaper = Long Island Star–Journal}} Queens-Nassau became the Queens Transit Corporation in 1957.{{cite book|author1=Roger P. Roess|author2=Gene Sansone|title=The Wheels That Drove New York: A History of the New York City Transit System|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=qfZ0VxuLoc0C&pg=PA416|date=August 23, 2012|publisher=Springer Science & Business Media|isbn=978-3-642-30484-2|pages=273}}

In 1964, City Councilman Seymour Boyers of Flushing proposed extending the Q65A to 188th Street and 73rd Avenue, via 164th Street and 73rd Avenue. The proposed extension would have provided additional access to Queens College, providing an alternate route to the {{NYC bus link|Q17}}, would provide an access route to the World's Fair, and it would provide access to the IND subway station at 71st Avenue, which would have relieved congestion at the Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike subway station.{{Cite news|url = http://www.fultonhistory.com/highlighter/highlight-for-xml?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.fultonhistory.com%2FNewspaper%252014%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%2FLong%2520Island%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201964%2FLong%2520Island%2520%2520City%2520NY%2520Star%2520Journal%25201964%2520-%25202911.pdf|title = Q65A, Flushing Longer Bus Run Ask|date = March 23, 1964|access-date = January 19, 2016|via = Fultonhistory.com|newspaper = Long Island Star–Journal}}

Queens Transit Corporation began operating the QM4 on August 16, 1971. The route was not originally given a number, and was instead called the Jewel Avenue–Flushing/Hillcrest Express. Originally some buses started at Kissena Boulevard instead of at the Long Island Expressway.*{{cite web|title=Queens Transit Express Buses Timetable 1983 (1)|url=http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/X-Astorian/media/Queens%20Exp-83-1.jpg.html|website=Photobucket|publisher=Queens Transit|access-date=January 13, 2016}}

• {{cite web|title=Queens Transit Express Buses Timetable 1983 (3)|url=http://s1029.photobucket.com/user/X-Astorian/media/Queens%20Exp-83-3.jpg.html|website=Photobucket|publisher=Queens Transit|access-date=January 13, 2016}} The bus company became Queens-Steinway Transit Corporation in 1986, before finally becoming Queens Surface Corporation in 1988.

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On February 27, 2005, the MTA Bus Company took over the operations of the Queens Surface routes as part of the city's takeover of all the remaining privately operated bus routes.{{cite web|last1=Silverman|first1=Norman|title=The Merger of 7 Private Bus Companies into MTA Bus|url=http://www.apta.com/mc/multimodal/previous/2010/Presentations/The-Merger-of-Seven-Private-Companies-into-One-MTA-Company.pdf|website=apta.com|publisher=American Public Transportation Association, Metropolitan Transportation Authority|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|date=July 26, 2010|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Woodberry, Jr.|first1=Warren|title=Major Bus Co. to Join MTA|url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/major-bus-join-mta-article-1.554973|work=New York Daily News|access-date=January 4, 2016|date=February 24, 2005|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 4, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160104072233/https://www.nydailynews.com/archives/boroughs/major-bus-join-mta-article-1.554973}} On September 2, 2007, the Q65A was renumbered to the Q64.{{cite web|title=Q64 Bus Timetable Winter 2008 |url=http://www.mta.info/busco/schedules/q064cur.pdf |website=mta.info |publisher=MTA Bus |access-date=January 10, 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080908093927/http://www.mta.info/busco/schedules/q064cur.pdf |archive-date=September 8, 2008 }}{{cite web|title=Bus Company Schedules |website=mta.info |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=January 10, 2016 |url=http://www.mta.info/busco/schedules/index.html|url-status=unfit|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080307114617/http://www.mta.info/busco/schedules/index.html |archive-date=March 7, 2008 }} On September 8, 2013, overnight service was added, making the Q64 a 24/7 bus route and eliminating the 90 minute gap in service between 2:30 AM and 4:00 AM.{{Cite web|title = Planned Service Changes Q53 LTD Q64 Effective Sunday, September 8, 2013 Overnight service added|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 1, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231001102905/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servChanges_q53ltd_sept2013.htm|url = http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/servChanges_q53ltd_sept2013.htm|website = mta.info|access-date = January 21, 2016}}

On July 5, 2016, the branch of the QM4 along Third Avenue was relabeled as the QM44 as part of the renumbering of Queens express routes' Third Avenue branches.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/planned_servChanges_QM4.htm|title=Planned Service Changes Effective Tuesday, July 5, 2016 Relabeled express buses along 3 Av|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 2, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231002204540/http://web.mta.info/nyct/service/planned_servChanges_QM4.htm|website=web.mta.info|access-date=July 1, 2016}}{{cite web|title=ADVISORY: MTA Bus Company Renames Eight Express Routes Serving Queens and Manhattan|url=http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/advisory-mta-bus-company-renames-eight-express-routes-serving-queens-and|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 29, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160429164307/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/advisory-mta-bus-company-renames-eight-express-routes-serving-queens-and|access-date=June 13, 2017|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|website=mta.info|date=April 14, 2016}}

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}}{{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}} As part of the redesign, the Q10 and Q64 buses would have been replaced by a high-density "intra-borough" route, the QT14, running from Electchester to the Lefferts Boulevard station of the AirTrain JFK. The QM4 and QM44 would have been replaced by one express route, the QMT162.{{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}} 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=2020-07-05|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}}

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}} As part of the new plan, the Q64 would be discontinued, but the Q10 would be extended to Electchester along the Q64's route, using the same path as the QT14. The QM4 and QM44 would remain with only minor changes to their non-stop sections.{{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}}

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}}{{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}} The final plan called for the Q10 and Q64 to remain separate routes; although the Q64's routing would remain unchanged, there would be modifications to stop spacing and headways.{{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}}{{rp|pages=303-304}} The QM4 and QM44 would retain their existing routings, with only changes to stop spacings and frequencies.{{rp|pages=428, 524}}

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}} The final plan included splitting the Q64 into two routes: a local Q64 route, which retains the existing Q64's routing, and a limited-stop Q74 route, which runs between the Forest Hills subway station and Queensborough Community College. Bus stops on the QM4 were rearranged.{{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}} Three of the routes are part of Phase I, which started on June 29, 2025, but the QM44 started on June 30 as it is a weekday-only route.{{cite web|title=Q64 Local|url=https://www.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/q64-local|publisher=MTA|access-date=26 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=Q74 Limited|url=https://www.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/q74-limited|publisher=MTA|access-date=26 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=QM4 Express|url=https://www.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm4-express|publisher=MTA|access-date=26 May 2025}}{{cite web|title=QM44 Express|url=https://www.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm44-express|publisher=MTA|access-date=26 May 2025}}

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