MetroCard Bus/Van Coming To A Location Near You

MetroCard buses and vans will be visiting different parts of Queens throughout the month of August. Senior citizens and persons with disabilities may apply for the Reduced Fare MetroCard on the MetroCard buses or obtain an application from a Metrocard van. Seniors must present photo identification proving they are at least 65 years of age. Persons with disibilities must have a valid US Medicare Card (Red, White and Blue) along with a valid federal/state-issued photo identification card in order to be immediately processed. Disabled persons without Medicare cards must ensure that their doctors complete the physicians section of the application.
After a review process, permanent Reduced Fare MetroCards are mailed to qualified applicants.
Anyone may add value to MetroCards or purchase pre-encoded MetroCards. Staff will be available to answer any questions.For more information or to find out other locations with scheduled MetroCard bus/van visits call (212) METROCARD.
Date and location of MetroCard bus/van visits
31st Street at Ditmars Blvd.
(between Ditmars Blvd & 23rd, near N train)
8/11/03 7:30 am – 9:30 am
8/25/03 7:30 am – 9:30 am
71st (Continental) Avenue and Queens Blvd.
8/18/03 9:30 am – 11:30 am
73rd Avenue and Bell Blvd.
(Near Windsor Park Apartments)
8/13/03 1:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Office of Assemblywoman Catherine Nolan
45-25 47th Street 8/14/03 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Bay Terrace Shopping Center
(Bell Blvd. and 24th Avenue)
8/11/03 9:00 am – 11:00 am
8/25/03 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Bayside Senior Center
221-15 Horace Harding Expressway
8/22/03 10:00 am -11:30 am
Clearview Assistance
Program of Clearview Gardens
163-59 17th Avenue at 166th Street
8/27/03 9:00 am – 11:00 am
Fran Hill Shopping Center
(Hillside Avenue and Francis Lewis Blvd.)
8/22/03 9:30 am – 11:30 am
Fresh Meadows Shopping Center
(188th Street and Horace Harding Expy)
8/11/03 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
8/25/03 12:00 pm – 2:30 pm
Glen Oaks Shopping Center
(Union Turnpike, Near 260th Street)
8/13/03 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
8/27/03 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Grand Avenue and 69th Street
(in front of Maspeth Fed. Sav. & Loan)
8/14/03 1:00 pm – 3:00 pm
Key Food Supermarket
Hillside Avenue and Braddock Avenue
8/22/03 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Main Street and Roosevelt Avenue
8/15/03 8:00 am – 11:00 am
Mall (Marshalls and Sears)
Queens Boulevard and 63rd Road
8/18/03 12:30 pm – 2:30 pm
Middle Village Senior Center
69-10 75th Street 8/27/03 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
North Shore Towers
272-40 Grand Central Parkway
8/16/03 9:30 am – 12:00 pm
Queens Borough Presidents Office
120-55 Queens Boulevard
8/26/03 10:00 am – 12:00 pm
Robert Couche Senior Center
137-57 Farmers Boulevard
8/27/03 1:00 pm – 2:00 pm
Rochdale Village Shopping Center Ctr.-
Baisley Blvd. 8/26/03 1:30 pm – 3:00 pm
SNAP of Eastern Queens
80-45 Winchester Blvd. Bldg. #44
8/28/03 9:30 am – 10:30am
Theadora G. Jackson Adults Center
92-47 165th St., near Jamaica Avenue
8/19/03 9:00 am – 10:30 am
United Cerebral Palsy-Queens
81-15 164th Street, off Goethals Avunue
8/15/03 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm