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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for August 5th Photo (W.B.)

Fri, 7 Aug 2026 08:52:41 GMT

Posted by W.B. on 8/7/2026 3:52:41 AM EST
The variant FACCo acquired was more along the lines of the second photo.

Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for August 5th Photo (Avid reader)

Thu, 6 Aug 2026 12:35:12 GMT

Posted by Avid reader on 8/6/2026 7:35:12 AM EST
Fifth Avenue Coach puts into service 20 new Yellow Truck & Coach model 718 single-deck buses with 40-seat capacity.

Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for August 5th Photo (Avid reader)

Thu, 6 Aug 2026 12:30:35 GMT
Posted by Avid reader on 8/6/2026 7:30:35 AM EST
Fifth Avenue Coach puts into service 20 new Yellow Truck & Coach model 718 single-deck buses with 40-seat capacity.

W.B.'s Bus Almanac for August 5th (W.B.)

Wed, 5 Aug 2026 15:49:55 GMT
Posted by W.B. on 8/5/2026 10:49:55 AM EST
August 5, 1935 - The Book of First Runs Manhattan, New York Fifth Avenue Coach Company Fifth Avenue Coach puts into service 20 new Yellow Truck & Coach model 718 single-deck buses with 40-seat capacity. The new coaches are assigned to the company's two crosstown routes, 6 - 72nd Street (from York Avenue to Central Park West via Fifth Avenue, 57th Street and Broadway) and 20 - 57th Street (which at this point only runs from Sutton Place to Eighth Avenue - it isn't until 1937 that the route is extended further west to 55th Street and 12th Avenue), of which they will be a mainstay for the next several years. (Source: "20 New Buses to Serve Crosstown Routes, Comfort Stressed in Streamlined Coaches." The New York Times, August 5, 1935.) August 5, 1970 - The Book of First Runs Staten Island and Manhattan, New York New York City Transit Authority Staten Island Bus Division A new express bus route, R10X North Shore-Manhattan Express, begins service on this date. It runs from Castleton and Jewett Avenues to Broadway and Park Place in lower Manhattan. (Source: Motor Coach Age, March 1973, article by Bernard Linder.)

W.B.'s Bus Almanac for August 2nd [DELAYED] (W.B.)

Wed, 5 Aug 2026 01:46:18 GMT
Posted by W.B. on 8/4/2026 8:46:18 PM EST
August 2, 1971 - The Book of First Runs Queens and Manhattan, New York New York City Transit Authority Queens Bus Division A new express bus service, Q18X - Hillside Avenue, is launched, running from Hillside Avenue and City Line to 23rd Street and Madison Avenue or 57th Street and Third Avenue via Hillside Avenue, Queens Boulevard, Long Island Expressway and Queens-Midtown Tunnel (return to Queens via the Queensborough a.k.a. 59th Street Bridge). (Source: Motor Coach Age, April-May 1977.)

Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for Month of August (murray1575)

Mon, 3 Aug 2026 19:52:42 GMT
Posted by murray1575 on 8/3/2026 2:52:42 PM EST
Ironically enough the Q44SBS now stops at Archer Ave. and Sutphin Boulevard directly across the street from Jamaica LIRR station.

Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for Month of August (Snilcher)

Sun, 2 Aug 2026 02:28:25 GMT
Posted by Snilcher on 8/1/2026 9:28:25 PM EST
Also, ending service to Jamaica Station? That means you now had to walk all of 2 short blocks on Sutphin Blvd. to get to the station. That's some kind of ending of service.

Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for Month of August (murray1575)

Sun, 2 Aug 2026 02:14:08 GMT
Posted by murray1575 on 8/1/2026 9:14:08 PM EST
Due to the south service road of the Grand Central Parkway being one way eastbound, northbound Q44 buses had to travel east on the service road and make a U turn at Parsons Boulevard before proceeding west on the north service road and north at Main Street on their way to Flushing. I don't know if Main Street was even completed south of the parkway in those days. Today's Q44SBS continues on Main Street all the way to its end in Briarwood and then uses Queens Boulevard to reach Hillside Avenue in Jamaica.

W.B.'s Bus Almanac for Month of August (W.B.)

Sat, 1 Aug 2026 23:32:13 GMT
Posted by W.B. on 8/1/2026 6:32:13 PM EST
This is for instances in New York City bus history where there is no known exact date. 1942: Service to Jamaica Station on North Shore Bus' Q44 line is discontinued, and service to the 165th Street terminal is re-routed via 150th Street, Hillside Avenue, Sutphin Boulevard and Jamaica Avenue. (Source: Motor Coach Age, April-May 1977, article by Bernard Linder.) 1973: The last of a custom order of New Looks built for various MTA agencies - T6H-5309A for regular service, and T6H-5310A for express bus service - begin carrying passengers on a regular basis. On the 5309A end, 4860-4919 enter service in the Bronx (with many holding down the Bx55 route which was created after the last remnant of the old Third Avenue el shut down in the spring) and enable the retirement of the last of the first "Fishbowls" to have entered service in Manhattan back in 1960, built originally for Fifth Avenue Coach Lines and Surface Transit and largely confined since the mid-1960's to the Bronx. As for 5310A's, a total of eight - numbered 105-112 - are built for their Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority (MSBA) arm. Together with prior orders of both (in March 1972 and January 1973), these are to be the last "New Looks" ever ordered by the MTA; not until 1981 when the RTS-04 arrives on the market would the agency order from GMC again.

W.B.'s Bus Almanac for July 31st (W.B.)

Fri, 31 Jul 2026 14:01:23 GMT
Posted by W.B. on 7/31/2026 9:01:23 AM EST
July 31, 1939 - The Book of First Runs Manhattan, New York New York City Omnibus Corporation The new 146th Street depot on the block of Lenox Avenue between 146th and 147th Streets opens on this date. It was built starting in 1938 on the grounds of an old New York Railways car barn which was deemed unsuitable for housing buses. The new facility has a capacity for 275 buses (including double deckers), and a fuel tank capacity for 40,000 gallons of gas and diesel oil. For several years under NYCO aegis, this garage will house the following routes: - 3 - Lexington Avenue - 4 - Lexington and Lenox Avenues - 7 - Broadway, Columbus and Lenox Avenues - 10 - Eighth Avenue-Central Park West - TB - Triborough Bridge (of which today's M35 - Manhattan-Wards Island is the sole surviving remnant; the M60 route of today is of no relation to any of the TB branches, though it did supersede the Manhattan-Astoria leg of the M35) (146th Street has been known since 1993 as the Mother Clara Hale depot and has been upgraded several times over the years, the most recent being the demolition of the 1939 structure and building of a new facility on these grounds in 2015.) (Source: "3-Acre Bus Garage to Be Opened Today." The New York Times, July 31, 1939.)