Queens

, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Q50 ‐ Flushing/Pelham Bay/Coop City Limited
The Q50 operates between Co‐Op City in the Bronx and Flushing. Limited‐stop service is exclusively operated on
the route. The Q50 travels primarily on Main Street, Linden Place, Whitestone Expressway, and Bruckner Boulevard.
Neighborhoods Served: Flushing, College Point, Whitestone, Pelham Bay (Bronx), and Co‐op City (Bronx).
Service Details and Ridership:
Q50 – Service Details Weekday Saturday Sunday
Span 4:25AM ‐ 1:15AM 5:05AM ‐ 1:05AM 5:05AM ‐ 1:05AM
Frequency
(in minutes)
Peak: AM ‐ 15/PM ‐ 15
Off‐Peak: Noon ‐ 30/Eve ‐ 30
Day: 30
Overnight: N/A
Day: 30
Overnight: N/A
Overnight: N/A
Average Daily Ridership (2014) 4,349 2,760 2,187
Ridership History: Q50 service began was implemented in September 2010. Between 2010 and 2014, average
weekday ridership increased by 353.4 percent, average Saturday ridership increased by 406.2 percent, and average
Sunday ridership increased by 368.1 percent on the route.
Average Weekday
Average Saturday
Average Sunday
5,000
5,000
5,000
4,000
4,000
4,000
3,000
3,000
3,000
2,000
2,000
2,000
1,000
1,000
1,000
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
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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.
Q50 ‐ Northbound Ons Offs
Bruckner Bl & Wilkinson Av 529 503
Roosevelt Bl & Main St 749 0
Bruckner Bl & Tremont Av 154 165
Main St & Northern Bl 262 42
Baychester Av & IFO PC Richards 33 194
Q50 ‐ Southbound Ons Offs
39 th Av & Main St 0 1,122
Bruckner Bl & Wilkinson Av 478 622
Bruckner Bl & Tremont Av 158 115
Edson Av & Bartow Av 182 67
Baychester Av & Darrow Pl 221 18
Transfers: On an average weekday, the most popular Q50 bus to bus transfers were between the Q50 and the
Bx12‐SBS (237), Q44 (120), Bx12 (86), Bx30 (74), and Q27 (72). There were 571 transfers between the Q50 and the
6 train at Pelham Bay Park Station, and 397 transfers between the Q50 and the 7 train at Flushing‐Main St Station
on an average weekday.
B‐22