The MetroCard is a magnetic stripe card used for fare payment on transportation in the New York City area. It is a payment method for the New York City Subway,New York City Transit buses and MTA buses. The MetroCard is also accepted by several partner agencies:Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE),the PATH train system,the Roosevelt Island Tramway,AirTrain JFK,and Westchester County's Bee-Line Bus System.
The Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport station is a two-level station on the IND and BMT Archer Avenue Lines of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of Sutphin Boulevard and Archer Avenue in Jamaica,Queens. It is served by the E and J trains at all times,as well as the Z train during rush hours in the peak direction. This station has four tracks and two island platforms,with two platform levels:E trains stop on the upper level while J/Z trains stop on the lower level.
The Q4 bus route constitutes a public transit corridor running along Merrick Boulevard and the easternmost portion of Linden Boulevard in southeastern Queens,New York City. The route runs from the Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station to Cambria Heights near the Queens–Nassau County border. The Q4 also provides limited-stop service along the corridor during peak weekday hours. The route is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand.
The Q26 bus route constitutes a public transit line in Queens,New York City. It runs primarily along 46th Avenue and Hollis Court Boulevard,between a major bus-subway hub in Flushing and the intersection of Hollis Court and Francis Lewis Boulevards in Fresh Meadows. The route is operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the New York City Transit brand.
The Q23 bus route constitutes a public transit line in central Queens,New York City. The Q23 was formerly privately operated by the Triboro Coach Corporation,under a subsidized franchise with the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT). The route is now operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand. The bus provides service between East Elmhurst in northwestern Queens to Glendale in central Queens,running mainly along 108th Street and providing access to the New York City Subway at the Forest Hills–71st Avenue station.
MTA Regional Bus Operations (RBO) is the surface transit division of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). It was created in 2008 to consolidate all bus operations in New York City operated by the MTA. As of February 2018,MTA Regional Bus Operations runs 234 local routes,71 express routes,and 20 Select Bus Service routes. Its fleet of 5,840 buses is the largest municipal bus fleet in the United States and operates 24/7. In 2023,the system had a ridership of 730,924,600,or about 2,309,600 per weekday as of the fourth quarter of 2023.
Aravella Simotas is an American politician who represented District 36,covering parts of Western Queens,which includes Astoria and parts of Long Island City,in the New York State Assembly as a member of the Democratic Party.
The Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) is a multi-tendency,democratic socialist political organization in the United States. After the Socialist Party of America (SPA) transformed into Social Democrats,USA,Michael Harrington formed the Democratic Socialist Organizing Committee (DSOC). The DSOC later merged with the New American Movement (NAM) to form the DSA. The organization is headquartered in New York City and has about 80,000 members. It leads organizing and protest campaigns,and has members in the House of Representatives,state legislatures,and other local offices.
The LaGuardia Link Q70 Select Bus Service bus route is a public transit line in Queens,New York City,running primarily along the Brooklyn Queens Expressway. It runs between the 61st Street–Woodside station—with transfers to the New York City Subway and Long Island Rail Road—and Terminals B and C at LaGuardia Airport,with one intermediate stop at the Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue/74th Street station. This route is operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand.
The Q60 bus route constitutes a public transit line running primarily along Queens Boulevard in Queens,New York City,extending from Jamaica,Queens,to Midtown Manhattan via Queens Boulevard and the Queensboro Bridge. It is city-operated under the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations.
The Q69 and Q100 Limited bus routes constitute a public transit line in western Queens,New York City. Beginning at Queens Plaza in Long Island City,the routes run primarily along 21st Street through the neighborhoods of Long Island City and Astoria. The Q69 makes all local stops,while the Q100 makes four limited stops along the shared corridor between Queens Plaza and Ditmars Boulevard. At Ditmars Boulevard,the Q69 turns east towards Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst near LaGuardia Airport. The Q100,meanwhile,continues north of Queens across Bowery Bay to the city jail complex on Rikers Island in the Bronx,providing the only public transit service to the island.
Ross Elliot Barkan is an American journalist,novelist,and essayist.
The Richmond Hill Line is a surface transit line on Myrtle Avenue in Queens,New York City. Once a streetcar line owned by the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation,it was replaced on April 26,1950 by the B55 bus route. The trolley tracks were not removed until April 1955,when Myrtle Avenue was being repaved. The bus was renumbered on December 11,1988 as the Q55 Myrtle Avenue (East) bus route (as opposed to the B54 route on the western portion of Myrtle Avenue),operated by the New York City Transit Authority.
OMNY is a contactless fare payment system,currently being implemented for use on public transit in the New York metropolitan area. OMNY can currently be used to pay fares at all New York City Subway and Staten Island Railway stations,on all MTA buses,AirTrain JFK,Metro North's Hudson Rail Link,and on the Roosevelt Island Tram;when completely rolled out,it will also replace the MetroCard on Bee-Line buses,and NICE buses. OMNY will also expand beyond the current scope of the MetroCard to include the Long Island Rail Road and Metro-North Railroad.
Kristen S. Gonzalez is an American politician who is a member of the New York State Senate. A member of the Democratic Party,she represents the 59th district,which contains parts of Queens,Manhattan,and Brooklyn.
New York's 36th State Assembly district is one of the 150 districts in the New York State Assembly. It has been represented by Zohran Mamdani since 2021,after he defeated Aravella Simotas in the Democratic primary.
The 2024 New York Democratic presidential primary was held on April 2,2024,as part of the Democratic Party primaries for the 2024 presidential election. 306 delegates to the Democratic National Convention will be allocated to presidential candidates.
Sumaya Awad is a Palestinian American writer and activist based in New York City. She directs strategy and communications for Adalah Justice Project,and co-edited the book Palestine:A Socialist Introduction,published in 2020.
