Q35 (New York City bus)

q35 rush
Brooklyn−Rockaway Park
A 2023 Nova Bus LFS (9139) on the Brooklyn College-bound Q35 on Flatbush Avenue.
Overview
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorMTA Bus Company
GarageFar Rockaway Depot
VehicleNova Bus LFS
New Flyer Xcelsior XD40
Began serviceJuly 3, 1937
Route
LocaleBrooklyn and Queens, New York, U.S.
Landmarks servedBrooklyn College, Kings Plaza, Floyd Bennett Field, Dead Horse Bay, Fort Tilden, Jacob Riis Park, Scholars’ Academy
StartMidwood, Brooklyn – Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College subway station
ViaFlatbush Avenue, Marine Parkway Bridge, Rockaway Beach Boulevard
EndRockaway Park, Queens – Scholars’ Academy (at Beach Channel Drive & Beach 108th Street)
Length9 miles (14 km)
Other routesB41 Flatbush Avenue
Service
OperatesAll times
Ridership738,574 (2024)
TransfersYes
TimetableQ35
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The Q35 bus route constitutes a public transit line in southeast Brooklyn as well as the Rockaway Peninsula of southern Queens in New York City. The Q35 is operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MTA Bus Company brand, but was formerly privately operated by Green Bus Lines. The bus provides service between Midwood in central Brooklyn to Rockaway Park on the Rockaway Peninsula, running mainly along Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and Rockaway Beach Boulevard on the Rockaway Peninsula. The route utilizes the Marine Parkway–Gil Hodges Memorial Bridge to cross between Brooklyn and Queens. The Q35 runs as a "Rush" route, making limited stops on Flatbush Avenue in Brooklyn and local stops in Queens.

The Q35 began operations under Green Bus Lines on July 3, 1937, the day the Marine Parkway Bridge was opened, to connect Brooklyn with the newly renovated Jacob Riis Park in the Rockaways. In August 1937, the route was extended east to its current terminus at Beach 116th Street subway station. Due to franchise restrictions with the city government, buses originally made no stops in Brooklyn between Flatbush Avenue station and the bridge. Additional stops in Brooklyn were added by 1940, and by 1976 buses were allowed to pick up and drop off passengers in both directions in Brooklyn. Following the MTA takeover in 2006, several stops in Brooklyn were eliminated to streamline service, so that the Q35 makes limited stops in Brooklyn while operating as a local route in Queens. Service in Queens was rerouted from Newport Avenue to Rockaway Beach Boulevard on August 31, 2025, and it was simultaneously extended east to Scholars' Academy at Beach 108th Street.