89-21 165th Street[1] (at 89th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard) Queens, New York City United States
Owned by
FBE Limited
Operated by
NYCT, MTA Bus, Nassau Inter-County Express
Bus routes
11 local MTA routes, 5 NICE Bus routes
Bus stands
23 Loading Bays
Connections
New York City Subway: at 169th Street at Jamaica Center–Parsons/ArcherLong Island Rail Road AirTrain JFK at Jamaica (Sutphin Blvd)
Construction
Structure type
At-grade
History
Opened
August 11, 1936[2][3]
Previous names
Long Island Bus Terminal[3]
The 165th Street Bus Terminal, also known as Jamaica Bus Terminal,[1][4] the Long Island Bus Terminal[5] (the name emblazoned on the entranceway's red tiles), Jamaica−165th Street Terminal (as signed on buses towards the terminal), or simply 165th Street Terminal, is a major bus terminal in Jamaica, Queens. Owned by FBE Limited,[6] the terminal serves both NYCT and MTA Bus lines as well as NICE Bus lines to Nassau County, and was a hub to Green Bus Lines prior to MTA takeover.[7] It is located at 89th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard, near the Queens Public Library's main branch. Most buses that pass through Jamaica serve either this terminal, the Jamaica Center subway station at Parsons Boulevard, or the LIRR station at Sutphin Boulevard.[8]
Unlike other major bus centers in New York City, there is currently no direct subway transfer available at the terminal. The closest subway station is 169th Street on Hillside Avenue served by the F and <F> train. Most buses traveling to/from the east, which operate via Hillside Avenue, also stop at 179th Street served by the E, F, and <F> trains.[8][9]
^ abClark, Alfred E. (May 22, 1966). "4 Good Samaritans: 3 Succeed, 1 Killed" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
^"At Midnight...Tuesday, August 11, 1936". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. Newspapers.com. August 11, 1936. p. 4. Archived from the original on February 9, 2017. Retrieved February 20, 2016.
^ ab"Bee Bus Line Will Use New Jamaica Station: To Remove to $1,500,000 Terminal Tuseday Night". New York Herald Tribune. August 10, 1936. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
^Cite error: The named reference NYTimes-Macy's-165-1944 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^"BUILDING PLANS FILED: Houses in Brooklyn and Queens Form Bulk of Projects". The New York Times. May 2, 1936. Archived from the original on June 15, 2018. Retrieved July 1, 2015.
^Cifuentes, Kevin (November 11, 2022). "FBE Limited Buys Queens Development Site for $51M". The Real Deal. Archived from the original on May 3, 2023. Retrieved May 3, 2023.
^"165th Street Mall Improvement Association Annual Report – Fiscal Year 2009" (PDF). 165th Street Mall. 165th Street Mall Improvement Association. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 22, 2014. Retrieved October 16, 2014.
^ ab"Queens Bus Map" (PDF). MTA New York City Transit. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 27, 2007. Retrieved November 11, 2010.
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Authority. 1989. "We're Changing Q77 Bus Service Jamaica-Springfield Gardens Route Extended to the 165thStreetBusTerminal Monday Thru Saturday Service Effective:...
primary bus services along Hillside Avenue, sharing the corridor between Merrick Boulevard (near the 165thStreetBusTerminal) and 212th Street. Several...
Central Terminal. Over 1,000 trains pass through each day, the fourth-most in the New York area behind Penn Station, Grand Central Terminal, and Secaucus...
Downtown Jamaica, Queens (or Jamaica Center), just south of the 165thStreetBusTerminal. This terminus is shared with the Q17. Traveling west along Archer...
the Q1, Q2, Q36 and Q43 at 165thStreetBusTerminal. Additionally, the second transfer in both directions can be to a Q83 bus.: 65 Between the southbound...
Avenue. When implemented, the local and Select Bus Service route of the B46 changed northern terminals to improve reliability. Originally planned for...
earlier by S & C Buses. On June 25, 1939, North Shore acquired the remaining Bee Line routes and Bee Line's 165thStreetBusTerminal in Jamaica, as part...
shuttle buses around the Bay Ridge area from the Brooklyn Army Terminal after September 11, 2001, for the free ferry ride to/from the Wall Street pier....
(Jamaica Depot)). The depot lies between Merrick Boulevard to the east and 165thStreet to the west, and spans about three blocks north-to-south between Tuskegee...
the Q1, Q2, Q36 and Q43 at 165thStreetBusTerminal. Additionally, the second transfer in both directions can be to a Q83 bus.: 65 Between the southbound...
Shore Bus Company. On August 11, 1936, the Bee-Line routes were moved to the newly opened 165thStreetBusTerminal (then the Long Island BusTerminal). In...
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leading to Jamaica Center or 165thStreetBusTerminal. The vast majority of routes run eastbound along Archer Avenue, but bus lanes run in both directions...