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Q20 and Q44 buses

Q20A / Q20B / Q44 Select Bus Service
Bronx-Flushing-Jamaica
Main Street line
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A Q44 bus in Select Bus Service operation at the Jamaica Center Bus Terminal in Queens
Overview
System MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator New York City Transit Authority
Garage Casey Stengel Depot
Vehicle

Q20A/B:

Q44:

Livery Q44: Select Bus Service
Began service 1932 (Whitestone Branch service)
1937 (Q20 Flushing-College Point service)
1938 (Q44 Flushing-Jamaica service)
1940 (Q44 Bronx-Jamaica service)
1999 (Q44 limited-stop service; Q20A/B College Point-Jamaica service)
2015 (Q44 SBS)
Route
Locale Queens; The Bronx
Communities served Queens: Jamaica, Briarwood, Kew Gardens Hills, Queensboro Hill, Flushing, Whitestone, College Point
The Bronx (Q44): Throggs Neck, Unionport, Parkchester, Bronx River, West Farms, Bronx Park
Start Jamaica, Queens – Merrick Boulevard
Via Main Street, Union Street, Parsons Boulevard
Q44 (Bronx): Cross Bronx Expressway service road
End Q20A/B: College Point, Queens – College Point Boulevard & 15th Avenue
Q44: Bronx Zoo/West Farms Square – East 180th Street
Length Q44: 13.9 miles (22.4 km)
Service
Operates 24 hours (Q20A, Q44)
Daily ridership Q20A/B: 4,221,715 (2014)
Q44: 9,240,549 (2014)
Fare $2.75 (MetroCard or coins)
Cash Coins only (exact change required)
Transfers Yes
Timetable Q20A/B
Q44 SBS