Q38 (New York City bus)
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| Eliot Avenue Penelope Avenue−63rd Drive Corona−Middle Village−Rego Park |
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A bus operating on the Q38 at Queens Center
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| System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | ||
| Operator | MTA Bus Company | ||
| Garage | College Point Depot | ||
| Vehicle | New Flyer C40LF CNG | ||
| Began service | June 17, 1934 (Q38 Penelope Avenue service) 1940s (Q45X/Q50 Eliot Avenue service) July 3, 1960 (Combined Penelope/Eliot service) |
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| Locale | Queens | ||
| Communities served | Rego Park, LeFrak City, Forest Hills, Elmhurst, Corona, Middle Village, Maspeth | ||
| Start | Corona – Otis Avenue and Horace Harding Expressway | ||
| Via | Eliot Avenue, Metropolitan Avenue, Penelope Avenue, 63rd Drive, 62nd Drive / 63rd Road | ||
| End | Rego Park – 62nd Drive & 108th Street | ||
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| Operates | All times except late nights | ||
| Fare | $2.75 (MetroCard or coins) | ||
| Cash | Coins only (exact change required) | ||
| Transfers | Yes | ||
| Timetable | Q38 | ||
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The Q38 bus route constitutes a public transit route in Queens, New York City, United States. The route travels from the Corona and Elmhurst neighborhoods to the Rego Park neighborhood, running in a C-shape via the Metropolitan Avenue station in Middle Village. It runs daily, from about 6 AM to 12 AM Weekdays and Saturdays, and from 7 AM to 12 AM on Sundays. Formerly privately operated by Triboro Coach Corporation, the route is now city-operated under the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations.
The Q38's terminals at Corona and Rego Park are less than a half mile apart, the closest together for any route in Queens. The termini are located within a block of the Long Island Expressway to the north and south respectively. Both the Eliot Avenue and the Penelope Avenue sections run one to two blocks away from the Juniper Valley Park, on opposite sides of the park. The two sections also run along the northern and southern edges of the Lutheran All Faiths Cemetery, respectively. The Q38 is based from College Point Depot, using New Flyer C40LF compressed natural gas buses dispatched from the depot. It was previously based out of LaGuardia Depot, the former Triboro Coach depot, until 2010.
Going "northbound" towards Corona (or southbound towards Middle Village from Rego Park), the Q38 starts at 108th Street and 62nd Drive in Rego Park, and travels west down 62nd Drive all the way until Queens Boulevard. Then it turns left onto Queens Boulevard for block down and then turns right on 63rd Drive. Here, the route serves the 63rd Drive – Rego Park station of the IND Queens Boulevard Line and the Rego Center shopping complex. The route proceeds west along 63rd Drive past Woodhaven Boulevard, where 63rd Drive turns into Penelope Avenue, until 77th Place. Juniper Valley Park sits one block to the north at this location. The Q38 then travels in a zigzag pattern in which it turns left (south) onto 77th Place for a block, then right (west) on Furmanville Avenue, then left on 75th Place, then right on Juniper Valley Road, left on 69th Street, then right onto Metropolitan Avenue. Traveling west along Metropolitan, the route stops at the Middle Village – Metropolitan Avenue station of the BMT Myrtle Avenue Line, and the Metro Mall shopping center.
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