As part of the project, the depot would be modified to support up to 60 electric-powered buses. Fleet Nova Bus LFS LF40102 New Flyer XD40 Routes Local Routes: John F. Kennedy Depot John F. Kennedy Bus Depot or JFK Depot, along with Far Rockaway Depot, is an MTA Bus garage that was operated by Green Bus Lines prior by MTA Bus takeover on January 9, 2006. It was the primary storage and maintenance facility for the company. The depot was built from 1951 to 1952 at the cost of $500,000. It is owned by GTJ Reit Inc (the successor to Green Lines) and is leased to the City of New York and operated by MTA Bus for a period of 21 years. JFK Depot is located in Springfield Gardens at 147th Avenue and Rockaway Boulevard (165-25 147th Avenue) near JFK Airport (). Fleet (shared with Far Rockaway Depot) OBI Orion VII OG HEV OBI Orion VII NG HEV New Flyer XD60 Routes This depot houses the buses used on the following routes, all of which used to be Green Lines routes: Local Routes: Articulated Local Routes: LaGuardia Depot LaGuardia Depot is located on a two-block long structure (85-01 24th Avenue) bound by 85th and 87th Street, and 23rd and 24th Avenues in the East Elmhurst & Jackson Heights neighborhoods near LaGuardia Airport (). The depot was opened on January 15, 1954, is owned by GTJ Reit Inc, and was operated by Triboro Coach Corporation before being leased to the City of New York and operated by MTA Bus Company on February 20, 2006, for a period of 21 years. In 1989, a methanol fuel station was installed at the facility for six General Motors-built RTS methanol buses. It was later used in the early 1990s to fuel an NYCT demonstration bus from the Casey Stengel Depot and three new Triboro-operated RTS buses fitted with special Detroit Diesel Series 92 engines. Beginning in 1994, the facility dispatched compressed natural gas (CNG) buses in addition to its diesel fleet. The depot was decommissioned from CNG operations in 2006 due to not meeting the MTA's safety and environmental standards. On April 10, 2006, while workers from KeySpan were removing CNG from tanks and a private contractor was conducting construction near the depot, a gas compressor station exploded leading to a large fire at the depot. One bus was destroyed and 12 were damaged.