Bx23 and Q50 buses

bx23 q50
Pelham Bay−Co-op City Flushing–Bronx Former QBx1
A 2009 Orion VII NG HEV (4033) on the Bx23 in Co-Op City and a 2023 XD40 (9361) on the Q50 Limited in Flushing.
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	MTA Bus Company
Garage	Eastchester Depot[1]
Vehicle	New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 OBI Orion VII NG HEV
Began service	September 12, 2010 (Bx23 & Q50)[2]: 4 [3][4][5]
Route
Locale	The Bronx and Queens, New York, U.S.
Start	Q50: Flushing, Queens – 39th Avenue / Main Street station Bx23: Pelham Bay, Bronx – Pelham Bay Park station
Via	Co-op City Boulevard Q50: Bruckner Boulevard, Bronx–Whitestone Bridge
End	Co-op City, Bronx Bx23: Via Sections 1-2-3-4-5 or 5-4-3-2-1,[a] then returns to Pelham Bay Q50: Section 5[a] – Earhart Lane and Erskine Place (Rush Hours) Q50 off-peak terminates at Pelham Bay Park station
Length	Q50: 12.2 miles (19.6 km) Bx23: 6.3 miles (10.1 km)
Service
Operates	All times except late nights[6][7]
Annual patronage	Q50: 837,290 (2023) Bx23: 841,682 (2023)[8]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	Bx23 Q50
Route map Bx23 loop to/from Pelham Bay Co-op City – Earhart Lane  Q50  Hunter Avenue Boller Avenue Einstein Loop South Einstein Loop North Pathmark Bartow Avenue Bx23 Section 3 local stops Asch Loop / Bartow Avenue Asch Loop / Alcott Place Asch Loop / Adler Place Asch Loop / Co-op City Boulevard Bellamy Loop South Bellamy Loop North Peartree Avenue Carver Loop Dreiser Loop Bx23 Section 1 local stops Dreiser Loop / Debs Place Dreiser Loop / Defoe Place Dreiser Loop / Co-op City Boulevard Darrow Street Donizetti Place Aldrich Street Bartow Avenue Bx23 loop to/from Pelham Bay Pelham Bay – Wilkinson Avenue  Bx23  ​ Buhre Avenue Jarvis Avenue–Country Club Road Kearney Avenue Baisley Avenue Tremont Avenue Brush Avenue Lafayette Avenue I-678 Bronx–Whitestone Bridge The Bronx Queens 20th Avenue Whitestone Expressway 31st Road 35th Avenue Northern Boulevard 39th Avenue drop-off only Flushing – Main Street  Q50  ​ Legend Local & Limited stops Local stops  Bx23  Terminal  LTD  Limited-stop service ​ ​ Subway connections ← Bx22 ← Q49  {{{system_nav}}}  Bx24 → Q52 SBS →

The Bx23 and Q50 bus routes constitute a public transit corridor in New York City, running from the Flushing neighborhood in Queens to the Pelham Bay and Co-op City neighborhoods in the Bronx. The Bx23 provides local service in Pelham Bay and Co-op City, while the Q50 provides limited-stop service between Co-op City and subway hubs in Pelham Bay and Flushing. Both routes are city-operated under the MTA Bus Company brand of MTA Regional Bus Operations, and are the only two local routes in the Bronx to operate under the MTA Bus brand, rather than under the MaBSOTA brand that all other Bronx bus routes operate under.

The two routes are the successor to the QBx1 route, privately operated by the Queens Surface Corporation until 2005, when the route was taken over by the MTA. This route ran several confusing service patterns between Co-op City and Pelham Bay, with only select runs continuing to Flushing. In September 2010, to simplify service in the Bronx and to provide full-time service between Queens and the Bronx, the QBx1 was split into the Bx23 and Q50.

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