q5 q85 rush, q86 rush, q87 rush, q89 rush
Merrick Boulevard Jamaica−Rosedale
2011 LFS #8066 on the Q85, 2015 LFS #8097 on the Q87, 2016 LFSs #8341 on the Q86 and #8351 on the Q5, and 2019 XD40 #7768 on the Q89 at Jamaica Center, boarding passengers on June 30, 2025.
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	New York City Transit Authority
Garage	Jamaica Depot
Vehicle	Nova BusLFS New FlyerXcelsior XD40
Route
Locale	Queens, New York, U.S.
Communities served	Jamaica,South Jamaica,St. Albans,Locust Manor,Laurelton,Springfield Gardens,Rosedale,Valley Stream
Start	Jamaica Center – Parsons/Archer
Via	Merrick Boulevard
End	Q5 weekday:Laurelton – Merrick Boulevard and 233rd Street Q85:Rosedale – 243rd Street and 147th Avenue Q86:Rosedale – 253rd Street and 149th Avenue Q5 weekend, Q87, Q89:South Valley Stream,Nassau County –Green Acres Mall
Length	Q5 (Jamaica to Laurelton or Rosedale): 4.4 miles (7.1 km) / 5.6 miles (9.0 km)[1] Q86 (Jamaica to Rosedale): 6.9 miles (11.1 km) Q87 (Jamaica to Green Acres): 6.8 miles (10.9 km) Q85 (Jamaica to Rosedale): 6.2 miles (10.0 km) Q89 (Jamaica to Green Acres): 7.4 miles (11.9 km)
Other routes	Q4 (Merrick Boulevard−Linden Boulevard) Q84 (Merrick Boulevard−120th Avenue) n4 (Jamaica−Freeport) n4X (Jamaica−Freeport Express)
Service
Operates	24 hours (Q5, Q85) All times except weekend late nights (Q86) All times except late nights (Q87, Q89)
Annual patronage	Q5: 2,206,489 (2024)[2] Q85: 1,967,460 (2024)[2]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	Q5Q85/Q89Q86/Q87
Route map Jamaica Center Station   ​​​ Q5  Q85  Q86  Q87  Q89  Jamaica Bus Depot 165th Street /Merrick Boulevard Liberty Avenue 104th Avenue 107th Avenue 169th Place 108th Avenue 109th Avenue 109th Place 111th Avenue Linden Boulevard 116th Avenue Foch Boulevard Victoria Road 119th Avenue Baisley Boulevard Q85 and Q89 stops viaRochdale Village Bedell Street / Baisley Boulevard 127th Avenue / Selover Road Bedell Street / 127th Avenue 130th Road / Farmers Blvd Bedell Street / 130th Avenue Montauk Street Bedell Street / 133rd Avenue Springfield Boulevard Bedell Street / 134th Road 218th Street Bedell Street / Farmers Boulevard  Q85  220th Street 140th Avenue / Southgate Street 221st Street Springfield Boulevard / 141st Road 224th Street 143rd Avenue /Springfield Gardens HS 228th Street Sunrise Highway / Brookville Boulevard 231st Street /Francis Lewis Boulevard Springfield Boulevard / 144th Avenue Laurelton – 233rd Street Q5  Conduit Avenue / 221st Street Conduit Avenue / 225th Street Conduit Avenue / 231st Street Conduit Avenue / 230th Place Sunrise Highway / Brookville Boulevard Conduit Avenue / Brookville Blvd Sunrise Highway /Francis Lewis Boulevard Q87 toGreen Acres Mall via Hook Creek Boulevard Q89 toGreen Acres Mall Q85 and Q86 toRosedale via Brookville Boulevard Merrick Boulevard 135th Avenue 137th Avenue Francis Lewis Boulevard Rosedale LIRR station Q5  243rd Street / South Conduit Av Memphis Avenue Weller Avenue 242nd Street 144th Avenue 243rd Street 145th Avenue Hook Creek Boulevard Rosedale – 147th Avenue Q85  133rd Drive Brookville Blvd / 147th Road 134th Road 149th Avenue / 242nd Street 136th Avenue Rosedale – 149th Avenue Q86  Sunrise Highway / Hook Creek Boulevard Queens Nassau Sidney Place /Green AcresBest Buy South Valley Stream –Green Acres Mall  Q5  Q87  Q89  Legend Local & Rush stops Local stops  Q5  Local Terminal  Q5  Part-time terminal  Rush  Rush terminal Subway connection LIRR connection ← Q4 ←Q84  {{{system_nav}}}  Q6 → Q88 →

TheQ5,Q85,Q86,Q87, andQ89bus routes constitute apublic transit corridor running alongMerrick Boulevard (also known as Floyd H. Flake Boulevard) in southeasternQueens,New York City. The routes run from theJamaica Center transit hub and business district toRosedale, with continued service toGreen Acres Mall inValley Stream,Nassau County. TheQ4 andQ84 buses also serve the northern portion of the corridor, before diverging east alongLinden Boulevard and 120th Avenue respectively. The Q5 makes local stops on the corridor, while the Q85, Q86, Q87, and Q89 are rush routes, makinglimited stops along the corridor and local stops elsewhere. The routes on the corridor mainly serve as feeder routes toNew York City Subway services atJamaica Center–Parsons/Archer station.

The Q4, Q5, Q84, and Q85 routes were operated by Bee-Line Inc. and later theNorth Shore Bus Company until 1947. The four routes were later taken over byMTA Regional Bus Operations under theNew York City Transit brand. On June 29, 2025, all weekday Q5 service began terminating at 233rd Street, and all weekend daytime service began running to Green Acres, with its Rosedale branch replaced by the Q86. Weekday service to Green Acres is provided by the Q87, and the Q85’s Green Acres branch was spun off into the Q89. All of these routes are operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations.

The Q5, Q85, Q86, Q87, and Q89 share most of the Queens portion ofMerrick Boulevard (also known as Floyd H. Flake Boulevard^{[note 1]}), which runs southeast towards the Nassau County border. The routes run from theJamaica Center–Parsons/Archer bus terminal to eitherRosedale near theNassau County border orGreen Acres Mall in Nassau County.^[5] The Q5 makes all local stops along the corridor, running only as far east as 228th Street on the weekdays; it is extended to Green Acres Mall during the weekends, running via Hook Creek Boulevard.^[6] The Q85, Q86, Q87, and Q89 routes are rush routes, making limited stops on Merrick Boulevard and local stops elsewhere.^{[7][8][9][10]}

Due to high ridership and congestion, the corridor has been identified as a potentialbus rapid transit corridor under the city'sSelect Bus Service (SBS) program. Though it was one of five priority corridors selected for SBS in 2004,^[11] the Merrick Boulevard corridor was eventually scrapped because of community opposition related to loss of parking.^[12] The Merrick Boulevard corridor was not listed as a potential SBS corridor by the 2010s.^{[13][14][15][16]} The corridor is also frequented bydollar vans, which parallel the bus routes.^[17][18][19] Buses along the corridor operate out of theJamaica Bus Depot on Merrick Boulevard near Jamaica Center.^[20][21]

The Q5 begins at Bay A of the Jamaica Center Bus Terminal, traveling southeast down nearly the entire length of Merrick Boulevard in Queens.^[5][6][22] On weekdays, buses terminate at 233rd Street, with weekday service to Green Acres Mall being provided by the Q87 east of that point. On weekends, Q5 buses run to Green Acres Mall. At the county line, the route turns south along Hook Creek Boulevard toConduit Avenue.^[6] The Green Acres branch travels east along Conduit Avenue, which becomes the Sunrise Highway in Nassau County, then makes a clockwise loop around the Green Acres Mall, terminating at the parking structure at West Circle Drive.^[5][6][22]

The Q85 and Q89 begin at Bay B of the Jamaica Center Bus Terminal, while the Q86 and Q87 begin at Bay A. All four routes are rush routes, making limited stops on the portions of the routes that operate on Merrick Boulevard; the Q86 and Q87 make local stops on Merrick Boulevard east of Springfield Boulevard. All four routes run seven days a week.^{[7][8][9][10]} The Q85 runs 24 hours a day every day.^[7] The Q86 does not run on weekend nights,^[8] and the Q89 does not run at night on any day of the week.^[10]

The Q85 and Q89 run down Merrick Boulevard to Baisley Boulevard and 120th Avenue inSt. Albans. They then turn south along Baisley Boulevard and run Bedell Street (adjacent to the tracks of theLong Island Rail Road'sMontauk Branch nearRochdale Village), and 140th Avenue toSpringfield Boulevard. The Q85 and Q89 routes then turn south along Springfield Boulevard to Conduit Avenue, then east along Conduit Avenue, along the formerBrooklyn-Freeport Line streetcar route. AtFrancis Lewis Boulevard near theRosedale LIRR station, the Q85 and Q89 split.^[7][10] The Q85 turns south along 243rd Street and terminates at the intersection of 147th Avenue and Huxley Street, with a transfer to theQ111 to continue farther east along 147th Avenue.^[7] The Q89 continues a short distance east along Conduit Avenue/Sunrise Highway into Nassau County, terminating at Green Acres Mall.^[10]

The Q86 and Q87 run farther down Merrick Boulevard to Brookville Boulevard.^[8][9] At Brookville Boulevard, the Q86 turns south, running to Francis Lewis Boulevard and turning southeast.^[8] At Conduit Avenue–243rd Street, the Q86 then runs along 243rd Street, sharing the street with the Q85. While the Q85 terminates at 147th Avenue, the Q86 continues farther into Rosedale.^[5] The Q86 terminates at the intersection of 253rd Street and 149th Avenue.^[8] The Q87, meanwhile, continues east past Brookville Boulevard to the intersection of Merrick and Hook Creek Boulevards, where the route turns south along Hook Creek Boulevard to Conduit Avenue. It then turns east to serve Green Acres Mall.^[9]

The Q85 was originally two separate routes, the Q5A and Q5AB. The Q5A ran from Jamaica along Merrick Boulevard, turning south at Springfield Boulevard (along the currentQ77 route). It proceeded along Springfield Boulevard, Conduit Avenue (then called theSunrise Highway), and 243rd Street to 147th Avenue and Huxley Street.^{[23][24][25][26][27]} It was known as the Jamaica-Rosedale or Jamaica-Huxley Street Line, or as the Laurelton Shuttle.^[24][28] By the 1970s, the Q5A was rerouted from Springfield Boulevard to Farmers Boulevard.^[29]

The Q5AB, originally the second branch of the Q5A called the Higbie Avenue branch,^[30] turned south from Merrick Boulevard at Farmers Boulevard to serve the Locust Manor LIRR station and the now-closedHigbie Avenue LIRR station at modern-day 140th Avenue. The route terminated either at Higbie Avenue or Springfield Boulevard in Locust Manor, or merged with the Q5A at Springfield Boulevard before continuing to Rosedale at either 147th Avenue or 225th Street and Conduit Avenue.^[26][27][31] The route was later renamed Q5AB and rerouted to Baisley Boulevard and Bedell Street, corresponding to the current Q85 Farmers Boulevard local service.^[29]

There were also additional Q5 services. The first was known as the Q5 Laurelton Station line, the Q5B, and later the Q5A-LS or Q5AS (Laurelton Shuttle). It operated as a north–south shuttle on 224th, 226th, and 229th Streets between theLaurelton LIRR station and 131st Avenue in theLaurelton neighborhood, one block south of theMontefiore Cemetery.^{[23][24][29][32][33]} It was later moved from 224th Street to 225th Street, and extended south to 147th Avenue and east to 243rd Street.^[29] The second, the Q5S, was a shuttle alongFrancis Lewis Boulevard between the Rosedale LIRR station at Conduit Avenue and 147th Drive at the southeast corner of Queens.^[29][32] Both these routes were later discontinued.^[32]

Before 2025, the full-time Q5 route turned west a short distance alongSunrise Highway (which runs between South Conduit Avenue and theLong Island Rail RoadAtlantic Branch at this location), terminating at theRosedale LIRR station atFrancis Lewis Boulevard. These buses reentered service towards Jamaica via Francis Lewis Boulevard and Brookville Boulevard. This was the original Q5 route, also known as the Rosedale Station Line.^{[1][34][23][24]} Since 2025, this routing has been served by a combination of the Q86 on Brookdale Boulevard^[8] and the Q89 on Sunrise Highway.^[10]

Merrick Boulevard is also served by the following:

• TheQ4 andQ84 rush routes provide additional service south of Archer Avenue, making limited stops on Merrick Boulevard and local stops elsewhere. AtLinden Boulevard, the Q4 turns east towardsCambria Heights.^[5][35][36] At the intersection of Baisley Boulevard and 120th Avenue, the Q84 turns east along 120th Avenue towardsLaurelton near theMontefiore Cemetery.^[5][36][37]
• The Jamaica-boundQ1,Q7,Q30,Q31,Q43,Q75,n6/n6X, n22/n22X, n24, and select n1 and n26 buses use the one-way stretch of the boulevard from Hillside Avenue to Jamaica Avenue.^[5]
• Then4 local and then4X express services of theNassau Inter-County Express also run along Merrick Boulevard from Jamaica to the county line, continuing along Merrick Road toFreeport in Nassau County. These buses, however, only make pick-ups towards Freeport and drop-offs towards Jamaica within Queens.^[38][39]

TheQM63 express bus begins in Rosedale, and runs along Francis Lewis Boulevard (the former Q5S route), Hook Creek Boulevard, and Merrick Boulevard to Linden Boulevard. It then turns west along Linden towardsMidtown Manhattan.^[5][29]

Two 2013 Motor Coach D4500CTs on the X63: 2251 in Rosedale, bound for Midtown (top), and 2277 on Union Turnpike in Kew Gardens, bound for Rosedale in June 2018 (bottom), respectively

On August 9, 1921, the Orange Bus Line began service along Merrick Road fromFreeport in Nassau County to Rosedale in Queens near the county border.^[40] On September 15, 1921, the route was extended west and north to the Jamaica business district.^[41] In 1922,Republic Motor Truck Company dealer Henry B. Carter sold two truck chassis fitted with bus bodies to the operators of the Orange Line.^[42] On February 13, 1922, the Orange Line ceased operations, and the buses reverted to Carter's ownership.^[42] Carter's new Bee-Line Bus Company operated its first bus, without a franchise, on February 19, between the Rosedale station and Jamaica. This was the predecessor to the Q5.^[42][43][44] With only two buses, the route originally operated on half-hour headways.^[45] In addition to Jamaica-Rosedale service, on April 3, 1926, Bee-Line began operating service along Merrick Road between Jamaica and Freeport, Long Island, replacing the eastern portion of theBrooklyn-Freeport Line streetcar.^[42] Bee Line originally operated from 163rd Street andJamaica Avenue in the Jamaica business district.^[43] On October 1, 1930,^[46] the Bee Line routes began terminating at the newly constructed Jamaica Union Bus Terminal near its former terminus. The new bus terminal was located at Jamaica Avenue and New York Boulevard (now Guy R. Brewer Boulevard), adjacent to the now-closedUnion Hall StreetLong Island Rail Road station.^{[46][47][48][49]}

The Q5A services were first operated by Transit Coach Corporation in 1931.^[31][50][51] By 1937, Schenck Transportation operated the route.^[30] By 1938, the Q5A was operated by theNorth Shore Bus Company.^[52]

On August 11, 1936, the Bee-Line routes were moved to the newly opened165th Street Bus Terminal (then the Long Island Bus Terminal).^[53][54][55] In May 1939, Bee-Line relinquished its Queens routes.^[56] These routes began operation from the terminal under North Shore Bus Company on June 25, 1939,^[57] as part of the company's takeover of nearly all routes in Zone D (Jamaica and Southeast Queens).^[58][59] The Queens-Nassau County Merrick route was retained by Bee-Line;^[56] it is now then4 of theNassau Inter-County Express.^[38][39] The northern terminus of the Q4, Q4A (predecessor to the Q84), Q5, and Q5A was moved once again toHillside Avenue and 168th Street, near the169th Street station of theIND Queens Boulevard Line, on October 27, 1939.^[24][60] In 1941, the Q5A Farmers Boulevard service was extended from theHigbie Avenue station on theLong Island Rail Road to Springfield Boulevard.^[27]

On March 30, 1947, North Shore Bus would be taken over by theNew York City Board of Transportation (later theNew York City Transit Authority), making the bus routes city operated.^{[60][61][62][63]}

On November 29, 1956, the NYCTA approved a large slate of cuts in bus service citywide to take effect January 22, 1957. Initially, the Q5S route was planned to be discontinued as part of the changes. However, due to requests by the Queens Borough President and civic groups, the cut was averted. Instead, free transfers were made available at the terminal in Laurelton.^[64] Sunday service was discontinued on February 3, 1957,^[65] but was restored on August 4. On August 24, 1957, the NYCTA announced that this service would be discontinued on September 8 if ridership did not increase. The NYCTA had lost $30 each Sunday the service was operated.^[66]

The Bedell Street branch of the Q5A began operation on August 9, 1964, to serve Rochdale Village and reduce congestion on the other routes along Merrick Boulevard. This branch would start at Bedell Avenue and 133rd Avenue, run along Bedell Avenue, Baisley Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, 168th Street, 88th Avenue, and 168th Place, and then would run via Hillside Avenue east of 167th Street. Service would return by Hillside Avenue, Merrick Boulevard to the 165th Street bus terminal, Merrick Boulevard, Baisley Boulevard and Bedell Street. This service, which was requested by Queens Borough President Mario J. Cariello, would run weekdays between 6 a.m. and 12 a.m., and from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on weekends and holidays. Rush hour service would be every ten minutes, and every 20 minutes during weekdays off-peak, and Sundays and holidays, and every 15 minutes on Saturdays. Early morning service on this branch was added at some point afterwards.^[67]

On September 10, 1973, to better serve Rosedale, Q5A service was scheduled to be extended 0.5 miles (0.80 km) to 253rd Street and 149th Avenue, and Jamaica-bound service was rerouted off of Brookville Boulevard and onto 243rd Street.^[68] The new route had been approved by Community Board 13 in December 1972. On September 14, 1973, members of the Rosedale Block Association, who had refused to let buses travel along Huxley Avenue between 147th Avenue and 149th Avenue met with Queens Borough President Manes. Residents claimed that the street was too narrow for buses and that the street was too prone to flooding after rainstorms. By this date, Q5A buses did not attempt to use the new route, and the NYCTA did not plan to do so until an agreement was reached with residents.^[69]

On April 20, 1975, to cut costs, service on the Farmers Boulevard branch to Huxley Street between 1:15 a.m. and 5 a.m. was eliminated. Early morning service via Bedell Street was maintained.^[70]

On September 11, 1983, service on the Q5AB was increased, and service on the Q5A was increased in February 1984.^[71] On October 5, 1983, the NYCTA held a public hearing on a proposal to add three buses in both the AM and PM peaks on the Q5AB, reducing headways from 5.5 to 4 minutes.^[72]

On December 15, 1985, the NYCTA announced it was reconsidering its plan to adjust service to Rochdale Village, and would conduct a survey with community input over the following three to four weeks. Many local residents were opposed to NYCTA's plan to consolidate the Q5A and Q5AB routes. Bus service along the seven blocks on Farmers Boulevard between Bedell Street and Merrick Boulevard would be discontinued.^[73]

On September 10, 1987, the NYCTA held a public hearing on a series of proposed changes in bus service in Southeast Queens. Three of the changes involved bus service on Merrick Boulevard. One change was the combination of the Q5A, which ran to 243rd Street and 147th Avenue in Rosedale via Conduit Avenue, with the Q5AB Bedell Street route, which ran to Rochdale, to form the Q85, with reduced service on Merrick Boulevard. These routes had been operated as a single service during late evenings and early mornings.^[74] The other two changes in Merrick Boulevard service would extend the Q5 by 0.75 miles (1.21 km) to serve the Green Acres Shopping Center, and the discontinuation of the Q5AS Laurelton Shuttle, which had low ridership.^[75] The changes were slated to take effect on September 13, 1987.^[76] The Q5 was extended to the Green Acres Shopping Center on November 15, 1987.^[77]

On December 11, 1988, in conjunction with the opening of theArcher Avenue Subway, the Merrick Boulevard routes' northern terminal was moved to the Jamaica Center Bus Terminal.^[77][78][79] That same day, the Q4A was renumbered Q84, the Q85 was created, and the Q5S became the original Q86.^[32][80] At this time, the Q5A Laurelton Shuttle (then the Q5AS) was discontinued.^[32]

In March 1992, merchants in Jamaica criticized a NYCTA proposal to extend the Q85 to Green Acres Shopping Center in Valley Stream as they believed it would divert shoppers from their stores to promote economic development in Nassau County. The proposal was spurred due to surveys showing that people in Southeast Queens wanted additional service to the mall.^[81] This extension took effect on September 20, 1992, with buses running to the mall every 25 minutes between 9 a.m. and 12 a.m.^[82]

In 1993, the routes began traveling on Archer Avenue in both directions. Previously, terminating buses traveled along Archer Avenue, while southbound buses traveled viaJamaica Avenue.^[83]

On January 10, 1994, limited-stop service on the Q85 began, with all weekday peak-direction trips (between 6:35 a.m. and 8:50 a.m. westbound, and 4:00 p.m. and 7:20 p.m.) on the Rosedale branch being converted to limiteds.^[84][85] The limited-stop service reduced travel times by three to five minutes. Morning limiteds made limited stops between the intersections of Bedell Street and Baisley Boulevard and Liberty Avenue and Merrick Boulevard, while those in the afternoon made limited-stops between the intersections of Parsons Boulevard and Archer Avenue and Baisley Boulevard and Bedell Street. Limited service and improved operations, reduced annual operating costs by $24,600. A survey of over 575 riders was conducted in July 1994. 57 percent of those surveyed said that travel time decreased, and 77 percent said that they wanted limited service to be extended from Baisley Boulevard to Farmers Boulevard. It was decided not to extend limited service due to higher ridership at intermediate stops at 130th Street and 133rd Street. In January 1995, after an evaluation of the service, it was recommended to continue operating the Q85 limited, and that a limited-stop be added on the Q4, Q5, and Q85 at 109th Avenue and Merrick Boulevard.^[86]

The 1.5-mile (2.4 km)-long Q86 was discontinued^[32] in 1996, originally expected to be June 1995, due to low ridership. The original Q86 was a short feeder route to the LIRR station at Rosedale, and to mitigate its loss, a UniTicket fare agreement to the Q85 was provided. The route had 200 daily riders, saving $170,000 in annual operating expenses. It had operated during rush hours only, between 5:30 and 9:30 a.m. and 2:50 and 7:50 p.m.. The route's cost recovery ratio of 29 percent was well below New York City Transit's guideline of 50 percent. The NYCTA considered extending the Q85 along the Q86's route, running eastward from its terminal at Huxley Street and 147th Avenue to Francis Lewis Boulevard, and then northbound along the Q86 route to Rosedale station. It was dismissed for inconveniencing Q85 riders and because the cost of the extension would negate the cost saving.^[87]

In September 2003, limited-stop service on the Q4, Q5, and Q85 was expanded during AM rush hours, beginning earlier in the morning.^[88] On January 14, 2004, the MTA instituted the current limited-stop bypass in the Jamaica business district viaLiberty Avenue and 160th Street.^[35]

In 2007, the MTA and the New York City Department of Transportation (NYCDOT) proposed converting the Q5 Limited to Select Bus Service, the city's version of Bus Rapid Transit. The Q5 SBS would have run every 5 to 8 minutes, while no changes would be made to local service. On March 26, 2007, members of Community Board 13 spoke out against the proposal because parking on Merrick Boulevard would have been eliminated for peak hour bus lanes. At the time, the NYCDOT expected the changes to go into effect no later than 2008.^[89]

In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network.^[90][91] As part of the redesign, the Merrick Bolevard buses would have contained one high-density "intra-borough" route, the QT18. The Q5 would have been replaced by a "subway connector" route with nonstop section on Merrick Boulevard, the QT42. The Q85 would have been replaced by a "subway connector", the QT43, that would instead run on Guy R. Brewer Boulevard.^[92] The redesign was delayed due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in New York City in 2020,^[93] and the original draft plan was dropped due to negative feedback.^[94]

A revised plan was released in March 2022.^[95] As part of the new plan, theQ25 would be extended south to Merrick Boulevard, providing local service there. The Q5 and Q85 would become "zone" routes with nonstop sections on Merrick Boulevard, with the Q5 taking over the Q85 branch to 243rd Street. A new "zone" route, the Q86 (unrelated to the former Rosedale feeder route), would take over the Q5 branch to Green Acres Mall.^[96]

A final bus-redesign plan was released in December 2023.^[97][98] Under this plan, the Q25 would not serve the corridor; instead, the Q5 would become a limited route terminating at Merrick Boulevard and 233rd Street, making local stops along the corridor. The Q85 would become a zone route, as in the previous plan, and two new zone routes would be created. The Q86 zone route would travel along Brookville Boulevard and 243rd Street to Rosedale, using the old routing of the Q5 nighttime branch and the Q85 branch to Rosedale, and the Q87 zone route would travel along Merrick Boulevard and Hook Creek Boulevard to Green Acres Mall, using the old routing of the Q5 daytime branch.^[99] These new routes would provide more frequent service along existing branches of the Q5 and Q85.^[100]

On December 17, 2024, addendums to the final plan were released.^[101][102] Among these, stop changes were made along the corridor, and weekend frequencies on the Q5 were altered for customer benefits. The Q5 retained its truncated route for weekday service, terminating at 233rd Street. The Green Acres and Rosedale branches of the Q5 and Q85 routes were split into four rush routes—the Q85, Q86, Q87, and Q89. The Q85 and Q86 would travel to Rosedale, while the Q87 and Q89 would travel to Green Acres Mall. The Q85 and Q89 would use the existing Q85's routing via Bedell Street and Conduit Avenue, while the Q86 and Q87 would use the existing Q5's routing via Merrick Boulevard. The Q5 would continue to serve Green Acres during the day and Rosedale late nights when the Q87 does not run.^[103] This change would clarify the previous service patterns, where the Q85 and Q5 each had three different route variants depending on the time of day.^[104] On January 29, 2025, the current plan was approved by the MTA Board,^[105] and the Queens Bus Redesign went into effect in two different phases during Summer 2025.^[106] The sole Q5 route was changed from “Limited” to “Local” after the approval, and all five routes were assigned to Phase I,^[107] which launched on June 29, 2025.^[108][109]

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