Nassau Inter-County Express

Headquarters	700 Commercial Ave., Garden City, NY 11530
Area served	Nassau County, NY, Queens, NY, Suffolk County, NY
Founded	January 1, 2012 (from MTA Long Island Bus)
Fleet size	279 (fixed route) ~102 (demand response)
Number of routes	37
Ridership	28,744,207 (annual, 2014)
Operator	Transdev
Union	TWU Local 252
Website	nicebus.com
Facebook	@theNICEbus
Instagram	@thenicebus
Twitter	@theNICEbus

Nassau Inter-County Express, or NICE, is the public transit system primarily serving Nassau County. It was founded in 1973 as the Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority, but ceased use of this name in 1995. It was a public transit division owned by the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and was known as MTA Long Island Bus until January 1, 2012. Operations were handed over to Transdev (formerly Veolia Transportation), who successfully bid for the five-year contract September 2010. The conroversial contract was approved by the Nassau County Legislature on December 12, 2011.

Routes

Maps & Schedules - Schedule changes in effect on April 9, 2017

Current Routes

Route	Terminal 1	Terminal 2	Notes
n1	Elmont Hempstead Tpke/ Elmont Rd.	Hewlett Broadway/Rockaway Ave.	On weekdays, this route extends to Jamaica during AM rush hour going Jamaica-bound and PM rush hour going Hewlett-bound. This route has a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going Jamaica-bound and making pick ups going Hewlett-bound. On Saturdays and Sundays, some bus runs operate between Hempstead Tpke/Elmont Rd. in Elmont and Green Acres Mall in Valley Stream.
n4/4X	Jamaica Parsons Blvd./ Archer Ave.	Freeport LIRR Station	These routes have a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going Jamaica-bound and making pick ups going Freeport-bound. n4X provides weekday limited stop rush hour service during AM/PM weekday rush hours in both directions.
n6/6X	Jamaica 165th St. Bus Terminal	Hempstead Transit Center	These routes have a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going Jamaica-bound and making pick ups going Hempstead-bound. n6X provides weekday limited stop service between early morning and late afternoon hours in both directions. Some n6X buses heading eastbound from Jamaica or the Hempstead Transit Center will terminate at Nassau Community College/Endo Blvd. in Garden City between 7:40 AM and 10:39 AM. Some n6X buses depart from Nassau Community College/Endo Blvd. in Garden City between 2:02 PM and 6:00 PM.
n15	Long Beach LIRR Station	Garden City Roosevelt Field	Early morning runs heading to Long Beach depart from the Hempstead Transit Center. On weekdays, this route makes stops in Mineola during AM/PM weekday rush hours in both directions.
n16	Rockville Centre LIRR Station	Garden City Roosevelt Field	No Saturday and Sunday service.
n19	Freeport LIRR Station	Massapequa Park Sunrise Mall	Only operates during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service.
n20G	Flushing Roosevelt Ave./ Main St.	Great Neck LIRR Station	This route has a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going Flushing-bound and making pick ups going Great Neck-bound.
n20H	Great Neck LIRR Station	Hicksville LIRR Station
n21	Great Neck LIRR Station	Glen Cove Pratt Blvd./Bridge St.	No Sunday service.
n22/22X	Jamaica 165th St. Bus Terminal	Hicksville LIRR Station	These routes have a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going Jamaica-bound and making pick ups going Hicksville/Garden City-bound. n22 buses run along Mineola Blvd. and Willis Ave. in Mineola. n22X buses run along Herricks Rd. and Marcus Ave. in Garden City Park. n22X provides limited stop service to Hicksville during AM weekday rush hours and to Jamaica during PM weekday rush hours.
n23	Mineola Intermodal Center	Manorhaven Orchard Beach Rd./ Park Ln.
n24	Jamaica 165th St. Bus Terminal	Hicksville LIRR Station	This route has a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going Jamaica-bound and making pick ups going Hicksville-bound. Early morning runs heading to Jamaica depart from Roosevelt Field in Garden City or Intermodal Center in Mineola.
n25	Lynbrook LIRR Station	Great Neck LIRR Station
n26	Jamaica 165th St. Bus Terminal	Great Neck LIRR Station	This route has a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going Jamaica-bound and making pick ups going Great Neck-bound. Only operates to Great Neck during AM weekday rush hours and to Jamaica during PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service.
n27	Hempstead Transit Center	Glen Cove Bridge St./Pratt Blvd.	No Saturday and Sunday service.
n31/32	Far Rockaway B. 20th St./ Seagirt Blvd.	Hempstead Transit Center	These routes do not have a closed-door policy in both directions in Queens. n31 buses run along W. Broadway in Woodmere and Rockaway Tpke in Lawrence. n32 buses run along Broadway in Woodmere and Central Ave. in Lawrence. n31 does not run on Sundays.
n33	Far Rockaway Mott Ave./ B. 21st St.	Long Beach LIRR Station	This route does not have a closed-door policy in both directions in Queens. This route has a closed-door policy in Long Beach: Long Beach-bound buses only make drop offs east of Connecticut Ave. along W. Beech St. Far Rockaway-bound buses only make pick ups east of Brookline Ave. along W. Beech St. No Sunday service.
n35	Baldwin Harbor Grand Ave./ Atlantic Ave.	Westbury Post Ave./ Rockland St.	On Saturdays and Sundays, buses run along Stewart Ave. instead of Miller Ave.
n40/41	Freeport LIRR Station	Mineola Intermodal Center	n40 buses run along N. Main St. in Freeport and Nassau Rd. in Roosevelt. n41 buses run along Grand Ave. in Freeport and Babylon Tpke in Roosevelt.
n43	Freeport LIRR Station	Garden City Roosevelt Field
n48/49	Hempstead Transit Center	Hicksville N. Broadway at Sears	n48 buses run along Carman Ave. and Old Country Rd. in Salisbury and Duffy Ave. in New Cassel. n49 buses run along Newbridge Rd. in Levittown. n48 does not run on Sundays.
n54/55	Hempstead Transit Center	Massapequa Park Sunrise Mall	n54 buses run along Washington Ave. in Massapequa. n55 buses run along Broadway in Massapequa. n54 does not run on Sundays.
n57	Great Neck LIRR Station	Great Neck via Bayview Ave. (AM) via Station Rd. (PM)	Loop route. Only operates during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service.
n58	Great Neck LIRR Station	Kings Point End of Kings Point Rd.	On Saturdays and Sundays, buses departing from the Great Neck LIRR Station terminate at the United States Merchant Marine Academy in Kings Point.
n70	Hempstead Transit Center	Farmingdale SUNY	n70 does not run on Saturdays and Sundays.
n71		Massapequa Park Sunrise Mall
n72		Farmingdale Conklin St./Rt. 110
n78	Hicksville LIRR Station	Plainview Old Country Rd./ Newtown Rd. E. Bethpage Rd.	Both routes only operate during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service.
n79		South Huntington Walt Whitman Mall
n80	Massapequa Park Sunrise Mall	Hicksville LIRR Station	No Saturday and Sunday service. Originally eliminated on January 17, 2016, but was restored on June 26, 2016.
n88	Jones Beach West Bathhouse	Freeport LIRR Station	Only operates around the summer season.
Elmont FLEXI	Elmont Hempstead Tpke./ Meacham Ave.	Green Acres Mall	Only operated during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service. Flexible route with on-demand stops at N. Fletcher Ave. & Dutch Broadway, Long Island Jewish Valley Stream Hospital, Wheeler Ave. & Rockaway Pkwy., Hendrickson Park, and Rockaway Ave. & Valley Stream Blvd. Reservations must be made at least 2 hours in advance by calling the phone number listed under Facilities. Route operations started on September 6, 2016.
Mercy Medical Community Shuttle	Rockville Centre LIRR Station	Hempstead Transit Center	Only operated during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service. Formerly Route n17, which was originally eliminated on January 17, 2016, but it was restored and its route renamed on June 26, 2016.

Discontinued Routes

Route	Terminal 1	Terminal 2	Notes
n2	Floral Park Covert Ave./Tulip Ave.	Green Acres Mall	Loop route. No Sunday service. Eliminated on January 17, 2016.
n8	Floral Park Covert Ave./Tulip Ave.	Green Acres Mall	Loop route. No Sunday service. Eliminated on January 17, 2016.
n20/20L	Flushing Roosevelt Ave./Main St.	Hicksville LIRR Station	These routes had a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going westbound and making pick ups going eastbound. n20L provided limited stop service during AM/PM weekday rush hours in both directions. Both routes eliminated on January 17, 2016 and replaced with the n20G/n20H.
n22A	Jamaica 165th St. Bus Terminal	Garden City Roosevelt Field	This route had a closed-door policy in Queens, only making drop offs going Jamaica-bound and making pick ups going Hicksville/Garden City-bound. Ran along Glen Cove Rd. and Jericho Tpke in Carle Place and Roslyn Rd. in East Williston. Did not run on Saturdays and Sundays. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.
n36	Lynbrook Merrick Rd./5 Corners	Freeport LIRR Station	No Sunday service. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.
n45	Bellmore Merrick Rd./Centre Ave.	Garden City Roosevelt Field	Only operated during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.
n46	Bellmore Merrick Rd./Centre Ave.	Hempstead Transit Center	Operated during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service. Eliminated on January 17, 2016. All trips became part of the n47.
n47	Hempstead Transit Center	North Bellmore N. Jerusalem Rd./Newbridge Rd.	Only operated during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday or Sunday service. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.
n50	Bellmore Merrick Rd./Centre Ave.	Hicksville LIRR Station	Only operated on the weekdays. No Saturday and Sunday service. Eliminated on January 17, 2016.
n51	Merrick Hewlett Ave./Merrick Rd.	Garden City Roosevelt Field	Only operated on the weekdays. No Saturday and Sunday service. Originally eliminated on January 17, 2016, but was restored on September 4, 2016. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.
n73	Wantagh Wantagh Ave./Merrick Rd.	Hicksville LIRR Station	No Sunday service. Eliminated on January 17, 2016.
n81	Massapequa Park Sunrise Mall	Hicksville LIRR Station	Ran along Broadway, Boundary Ave., and Stewart Ave. No Sunday service. Originally eliminated on January 17, 2016, but was restored on June 26, 2016. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.
n87	Jones Beach East Bathhouse	Hicksville LIRR Station	Only operated around the summer season. Eliminated in 2016.
Freeport Community Shuttle	Freeport LIRR Station	Freeport via Guy Lombardo Ave. (AM) via S. Bayview Ave. (PM)	Loop route. Only operated during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service. Formerly Route n62, which was originally eliminated on January 17, 2016, but it was restored and its route renamed on September 4, 2016. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.
Hicksville Wantagh Community Shuttle	Wantagh Wantagh Ave./Merrick Rd.	Hicksville LIRR Station	Only operated during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service. Formerly Route n74, which was originally eliminated on January 17, 2016, but it was restored and its route renamed on September 4, 2016. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.
Rockville Centre Community Shuttle	Rockville Centre LIRR Station	Rockville Centre DeMott Ave./Long Beach Rd.	Loop route. Only operated during AM/PM weekday rush hours. No Saturday and Sunday service. Formerly Route n14, which was originally eliminated on January 17, 2016, but it was restored and its route renamed on June 26, 2016. Eliminated on April 9, 2017.

Fares

Current

Facilities

Senator Norman J. Levy Transit Facility/Headquarters

• E-mail: Visit http://www.nicebus.com/Contact.aspx to contact them using their e-mail form.
• Phone: (516) 336-6600

Fleet

Current Roster

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
1633-1635 1637-1699		2003-2004	OBI	Orion V CNG (05.501)	Detroit Diesel Series 50G	Allison B400R	Ex-MTA Long Island Bus 1633-1635, 1637-1699. Bus 1697 features Hanover destination signs. 1673 and one other unit remain in service as of April 2017.
1700-1799		2008-2009	OBI	Orion VII NG CNG (07.501)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R	Ex-MTA Long Island Bus 1700-1799. Prior to the NICE Bus takeover, these were the first Long Island Bus units to feature the standard MTA paint scheme, reflecting LIB's integration with MTA Regional Bus operations.
1800-1839		2010-2011	OBI	Orion VII NG CNG (07.501)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R	Ex-MTA Long Island Bus 1800-1839. Pilot bus 1800 delivered in November 2010 under MTA operations.
1840-1884		2012	Orion	Orion VII EPA10 CNG (07.501)	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R
1885-1936		2015	NFI	XN40	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R	Base order of 52 buses. Includes 5 option orders, totalling up to 58 buses: Option 1 for 21 buses. Options 2-4 for 10 buses each. Option 5 for 7 buses. Delivery started in late September 2015 and entered service in November 2015.
1937-1964	File:Nassau Inter-CountyExpress 1964-a.JPG	2016	NFI	XN40	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B400R	Exercised options following the firm order of buses 1885-1936.
1965-1969	File:Nassau Inter-County Express 1965-a.JPG	2016	NFI	XN60	Cummins Westport ISL G	Allison B500R	Features include onboard Wi-Fi and USB charging ports. Entered service on April 10, 2017 and only operates on route n6.
2290-2297	File:Nassau Inter-County Express 2295-a.JPG	2015-2016	Chevrolet/ ARBOC	4500/ Spirit of Mobility	GM 6.6L Duramax V8		Used on the Elmont FLEXI and the Mercy Medical Community Shuttle.

Preserved

Fleet Number	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
9117		1973	GMC	S8H-5304A	Detroit Diesel 8V71N	Allison	Originally Metropolitan Suburban Bus Authority 117. Later converted and used as a mobile command center.

Retired Roster

Fleet Number(s)	Thumbnail	Year	Manufacturer	Model	Engine	Transmission	Notes
1000-1020		2002	OBI	Orion V CNG (05.501)	Detroit Diesel Series 50G	Allison B400R6	Ex-Foothill Transit F1200-series; leased in late 2014.
1021-1022		2003	OBI	Orion V CNG (05.501)	Detroit Diesel Series 50G	Allison B400R6	Ex-Foothill Transit F1311-F1312; leased in late 2014.
1526-1632		2000-2002	OBI	Orion V CNG (05.501)	Detroit Diesel Series 50G	Allison B400R	Ex-MTA Long Island Bus 1526-1632.
1636		2004	OBI	Orion V CNG (05.501)	John Deere 6081H	Allison B400R	Ex-MTA Long Island Bus 1636.

To view the older bus fleets that formerly operated in Nassau County prior to the NICE Bus takeover, please see the MTA retired bus fleet page.