Queens

, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
QM7 ‐ Fresh Meadows/Downtown
The QM7 is an express route that operates between Downtown Manhattan and Fresh Meadows. The route
operates on weekdays during peak hours and in the peak direction of travel only. In Queens, the QM7 makes stops
primarily along Union Turnpike and 188 th Street.
Neighborhoods Served: Kew Gardens Hills, Briarwood, Hillcrest, Jamaica Hills, Jamaica Estates, Fresh Meadows and
Downtown Manhattan.
Service Details and Ridership:
QM7 ‐ Service Details Weekday Saturday Sunday
Span 6:00AM ‐ 9:20AM/2:15PM ‐ 7:15PM N/A N/A
Frequency
(in minutes)
Peak: AM ‐ 10/PM ‐ 24
Off‐Peak: Noon ‐ N/A / Eve ‐ N/A
Day: N/A
Overnight: N/A
Day: N/A
Overnight: N/A
Overnight: N/A
Average Daily Ridership (2014) 740 N/A N/A
Ridership History: Service on this route was implemented in June 2010. Between 2010 and 2014, average weekday
ridership increased by 90.5 percent on the route.
1,000
800
600
400
200
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Average Weekday
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.
QM7 ‐ Eastbound Ons Offs
Church St & Vesey St 45 0
Park Row & Beeekman St 42 0
Frankfort St & Pearl St 40 1
188 th St & 64 th Av 0 38
Union Tpk & 150 th St 0 30
QM7 ‐ Westbound Ons Offs
Church St & Vesey St 0 129
Park Row & Beekman St 0 103
Union Tpk & 188 th St 84 11
Union Tpk & Utopia Pky 85 3
188 th St & 64 th Av 71 0
Transfers: Transfers occur among the Union Turnpike express bus routes: the QM1, QM5, QM6, QM7, and QM8.
These routes were previously all labeled QM1/1A.
B‐35