Queens

, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Q48 ‐ Roosevelt Avenue/Ditmars Boulevard/LaGuardia Airport
The Q48 operates between Flushing‐Main Street 7 Subway Station/LIRR Flushing Station in Flushing and LaGuardia
Airport, all terminals.
Neighborhoods Served: Flushing, Corona, and East Elmhurst.
Service Details and Ridership:
Q48 – Service Details Weekday Saturday Sunday
Span 4:30AM ‐ 1:49AM 4:30AM ‐ 1:49AM 4:31AM ‐ 12:16AM
Frequency
(in minutes)
Peak: AM ‐ 15/PM ‐ 16
Off‐Peak: Noon ‐ 20/Eve ‐ 17
Day: 20
Overnight: N/A
Day: 25
Overnight: N/A
Overnight: N/A
Average Daily Ridership (2014) 2,673 2,330 1,881
Ridership History: Between 2009 and 2014, there was a 2.7 percent decrease in average weekday ridership, a 7.6
percent increase in average Saturday ridership and a 10.9 percent increase in average Sunday ridership on the
route.
Average Weekday
Average Saturday
Average Sunday
3,000
2,500
2,000
2,900
2,400
1,900
2,800
2,300
1,800
2,700
2,200
1,700
2,600
2,100
1,600
2,500
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
2,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1,500
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
Bus Stops: Below is a list of the five highest ridership bus stops by direction for the route on an average weekday.
Q48 ‐ Eastbound Ons Offs
Roosevelt Av & 111 th St 233 244
Roosevelt Av & Main St 6 780
108 th St & 38 th Av 107 34
108 th St & Northern Bl 116 12
Roosevelt Av & 108 th St 70 15
Q48 ‐ Westbound Ons Offs
Roosevelt Av & Main St 612 0
Roosevelt Av & 111 th St 115 241
LGA Internal Rd & Terminal B 102 239
Roosevelt Av & College Point Bl 284 15
Roosevelt Av & Mets‐Willets Point Station 256 18
Transfers: On an average weekday, the most popular bus transfers for the route were between the Q48 and the
Q27 (72), Q44 (66), Q25 (53), Q65 (47), and the Q17 (42). There are 201 daily transfers between the Q48 at the 7
train at 111 th Street Station on an average weekday.
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