Queens

, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Q76 ‐ Francis Lewis Boulevard
The Q76 operates between Merrick Boulevard/165 th Street Bus Terminal in Jamaica and 20 th Avenue/131 st Street
in College Point. Saturday service was discontinued in June 2010 and restored in September 2012. Sunday service
was introduced on the route in September 2012.
Neighborhoods Served: Jamaica, Jamaica Estates, Fresh Meadows, Beechhurst, and College Point.
Service Details and Ridership:
Q76 – Service Details Weekday Saturday Sunday
Span 5:00AM – 11:05PM 5:25AM – 10:25PM 6:25AM – 10:25PM
Frequency
(in minutes)
Peak: AM ‐ 11/PM ‐ 14
Off‐Peak: Noon ‐ 17/Eve ‐ 20
Day: 30
Overnight: N/A
Day: 30
Overnight: N/A
Overnight: N/A
Average Daily Ridership (2014) 5,711 2,066 1,403
Ridership History: Between 2009 and 2014, there was a 0.7 percent increase in average weekday ridership, a 10.4
percent increase in average Saturday ridership. Sunday service was not provided in 2009.
Average Weekday
Average Saturday
Average Sunday
7,500
7,000
6,500
6,000
5,500
2,500
2,000
1,500
1,000
500
2500
2000
1500
1000
500
5,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
0
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.
Q76 ‐ Northbound Ons Offs
165 th St Terminal & 165 th St Terminal Bay 3 347 0
Hillside Av & 168 th Pl 322 12
Francis Lewis Bl & Union Tpk 184 124
Hillside Av & 178 th St 208 59
Hillside Av & 202 nd St 117 121
Q76 ‐ Southbound Ons Offs
Hillside Av & 179 th St Subway 39 752
165 th St & 165 th St Terminal 0 549
Francis Lewis Bl & Union Tpk 115 182
Francis Lewis Bl & Northern Bl 198 72
Francis Lewis Bl & Hillside Av 84 167
Transfers: On an average weekday, the most popular bus transfers for the route were between the Q76 and the
Q46 (227), Q77 (171), Q44 (148), Q28 (142), and Q76 (127). There were 407 transfers between the Q76 and the F
train at the Jamaica‐179 th Street Station on an average weekday.
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