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QM6 QM6 bus

Lake Success - Midtown Express · Via North Shore Towers / Union Turnpike / 6 Av

1 active alert 1 upcoming 26 stops

Service status

NowCancellationsQM6The QM6 trip scheduled to depart 6th Ave/W 37th St at 8:30 PM will not run.

We’re running as much service as we can with the buses we have available.

Posted Oct 16, 2026, 5:31 PM

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 LAKE SUCCESS N. SHORE TOWERS via UNION TPKE (26 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. Union Tpke/193 St
  16. Union Tpke/211 St
  17. Union Tpke/Bell Blvd
  18. Union Tpke/226 St
  19. Union Tpke/234 St
  20. Union Tpke/248 St
  21. Union Tpke/252 St
  22. Union Tpke/260 St
  23. Union Tpke/265 St
  24. Union Tpke/271 St
  25. Lakeville Rd/L I Jewish Hospital
  26. North Shore Towers/Building Entrance
To MIDTOWN 57 ST via 6 AV (29 stops)
  1. North Shore Towers/Building Entrance
  2. Lakeville Rd/LIJ Medical Center
  3. Union Tpke/Hewlett St
  4. Union Tpke/265 St
  5. Union Tpke/260 St
  6. Union Tpke/Little Neck Pkwy
  7. Union Tpke/248 St
  8. Union Tpke/235 St
  9. Union Tpke/226 St
  10. Union Tpke/Bell Blvd
  11. Union Tpke/211 St
  12. Union Tpke/193 St
  13. Union Tpke/187 St
  14. Union Tpke/Utopia Pkwy
  15. Union Tpke/168 St
  16. Union Tpke/164 St
  17. Union Turpike/Parsons Blvd
  18. Union Tpke/150 St
  19. Union Tpke/Main St
  20. E 34 St/3 Av
  21. E 34 St/Park Av
  22. W 34 St/5 Av
  23. 6 Av/W 37 St
  24. 6 Av/W 42 St
  25. 6 Av/W 45 St
  26. 6 Av/W 49 St
  27. 6 Av/W 55 St
  28. E 57 St/Madison Av
  29. E 57 St/Lexington Av

Route map

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

Frequency & hours (scheduled)

To LAKE SUCCESS N. SHORE TOWERS via UNION TPKE

WeekdaySatSun
First / last8:00 AM
12:30 AM		8:30 AM
11:30 PM		9:30 AM
10:30 PM
Morning rush (6–10 AM)every ~120 minevery ~120 min—
Midday (10 AM–4 PM)every ~60 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Evening rush (4–8 PM)every ~27 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Evening (8 PM–midnight)every ~60 minevery ~60 minevery ~80 min
Late night (midnight–6 AM)———
Trips per day221614
End-to-end time1 hr 24 min1 hr 30 min1 hr 28 min

To MIDTOWN 57 ST via 6 AV

WeekdaySatSun
First / last5:45 AM
9:30 PM		7:10 AM
10:10 PM		8:15 AM
9:15 PM
Morning rush (6–10 AM)every ~18 minevery ~80 minevery ~120 min
Midday (10 AM–4 PM)every ~51 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Evening rush (4–8 PM)every ~60 minevery ~60 minevery ~60 min
Evening (8 PM–midnight)every ~120 minevery ~80 minevery ~120 min
Late night (midnight–6 AM)———
Trips per day271614
End-to-end time1 hr 23 min1 hr 27 min1 hr 22 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).