Q58 (New York City bus)

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Flushing–Ridgewood Line
Fresh Pond Road Line
A Q58 bus
A 2015 XD40 (7252) on the Ridgewood-bound Q58 in Elmhurst, Queens, at Broadway/Justice Avenue in November 2019.
Overview
SystemMTA Regional Bus Operations
OperatorNew York City Transit Authority
GarageFresh Pond Depot
VehicleOrion VII NG HEV
New Flyer Xcelsior XD40
Began serviceJune 20, 1896 (Fresh Pond Road Line)
November 1899 (Flushing–Ridgewood Line)
July 17, 1949 (bus)[1] September 13, 2010 (Q58 Limited)
Route
LocaleQueens, New York, U.S.
Communities servedRidgewood, Maspeth, Elmhurst, Corona, Flushing
StartRidgewood Intermodal Terminal
ViaFresh Pond Road, Flushing Avenue, Grand Avenue, Broadway, Corona Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway, College Point Boulevard
EndFlushing – Main Street & 41st Road
Length8.3 miles (13.4 km)
Other routesQ59 Grand Street/Grand Avenue
Service
Operates24 hours
Annual patronage7,119,884 (2023)[2]
TransfersYes
TimetableQ58
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The Q58 and Q58 Limited are bus routes that constitute a public transit line operating primarily in Queens, New York City, with its southern terminal on the border with Brooklyn. The Q58 is operated by the MTA New York City Transit Authority. Its precursor was a streetcar line that began operation in November 1899.[3] and was known variously as the Flushing–Ridgewood Line, the Corona Avenue Line,[1] and the Fresh Pond Road Line. The route became a bus line in 1949.[1]

The Q58 operates between two major bus/subway hubs: the Ridgewood Terminal on the border of Ridgewood, Queens and Bushwick, Brooklyn; and the Flushing – Main Street terminal in Downtown Flushing, Queens. It is the busiest bus line in the borough of Queens,[4] and the second busiest in the city, after the M15, with 7.12 million people riding the route in 2023.[2]

  1. ^ a b c "Buses to Replace Crosstown Trolley". Brooklyn Daily Eagle. July 14, 1949. Retrieved September 30, 2015 – via Newspapers.com.
  2. ^ a b "Subway and bus ridership for 2023". mta.info. April 29, 2024. Retrieved May 2, 2024.
  3. ^ Roberts, John A. "A Grand Tale of Two Trolley Lines". Juniper Park Civic Association. Retrieved December 16, 2015.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference TimesNwsWkly-Q58LTD-Sept2010 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).