The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) today announced it will begin bus operations Sunday, June 1, 2025, out of the newly built 168 St interim bus terminal in Jamaica, Queens. Lease negotiations are being finalized with the real estate developer that will redevelop the Jamaica Bus Terminal one block away on 165 St. The buses currently operating from the existing 165 St/Jamaica Bus Terminal will relocate temporarily to the 168 St Interim Bus Terminal located at 90-01 168 St, including Nassau Inter-County Express (NICE) buses. The temporary bus terminal is one block east of the current 165 St/Jamaica Bus Terminal, and keeps all current transfer points between bus routes and ensures continued access to the busy Jamaica Av commercial district for bus routes arriving from Hillside Av.
“It was critical that we found a location nearby to continue running bus service as smoothly as possible, while developers at 165 St rebuild their site,” said NYC Transit President Demetrius Crichlow. “Thankfully, the temporary bus terminal is only one block over and the anticipated redevelopment of the site will build up-to-date infrastructure that complements the new electric buses we expect to receive in a few years.”
The terminal serves close to 10,000 daily riders across ten MTA bus routes and five NICE bus routes: Q1, Q2, Q3, Q6, Q8, Q9, Q36, Q41, Q76, Q77, N22, N22X, N24, N1, N26, N6, N6X. The MTA has leased the commercial parking lot at 168 St from Greater Jamaica Development Corporation to operate an interim bus terminal while the redevelopment of the 165 St site is underway. Design details of the new site are still in process.
Signage at bus stops is being updated to reflect the new street location of the interim bus terminal, 168 St, and there are posters at the existing terminal advising customers of the upcoming move. As the date approaches, the MTA Bus Time will also reflect the new location of the temporary Jamaica Bus Terminal, and for the first few days, MTA will have customer ambassadors at both sites and in the area to provide guidance as needed to ensure a smooth transition.
The redevelopment of the 165 St/Jamaica Bus Terminal is a separate building and project from the Jamaica Bus Depot Expansion project.
89-01 to 89-53 165th Street
A sextet of new residential buildings with no more than 99 dwelling units apiece is slated for Jamaica, Queens, records show.
Local developer Ami Weinstock submitted plans to the Department of Buildings Monday for six new projects, each standing between 12 and 14 stories tall, along a swath of 165th Street in the eastern Queens neighborhood.
The proposed developments would rise on the block between Jamaica and 89th avenues from 89-01 to 89-53 165th St., records show. They would each contain no more than 99 apartments for a total of 591 units across all six buildings. The 99-unit cutoff is likely an example of how some real estate industry leaders say developers are getting around one of the new rules for the affordable housing tax break 485-x, which includes a $40-per-hour minimum wage requirement on all projects with 100 or more units.
166-20 90th Avenue
photos from BRP Companies
If you follow the yellow brick road — or just take the F train — you might find there’s no place like home at Ruby Square, a brand-new 614-unit, 12-story, 715,000-square foot mixed-use development at 166-20 90th Avenue in Jamaica, Queens.
Ruby Square officially opened July 24, after construction on the project, which began in 2022, wrapped in June. Some 185 of the building’s apartments will be set aside for residents earning between 80 and 130 percent of the area median income. The property also features 50,000 square feet of shared resident amenities, 25,000 square feet of retail and 5,000 square feet of community space.
The Greater Jamaica Development Corp. announced Oct. 23 that it has entered into a more than $200 million joint-venture partnership with real estate developers Gotham Organization, Monadnock Development and Moses Sole Realty to transform its underutilized parking garage, located on 90th Avenue from Parsons Boulevard to 160th Street, into two 14-story buildings, called Arras, which means rich tapestry in French.
One building would have 353 rental units and the other would have 72 condos for ownership that would be affordable, according to a press release from GJDC.
Demolition of the existing garage is expected to begin in late 2026.
These days transferring from the subway to LIRR / AirTrain (and vice versa) at Jamaica is a pain. I wonder if this project will improve the situation.
Reimagining Jamaica Station for the Millions of Commuters Who Depend On It
Jamaica Station is integral to the commutes of millions of New Yorkers, enabling workers and students in Queens to get to school and jobs, allowing travelers to get to and from Long Island, ensuring travelers from around the world can efficiently and affordably get to JFK Airport, and connecting New Yorkers to world-class sporting and entertainment events. More than 1,000 trains and 200,000 passengers transit Jamaica Station every weekday, making it the fourth busiest commuter rail station in North America — surpassed only by Grand Central Station, Penn Station and Toronto’s Union Station. Yet Jamaica Station has been left far behind in terms of customer experience and investment; it was last upgraded 23 years ago, when the AirTrain JFK began operation in 2003.
To modernize Jamaica Station into the world-class station experience it deserves to be, Governor Hochul is taking the next step to design a reimagined Jamaica Station. The reimagined Jamaica Station will help create better traffic flow, reduce crowding, and build out a world class station complex providing seamless connection between the LIRR Main Line, NYC Transit, and AirTrain JFK for the millions of commuters who depend on it.
The Newsday article is paywalled.
I bypassed it for you: https://archive.ph/54eVa
When possible, use a web archiver as it has a relatively high success rate at defeating paywalls.
Jamaica Station (the LIRR portion) already feels modern enough and looks decent. Unless most of that money is going towards the subway part of Jamaica Station, I feel like this money could be muuuch better spent on other projects.
you are the best 
This is what I was thinking - the above ground station seems fine and in a good state of repair. It’s not that much money in the grand scheme of things tho
$50mil isnt really a lot of money in terms of nyc transit projects, so i feel it would be mainly accessibility upgrades
That’s what it’s mainly for, as the station is in good shape. The upgrades aren’t a full top-down renovation, but they’ll touch a few things up and make navigating between the subway, JFK AirTrain, and LIRR easier. There’ll probably be other upgrades included, but the main goal is to make getting around the station easier and reduce crowding.
sauce?
Commieblock sauce made in Novosibirsk I guess
If you’re asking about the source unfortunately I can’t find it anymore