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).