New Bus Route Offers Faster Way to LaGuardia

Yesterday the MTA announced a new bus service in Queens that’ll offer a quicker route to LaGuardia Airport. Beginning this Sunday, September 8th, a new Q70 Limited route will connect at the Woodside-61st Street Long Island Rail Road/7 stop and at the Jackson Heights-Roosevelt Avenue 7/E/F/M/R stop, then travel nonstop to and from LaGuardia Airport. Once at the airport, the Q70 Limited will stop at Terminals B, C and D. This route is expected to reduce travel time from Jackson Heights by more than 40 percent, with travel times between Midtown Manhattan and LaGuardia Airport connecting at Woodside or Jackson Heights coming in as brief as 35 minutes.

These changes mean that the Q33, the bus that previously traveled to LaGuardia, will now terminate outside the airport on 95th Street at Ditmars Boulevard. This will shorten the Q33 trip for local residents who take it regularly through Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst. The amended Q33 will keep its current hours of service and continue to operate every day, 24 hours a day. As for the Q70 airport bus, it will also operate 24 hours seven days a week. During most of the day, the bus will leave at 12-minute intervals, with 15-minute and 20-minute headways during early morning and late evening periods and 30 minute headways during overnight periods.

Photo by Doug Kerr