The Q69 and Q100 Limited bus routes constitute a public transit line in western Queens, New York City. Beginning at Queens Plaza in Long Island City, the routes run primarily along 21st Street through
A 2009 Orion VII NG HEV Spectrum (4267) on the Q100, and a 2024 XD40 (9274) on the Q69 to Long Island City, both at the Queensboro Plaza subway station
A Q69/Q100 Long Island City bus stop with countdown clocks at 21st Street/30th Avenue in Astoria
A 2015 XD40 (7442) on the Q100 to Rikers Island at 42nd Street/Jackson Avenue.
A former Jamaica Buses 1986 GMC RTS-04 (1136) in East Elmhurst on the former Q19A to Queens Plaza
Rikers Island is a 413-acre prison island in the East River in the Bronx, New York City, United States, that contains New York City's largest jail. It is named after Abraham Rycken, who took possessio
Q69 and Q100 buses
…Jackson Heights and East Elmhurst near LaGuardia Airport. The Q100, meanwhile, continues north of Queens across Bowery Bay to the city jail complex on Rikers Island in the Bronx, providing the only public transit service to the island. The Q69 (originally the Q19A) was formerly privately operated by the Triboro…
The island and jail complex, 2004
An aerial photo of Rikers Island, photographed from the north. LaGuardia Airport and its 4/22 runway stretch is visible, 250 feet (76.2 m) from the island. Shea Stadium can be seen across Flushing Bay.
Press conference and rally to close Rikers after a string of inmate deaths
Governors Island from One World Observatory 2017