Queens

, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
QM2 ‐ Bay Terrace/Midtown
The QM2 is an express route that operates between Midtown Manhattan and Bay Terrace. In Queens, the QM2
travels primarily on Whitestone Expressway, Cross Island Parkway, 164th Street, and Bell Boulevard.
Neighborhoods Served: Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, Whitestone, Linden Hill and Midtown Manhattan.
Service Details and Ridership:
QM2 ‐ Service Details Weekday Saturday Sunday
Span 5:45AM – 12:00AM 6:40AM ‐ 12:10AM 7:40AM ‐ 11:10PM
Frequency
(in minutes)
Peak: AM ‐ 12/PM ‐ 15
Off‐Peak: Noon ‐ 30/Eve ‐ 24
Day: 60
Overnight: N/A
Day: 60
Overnight: N/A
Overnight: N/A
Average Daily Ridership (2014) 1,922 417 269
Ridership History: Between 2009 and 2014, there was a 0.1 percent increase in average weekday ridership, a 9.8
percent increase in average Saturday ridership, and an 18.0 percent increase in average Sunday ridership on the
route.
Average Weekday
Average Saturday
Average Sunday
2,000
440
300
1,980
420
280
1,960
400
260
1,940
380
240
1,920
360
220
1,900
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
340
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
200
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.
QM2 ‐ Eastbound Ons Offs
E 57 th St & Lexington Av 133 63
6 th Av & W 35 th St 150 0
Powells Cove Bl & 162 nd St 1 131
14 th Av & 147 th St 0 110
160 th St & Cross Island Pky 0 106
QM2 ‐ Westbound Ons Offs
E. 34 th St & Park Av 4 183
Powells Cove Bl & 162 nd St 155 1
Cross Island Pky & 160 th St 141 1
3 rd Av & E 44 th St 1 124
14 th Av & 147 th St 122 2
Transfers: The QM2 has many transfers from the morning inbound buses to buses and subways headed downtown.
B‐30