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33-472: Q23 may refer to: Q23 (New York City bus) Al-Mu’minun , the 23rd surah of the Quran French submarine  Lynx  (Q23) , a Naïade -class submarine ITU-T Recommendation Q.23 , a telephony standard London Underground Q23 Stock [REDACTED] Topics referred to by the same term This disambiguation page lists articles associated with

66-526: A hook shape. It turns left from 103rd Street onto 32nd Avenue, then turns right onto 101st Street, right onto Astoria Boulevard , and left onto 29th Avenue. This hook-shaped path is due to the presence of a median on Astoria Boulevard that blocks through traffic from 103rd Street. The Q23 then turns left at Ditmars Boulevard , then terminates a few blocks later at 102nd Street near LaGuardia Airport . The southbound Q23 originates at 102nd Street and Ditmars Boulevard near LaGuardia Airport. The southbound route

99-593: A winding loop in order to get onto 71st Avenue. It originates on Union Turnpike at Stop & Shop in Forest Hills , just east of the abandoned Rockaway Beach Branch of the Long Island Rail Road (LIRR). It then turns right at Woodhaven Boulevard, passing over the LIRR's Montauk Branch , before making another right at Metropolitan Avenue. The Q23 then turns left onto 71st Avenue. The northbound route

132-505: A year earlier by S & C Buses. On June 25, 1939, North Shore acquired the remaining Bee Line routes and Bee Line's 165th Street Bus Terminal in Jamaica, as part of the company's takeover of nearly all routes in Zone D (Jamaica and Southeast Queens). By the 1940s, North Shore operated nearly all the bus routes in Zone B (Flushing and Northern Queens) and Zone D. On March 30, 1947

165-550: Is about 0.25 miles (0.40 km) away from the southbound route through this stretch. At Kessel Street, the Q23 turns left, then two blocks later, turns right onto 69th Avenue. Due to a height restriction between Austin and Burns Street, the Q23 cannot return to 71st Avenue until it crosses the LIRR's Main Line . To do that, the Q23 takes a circuitous route, turning left onto Burns Street, right onto Yellowstone Boulevard (traveling underneath

198-536: Is now on the north side of Union Turnpike. The change took place in conjunction with Select Bus Service improvements to Woodhaven Boulevard, which resulted in the left turn from southbound Woodhaven Boulevard to eastbound Union Turnpike being banned. Queens Community Board 6 members had objected to some parts of the left-turn ban, citing that the loop served some stores and the Forest Park Crescents cooperative apartment development. In December 2019,

231-511: Is straighter in East Elmhurst than the northbound route is. From Ditmars Boulevard, it turns right onto 29th Avenue, then left onto 102nd Street, which is a different street than the 102nd Street where the Q23 originated due to the area's street grid. The Q23 continues south on 102nd Street until 37th Avenue, where it turns left. At 104th Street, it turns right, then the Q23 turns left again at 43rd Avenue and right at 108th Street, following

264-696: The New York City Board of Transportation . The company was established in 1902 as a trolley company called the Mineola, Roslyn & Port Washington Traction Company , but as it grew into Queens it was renamed in 1907 as the " New York and North Shore Traction Company ." It had a line from Flushing, Queens to Roslyn in Nassau County named the North Shore Line, as well as another from Flushing to Whitestone–14th Avenue Station on

297-739: The New York City Subway 's Corona Yard . This depot opened sometime in the 1900s, and housed buses serving northern Queens. It is now the Casey Stengel Depot under the MTA. The company's Jamaica Depot was located on the west side of Merrick Boulevard just south of Liberty Avenue in Jamaica, Queens . The depot lies between Merrick Boulevard to the east and 165th Street to the west, and spans about three blocks north-to-south between South Road and 107th Avenue, located across from

330-655: The Triboro Coach Corporation , one of the last surviving private bus lines in New York City. In spite of this, the company was still occasionally able to purchase routes from Bee Line, Incorporated in Nassau County. North Shore acquired the Flushing Heights Bus Corporation and its Q17 and Q25 routes on September 22, 1935, although that company was never merged into NSB. On November 9, 1936, North Shore acquired

363-844: The Whitestone Branch of the Long Island Rail Road , better known as the Whitestone Line. Within Nassau County , it had lines from Port Washington to Mineola which was known as the Port Washington Line, and from Mineola to Hicksville , called the Hicksville Line. The trolley cars on this system were considered to be the largest and most powerful on Long Island and in Queens. As powerful as they were, however, they still had difficulty climbing

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396-470: The Crescent Apartments on Union Turnpike. The routing was changed so that after Loubet Street the Q23 would turn onto 71st Avenue and then onto Metropolitan Avenue avoiding 72nd Avenue entirely. In the late 2000s, the MTA was considering extending the Q23 to LaGuardia Airport. Signs along the route showed this proposed extension, as well as bus destination signs. Prior to January 8, 2017,

429-534: The LIRR), right onto Austin Street, and left onto 71st Avenue. One block north at Queens Boulevard , the Q23 turns onto 108th Street, remaining on the street until 43rd Avenue, where it turns left. In Corona, the Q23 turns right from 43rd Avenue to National Street, then continues onto 103rd Street when National Street ends at Roosevelt Avenue . In East Elmhurst , the Q23 makes a series of successive turns that resembles

462-611: The MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network. As part of the redesign, the Q23 would have been replaced by a high-density "intra-borough" route, the QT11, running along 108th Street, Queens Boulevard , Union Turnpike , and 188th Street to Fresh Meadows . The QT11 would still originate in East Elmhurst but would continue along 108th Street between Ditmars and Queens Boulevards. The existing routings in Corona and Forest Hills would have been replaced by two "neighborhood" bus routes,

495-728: The NYCTA, acquired land to build another depot, the Queens Village Depot , to relieve crowding at the other two depots. This depot, located at 97-11 222nd Street between 97th and 99th Avenues in Queens Village, Queens , west of Belmont Park , opened in 1974, which took a number of routes from the depots, mainly those serving the Queens Village and adjacent areas. However, despite this move, the Jamaica Depot

528-657: The Q23 was based out of the LaGuardia Depot . It was moved to the College Point Depot in exchange for the Q53 due to plans for the latter to become a Select Bus Service route. On September 23, 2017, the route of the Q23's terminal loop in Forest Hills was reversed. The new route runs southwest on Union Turnpike, north on Woodhaven Boulevard, and east on Metropolitan Avenue. The bus route's layover area

561-542: The QT82 and QT87 respectively. The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020, and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback. At the time, the Q23 was one of the slowest bus routes in New York City due to its serpentine path. From 2018 to 2022, it consistently traveled slower than 8 miles per hour (13 km/h), the average speed of New York City bus routes. A revised plan

594-413: The campus of York College . This depot, which housed buses serving the Jamaica and Southeastern Queens area, opened in 1939, and expanded in subsequent years following takeover, adding bus storage areas and a washing area. It is now the Jamaica Depot under the MTA. For many years after the takeover, both of the depots were overcrowded with buses due to lack of storage space. In 1968, the MTA, which now ran

627-648: The company went bankrupt after its drivers and other employees went on strike. Its operations were taken over by the New York City Board of Transportation , which was superseded by the New York City Transit Authority in 1953. Prior to takeover by the city in 1947, the company based its operations out of two depots: The Flushing Depot of the company was located on the south side of Roosevelt Avenue in Flushing Meadows–Corona Park in Queens, west of 126th Street and east of

660-726: The day, after two years of pressure, was installed on the Q23 in September 1950. In 1976, a proposed extension of the route to serve more of Forest Hills was discussed at a Queens Community Board 6 meeting. In 1988, the Q23 was extended to Union Turnpike. As part of the Queens Subway Options Study it was suggested that if the Queens Bypass would have run via the Lower Montauk Branch , the Q23 be extended to Woodhaven Boulevard to connect with

693-688: The extension of the Q23 to Queens Boulevard as part of a renewed contract, which had been proposed by Joseph V. McKee, the president of the Board of Alderman. The route was extended on, and provided a connection with the Independent Subway System 's IND Queens Boulevard Line at the Forest Hills–71st Avenue station. Once extended, the route became known as the Forest Hills–Ditmars Boulevard line. The route

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726-517: The franchise for the Q23 was awarded to the Triboro Coach Corporation . On October 29, 1936, local consent for ten years was secured from New York City. Triboro Coach operation of the route began on January 3, 1938. In 1937, the Q23's southern terminal was Continental Avenue (71st Avenue) and Metropolitan Avenue. Metropolitan Avenue-bound buses would turn east on Loubet Street, and then south on 72nd Avenue, before terminating at Metropolitan Avenue. All night service and more frequent service during

759-641: The franchise to all bus routes in Zone B (Flushing and Northern Queens), except those operated by the New York and Queens Transit Corporation . The Q26 and Q27 were transferred to the North Shore Bus Company from Z & M Coach Company , while the Q1 and Q32 were transferred to Z & M. In addition, North Shore restored service to the Bayside West–Jamaica route, which had been discontinued

792-541: The hills of such areas as Douglaston and Manhasset . By the late-1910s many trolley systems began to decline, but rather than collapse or sell themselves to other companies, the NY&;NST replaced their trolley cars with buses, the majority of which operated in Queens. The economic impact of the Great Depression forced them to sell off many of their routes to other companies during the 1930s, most notably to

825-588: The line. On February 2, 2006, Triboro Coach ceased operations and the Q23, as well as all other routes operating under Triboro Coach, were picked up by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). Fare structures were converted to those of the MTA. Between 2006 and 2007 the layover of the Q23 was changed. Previously it would run east on Loubet Street, and then south on 72nd Avenue before turning west on Metropolitan Avenue and finally Woodhaven Boulevard before terminating at

858-500: The path of the northbound route until 69th Avenue in Forest Hills. The Q23 turns left onto Loubet Street, then makes a right onto 71st Avenue, since Kessel Street is one-way northwest-bound. It goes straight onto 71st Avenue, before turning right onto Union Turnpike, where it terminates. Q23 service began in 1925 as a North Shore Bus Company route. The route initially ran between Ditmars Boulevard and 29th Avenue in East Elmhurst and Otis Avenue and Corona Avenue in Corona. Therefore,

891-481: The route was known as the Corona–Ditmars Boulevard line. An extension of the line along 108th Street to Queens Boulevard in Forest Hills was envisioned, but because 108th Street south of Otis Avenue was just being filled and graded, and as there were no adjacent streets for buses to run on, but was not initiated until later on. On April 5, 1932, Chairman John Delaney of the Board of Transportation approved

924-536: The same title formed as a letter–number combination. If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Q23&oldid=1163865478 " Category : Letter–number combination disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Q23 (New York City bus) The northbound Q23 makes

957-429: The traffic on the trolley line had fallen off. On December 2, 1932, the Board of Estimate approved the franchise applications for eight routes: seven for North Shore, including for the Q23, and one for Triboro Coach. On February 18, 1933, the franchise grant for the Q23 was granted to the North Shore Bus Company. In 1934, the North Shore Bus Company petitioned to extend the route along 37th Avenue. The franchise grant

990-544: Was later extended further to Metropolitan Avenue, making the route 2.25 miles longer than it had originally been. The North Shore Bus Company's certification for the route was contested by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation in 1933, as the BMT believed that the route would have competed with its Junction Boulevard trolley service. At hearings, the BMT testified that since bus line started running,

1023-545: Was reawarded on January 25, 1935, and by the time of this grant, the route was extended from 2.7 to 6.4 miles (4.3 to 10.3 km). This modification provided, among other things, for extending Route Q23, Forest Hills-Ditmars Boulevard, southerly from 108th Street and Otis Avenue to Metropolitan Avenue, a distance of approximately 2.25 miles in order that connection might be made with the Independent Subway System at Queens Boulevard. On September 24, 1936,

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1056-654: Was released in December 2023. The Q23 was to be truncated to the 103rd Street–Corona Plaza station at its north end, but its south end would remain unchanged. A new Q14 service would take over the segment north of Corona Plaza. North Shore Bus Company The North Shore Bus Company operated public buses in Queens , New York City. It was established in 1920 as the successor to the New York and North Shore Traction Company trolley system, and operated until 1947 when it went bankrupt, and its operations were taken over by

1089-556: Was released in March 2022. As part of the new plan, the Q23 would become a "limited-stop" route and run overnight, following the routing of the QT11; it would supplement the Q46 and a new Q48 service, which would run nonstop on Union Turnpike west of 188th Street. The Corona and Forest Hills sections would be respectively replaced by two new "local" routes, the Q14 and Q73. A final bus-redesign plan

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