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.
Triboro Coach Corporation was a bus company in New York City,United States,operating local service in Queens and express routes to Manhattan until February 20,2006,when MTA Bus took over all of its bus operations and services.
Michael Gianaris is an American politician and attorney from Queens,New York. He represented District 36 in the New York State Assembly from 2001 to 2010,and he has represented District 12 in the New York State Senate since 2011. A Democrat,Gianaris was appointed as Deputy Majority Leader of the New York State Senate in 2019.
The Crosstown Line is a public transit line in Brooklyn,New York City,running along Van Brunt Street and Manhattan Avenue between Red Hook and Long Island City,Queens. Originally a streetcar line,it is now the B61 and the B62 bus routes. The northern section,the B62,is operated by MTA New York City Bus' Grand Avenue Depot in Maspeth,Queens,and the southern section is the B61,operated by MTA New York City Bus' Jackie Gleason Depot in Sunset Park. The entire route was a single line,the B61,until January 3,2010;the B62 was previously a separate,parallel route between Downtown Brooklyn and Greenpoint,now part of the B43 route. The streetcar line,B61 and the original B62 previously operated from the now-closed Crosstown Depot in Greenpoint.
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 Q27 bus route constitutes a public transit line in Queens,New York City,running primarily along 46th Avenue,Rocky Hill Road and Springfield Boulevard between a major bus-subway hub in Flushing and Cambria Heights. 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.
The Q37 bus route constitutes a public transit line in Queens,New York City,running primarily along 111th Street between Kew Gardens and South Ozone Park. The Q37 was formerly privately operated by Green Bus Lines,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.
In New York City,a planned congestion pricing scheme would charge vehicles traveling into or within the central business district of Manhattan. This disincentivizing fee,intended to cut down on traffic congestion and pollution,was first proposed in 2007 and included in the 2019 New York state government budget by the New York State Legislature. As of June 2024,Governor Kathy Hochul sought to indefinitely postpone the congestion charge. If the plan goes into effect,tolls will be collected electronically and will vary depending on the time of day,type of vehicle,and whether a vehicle has an E-ZPass toll transponder.
Select Bus Service is a brand used by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Regional Bus Operations for limited-stop bus routes with some bus rapid transit features in New York City. The first SBS route was implemented in 2008 to improve speed and reliability on long,busy corridors.
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 broad tent,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. On December 11,1988,the bus was relabeled 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.
The QM1,QM5,QM6,QM7,QM8,QM31,QM35,and QM36 bus routes constitute a public transit line in New York City,operating express between Northeast Queens and Midtown or Downtown Manhattan. The routes operate primarily on Union Turnpike in Queens,and travel non-stop via Queens Boulevard,the Long Island Expressway,and the Midtown Tunnel or Queensboro Bridge between Queens and Manhattan.
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.
