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Horse Car
1874-1893 - Long Island City & Calvary Cemetery Railroad
1893 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1893-1896 - Long Island City & Newtown Railway
Battery Car
1891-1895 - Flushing & College Point Street Railway Co.
1892 - battery cars replaced with electric streetcars
1895-1896 - Flushing & College Point Electric Railway
1896-1932 - New York & Queens County Railway Co.
1926 - buses introduced by affiliated company Queens-Nassau Transit Lines
1932-1937 - New York & Queens Transit Corp.
1937 - streetcars replaced with buses
1926-1957 - Queens-Nassau Transit Lines
1957-1986 - Queens Transit Corp.
1986-1988 - Queens/Steinway Transit Corp.
1988-2005 - Queens Surface Corp.
2005-present - MTA Bus Company
Queens/Astoria
Horse Car
1874-1883 - Astoria & Hunters Point Railroad
1883-1892 - Steinway & Hunters Point Railroad Co.
1892-1896 - Steinway Railway Co.
1892-1894 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1896-1932 - Steinway Railway Co. (New York & Queens County Railway)
1932-1939 - Steinway Railway Co.
1932 - buses introduced by affiliated company Steinway Transit Corp.
1939 - streetcars discontinued
1932-1986 - Steinway Transit Corp.
1986-1988 - Queens/Steinway Transit Corp.
1988-2005 - Queens Surface Corp.
2005-present - MTA Bus Company
Queens/Jamaica-Rail
1897-1926 - Long Island Electric Railway Co.
1926-1933 - Jamaica Central Railways Co.
1930 - buses introduced by affiliated company Jamaica Buses
1933 - streetcars replaced with buses
1930-2006 - Jamaica Buses
2006-present - MTA Bus Company
Queens/Jamaica-Bus
Until 1936 - several bus companies
1936-1940 - Bee Line
1940-1947 - North Shore Bus Co.
1947-1953 - New York City Board Of Transportation
1953-present - New York City Transit Authority
Queens/Flushing
1902-1907 - Mineola Roslyn & Port Washington Traction Co.
1907-1920 - New York & North Shore Traction Co.
1920 - streetcars discontinued
1920-1926 - Rauchwerger Bus Co.
1926-1947 - North Shore Bus Co.
1947-1953 - New York City Board Of Transportation
1953-present - New York City Transit Authority
Queens/Woodside
Until 1936 - several bus companies
1936-2006 - Triboro Coach Corp.
2006-present - MTA Bus Company
Queens/Ozone Park
Until 1936 - several bus companies
1936-2006 - Green Bus Lines
2006-present - MTA Bus Company
Queens/Rockaway
Horse Car
1886-1891 - Village Railway Co. (Rockaway)
1891-1896 - Rockaway Village Railway Co.
1896-1898 - Rockaway Village Railroad Co.
1898-1928 - Ocean Electric Railway Co.
1899 - horse cars replaced with electric streetcars
1912 - buses introduced by Long Island Coach Co.
1912-1936 - Long Island Coach Co.
1936-2006 - Green Bus Lines
2006-present - MTA Bus Company
CURRENT TRANSIT SYSTEM (SINCE 1968)
Metropolitan Transportation Authority