LIST OF BUS ROUTES IN MANHATTAN

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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates a number of bus routes in Manhattan, New York, United States. Many of them are the direct descendants of streetcar lines (see list of streetcar lines in Manhattan).

Contents

Companies

List of routes

Former routes

References

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.

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:

★ List of bus routes in Brooklyn: B39 and B51

★ List of bus routes in the Bronx: Bx3, Bx6, Bx7, Bx9 (through Marble Hill), Bx11, Bx12, Bx13, Bx15, Bx19, Bx20, Bx33, Bx35, Bx36, and Bronx Weekend Trolley.

★ List of bus routes in Queens: Q32, Q60, Q101, and Q102 (Roosevelt Island)

★ List of express and multi-borough bus routes in New York City: all routes except x32 and QBx1 (the x25 and x90 run within Manhattan)

★ List of bus routes in Westchester County, New York: Bee-Line 28 (also known as BxM4C)
''Routes marked with an asterisk run 24 hours a day.''

Route	Terminals		Streets traveled	History	Notes
M1 ★ [1]	South Ferry or East Village	Harlem	Church Street, Broadway, Centre Street, Lafayette Street, Park Avenue South (ex-4th Avenue), Madison Avenue, and 5th Avenue	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating Fifth Avenue Line bus in 1886 Madison Avenue Coach Company bus replaced New York and Harlem Railroad's Fourth and Madison Avenues Line streetcar on February 1, 1935 routes combined as a one-way pair on January 14, 1966	Both local and weekday peak rush hour limited-stop service
M2 ★ [2]	East Village	Washington Heights	Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, and Powell Blvd (7th Avenue)	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on February 23, 1901 northbound buses moved to Madison Avenue on January 14, 1966	Both local and limited-stop service
M3[3]	East Village	Fort George	Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, and St. Nicholas Avenue	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on February 23, 1901 northbound buses moved to Madison Avenue on January 14, 1966
M4[4]	Penn Station	Fort Tryon Park or Cloisters	Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, Broadway, and Fort Washington Avenue	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on August 5, 1900 northbound buses moved to Madison Avenue on January 14, 1966	Both local and weekday rush hour limited-stop service
M5[5]	Greenwich Village	Washington Heights	6th Avenue, 5th Avenue, Riverside Drive, and Broadway	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on August 5, 1900	Both local and weekday limited-stop service
M6[6]	South Ferry	Midtown	Church Street, 6th Avenue, and Broadway	New York City Omnibus Corporation buses (M23 - 5) replaced New York Railways' Sixth Avenue Line streetcar on March 3, 1936 New York City Omnibus Corporation buses (M22 - 6) replaced New York Railways' Broadway Line streetcar on March 6, 1936 routes combined as a one-way pair on November 10, 1963, and kept the number 6
M7 ★ [7]	Union Square	Harlem	6th Avenue, Broadway, Amsterdam Avenue, Columbus Avenue, and Lenox Avenue	New York City Omnibus Corporation buses (M22 - 7) replaced New York Railways' Columbus Avenue Line streetcar on March 25, 1936 northbound buses moved to Amsterdam Avenue on December 6, 1951 and to Sixth Avenue on March 10, 1957	Had limited-stop service until 1993
M8 ★ [8]	West Village	East Village	10th Street, Christopher Street, 8th Street, and 9th Street	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M16 - 13) replaced New York Railways' Eighth Street Crosstown Line streetcar on March 3, 1936 designated M13 until ca. 1989
M9[9]	Battery Park City	Union Square	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
M10[10]	Penn Station	Harlem	8th Avenue, 7th Avenue, Central Park West, and Frederick Douglass Boulevard	Eighth Avenue Coach Corporation bus (M41 - soon became NYCO's 10) replaced Eighth and Ninth Avenues Railway's Eighth Avenue Line streetcar on November 12, 1935 New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M24 - 8/9) replaced New York Railways' Seventh Avenue Line streetcar on March 6, 1936 routes combined as a one-way pair on June 6, 1954 and kept the number 10 continued south to Abingdon Square, Spring Street and Battery Park City until 1999, when the M20 was split
M11[11]	Greenwich Village	Riverbank State Park	10th Avenue, 9th Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, and Columbus Avenue	Eighth Avenue Coach Corporation bus (M42 - soon became NYCO's 11) replaced Eighth and Ninth Avenues Railway's Ninth Avenue Line streetcar on November 12, 1935 northbound buses moved to Tenth Avenue on November 6, 1948 southbound buses moved to Columbus Avenue on December 6, 1951
M14A ★ [12]	West Village	Lower East Side	14th Street, Avenue A, and Grand Street	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M17 - 14) replaced New York Railways' 14th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 20, 1936 Avenue D service added on January 28, 1951; initially from Broadway along 14th Street, Avenue D and Columbia Street to Stanton Street, and returning on Cannon Street and Houston Street[13]
M14D ★ [14]	Chelsea Piers	Lower East Side	14th Street and Avenue D
M15 ★ [15]	South Ferry or City Hall	East Harlem	Pearl Street, Allen Street, 1st Avenue, and 2nd Avenue	East Side Omnibus Corporation bus (M15) replaced Second Avenue Railroad's Second Avenue Line streetcar and began running (M13) on First Avenue on June 26, 1933 routes combined as a one-way pair on June 4, 1951 and kept the number M15	Both local and limited-stop service. Began limited stop service on February 11, 1974
M16 ★ [16]	Port Authority Bus Terminal	Waterside Plaza	34th Street	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M19 - 16) replaced New York Railways' 34th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 1, 1936
M18[17]	Harlem	Washington Heights	116th Street, Convent Avenue, and St. Nicholas Avenue	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on January 13, 1939 as a variant of the M3	Original southern terminus was East Village
M20[18]	Battery Park City	Lincoln Center	Hudson Street, Varick Street, 8th Avenue, 7th Avenue, and Broadway	Split from M10 in 1999 Original M20 is now M116
M21[19]	West Village	Bellevue Hospital	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
M22 ★ [20]	Battery Park City	Lower East Side	Chambers Street and Madison Street	New York City Department of Plant and Structures bus (M1) replaced New York Railways' Chambers and Madison Streets Line streetcar on September 21, 1919 became M22 in July 1974
M23 ★ [21]	Chelsea Piers	Peter Cooper Village	23rd Street	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M18 - 15) replaced New York Railways' 23rd Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 8, 1936 became M26 in July 1974 and M23 ca. 1989
M27[22]	Port Authority Bus Terminal	United Nations	50th Street and 49th Street	New York City Transit Authority began operating the route on October 11, 1971 as a variant of the M27; the original M27 is now the M50
M30[23]	Midtown	Upper East Side	57th Street, Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, and 72nd Street	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on February 23, 1901; M6 until July 1974	Weekday rush hour only
M31[24]	Clinton	Yorkville	57th Street and York Avenue	East Side Omnibus Corporation began operating bus (M11) on June 26, 1933 became M31 in July 1974
M34[25]	Javits Convention Center	Eastside Ferry Terminal	34th Street	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M19 - 16) replaced New York Railways' 34th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 1, 1936 main route renumbered M34 in April 1986; M16 remained as a variant
M35[26]	Harlem	Randall's Island and Ward's Island	Triborough Bridge	Originally the TB; became M34 (Randall's and Ward's Islands), M35 (Astoria, Queens), and Bx21 in July 1974; combined as the M35 in the 1980s, when M34 was applied to the 34th Street Crosstown some M35 trips went to Astoria until September 10, 1995[27]
M42 ★ [28]	Javits Convention Center or Circle Line Pier	United Nations	42nd Street	Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M106) replaced Third Avenue Railway's 42nd Street Crosstown Line streetcar on November 17, 1946 became M42 in April 1986
M50[29]	Circle Line Pier	United Nations	50th Street and 49th Street	Originally M3; became M27 in July 1974
M57 ★ [30]	Upper West Side	East Midtown	West End Avenue and 57th Street	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus (20) on March 15, 1937;[31] renumbered M28 in July 1974
M60[32]	Morningside Heights	La Guardia Airport, Queens	Broadway, 125th Street, Triborough Bridge, and Astoria Boulevard	Began September 13, 1992New York City Transit - History and Chronology, accessed March 12, 2007
M66 ★ [33]	Upper West Side	Upper East Side	65th Street, 66th Street, 68th Street, and 67th Street	Comprehensive Omnibus Company began operating bus (M7) on February 15, 1935[34] M7 became M29 in July 1974 and M66 ca. 1989
M72[35]	Upper West Side	Upper East Side	72nd Street and 65th Street Transverse Road
M79 ★ [36]	Upper West Side	Upper East Side	79th Street	New York City Department of Plant and Structures began operating bus (M4 - soon became NYCO's 17) on November 30, 1921 M17 became M79 ca. 1989
M86 ★ [37]	Upper West Side	Yorkville	86th Street	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M5 - 18) replaced New York Railways' 86th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on June 8, 1936 M18 became M86 ca. 1989
M96 ★ [38]	Upper West Side	Yorkville	96th Street	New York City Department of Plant and Structures began operating bus (M6 - soon became NYCO's 19) on July 1, 1921 M19 became M96 ca. 1989
M98[39]	Murray Hill	Washington Heights	3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Harlem River Drive, 179th Street, 178th Street, and Fort Washington Avenue		Weekday rush hour limited-stop service
M100[40]	East Harlem	Inwood	125th Street, Amsterdam Avenue, and Broadway	Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M100) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Broadway-Kingsbridge Line streetcar on June 22, 1947
M101 ★ [41]	East Village	Washington Heights	3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 125th Street, and Amsterdam Avenue	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M21 - 3/4) replaced New York Railways' Lexington Avenue Line streetcar on March 25, 1936 Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M101) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Third and Amsterdam Avenues Line streetcar on May 28, 1947 routes combined as a one-way pair on July 17, 1960 and kept the number M101 Original southern terminus was City Hall	Both local and limited-stop service
M102 ★ [42]	East Village	Harlem	3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 116th Street, and Lenox Avenue	M101A was started in the 1960s or 1970s; became M102 in July 1974 Original southern terminus was City Hall
M103 ★ [43]	City Hall	East Harlem	Park Row, Bowery, 3rd Avenue, and Lexington Avenue	Began service in 1996
M104 ★ [44]	United Nations	Harlem	42nd Street, 8th Avenue, and Broadway	Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M104) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Broadway Line streetcar on December 15, 1946
M106[45]	Upper West Side	East Harlem	96th Street, Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, and 106th Street	Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority began operating bus in 1962 as the M107; first became a branch of the M19 (which is now the M96), then the M106 in 1996
M116[46]	Upper West Side	East Harlem	106th Street, Manhattan Avenue, and 116th Street	New York City Omnibus Corperation bus (M20 - 20) replaced New York Railways' 116th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 1, 1936 M20 became M116 ca. 1989
3 shuttle bus	135th Street subway station	148th Street–Lenox Terminal subway station	Lenox Avenue		late nights only; replacement for Lenox Avenue Line subway service north of 135th Street

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	Notes
Public	1974	Current
1	M1		Fifth Avenue
2	M2		Fifth and Seventh Avenues
3	M3		Fifth, St. Nicholas, and Convent Avenues
4	M4		Fifth Avenue and Fort Washington Avenues
5	M5		Fifth Avenue, Riverside Drive, and Broadway
6	M30	M30/M72	72nd Street Crosstown
15	M32	Q32	Fifth Avenue-Queensboro Bridge-Jackson Heights
16	Q89	N/A	Elmhurst Crosstown
19	M5		Fifth Avenue and Riverside Drive
20	M28	M57	57th Street Crosstown

;New York City Omnibus Corporation

Designation				Route	Notes
Franchise	Public	1974	Current
M25	1/2	M1		Fourth and Madison Avenues
M21	3/4	(M101)		Lexington and Lenox Avenues
M23	5	(M6/M7)		Sixth Avenue
M22	6/7	M6/M7		Broadway and Columbus and Lenox Avenues
M24	8/9	(M10)		Seventh Avenue
M41	10	M10	M10/M20	Eighth Avenue and Central Park West
M42	11	M11		Ninth and Amsterdam Avenues
M2New 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	12New York City Omnibus Corporation Motor Coach Routes, ca. 1940	M12	N/A	Spring and Delancey Streets Crosstown
M16	13	M13	M8	Eighth Street Crosstown
M17	14	M14		14th Street Crosstown
M18	15	M26	M23	23rd Street Crosstown
M19	16	M16	M16/M34	34th Street Crosstown
M4	17	M17	M79	79th Street Crosstown
M5	18	M18	M86	86th Street Crosstown
M6	19	M19	M96	96th Street Crosstown
M20	20	M20	M116	116th Street Crosstown
M40	21	M21		Houston Street and Avenue C Crosstown
M45	22	N/A		Pitt and Ridge Streets
M62	TB	M34	M35	Manhattan-Wards Island via Triborough Bridge
MQ25	TB	M35	N/A	Manhattan-Queens via Triborough Bridge
BxQ19	TB	Bx21	N/A	Bronx-Queens via Triborough Bridge

;Other companies

Designation				Company	Route	Notes
Franchise	Public	1974	Current
M1New York Times, Lines Operating in Manhattan, March 3, 1962, page 24; New York Times, Lines Operating in Manhattan, March 5, 1962, page 47		M22MTA Manhattan Bus Map, 1974	M22	Comprehensive	Madison and Chambers Streets Crosstown
M3		M27	M50	Comprehensive	49th and 50th Streets Crosstown
M7		M29	M66	Comprehensive	65th Street Crosstown
M8			N/A	East Broadway	Grand Street Crosstown
M9				East Broadway	Avenue B
M10	see M40			Hamilton Bus Corporation	Houston Street and Avenue C
M11		M31		East Side	York Avenue
M12		N/A		East Side	86th Street and York Avenue
M13		N/A		East Side	First Avenue
M14		N/A		East Side	First and Second Avenues
M15				East Side	First and Second Avenues
M100New York Times, Listing of Routes Hit by Strike, March 5, 1962, page 47; New York Times, Buses Running, March 23, 1962, page 21				Surface	Broadway-Kingsbridge
M101				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			N/A	Surface	59th Street Crosstown
M104				Surface	Broadway
M105		N/A		Surface	Tenth Avenue
M106			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

References

★ MTA NYC Transit - Bus Service

★ Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site: New York City Transit

★ www.nycsubway.org: Local Bus Companies of Manhattan
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. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m066cur.pdf M66 schedule
34. New York Times, Crosstown Buses Start on 65th St., February 16, 1935, page 15
35. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m072cur.pdf M72 schedule
36. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m079cur.pdf M79 schedule
37. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m086cur.pdf M86 schedule
38. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m096cur.pdf M96 schedule
39. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m098cur.pdf M98 schedule
40. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m100cur.pdf M100 schedule
41. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m101cur.pdf M101 schedule
42. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m102cur.pdf M102 schedule
43. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m103cur.pdf M103 schedule
44. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m104cur.pdf M104 schedule
45. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m106cur.pdf M106 schedule
46. http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/manh/m116cur.pdf M116 schedule