If you’re a regular Court Square transferrer, the G train is now your best bet (sorry, or you’re welcome). As of August 31, the B62 bus has been rerouted and skips Court Square (among other stops) as part of phase two of a Queens bus network redesign.

The route now extends along 21 Street in Queens and ultimately terminates at the Astoria Houses by Whitey Ford Field. According to the MTA, the removal or relocation of stops is designed “to improve speed and reliability.” The redesign plans have been in the works since 2019 and received final approval in January 2025 following rounds of feedback, edits, and addenda.

This project is meant to facilitate improved connections, a simplified network, decreased travel times, increased bus frequencies, balanced stop spacing, and better quality of service.

The closest stop to Court Square on the B62 is now 21st Street and 44 Drive. See changes and the new stops and map here.

Public feedback on the redesign can be submitted here.

4 replies on “The B62 Now Terminates in Astoria, Skips Court Square as Part of MTA’s Redesign in Queens”

  1. 21st and 44th drive is considered court square because it all connects to the E, M, G and 7. The bus however will not run on jackson ave.

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  3. As of Sept 7, there has been no changes to any bus line in Greenpoint despite the Aug 31 date.

    Also if and when they run the B62 down McGuiness it will be all but useless for all seniors that use it to shop on Manhattan Ave. and there will be only three stops on McGuin…and due to bike lanes on McGuiness Blvd. is more crowded to vehicular traffic than Manhattan Ave.

  4. I learned about this the hard way a few weeks ago. You can still access all trains at Court Square, but you must get off at 21st and 44th drive, take the subway stairs down to the E/M line, and then if you need the G or 7 walk the length of that platform and up the stairs, and then down the looooooong hallway to those trains. Not ideal by a LONG SHOT. Works for me since it’s actually easier for me to get to the E now (and I can still avoid taking the subway first leg of my trip. And don’t have to walk as far to get on the G, cuz the B62 stops two blocks closer to me). But it doesn’t make any sense to me that they wouldn’t extend the B62 to Court Square, and THEN turn left and head into Astoria. Seems pretty poor planning, esp for seniors and others who don’t want to spend 20 minutes going up and down stairs and walking long distances to get to their train from the E platform at 21st and 44th.

    Paul, yes there HAVE been changes to the B62 – clearly you don’t use this bus.

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