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QM5 QM5 bus

Glen Oaks - Midtown Express · Via Horace Harding Expwy / 73 Av / Union Turnpike / 6 Av

No active alerts posted 1 upcoming 38 stops

Service status

Planned work coming up

UpcomingPlanned - DetourQM5QM6Eastbound QM2, QM4, QM5, and QM6 buses will be detoured from 57th St/2nd Ave to Long Island Expressway/Queens Blvd - no stops will be missed

Oct 18, Sunday, 7:00 AM to 10:00 AM

Buses operate via 2nd Ave, 36th St into the Queens Midtown Tunnel, Long Island Expressway.

QM2 continunes via Van Wyck Expressway and Linden Pl.

Please allow additional travel time.

What's happening?

La Guardia Community 5K Run

Note: Bus arrival information may not be available/accurate while buses are detoured

Posted Oct 16, 2026, 3:25 PM

From MTA service alert feeds. Data may not be real time. All lines.

Stops

To GLEN OAKS via FRESH MEADOWS (38 stops)
  1. 6 Av/W 37 St
  2. 6 Av/W 42 St
  3. 6 Av/W 45 St
  4. 6 Av/W 49 St
  5. 6 Av/W 55 St
  6. E 57 St/Madison Av
  7. E 57 St/Lexington Av
  8. Union Turnpike/Main St
  9. Union Tpke/150 St
  10. Union Turnpike/Parsons Blvd
  11. Union Tpke/164 St
  12. Union Tpke/168 St
  13. Union Turnpike/Utopia Pkwy
  14. Union Turnpike/Chevy Chase St
  15. 188 St/73 Av
  16. 188 St/69 Av
  17. 188 St/64 Av
  18. 73 Av/192 St
  19. 73 Av/197 St
  20. 73 Av/210 St
  21. 73 Av/213 St
  22. 73 Av/Bell Blvd
  23. 73 Av/220 St
  24. Springfield Blvd/69 Av
  25. Springfield Blvd/67 Av
  26. Springfield Blvd/Horace Harding Expwy S
  27. Horace Harding Expwy/Cloverdale Blvd
  28. Horace Harding Expwy/231 St
  29. Douglaston Pkwy/65 Av
  30. Douglaston Pkwy/Douglaston Plaza
  31. Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy
  32. Horace Harding Expwy/Little Neck Pkwy
  33. Little Neck Pkwy/58 Av
  34. Little Neck Pkwy/61 Av
  35. Little Neck Pkwy/Cullman Av
  36. 260 St/Little Neck Pkwy
  37. 260 St/74 Av
  38. Union Tpke/260 St
To MIDTOWN 57 ST via 6 AV (40 stops)
  1. 260 St/Union Tpke
  2. 260 St/74 Av
  3. 260 St/Little Neck Pkwy
  4. Little Neck Pkwy/255 St
  5. Little Neck Pkwy/61 Av
  6. Little Neck Pkwy/58 Av
  7. Horace Harding Expy/Little Neck Pkwy
  8. Horace Harding Expwy/Marathon Pkwy
  9. Douglaston Pkwy/61 Av
  10. Douglaston Pkwy/65 Av
  11. West Alley Rd/233 St
  12. Horace Harding Expwy/Cloverdale Blvd
  13. Springfield Blvd/Horace Harding Expwy
  14. Springfield Blvd/67 Av
  15. Springfield Blvd/73 Av
  16. 73 Av/Bell Blvd
  17. 73 Av/213 St
  18. 73 Av/210 St
  19. 73 Av/198 St
  20. 73 Av/193 St
  21. 188 St/64 Av
  22. 188 St/186 Ln
  23. 188 St/73 Av
  24. Union Tpke/187 St
  25. Union Tpke/Utopia Pkwy
  26. Union Tpke/168 St
  27. Union Tpke/164 St
  28. Union Turpike/Parsons Blvd
  29. Union Tpke/150 St
  30. Union Tpke/Main St
  31. E 34 St/3 Av
  32. E 34 St/Park Av
  33. W 34 St/5 Av
  34. 6 Av/W 37 St
  35. 6 Av/W 42 St
  36. 6 Av/W 45 St
  37. 6 Av/W 49 St
  38. 6 Av/W 55 St
  39. E 57 St/Madison Av
  40. E 57 St/Lexington Av

Route map

Route shape from GTFS data; map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.

Frequency & hours (scheduled)

To MIDTOWN 57 ST via 6 AV

WeekdaySatSun
First / last5:00 AM
9:00 PM
6:30 AM
9:30 PM
7:30 AM
8:30 PM
Morning rush (6–10 AM)every ~15 minevery ~60 minevery ~80 min
Midday (10 AM–4 PM)every ~60 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Evening rush (4–8 PM)every ~60 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Evening (8 PM–midnight)every ~120 minevery ~120 min—
Late night (midnight–6 AM)every ~90 min——
Trips per day321614
End-to-end time1 hr 20 min1 hr 33 min1 hr 28 min

To GLEN OAKS via FRESH MEADOWS

WeekdaySatSun
First / last8:45 AM
12:00 AM
9:00 AM
12:00 AM
10:00 AM
11:00 PM
Morning rush (6–10 AM)every ~120 min——
Midday (10 AM–4 PM)every ~45 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Evening rush (4–8 PM)every ~15 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Evening (8 PM–midnight)every ~48 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Late night (midnight–6 AM)———
Trips per day321614
End-to-end time1 hr 15 min1 hr 32 min1 hr 31 min

Average interval from the published schedule for reference dates Oct 20, 2026, Oct 17, 2026, Oct 18, 2026; planned work can change service. “—” = fewer than two trips in that period.

Fare

Express bus: $7.25 per ride (source: mta.info/fares-tolls, checked Oct 11, 2026).