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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 Mt. Eden Avenue.)
Companies[]
Presently, the Mt. Eden Avenue and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, a subsidiary of the New York City Transit Authority, operates most of the local buses in Manhattan. The NYCTA directly operates only the M9, M15, M22, M27, M31, M50, and M66.
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 asquired 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 Mt. Eden Avenue 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.
Mt. Eden Avenue[]
Route | Terminals | Major streets | Depot | History | Notes | ||
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M1 | Upper East Side or East Village | Harlem | Church Street, Broadway, Centre Street, Lafayette Street, Park Avenue South (ex-4th Avenue), Madison Avenue, and 5th Avenue | Mother Clara Hale | 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 | East Village | Washington Heights | Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, and 7th Avenue | Manhattanville | 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 | East Village | Fort George | Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, and St. Nicholas Avenue | Manhattanville | Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on February 23, 1901 northbound buses moved to Madison Avenue on January 14, 1966 | ||
M4 | Penn Station | Fort Tryon Park/Cloisters | Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, 110th Street, Broadway, and Fort Washington Avenue | Manhattanville | 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 | Herald Square | Washington Heights | 6th Avenue, 5th Avenue, 59th Street, Riverside Drive, and Broadway | Manhattanville | Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on August 5, 1900 | Both local and weekday limited-stop service | Cut back to Sixth Avenue and West 31st Street in January 2017 |
M6 | 6 Ave | ||||||
M7 | Union Square | Harlem | 6th Avenue, Broadway, 7th Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, Columbus Avenue, and Lenox Avenue | Mother Clara Hale | 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 | West Village | East Village | 10th Street, Christopher Street, 8th Street, 9th Street, and 10th Street | Michael J. Quill | 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 | City Hall | Gramercy Park | Park Row, East Broadway, Avenue A, and Avenue C, | Michael J. Quill | 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 | Midtown | Harlem | Central Park West, and Frederick Douglass Boulevard | Manhattanville | 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 | Greenwich Village | Riverbank State Park | 10th Avenue, 9th Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, and Columbus Avenue | Manhattanville | 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 | West Village | Lower East Side | 14th Street, Avenue A, and Grand Street | Michael J. Quill | New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M17 - 14) replaced New York Railways' 14th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 20, 1936 | ||
M14D | Chelsea Piers | Lower East Side | 14th Street and Avenue D | ||||
M15 | South Ferry | East Harlem | Pearl Street, Allen Street, 1st Avenue, and 2nd Avenue | 100th Street | East Side Omnibus Corporation bus (M15) replaced Second Avenue Railroad's Second Avenue Line streetcar and began running (M13) on First Avenue on June 25, 1933 routes combined as a one-way pair on June 4, 1951 and kept the number M15 |
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M15 Select Bus Service | South Ferry | East Harlem | Pearl Street, Allen Street, 1st Avenue, and 2nd Avenue | Mother Clara Hale | Replaced M15 Limited | ||
M20 | South Ferry | Lincoln Center | Hudson Street, Varick Street, 8th Avenue, 7th Avenue, and Broadway | Michael J. Quill | split from M10 in 1999 | ||
M21 | West Village | Houston Street | Michael J. Quill | 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 | Battery Park City | Lower East Side | Chambers Street and Madison Street | Michael J. Quill | 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 by 1962 | ||
M23 Select Bus Service | Chelsea Piers | Peter Cooper Village | 23rd Street | Michael J. Quill | New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M18 - 15) replaced New York Railways' 23rd Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 8, 1936 became M26 by 1962 and M23 ca. 1989 | ||
M31 | Clinton | Yorkville | 57th Street and York Avenue | Michael J. Quil | East Side Omnibus Corporation began operating bus (M11) on June 25, 1933 became M31 by 1962 | ||
M33 | Mall loop | ||||||
M34 Select Bus Service | Javits Convention Center | Eastside Ferry Terminal | 34th Street | Michael J. Quill | 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 ca. 1989; M16 remained as a variant | ||
M34A Select Bus Service | Port Authority Bus Terminal | Kips Bay | 34th Street, 8th Avenue, 9th Avenue, 2nd Avenue | Michael J. Quill | Replaced M16 | ||
M35 | Harlem | Randall's Island and Ward's Island | Triborough Bridge | Mother Clara Hale | |||
M36 | Nice home work loop | the 2020 | |||||
M42 | Javits Convention Center or Circle Line Pier | United Nations | 42nd Street | Michael J. Quill | Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M106) replaced Third Avenue Railway's 42nd Street Crosstown Line streetcar on November 17, 1946 became M42 ca. 1989 | ||
M44 Ltd | Jamaica via manager st | ||||||
M50 | Circle Line Pier | United Nations | 50th Street and 49th Street | Michael J. Quill | |||
M55/56 | Midtown | South Ferry | Church Street, 6th Avenue, 5th Avenue, Broadway | Michael J. Quill | Service south of NYU was part of the M6 route. Merged with the M5 on June 27, 2010. Split off from M5 on January 8, 2017 | ||
M57 | Upper West Side | East Midtown | West End Avenue and 57th Street | Michael J. Quill | Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on April 17, 1934 | ||
S58 | East North port | ||||||
M60 Select Bus Service | Morningside Heights | La Guardia Airport, Queens | Broadway, 125th Street, Triborough Bridge, and Astoria Boulevard | Michael J. Quill | |||
M66 | Upper West Side | Upper East Side | 65th Street, 66th Street, 68th Street, and 67th Street | Michael J. Quill | Comprehensive Omnibus Company began operating bus (M7) in 1933 M7 became M29 by 1962 and M66 ca. 1989 | ||
M72 | Upper West Side | Upper East Side | 72nd Street, 65th Street, and 72nd Street | Michael J. Quill | Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on February 23, 1901 | ||
M79 | Upper West Side | Upper East Side | 79th Street | Michael J. Quill | 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 Select Bus Service | Upper West Side | Yorkville | 86th Street | 100th 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 | Upper West Side | Yorkville | 96th Street | Manhattanville | 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 | Murray Hill | Washington Heights | 3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, Harlem River Drive, 179th Street, 178th Street, and Fort Washington Avenue | Manhattanville | Weekday rush hour limited-stop service | ||
M99 | [ 59 St | ||||||
M100 | East Harlem | Inwood | 125th Street, Amsterdam Avenue, and Broadway | Kingsbridge | Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M100) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Broadway-Kingsbridge Line streetcar on June 22, 1947 | ||
M101 | East Village | Washington Heights | 3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 125th Street, and Amsterdam Avenue | 100th Street | New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M21 - 3) 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 | East Village | Harlem | 3rd Avenue, Lexington Avenue, 116th Street, and Lenox Avenue | 100th Street | New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M21 - 4) replaced New York Railways' Lexington and Lenox Avenues Line streetcar on March 25, 1936 northbound buses moved to Third Avenue on July 17, 1960 became M101A by 1962, and later M102 Original southern terminus was City Hall | ||
M103 | City Hall | East Harlem | Park Row, Bowery, 3rd Avenue, and Lexington Avenue | 100th Street | |||
M104 | United Nations | Harlem | 42nd Street, 8th Avenue, and Broadway | Michael J. Quill | Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M104) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Broadway Line streetcar on December 15, 1946 | ||
M105 | 271 St | East 180 St | 3 Ave | Nice home work | Ave x | ||
M106 | Upper West Side | East Harlem | 96th Street, Madison Avenue, 5th Avenue, and 106th Street | Manhattanville | Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority began operating bus in 1962 as the M107; first became a branch of the M19, then the M106 | ||
M142 | Upper West Side | East Harlem | 106th Street, Manhattan Avenue, and 116th Street | Michael J. Quill | 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 |
The following lines from other boroughs enter Manhattan:
- Bronx: Bx3, Bx6, Bx7, Bx9 (through Marble Hill), Bx11, Bx12, Bx13, Bx15, Bx19, Bx20, Bx33, Bx35, and Bx36
- Queens: Q32, Q60, Q101, and Q102 (Roosevelt Island)
- Express: all routes except Q50
Former routes[]
Except for the Fifth Avenue Coach Company's routes, which were approved by the New York Legislature, all routes were assigned a franchise by the city, numbered in order from M1 to M25, M41 to M42, and M100 to M106. Most companies used these numbers, but the New York City Omnibus Corporation give its routes numbers from 1 to 22, and the Fifth Avenue Coach Company used numbers from 1 to 20. By the time the Mt. Eden Avenue and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority took over most routes in 1962, some of the designations had been changed to avoid conflicts.
Designation | Company | Route | Notes | |||
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Original | Public | 1962 | Current | |||
M1 | M22 | M22 | Comprehensive | Madison and Chambers Streets | ||
N/A | 1 | M1 | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue | ||
M2 | 12 | M12 | N/A | NYCO | Spring and Delancey Streets | |
N/A | 2 | M2 | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue, 110th Street, and Seventh Avenue | ||
M3 | M27 | M50 | Comprehensive | 49th and 50th Streets | ||
N/A | 3 | M3 | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue, 110th Street, and St. Nicholas Avenue | ||
M4 | 17 | M17 | M79 | NYCO | 79th Street | |
N/A | 4 | M4 | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue, 110th Street, and Riverside Drive | ||
M5 | 18 | M18 | M86 | NYCO | 86th Street | |
N/A | 5 | M5 | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue, 57th Street, and Riverside Drive | ||
M96 | NYCO | 96th Street | ||||
N/A | 6 | M30/M72 | Fifth Avenue | 57th and 72nd Streets | ||
N/A | 8 | M5 | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue, 57th Street, and Riverside Drive | ||
M7 | M29 | M66 | Comprehensive | 66th Street | ||
M8 | N/A | East Broadway | Grand Street | |||
M9 | East Broadway | Avenue B and East Broadway | ||||
M10 | 21 | M21 | NYCO | Avenue C and Houston Street | ||
M11 | M31 | East Side | York Avenue | |||
M12 | M18 | M86 | East Side | 86th Street and York Avenue | ||
M13 | M15 | East Side | First Avenue | |||
M14 | N/A | East Side | First and Second Avenues | |||
M15 | East Side | Second Avenue | ||||
N/A | 15 | QM15 | Q32 | Fifth Avenue | Fifth Avenue and Queensboro Bridge | |
M16 | 13 | M13 | M8 | NYCO | 8th Street | |
M17 | 14 | M14 | NYCO | 14th Street | ||
M18 | 15 | M26 | M23 | NYCO | 23rd Street | |
M19 | 16 | M16 | M16/M34 | NYCO | 34th Street | |
M20 | 20 | M20 | M116 | NYCO | 116th Street | |
N/A | 20 | M28 | M57 | Fifth Avenue | 57th Street | |
M21 | 3/4 | M101A | M102 | NYCO | Lexington and Lenox Avenues | |
M22 | 6/7 | M6/M7 | NYCO | Broadway and Columbus and Lenox Avenues | ||
M23 | 5 | M6 | NYCO | Sixth Avenue | ||
M24 | 8/9 | M10 | M10/M20 | NYCO | Seventh Avenue | |
M25 | 1/2 | M1 | NYCO | Madison and Fourth Avenues | ||
M41 | 10 | M10 | M10/M20 | NYCO | Eighth Avenue | |
M42 | 11 | M11 | NYCO | Ninth and Amsterdam Avenues | ||
N/A | TB | M35 | N/A | NYCO | Triborough Bridge to Astoria, Queens and Port Morris, Bronx | |
M100 | Surface | Broadway-Kingsbridge | ||||
M101 | Surface | Third Avenue | ||||
M102 | N/A | Surface | 125th Street | 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 | |||
M104 | Surface | 42nd Street and Broadway | ||||
M105 | N/A | Surface | Tenth Avenue and Broadway | |||
M106 | M42 | Surface | 42nd Street |
Listed below are routes that were renumbered or eliminated after 1962.
Route | Major streets | History |
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M8 | Grand Street and Broome Street | |
M12 | Spring Street, Prince Street, Delancey Street, and Williamsburg Bridge to Williamsburg, Brooklyn | |
M13 | see M8 | |
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 | |
M35 | Triborough Bridge to Astoria, Queens | |
M41 | "Culture Bus Loop I" | |
M58 | 57th Street | 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 Mt. Eden Avenue
New York City area surface transit | ||
Major bus operators | NYCTA/MaBSTOA • MTA Bus • MTA Long Island Bus • Suffolk County Transit • Bee-Line Bus System • NJ Transit | |
Bus routes | Bronx • Brooklyn • Manhattan • Queens • Staten Island • Express/multi-boro • Nassau • Westchester | |
MaBSTOA garages | Bronx: Gun Hill • Kingsbridge • Mother Clara Hale • West Farms Manhattan: Tuskegee • Manhattanville • Michael J. Quill | |
NYCTA garages | Brooklyn: East New York • Flatbush • Fresh Pond • Jackie Gleason • Ulmer Park Manhattan: 126th Street Queens: Casey Stengel • Jamaica • Queens Village Staten Island: Castleton • Yukon • Charleston • Meredith | |
MTA Bus garages | Baisley Park • College Point • Eastchester • Far Rockaway • John F. Kennedy • LaGuardia • Spring Creek • Yonkers | |
NYCTA maintenance facilities | East New York • Zerega Avenue | |
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