What Is Your Opinion Of Queens Center Mall? (On Topic)

[EE Broadway Local]

Bus drivers and riders are fed up with congestion at the mall which is at Queens and Woodhaven Boulevards in Elmhurst reports NY1.

 

Queens Center Mall is one of the most heavily trafficked malls around New York City and B/Os say that can make the curbside scene at the mall way too crowded. They also say it feels like a game of real life bumper cars when they try to make their way around livery cabs.

 

As a B/O, bus rider (or maybe even a subway rider to Woodhaven Boulevard), what is your opinion of Queens Center Mall?

 

Full story and video from NY1.com: http:http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/128267/bus-drivers--riders-fed-up-with-traffic-congestion-at-queens-center-mall

[KNIGHTRIDER3:16]

I used to do Wall st. and bitch and be pissed at that QC Traffic ,Now I'm doing the QM10 and I have my work cut out but all is not bad ....Lots of Eye Candy ya heard I mean what else can I do right?

QC always has traffic and not enough Tr agents so that might help if they can have like A bus lane since the QM10-11-29-72-59-53-60-38 all have to navigate around the Mall

[FamousNYLover]

I agree, even with my ride on Q53 LTD (Triboro/MTA) Days, Q21, Q59, Q88 hard hard time with taxis, car service, cabs. Even with ride on Q58.

 

Not only at Queens Center Mall, Q59, Q60 and Q72 are having hard time with livery cab outside Rego Park Shopping Mall.

[Locomotion69]

It's also hard on pedestrians trying to cross Queens Boulevard and Woodhaven Boulevard. Queens Center Mall is the most profitable per square foot out of any mall in the United States.

 

I mainly go there when I have to exchange my time warner cable box. Oh, there sure is a lot of eye candy over there like

KR said. :tup:

[7LineFan]

Eh, it's not bad... back in eighth grade, my friends and I used to go there all the time since school was within walking distance. Now I only go there for lunch on Sundays since I'm in the area... or to meet with people who live in the area. I don't even go into the Gamestop there all that much anymore... I am so glad they got a Five Guys because that stuff is good.

 

Now for the transit aspect of it...

 

Buses: The Q88 is quite good... even if there is a line, you are most likely getting on the bus. The buses in front of the mall haven't treated me badly either, all of them.

 

Subway: One staircase is definitely not enough for all the disembarking passengers, but then again they could not have foreseen the mall when they were building the subway... I just deal with it.

 

And yes, a bus-only lane in front of the mall sounds good to me.

[QM1to6Ave]

It is absolute hell to try to drive and park for that idiotic mall...but you can't really take the bus or subway if you are buying a huge thing in there, so what can you do?

[aemoreira81]

What is needed is a designated taxi pick-up and drop-off...if it were up to me, all taxi pick-ups and drop-offs would have to be made on the east side of 92 Street.

[SoSpectacular]

The mall is just that damn accessible! I love taking the train then taking the Q58 back to Flushing on a ride and transfer!

[4P3607]

The Queens Center Mall is crazed. It always crowded. they have about 10 bus routes terminating there.

when the IND was provisioning to make Woodhaven blvd an express stop, they should have. the and (orange ) get very overcrowded until Woodhaven blvd.

 

I live about 2 blocks away (LeFrak City) from the Mall and Woodhaven blvd is my homestop. I hate getting off there b/c of how ridicoulosly crowded it is!

 

Now with this Rego Center mall, its even more crowded.

My opinion: should have made Woodhaven blvd an express stop and made a subway entrance in the mall.

[Cait Sith]

The whole front entrance of the mall should be dedicated for buses, reroute the Q88 for it to stop at the front entrance instead of the underpass and use that underpass for the taxis. With that, you'd have a terminal in sorts with each bus having their own bus stop instead of one single place.

 

Now for the transit aspect of it...

 

Buses: The Q88 is quite good... even if there is a line, you are most likely getting on the bus. The buses in front of the mall haven't treated me badly either, all of them.

 

Subway: One staircase is definitely not enough for all the disembarking passengers, but then again they could not have foreseen the mall when they were building the subway... I just deal with it.

 

And yes, a bus-only lane in front of the mall sounds good to me.

 

Agreed, considering 90% of the people who use that station use the staircase close to the mall, no one really uses the staircases by Woodhaven/Hoffman and by the Gamestop.

 

I used to do Wall st. and bitch and be pissed at that QC Traffic ,Now I'm doing the QM10 and I have my work cut out but all is not bad ....Lots of Eye Candy ya heard I mean what else can I do right?

QC always has traffic and not enough Tr agents so that might help if they can have like A bus lane since the QM10-11-29-72-59-53-60-38 all have to navigate around the Mall

 

I remember the one time where we were stuck in that traffic for a good 30 mins last year, that pissed us off tremendously. At least we had the cool peeps on the line though. There is never any TR Agents at QC, the times I've been there, I've only seen them for the holidays.

[Forest Glen]

Eh, it's not bad... back in eighth grade, my friends and I used to go there all the time since school was within walking distance. Now I only go there for lunch on Sundays since I'm in the area... or to meet with people who live in the area. I don't even go into the Gamestop there all that much anymore... I am so glad they got a Five Guys because that stuff is good.

 

Now for the transit aspect of it...

 

Buses: The Q88 is quite good... even if there is a line, you are most likely getting on the bus. The buses in front of the mall haven't treated me badly either, all of them.

 

Subway: One staircase is definitely not enough for all the disembarking passengers, but then again they could not have foreseen the mall when they were building the subway... I just deal with it.

 

And yes, a bus-only lane in front of the mall sounds good to me.

 

I like how the exit from the food court is right near the Q88 bus stop.

[7LineFan]

I like how the exit from the food court is right near the Q88 bus stop.

 

It's across the street though... I usually go up and over the street and come out the other side, especially when it's really hot or cold.

[soyintocable]

The 5 bus lines that stop on Hoffman Dr. (11-21-29-38 and 53) need a bus terminal like in 74 Broadway-Jackson Heights.

 

During the day, there are hundreds of people waiting on the narrow sidewalks and in the park for their bus to arrive. Even after the sun goes down, there are dozens and dozens of people waiting for the buses.

(Even after 1:15am when only route 11 is running once an hour, over 30 people will be waiting for it)

 

Also a direct "underground" enclosed walkway from Hoffman Dr to the basement level of the Queens mall would help alot too. (The walkway would be above the sunken center lanes of Queens Blvd.)

[cotb16]

Although the area is crowded due to the one staircase leading closest to the mall and the taxicabs blocking the bus stop, Queens Center is pretty much fine. Only the Q11, Q21, and Q88 terminate there. The rest are thru-routes (eliminating the need of an actual bus terminal). The next best thing to do is a taxi stand, but just west of the bus stop in front of the main entrance to the mall so shoppers can find taxis and cars easily.

[Q25toJamaica]

I'd send the Q11 and Q21 down 59th Avenue (where the Q38 continues) then make a left on 92nd Street and drop passengers off there directly across the street from the Q88. Then they'd make a left on 57th avenue and resume normal route to Hoffman Drive.

[Eric B]

If they extended the (Q88) to Ridgewood, replacing the Eliot half of the (Q38), and then extended the (Q11) to pick up the 38's route east of the mall, that would eliminate two terminuses from the area (though the 11 terminates across the way on Woodhave, and I don't see where that would be a problem).

[aemoreira81]

If they extended the (Q88) to Ridgewood, replacing the Eliot half of the (Q38), and then extended the (Q11) to pick up the 38's route east of the mall, that would eliminate two terminuses from the area (though the 11 terminates across the way on Woodhave, and I don't see where that would be a problem).

 

Problem: Where are you turning around the Q88 in Ridgewood or Middle Village?

[Eric B]

I said Ridgewood because it was part of my plans to create a more direct alternative to the (Q58). It would probably go Eliot, Forest, Gates, and then the Intermodal Terminal.

Even sending it to the Metro terminal (where the truncated (Q38) would end) would be better than nothing.

[cotb16]

I said Ridgewood because it was part of my plans to create a more direct alternative to the (Q58). It would probably go Eliot, Forest, Gates, and then the Intermodal Terminal.

Even sending it to the Metro terminal (where the truncated (Q38) would end) would be better than nothing.

 

That wouldn't be too bad, only if the Q88 and other nearby routes are restructured in Eastern Queens to prevent the Q88 from getting more delayed.