Queens

, Metropolitan Transportation Authority
Q44 ‐ Main Street/Cross Bronx Service Road/Limited
The Q44 Limited operates between Archer Avenue/Merrick Boulevard in Jamaica and Devoe Avenue/East 180 th
Street, Bronx Zoo in West Farms, Bronx. During late night and early morning periods, the Q44 makes all local stops
between Jamaica and the Bronx. At other times, the Q44 makes only limited stops in Queens.
Neighborhoods Served: Jamaica, Kew Gardens, Kew Gardens Hills, Flushing, Whitestone, Unionport, Parkchester,
and West Farms.
Service Details and Ridership:
Q44 – Service Details Weekday Saturday Sunday
Span 24 Hours 24 Hours 24 Hours
Frequency
(in minutes)
Peak: AM ‐ 4/PM ‐ 5
Off‐Peak: Noon ‐ 8/Eve ‐ 6
Day: 7
Overnight: 30
Day: 8
Overnight: 30
Overnight: 30
Average Daily Ridership (2014) 28,139 20,044 18,024
Ridership History: Between 2009 and 2014, there was an 11.6 percent increase in average weekday ridership, a
10.7 percent increase in average Saturday ridership and a 13.2 percent increase in average Sunday ridership.
Average Weekday
Average Saturday
Average Sunday
30,000
22,000
20,000
29,000
21,000
19,000
28,000
20,000
18,000
27,000
19,000
17,000
26,000
18,000
16,000
25,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
17,000
2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014
15,000
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.
Q44 ‐ Northbound Ons Offs
Main St & 39 th St 1,531 3,409
Hugh Grant Cir & Metropolitan Av 357 1,748
Archer Av & Sutphin Bl 1,361 86
Main St & Kissena Bl 533 893
Main St & 38 th Av 971 428
Q44 ‐ Southbound Ons Offs
Main St & Roosevelt Av 2,260 2,322
Westchester Av & Virginia Av 1,691 340
Main St & 41 st Av 1,171 800
E Tremont Av & Boston Rd 1,344 35
Main St & Horace Harding Exp N 328 959
Transfers: On an average weekday, the most popular bus transfers for the route were between the Q44 and the
Q20B (639), Q46 (350), Bx9 (314), Bx36 (277), and Q58 (272). There are 3,044 transfers between the Q44 and the
7 train at Flushing‐Main Street Station on an average weekday.
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