I can't believe this has a Yelp entry. It gets the top rating for vibes, with sunburned Fort Tilden visitors returning to Brooklyn and Manhattan, and if you're lucky sea salt in the air with a hint of Breezy Dogs.
Imperfect in its golden age, things have gotten worse on the convenience side. The Q22 often stopped down the road instead of the actual stop. And now because of the "convenient bus redesign" it doesn't even stop here at all.
The MTA generously suggests taking the Q35 and transferring at 108th. But that doesn't work if you're using a "first bus off the island"* strategy since the Brooklyn-bound and Rockaway-bound Q35s have different locations, not within running distance.
*(As a geographical matter, the Q35 is the only choice, but it gets so massively packed at closing time that I was willing to take a Q22 and opt for the "scenic route" back. Perhaps fewer than 0.1% of bus users will have a similar strategy). read more