Long Island bus lines

Long Island bus lines

Here's a list of the bus companies operating on Long Island in the first half of the 1900s. This information comes from an industry group named the New York State Motorbus Association.

Alanson S. Still
Patchogue-West Sayville Jul 1, 1921-1925
Albert Bahr
Nassau-Seaford, Jan. 1, 1923-1923
Alert Line
Freeport-Bellmore route established July 1, 1927
August Bilzi & Sons
Huntington-Melville, 1928
Babylon-Deer Park Busses
Deer Park-Babylon route Oct. 10, 1925-Dec. 31, 1929
Baldwin & Baldwin Harbor Bus
Baldwin-Baldwin Harbor route, Jan. 1, 1927
Baukney & Bickmeyer
Hempstead-Lynbrook/Baldwin routes, Jun.1925-Mar. 30, 1926
This became Hempstead Bus Company
Bay Park-East Rockaway Bus
East Rockaway-Bay Park, May 7, 1928
Bee Line
Rosedale-Freeport, Dec. 29, 1925
Blue & White Bus Company
Islip-Patchogue/Ronkonkoma, Jan 1, 1922
Burkhard Seidenschwarz
Lake Ronkonkoma-Bethpage 1943
Charles D. Hawkins
Center Moriches-Mastik B. 1942
Charles G. Offerman
Merrick-North Bellmore Mar 1925
Charles H. Woop
Amityville-Huntington Jan 1, 1924
Checker Bus Company of Hempstead
Clara Leigh
Amityville-Babylon 1942
Clifford E. Windsor
East Hampton 1945
Collins Bus Company
Port Jefferson-Riverhead, Jan 1, 1925-Sep 4, 1929
Dileo Bus Lines
Baldwin Harbor-Bellmore Aug. 18, 1935
Edwin A. Remlein
Riverhead-Port Jefferson 1931-Nov 5, 1932
Ellsworth H. Combes
Rockville C.-Long Beach, Apr 2, 1926
Elmer L. Way
Roosevelt-Freeport Jun 1, 1923-Jun 30, 1927
Ercole Moles
Lindenhurst-Bethpage Jun 1942-1946
Ernest Naber
Riverhead-Port Jefferson Sep 5, 1929
Ferlazzo's Bus Line
Sayville-Patchogue, Mar 7, 1921-1923
Freeport Bus Corp
Freeport Jan 1, 1924-1927
George J. Disque
Smithtown-Long Beach 1946
George V. Lyons
Bayville-Seaford Sep 1, 1926-May 12, 1927
Glen Cove & New York Coach Company
Glen Cove-Little Neck 1928-1928
Gus Simone
Freeport 1931
Harold Cordingley
Bay Shore-East Northport 1936
Hempstead Bus Company of Hempstead
Baldwin, Lynbrook, and Hempstead
Henry W. Adelworth
East Moriches-Riverhead May 2, 1943
Hicksville Bus Lines
Huntington Coach Corp
Halesite-Huntington Aug 15, 1927
Irwin S. Hendrickson
Glen Cove-Oyster Bay Apr 1, 1929
Jamaica Buses
Jamaica-Far Rockaway Nov 12, 1933
James T. Thomasson
Sag Harbor-Southampton Jul 1, 1942-Jun 30, 1946
Jerusalem Avenue Bus Lines
Hempstead-North Bellmore Jan 1, 1924
Joseph Francis Maranta
Massapequa-Farmmingdale Jul 8, 1946
Leo Steiner
Kings Park-Bethpage Jul 21, 1942-Dec 12, 1945
Levittown Bus Company formerly Purinton Coach Lines
Long Beach Bus Company
Long Beach Jul 3, 1926
Long Island Bus
Louis A. Fuoco
Bellport-Patchogue Jul 1, 1927
Louis J. Steiner
Bellmore-East Meadow Jan 1, 1923-Jun 30, 1926
Mack Brothers
Baldwin-Baldwin Harbor 1938
Mathewson's Bus Line
Patchogue-Medford Jan 1, 1923
Mid-Island Transit of Westbury
Montauk Bus Line
Montauk 1941-1944
Nassau Bus Lines
Lynbrook-New York City Jan 1, 1923
Northport Transportation Company
Cold Spring-Northport Jan 1, 1926
North Shore Bus Company
Little Neck-Roslyn Jul 1, 1921
North Shore Coach Service
Bayville-New York City May 12, 1927
Oscar Hauman
Bay Shore station-dock Jun 1, 1935
Palma Juliano
Lindenhurst Mar 1, 1940
Philip E. DiPaolo
East Patchogue-Farmingdale Sep 27, 1942-Mar 31, 1944
Quinn & Goodier & Quinn
Port Jefferson-Wildwood State Park 1941
Raymond & Anthony Burr
Baldwin-Kings Parkway, 1928
Regan Bus Line
Bellmore Jan 1, 1923-Mar 31, 1928
Ritchie & Gordon
Brookhaven-Sayville May 21, 1921-1921
Robert R. Brown
Greenport-Orient Point May 26, 1936-Oct 5, 1936
Robinson & O'Neil
Patchogue-Yaphank Jan 1, 1923-1924
Rockville Centre Bus Lines
Rockville Centre 1928
Roosevelt Bus Line
Freeport Nov 17, 1933
Schenck Transportation Company
Mineola Apr 16, 1926
Semke Bus Company of Hempstead
Hempstead-Rockville Center Jan 12, 1924
Simone Buses
Amityville 1938
South Huntington Bus Co.
Huntington Apr 9, 1935
Star Bus Lines
Freeport-Bellmore 1942
Stage Coach Lines
Swezey's Bus Line
Babylon-Central Islip Jun 22, 1920
Thomas J. Quinn
Patchogue-Port Jefferson Nov 1, 1938
Transit Coach Bus Lines
Queens-Valley Stream 1935-1936
Universal Auto Bus Service Corp of Hempstead
Utility Lines
Patchogue-Sayville Dec 24, 1929
Walter Jones Bus Line
Patchogue-Port Jefferson Jan 1, 1923
William A. Eaton
Port Washington-Hicksville, Jan 1, 1923-Dec 5, 1927
William Fitting
Bay Shore-Brentwood Jun. 26, 1931-1935
William D. Parsons
Montauk station-lighthouse 1934
William S. Wells
Stony Brook-Port Jefferson Jan 1, 1923-Aug 20, 1928
Woodbury L. Purington
Farmingdale-Hicksville Aug 15, 1946

Schenck had a location in in Floral Park, in the block east of St Hedwigs Church.

In 1943 there was a shortage of bus drivers. Ernest Schenck, president of Schenck Transportation Company said he was considering hiring women bus drivers. His plan was dropped because union seniority rules would force women to work night shifts, and the State of New York prohibited women from working after 10:00 pm.