Varsity Bus Company

[2] Until 1960, when it obtained a franchise for the current B100, it only operated school, charter, and racetrack buses.

Like its corporate owners Green Bus Lines, Triboro Coach, and Jamaica Central Railways, the late Mr. Jerome Cooper (1928-2015) was the chairman of the board of both Varsity Transit and Command Bus Company.

Originally co-housed with Varsity Transit, the operations of Command were eventually moved into a new NYCDOT facility at Spring Creek Depot, 12755 Flatlands Avenue in Brooklyn (this garage was leased by MTA Bus following the transfer of Command Bus Company routes to MTA Bus in 2005), it was previously built and owned by the New York City Department of Transportation before being sold to MTA Bus in early 2009).

In 1988, two Command buses were fitted by the Brooklyn Union Gas Company with engines which operated on compressed natural gas (CNG).

[5] Command operated the following routes, which after the MTA takeover continued to be operated out of the Spring Creek Bus Depot:[6] - or -MidwoodKings Highway and East 16th Streetat Kings Highway ( B  ​ Q  trains) In the mid-1990s, Command operated "Gotham Flyer" service, using unfilled buses to carry express passengers between Midtown and Wall Street.

U.S. Energy Secretary John S. Herrington driving a Command Orion I CNG-powered bus in 1988.
A Command Bus bus before takeover by MTA Bus. This bus became MTA Bus 744.