Queens

, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Q16 ‐ Bayside Avenue/Willets Point Boulevard
The Q16 operates between the Flushing‐Main Street 7 Station in Flushing and Fort Totten. In Whitestone, some
Q16 buses operate via 26 th Avenue and Utopia Parkway and others operate via Francis Lewis Boulevard and Willets
Point Boulevard.
Neighborhoods Served: Bay Terrace, Beechhurst, and Flushing.
Service Details and Ridership:
Q16 – Service Details Weekday Saturday Sunday
Span 4:38AM – 1:08AM 4:45AM – 1:12AM 4:45AM – 1:01AM
Frequency
(in minutes)
Peak: AM ‐ 9/PM ‐ 11
Off‐Peak: Noon ‐ 20/Eve ‐ 12
Day: 20
Overnight: N/A
Day: 25
Overnight: N/A
Overnight: N/A
Average Daily Ridership (2014) 4,021 1,870 1,364
Ridership History: Between 2009 and 2014, there was a 9.9 percent increase in average weekday ridership, a 12.7
percent increase in average Saturday ridership, and a 17.9 percent increase in average Sunday ridership.
Average Weekday
Average Saturday
Average Sunday
4,200
2,200
1,600
4,000
2,000
1,400
3,800
1,800
1,200
3,600
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1,600
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
1,000
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.
Q16 ‐ Eastbound Ons Offs
39 th Av & Union St 1,806 0
Union St & 35 th Av 141 342
Union St & Bayside Av 62 155
29 th Av & Francis Lewis Bl 12 151
Francis Lewis Bl & 27 th Av 13 108
Q16 ‐ Westbound Ons Offs
39 th Av & Union St 0 2,080
Union St & Northern Bl 103 89
Union St & 35 th Av 98 72
Bayside Av & Union St 113 46
29 th Av & 171 st St 127 20
Transfers: On an average weekday, the most popular bus transfers for the route were between the Q16 and the
Q44 (67), Q76 (45), Q20B (39), Q17 (36), and Q66 (30). There were 1,382 transfers between the Q16 and the 7 train
at Flushing‐Main Street Station on an average weekday.
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