Q50 (New York City bus)
| Bx23 / Q50 Limited | |||
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| Pelham Bay−Co-op City Flushing–Bronx Former QBx1 |
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| Overview | |||
| System | MTA Regional Bus Operations | ||
| Operator | MTA Bus Company | ||
| Garage | Eastchester Depot | ||
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| Began service | September 12, 2010 (Bx23 & Q50) | ||
| Route | |||
| Locale | The Bronx; Queens | ||
| Start |
Q50: Flushing, Queens – 39th Avenue / Main Street station Bx23: Pelham Bay, Bronx – Pelham Bay Park station |
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| Via | Co-op City Boulevard | ||
| End |
Co-op City, Bronx Bx23: Via Sections 1-2-3-4-5 or 5-4-3-2-1, then returns to Pelham Bay Q50: Section 5 – Earhart Lane and Erskine Place |
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| Operates | All times except late nights | ||
| Daily ridership |
Q50: 1,398,766 (2014) Bx23: 1,083,926 (2014) |
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| Fare | $2.75 (MetroCard or coins) | ||
| Cash | Coins only (exact change required) | ||
| Transfers | Yes | ||
| Timetable | Bx23 Q50 | ||
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The Bx23 and Q50 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor running between the Pelham Bay and Co-op City neighborhoods in The Bronx, New York City, United States. The two routes serve all five numerical sections of Co-op City, with the Q50 providing limited-stop service, and the Bx23 running clockwise or counterclockwise service through the neighborhood beginning and ending at a major bus-subway connection at Pelham Bay Park. The Q50 continues south of Pelham Bay into the borough of Queens, terminating at the Flushing – Main Street subway station. Both routes are city-operated under the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations, the only two local routes in the Bronx to operate under MTA Bus.
The two routes are the successor to the QBx1 route, privately operated by the Queens Surface Corporation until 2005, and later operated by MTA Bus. This route ran several confusing service patterns between Co-op City and Pelham Bay, with only select runs continuing to Flushing. In September 2010, the QBx1 was split into the Bx23 and Q50 to simplify service in the Bronx, and provide full-time service between Queens and the Bronx.
The original QBx1 service began at the Flushing – Main Street subway station in Downtown Flushing, Queens (within a section of Flushing also known as Flushing Chinatown). It ran north on Main Street to Northern Boulevard, then east to Linden Place. It then ran north on Linden Place to the Whitestone Expressway, sharing the street with the Q25 and Q34. The QBx1 proceeded north on the Whitestone Expressway service road and then onto the Bronx–Whitestone Bridge crossing into the Bronx, and then onto the Hutchinson River Parkway service road to Lafayette Avenue. This portion of the route north of the bridge was shared with the Q44, the only other local bus between the Bronx and Queens. At the Bruckner Interchange, the QBx1 turned onto Bruckner Boulevard (the Bruckner Expressway service road), traveling east then north to the Pelham Bay Park station. Only selected buses ran between Flushing and Pelham Bay; most QBx1 runs remained in the Bronx.
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