List of bus routes in Manhattan

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An M7 bus in Manhattan near Madison Square Park.

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates a number of bus routes in Manhattan, New York, United States; one minor route is privately-operated by Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation. Many of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Manhattan).

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[edit] Companies

Presently, the New York City Transit Authority and its subsidiary Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority operate most local buses in Manhattan. The Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation operates the Roosevelt Island Red Bus Service on Roosevelt Island.

The first bus company in Manhattan was the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, which began operating the Fifth Avenue Line (now the M1) in 1886. When New York Railways began abandoning several streetcar lines in 1919, the replacement bus routes (including the current M21 and M22) were picked up by the New York City Department of Plant and Structures. The DP&S began operating several other buses (including the current M79 and M96) in 1921. All of these but the M21 were acquired by Green Bus Lines in 1933; Green transferred several of these to the Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation in 1935.

The New York City Omnibus Corporation began operating replacement routes for New York Railways lines abandoned in 1936, and acquired the remaining Green routes. They also acquired the Madison Avenue Coach Company (former New York and Harlem Railroad lines), Eighth Avenue Coach Corporation (former Eighth and Ninth Avenue Railways lines), and in 1942 the Triangle Bus Corporation (current M21).

In 1936, the NYCO and Fifth Avenue were placed under common ownership. The two were merged directly by 1956, when the NYCO acquired the Surface Transportation Corporation (operated former Third Avenue Railway routes since 1941), and changed its name to Fifth Avenue Coach Lines. After a strike in 1962, the entire Fifth Avenue system was transferred to the newly-formed Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority.

In 1933, two related companies began to operate routes: the Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation gained several Green Bus Lines routes (including the current M22, M27, and M50), and the East Side Omnibus Corporation started operating former Second Avenue Railroad routes (including the current M15 and M31). The Comprehensive also started the current M66 that year, and in 1948 the New York City Board of Transportation acquired the Comprehensive and East Side routes, transferred to the New York City Transit Authority in 1953. The M9 came from the Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company in 1980, which had begun operating replacement routes for the Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad lines in 1932.

#1001 on the M86 line in Yorkville, Manhattan.

[edit] List of routes

This table gives details for the routes prefixed with "M" - in other words, those considered to run primarily in Manhattan by the MTA. For details on routes with other prefixes, see the following articles:

[edit] MTA New York City Transit Bus

Routes marked with an asterisk run 24 hours a day.

Route Terminals Streets traveled History and notes
[1] East Village
East Eighth Street and Fourth Avenue
Harlem
West 147th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (Seventh Avenue)
Church Street, Broadway, Centre Street, Lafayette Street, Park Avenue South (ex-4th Avenue), Madison Avenue, and 5th Avenue
South Ferry
Whitehall Street and South Street
[2] East Village
East Eight Street and Forth Avenue
Washington Heights
West 168th Street and Broadway
Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, and Powell Blvd (7th Avenue)
[3] East Village
East Eight Street and Forth Avenue
Fort George
West 193rd Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue
Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, and Saint Nicholas Avenue
[4] Penn Station
West 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue
Fort Tryon Park
West 193rd Street and Fort Washington Avenue
Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, Broadway, and Fort Washington Avenue
The Cloisters museum
[5] Greenwich Village
Houston Street and West Broadway
Washington Heights
West 178th Street and Broadway
6th Avenue, 5th Avenue, Riverside Drive, and Broadway
[6] South Ferry
Whitehall Street and South Street
Midtown
Central Park South and Avenue of the Americas (Sixth Avenue)
Church Street, 6th Avenue, and Broadway
[7] Harlem
West 147th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (Seventh Avenue)
Union Square
14th Street and Broadway
6th Avenue, Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, Columbus Avenue, and Lenox Avenue
[8] West Village
West Street and Christopher Street
East Village
Avenue D and Tenth Street
10th Street, Christopher Street, 8th Street, and 9th Street
[9] Battery Park City
South End Avenue and Albany Street
Union Square
14th Street and Broadway
Battery Place, Water Street/Pearl Street, Essex Street, Avenue B, and 14th Street Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company bus (M9) replaced Dry Dock, East Broadway and Battery Railroad's Avenue B Line streetcar on July 30, 1932.
[10] Penn Station
West 32nd Street and Seventh Avenue
Harlem
West 159th Street and Fredrick Douglass Boulevard (Eighth Avenue)
8th Avenue, 7th Avenue, Central Park West, and Frederick Douglass Boulevard
[11] Riverbank State Park
West 145 Street and Riverside Drive
West Village
Bethune Street and Hudson Street at Abingdon Square
10th Avenue, 9th Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, and Columbus Avenue
Harlem
West 133rd Street and Broadway
[12] West Village
Bethune Street and Hudson Street at Abingdon Square
Lower East Side
Grand Street and Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive
14th Street, Avenue A, and Grand Street
[14] Chelsea Piers
West 18th Street and West Street
Lower East Side
Delancy Street and Columbia Street
14th Street and Avenue D
[15] South Ferry
Whitehall Street and South Street
East Harlem
East 126th Street and Second Avenue
Pearl Street, Allen Street, 1st Avenue, and 2nd Avenue
City Hall
Park Row and Broadway
[16] Port Authority Bus Terminal
West 42nd Street and Ninth Avenue
Waterside Plaza
East 24th Street and Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive
34th Street New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M19 - 16) replaced New York Railways' 34th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 1, 1936.
[17] Washington Heights
West 168th Street and Broadway
Harlem
East 110th Street (Central Park North) and Fifth Avenue
116th Street, Convent Avenue, and St. Nicholas Avenue
[18] Battery Park City
Battery Place and West Street
Lincoln Center
West 63rd Street and Broadway
Hudson Street, Varick Street, 8th Avenue, 7th Avenue, and Broadway
  • Split from M10 in 1999.
  • Original M20 is now M116.
[19] West Village
Washington Street and Spring Street
Bellevue Hospital
First Avenue and East 26th Street
Houston Street and Avenue C New York City Department of Plant and Structures bus (M10 - soon became NYCO's 21) replaced New York Railways' Avenue C Line streetcar on September 21, 1919.
[20] Battery Park City
North End Street and Vesey Street
Lower East Side
Grand Street and Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive
Chambers Street and Madison Street
[21] Chelsea Piers
West 23rd Street and 12th Avenue
Peter Cooper Village
Avenue C and 20th Street
23rd Street
[22] Port Authority Bus Terminal
West 42nd Street and Eight Avenue
United Nations
First Avenue and East 42nd Street
50th Street and 49th Street
[23] Midtown
West 57th Street and Broadway
Upper East Side
East 72nd Street and York Avenue
57th Street, Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, and 72nd Street
[24] Clinton
West 54th Street and 11th Avenue
Yorkville
East 92nd Street and York Avenue
57th Street and York Avenue
[25] Javits Convention Center
11th Avenue and West 34th Street
East Side
Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive and East 34th Street
34th Street
[26] Harlem
East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue
Randall's Island and Ward's Island Triborough Bridge
[28] Circle Line Pier
12th Avenue and West 42nd Street
United Nations
First Avenue and East 42nd Street
42nd Street
Javits Convention Center
11th Avenue and West 34th Street
[29] Circle Line Pier
12th Avenue and West 42nd Street
United Nations
First Avenue and East 42nd Street
50th Street and 49th Street
  • Originally M3 bus route.
  • Became M27 in July 1974.
[30] Upper West Side
West 72nd Street and Broadway
East Midtown
East 60th Street and York Avenue
West End Avenue and 57th Street
[32] Morningside Heights
West 106th Street and Broadway
La Guardia Airport, Queens Broadway, 125th Street, Triborough Bridge, and Astoria Boulevard Began September 13, 1992[33]
[34] Upper West Side
West 66th Street and West End Avenue
Upper East Side
East 67th Street and York Avenue
65th Street, 66th Street, 68th Street, and 67th Street
[36] Upper West Side
West 68th Street and Freedom Place
Upper East Side
East 72nd Street and York Avenue
72nd Street and 65th Street Transverse Road
[37] Upper West Side
Riverside Drive and West 79th Street
Upper East Side
East End Avenue and East 79th Street
79th Street
[38] Upper West Side
West 86th Street and West End Avenue
Yorkville
East 92nd Street and York Avenue
86th Street
[39] Upper West Side
West 96th Street and West End Avenue
Yorkville
East 97nd Street and First Avenue
96th Street
[40] Murray Hill
East 34th Street and Lexington Avenue
Washington Heights
West 193rd Street and Fort Washington Avenue
3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Harlem River Drive, 179th Street, 178th Street, and Fort Washington Avenue Weekday rush hour limited-stop service
[41] Inwood
West 220th Street and Broadway
East Harlem
East 125th Street and Second Avenue
125th Street, Amsterdam Avenue, and Broadway Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M100) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Broadway-Kingsbridge Line streetcar on June 22, 1947.
[42] Washington Heights
West 193rd Street and Amsterdam Avenue
East Village
East 8th Street and Third Avenue
3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 125th Street, and Amsterdam Avenue
[43] Harlem
West 147th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard (Seventh Avenue)
East Village
East 8th Street and Third Avenue
3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 116th Street, and Lenox Avenue
  • Route M101A was started in the 1960s or 1970s; became M102 in July 1974.
  • Original southern terminus was City Hall.
[44] East Harlem
East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue
City Hall
Park Row and Broadway
Park Row, Bowery, 3rd Avenue, and Lexington Avenue Began service in 1996.
[45] United Nations
East 42nd Street and First Avenue
Harlem
West 129th Street and Amsterdam Avenue
42nd Street, 8th Avenue, and Broadway Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M104) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Broadway Line streetcar on December 15, 1946.
[46] Upper West Side
West 96th Street and West End Avenue
East Harlem
East 106th Street and Franklin D. Roosevelt East River Drive
96th Street, Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, and 106th Street
[47] Upper West Side
West 106th Street and Broadway
East Harlem
East 120th Street and Pleasant Avenue
106th Street, Manhattan Avenue, and 116th Street

[edit] Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation

Roosevelt Island Red bus at the Tramway terminal

This route is operated by Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation (RIOC) and is the lone unsubsidized route operating in Manhattan. The Red Bus route operates an on-island shuttle bus service from apartment buildings to the subway and tramway lines.

MetroCard is not accepted for payment of fare on this line, which has a one-way cash fare of 25¢, and 10¢ for seniors and disabilities.[48]

Route Terminals Streets traveled
Red bus Octagon Apartments Roosevelt Island Tramway station Main Street, East and West Service Drive

[edit] Former routes

Except for early Fifth Avenue Coach Company routes, which were approved by the New York Legislature, all routes were assigned a franchise by the city, numbered in order from M1 to at least M47 and M100 to M106. Most companies used these numbers, but the New York Omnibus Corporation gave its routes numbers from 1 to 22, and the Fifth Avenue Coach Company used numbers from 1 to 20. The public designations were not changed to avoid conflicts until July 1974.

Fifth Avenue Coach Company
Designation Route
Public 1974 Current
1[49] M1[50] Fifth Avenue
2[49] M2[50] Fifth and Seventh Avenues
3[49] M3[50] Fifth, St. Nicholas, and Convent Avenues
4[49] M4[50] Fifth Avenue and Fort Washington Avenues
5[49] M5[50] Fifth Avenue, Riverside Drive, and Broadway
6[49] M30[50] M30/M72 72nd Street Crosstown
15[49] M32[50] Q32 Fifth Avenue-Queensboro Bridge-Jackson Heights
16[49] Q89 N/A Elmhurst Crosstown
19[49] M5[50] Fifth Avenue and Riverside Drive
20[49] M28[50] M57 57th Street Crosstown
New York City Omnibus Corporation
Designation Route
Franchise Public 1974 Current
M25[51] 1/2[52] M1[50] Fourth and Madison Avenues
M21[51] 3/4[52] (M101)[50] Lexington and Lenox Avenues
M23[51] 5[52] (M6/M7)[50] Sixth Avenue
M22[51] 6/7[52] M6/M7[50] Broadway and Columbus and Lenox Avenues
M24 8/9[52] (M10)[50] Seventh Avenue
M41[51] 10[52] M10[50] M10/M20 Eighth Avenue and Central Park West
M42[51] 11[52] M11[50] Ninth and Amsterdam Avenues
M2[51] 12[52] M12[50] N/A Spring and Delancey Streets Crosstown
M16[51] 13[52] M13[50] M8 Eighth Street Crosstown
M17[51] 14[52] M14[50] 14th Street Crosstown
M18[51] 15[52] M26[50] M23 23rd Street Crosstown
M19[51] 16[52] M16[50] M16/M34 34th Street Crosstown
M4[51] 17[52] M17[50] M79 79th Street Crosstown
M5[51] 18[52] M18[50] M86 86th Street Crosstown
M6[51] 19[52] M19[50] M96 96th Street Crosstown
M20[51] 20[52] M20[50] M116 116th Street Crosstown
M40[51] 21[52] M21[50] Houston Street and Avenue C Crosstown
M45[51] 22[52] N/A Pitt and Ridge Streets
M62[51] TB[52] M34[50] M35 Manhattan-Wards Island via Triborough Bridge
MQ25[51] TB[52] M35[50] N/A Manhattan-Queens via Triborough Bridge
BxQ19[51] TB[52] Bx21 N/A Bronx-Queens via Triborough Bridge
Other companies
Designation Company Route Notes
Franchise Public 1974 Current
M1[53] M22[50] M22 Comprehensive Madison and Chambers Streets Crosstown
M3[53] M27[50] M50 Comprehensive 49th and 50th Streets Crosstown
M7[53] M29[50] M66 Comprehensive 65th Street Crosstown
M8[53] N/A East Broadway Grand Street Crosstown
M9[53] East Broadway Avenue B
M10 see M40[citation needed] Hamilton Bus Corporation Houston Street and Avenue C
M11[53] M31[50] East Side York Avenue
M12 N/A East Side 86th Street and York Avenue
M13[52] N/A East Side First Avenue
M14 N/A East Side First and Second Avenues
M15[53][50] East Side First and Second Avenues
M100[49][50] Surface Broadway-Kingsbridge
M101[49][50] Surface Third Avenue-Amsterdam Avenue
M102 N/A Surface 125th Street Crosstown only operated from June 29 to July 1, 1947 (125th Street is still served by the M60 and Bx15)
M103[49][50] N/A Surface 59th Street Crosstown
M104[49][50] Surface Broadway
M105[49] N/A Surface Tenth Avenue
M106[49][50] M42 Surface 42nd Street Crosstown

Listed below are routes that were renumbered or eliminated in or after 1962.

Route Major streets History
M8 Grand Street and Broome Street
M12 Spring Street, Prince Street, Delancey Street, and Williamsburg Bridge to Williamsburg, Brooklyn
M13 see M8
M14C 14 Street and Avenue C eliminated in 2002
M17 see M79
M18 see M86
M19 see M96 and M106
M20 see M116
M26 see M23
M28 see M57
M29 see M66
M32 see Q32
M34 see M35
M41 "Culture Bus Loop I"
M58 57th Street replaced the M103 on September 1, 1989; merged with the M31 in 1994
M101A see M102
M103 West End Avenue and 59th Street Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M103) replaced Third Avenue Railway's 59th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on November 11, 1946
discontinued on September 1, 1989
M105 Tenth Avenue and Broadway Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M105) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Tenth Avenue Line streetcar on November 17, 1946
buses moved to Eleventh Avenue on November 6, 1948, when Tenth Avenue became one-way
discontinued in 1962
M106 see M42
M107 see M96 and M106
Grand Street
Shuttle bus
Service between Canal Street and Grand Street subway stations The shuttle bus service was established during the Manhattan Bridge construction 2001-2004. It was discontinue in 2004 when subway service restored.
3 train shuttle bus Service between 135th Street and Harlem–148th Street subway stations. The shuttle bus service was established in 1995 and ended in July 2008. Late nights only; replacement for IRT Lenox Avenue Line subway service north of 135th Street. [54]

[edit] References

  1. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m001cur.pdf M1 schedule
  2. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m002cur.pdf M2 schedule
  3. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m003cur.pdf M3 schedule
  4. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m004cur.pdf M4 schedule
  5. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m005cur.pdf M5 schedule
  6. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m006cur.pdf M6 schedule
  7. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m007cur.pdf M7 schedule
  8. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m008cur.pdf M8 schedule
  9. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m009cur.pdf M9 schedule
  10. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m010cur.pdf M10 schedule
  11. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m011cur.pdf M11 schedule
  12. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m014cur.pdf M14A schedule
  13. ^ New York Times, New Bus Service Sunday, January 26, 1951, page 23
  14. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m014cur.pdf M14D schedule
  15. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m015cur.pdf M15 schedule
  16. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m034cur.pdf M16 schedule
  17. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m018cur.pdf M18 schedule
  18. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m020cur.pdf M20 schedule
  19. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m021cur.pdf M21 schedule
  20. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m022cur.pdf M22 schedule
  21. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m023cur.pdf M23 schedule
  22. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m050cur.pdf M27 schedule
  23. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m030cur.pdf M30 schedule
  24. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m031cur.pdf M31 schedule
  25. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m034cur.pdf M34 schedule
  26. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m035cur.pdf M35 schedule
  27. ^ New York Times, Coming Transit Reductions: What They Mean for You, August 20, 1995, section 13, page 10
  28. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m042cur.pdf M42 schedule
  29. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m050cur.pdf M50 schedule
  30. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m057cur.pdf M57 schedule
  31. ^ New York Times, Buses to Link 2 Rivers Via 57th St. Monday, March 12, 1937, page 18
  32. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m060cur.pdf M60 schedule
  33. ^ New York City Transit - History and Chronology, accessed March 12, 2007
  34. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m066cur.pdf M66 schedule
  35. ^ New York Times, Crosstown Buses Start on 65th St., February 16, 1935, page 15
  36. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m072cur.pdf M72 schedule
  37. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m079cur.pdf M79 schedule
  38. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m086cur.pdf M86 schedule
  39. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m096cur.pdf M96 schedule
  40. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m098cur.pdf M98 schedule
  41. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m100cur.pdf M100 schedule
  42. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m101cur.pdf M101 schedule
  43. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m102cur.pdf M102 schedule
  44. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m103cur.pdf M103 schedule
  45. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m104cur.pdf M104 schedule
  46. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m106cur.pdf M106 schedule
  47. ^ http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m116cur.pdf M116 schedule
  48. ^ [1] Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation shuttle bus
  49. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p New York Times, Listing of Routes Hit by Strike, March 5, 1962, page 47; New York Times, Buses Running, March 23, 1962, page 21
  50. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al MTA Manhattan Bus Map, 1974
  51. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t New York Times, Bus Franchises Vague on Service, March 1, 1962, page 20; New York Times, 5th Ave. Bus Line Sues Quill Union for $37,305,000, March 10, 1962, page 1
  52. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o