List of express bus routes in New York City#BM3
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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates 80 express bus routes in New York City, United States. Express routes operated by MTA Bus Company are assigned multi-borough (BM, BxM, QM) prefixes. MTA New York City Bus operates seven of the express routes in Brooklyn and Queens, which are prefixed with the letter X, as well as all express routes in Staten Island, which are prefixed with the letters SIM.
The unidirectional fare, payable with MetroCard or OMNY, a contactless payment system, is $7. Discount fare media is available. Except for the ad-hoc X80 service, coins are not accepted on express buses.
Express buses operate using over-the-road diesel-powered, 45-ft-long coaches, from Motor Coach Industries and Prevost Car. For more information, visit the fleet page.
Manhattan to Staten Island
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Most routes travel to and from Staten Island via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway, and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel into Lower Manhattan. Some routes operate through New Jersey via the Goethals Bridge, New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey Route 495, and Lincoln Tunnel to directly serve Midtown Manhattan.
On August 19, 2018, all of the Staten Island-Manhattan express bus routes were redesigned to offer simpler and direct routes, fewer stops to speed up the trips, and additional service for off-peak hours and weekends. The new routes originally planned consists of 21 express routes: 11 traveling to Midtown, 8 traveling to Downtown and 2 traveling to Greenwich Village via Battery Park City. The previously used "X" routes have been dropped in favor of "SIM," or Staten Island to Manhattan, routes. This was the result of the two-year Staten Island Bus Study conducted by MTA, launched in 2015, which analyzed trip performance data, ridership profiles and extensive customer input, to determine the most effective way to reconfigure the network.http://nymta.civicconnect.com/ {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307174807/http://nymta.civicconnect.com/ |date=March 7, 2018 }} "We're Speeding Up Staten Island" MTAhttps://www.silive.com/news/2018/06/mta_board_approves_express_bus.html {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181118210452/https://www.silive.com/news/2018/06/mta_board_approves_express_bus.html |date=November 18, 2018 }} "MTA board approves express bus redesign, new network to take effect Aug. 19" silive.com - June 21, 2018
All routes are operated by New York City Transit. All routes run during rush hours in the peak direction. In addition, the SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and SIM33C provide off-peak weekday and weekend service, and the SIM1C provides overnight service. These four -C routes cover most stops in Manhattan served by other routes during peak hours.
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! Route ! Manhattan terminal ! ! Staten Island terminal ! Manhattan streets !width=5%|Via ! Staten Island streets traveled |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM1}} {{cite web|title=Staten Island Express Bus Map: New Weekday Peak Network Map|url=http://nymta.civicconnect.com/sites/default/files/map-new-peak-express-network.pdf|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=July 2018|access-date=July 6, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180710102119/http://nymta.civicconnect.com/sites/default/files/map-new-peak-express-network.pdf|archive-date=July 10, 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite NYC bus|SIM1|display=SIM1/1c}} |Greenwich Village ! ←
AM → PM |rowspan=2|Eltingville Transit Center |
|rowspan=11|Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel |rowspan=2|Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM1C}}* {{cite web|title=Staten Island Express Bus Map: New Off-Peak and Weekend Network Map|url=http://nymta.civicconnect.com/sites/default/files/map-new-off-peak-express-network.pdf|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=March 2018|access-date=March 8, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307174003/http://nymta.civicconnect.com/sites/default/files/map-new-off-peak-express-network.pdf|archive-date=March 7, 2018|url-status=live}} |Midtown !↔ |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM2}} {{cite web |title=We're Speeding Up Staten Island |url=http://nymta.civicconnect.com/content/together-let%E2%80%99s-make-commuting-faster-staten-island-express-bus-riders |publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority |access-date=August 20, 2018 |date=August 17, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180820070634/http://nymta.civicconnect.com/content/together-let%E2%80%99s-make-commuting-faster-staten-island-express-bus-riders |archive-date=August 20, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{Cite NYC bus|SIM2|display=SIM2}} |Downtown ! rowspan="2" | ←
AM → PM |Tottenville |
|Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Huguenot Avenue, Hylan Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM3}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM3|display=SIM3/3c}} |rowspan=2|Midtown |rowspan=2|Port Richmond |
|rowspan=2|
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM3C}} ! ↔ |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM4}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM4|display=SIM4/4x/4c}} |rowspan=2|Downtown !rowspan=2| ←
AM → PM |Annadale |rowspan=2|
|rowspan=3|Richmond Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM4X}} |Staten Island Mall |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM4C}} |Midtown !↔ |Huguenot |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM5}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM5|display=SIM5}} |Downtown ! rowspan="19" | ←
AM → PM |rowspan=3|Eltingville Transit Center |Water Street |rowspan=2|Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM6}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM6|display=SIM6}} |Midtown |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM7}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM7|display=SIM7}} |Greenwich Village |
|Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM8}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM5|display=SIM8/8x}} |rowspan=2|Midtown |Huguenot |rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|Goethals Bridge, NJ Turnpike, and Lincoln Tunnel |rowspan=2|
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM8X}} |Staten Island Mall |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM9}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM9|display=SIM9}} |Greenwich Village |Eltingville |
|rowspan=4|Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel |Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM10}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM10}} |Midtown |
|Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM11}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM11}} |Midtown |New Dorp |
|Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM15}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM15}} |Downtown | rowspan="1" |Eltingville Transit Center |Church Street, Water Street |Narrows Road, Richmond Road, Arthur Kill Road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM22}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM22}} |Midtown |Eltingville |
|rowspan=7|Goethals Bridge, NJ Turnpike, and Lincoln Tunnel |Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM23}} http://www.academybus.com/getattachment/9c1dee21-cd05-4fdd-9b63-a1b40a64ab0c/SIM-23.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817001647/http://www.academybus.com/getattachment/9c1dee21-cd05-4fdd-9b63-a1b40a64ab0c/SIM-23.aspx |date=August 17, 2018 }} Academy Bus SIM23 | rowspan="2" |Midtown |Annadale |rowspan=2|
|Arden Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM24}} http://www.academybus.com/getattachment/b114c4c5-7fd5-4235-b904-be7d8c7722b3/SIM-24.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180817001700/http://www.academybus.com/getattachment/b114c4c5-7fd5-4235-b904-be7d8c7722b3/SIM-24.aspx |date=August 17, 2018 }} Academy Bus SIM24 |Huguenot |Hylan Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM25}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM25}} | rowspan="2" |Midtown |Tottenville |
|Rossville Avenue, Foster Road, Hylan Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM26}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM26}} |Tottenville |
|Bloomingdale Road, Amboy Road, Hylan Boulevard |
rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM30}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM30}} |rowspan=2|Midtown |Sunnyside |rowspan=2|
|rowspan=2|
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Rosebank Tompkins Avenue and Hylan Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM31}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM31}} |Midtown |
|rowspan=6|Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel |Gannon Avenue, Bradley Avenue, Harold Street, Forest Hill Road, Travis Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM32}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM32}} |Downtown |Travis |
|Gannon Avenue, Victory Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM33}} |Downtown |rowspan=3|Mariners Harbor |
|rowspan=2|
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |{{vanchor|SIM33C}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM33}} |Midtown !↔ |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM34}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM34}} |Downtown ! rowspan="2" | ←
AM → PM |
|Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue, South Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{vanchor|SIM35}} {{Cite NYC bus|SIM35}} |Downtown |Port Richmond |Water Street |Narrows Road, Clove Road, Forest Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue |
=History and notes=
Manhattan to Brooklyn
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X- routes are operated by New York City Transit, while BM-routes are operated by MTA Bus Company. All routes operate nonstop between Brooklyn and Manhattan via the Gowanus Expressway or Prospect Expressway to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, with some routes continuing non-stop via the FDR Drive to reach Midtown. The exception to this is the BM5, which also makes stops in Queens and uses Woodhaven Boulevard, the Long Island Expressway and Queens Midtown Tunnel to reach Midtown.
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! Route ! Manhattan terminal ! ! Brooklyn terminal ! Manhattan streets traveled ! width=5%|Via ! Brooklyn streets traveled |
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| rowspan="3" |
! rowspan="3" |↔ |Bay Ridge |rowspan=3|
|rowspan=6|Gowanus Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel |3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge Avenue, Shore Road |
rowspan=2 style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X28
|Bensonhurst |rowspan=2|86th Street, 14th Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, Surf Avenue |
Sea Gate West 37th Street and Surf Avenue |
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| rowspan="3" |Midtown ! rowspan="3" | ←
AM → PM | Bay Ridge |rowspan=3|
|3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge Avenue, Shore Road |
rowspan=2 style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |
|Bensonhurst |rowspan=2|86th Street, 14th Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, Surf Avenue |
Sea Gate West 37th Street and Surf Avenue |
rowspan=2 style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM1 {{cite NYC bus|BM1}}
|Midtown ! ↔ |rowspan=2|Mill Basin |rowspan=8|
|rowspan=8|Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel |rowspan=2|Ocean Avenue, Avenue K |
Downtown State Street and Battery Place ! ← AM → PM |
rowspan=2 style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM2 {{cite NYC bus|BM2}}
|Midtown ! ↔ |Canarsie |rowspan=2|
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Downtown State Street and Battery Place ! ←
AM → PM |Starrett City |
rowspan=2 style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM3 {{cite NYC bus|BM3}}
|Midtown ! ↔ |rowspan=2|Sheepshead Bay |rowspan=2|Coney Island Avenue, Ocean Avenue, Emmons Avenue |
Downtown State Street and Battery Place ! ← AM → PM |
rowspan=2 style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM4 {{cite NYC bus|BM4}}
|Midtown ! ↔ |rowspan=2|Gerritsen Beach |rowspan=2|Coney Island Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Gerritsen Avenue |
Downtown State Street and Battery Place ! ← AM → PM |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM5 {{cite NYC bus|BM5}}
|Midtown ! ↔ |Starrett City |
|Long Island Expressway, Queens Midtown Tunnel |Woodhaven Boulevard, Linden Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue |
= History and notes =
= Proposed routes under the Brooklyn Bus Redesign =
The MTA released a draft plan for Brooklyn's bus network redesign on December 1, 2022.{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=Draft plan for new Brooklyn bus network aims to finally end decades of slow, unreliable service | website=amNewYork | date=December 1, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/brooklyn/mta-draft-redesign-brooklyn-bus-network/ | access-date=December 2, 2022 | archive-date=December 1, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201232845/https://www.amny.com/new-york/brooklyn/mta-draft-redesign-brooklyn-bus-network/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=Brooklyn bus riders could finally get faster service under MTA redesign | website=Crain's New York Business | date=December 1, 2022 | url=https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/brooklyn-bus-riders-could-finally-get-faster-service-under-mta-redesign | access-date=December 2, 2022 | archive-date=December 2, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221202024935/https://www.crainsnewyork.com/transportation/brooklyn-bus-riders-could-finally-get-faster-service-under-mta-redesign | url-status=live }} The new plan retains the "BM" prefix and preserves all existing routes. The BM1, BM2, BM3, BM4, X27/X37, and X28/X38 will each be split into three routes: a rush-hour downtown route, a rush-hour midtown route, and an off-peak downtown and midtown route. In general, the revised plan includes the following changes:{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/101521|title=Draft Plan, Brooklyn Bus Network Redesign|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=December 2022|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=December 1, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221201202923/https://new.mta.info/document/101521|url-status=live}}
- All routes with the X prefix will be relabeled with the BM prefix; i.e. the X27, X28, X37, and X38 will become the BM7, BM8, BM37, and BM38 respectively.
- All peak downtown routes will have a single-digit number (e.g. BM1).
- All peak midtown routes will have a double-digit number beginning in 3 (e.g. BM31).
- All off-peak downtown and midtown routes will have a single-digit number and the suffix "C" (e.g. BM1C).
Manhattan to Queens
X- routes are operated by New York City Transit, while QM- routes are operated by MTA Bus Company. All Midtown routes except for the {{NYC bus link|QM2|QM5|prose=y|QM20}} Super Expresses operate nonstop outbound via the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, while Downtown routes operate via the FDR Drive and the Queens Midtown Tunnel. All inbound service operates via the Long Island Expressway and Queens Midtown Tunnel.
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! Route ! Manhattan terminal ! ! Queens terminal ! Manhattan streets traveled ! Queens streets traveled |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X63 {{cite NYC bus|x63}}
| rowspan="3" |East Midtown ! rowspan="5" | ←
AM → PM |Rosedale | rowspan="4" |
|Linden Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X64 {{cite NYC bus|x64}}
|Cambria Heights |Liberty Avenue, Farmers Boulevard, Linden Boulevard |
rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X68 {{cite NYC bus|x68}}
|rowspan=2|Floral Park |rowspan=2|Hillside Avenue |
East Midtown East 57th Street and 3rd Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{cite NYC bus|QM1|display=QM1/QM5/QM6/QM31/QM35/QM36}}
| rowspan="2" |Midtown |Fresh Meadows |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |Union Turnpike, 188th Street |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM2 {{cite NYC bus|QM2|display=QM2/QM32 bus schedule}}
! ↔ | rowspan="2" |Bay Terrace |
| rowspan="2" |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM2 Super Express [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm1-express Proposed Final Plan: QM2Express]
|Midtown ! →
PM |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 36th Street |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" | QM3 {{cite NYC bus|QM3}}
| rowspan="3" |Midtown ! ←
AM → PM |Little Neck | |Northern Boulevard, Little Neck Parkway |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |{{cite NYC bus|QM4|display=QM4/QM44}}
! rowspan="2" |↔ |Electchester | rowspan="2" |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |Jewel Avenue |
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| rowspan="2" |Glen Oaks | rowspan="2" |Union Turnpike, 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |
|Midtown ! →
PM |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 36th Street |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |
|Midtown !↔ |Lake Success |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|{{cite NYC bus|QM7|display=QM7/QM8}}
| rowspan="2" |Downtown ! rowspan="6" | ←
AM → PM |Fresh Meadows | rowspan="2" |Water Street, Church Street | rowspan="3" |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|
| rowspan="2" |Glen Oaks |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |
|Downtown |Water St, South St (outbound) |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM10 {{cite NYC bus|QM10|display=QM10/QM11/QM40}}
|Midtown |rowspan=2|Rego Park |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |63rd Road, 57th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM11
|Downtown |Water Street, Church Street |Queens Boulevard, 63rd Road, 57th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM12 {{cite NYC bus|QM12|display=QM12/QM42}}
|rowspan=5|Midtown |Forest Hills |rowspan=5|34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |Yellowstone Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM15 {{cite NYC bus|QM15}}
!↔ |Howard Beach |Woodhaven Boulevard, 155th Avenue, 157th Avenue, Cross Bay Boulevard (all trips), Rockaway Beach Blvd, Beach Channel Drive (Arverne trips only) |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM16 {{cite NYC bus|url=https://new.mta.info/document/6776|display=QM16}}
! rowspan="3" | ←
AM → PM |Cross Bay Boulevard, Rockaway Beach Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM17 {{cite NYC bus|url=https://new.mta.info/document/6781|display=QM17}}
|Far Rockaway |Cross Bay Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, Seagirt Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM18 {{cite NYC bus|url=http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/qm18cur.pdf|display=QM18}}
|South Ozone Park |Queens Boulevard, Lefferts Boulevard, 135th Avenue |
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|Midtown ! ↔ | rowspan=2 | Bay Terrace |
| rowspan=2 | Willets Point Boulevard, Utopia Parkway, 26th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM20 Super Express [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm1-express Proposed Final Plan: QM2Express]
|Midtown ! →
PM |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 36th Street |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM21 {{cite NYC bus|url=http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/qm21cur.pdf|display=QM21}}
|Midtown ! rowspan="11" | ←
AM → PM |Rochdale Village |23rd Street, Madison Avenue, 57th Street |Queens Boulevard, Linden Boulevard, Guy R. Brewer Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM24 {{cite NYC bus|QM24|display=QM24/QM34}}
|Midtown |rowspan=2|Glendale |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM25 {{cite NYC bus|QM25}}
|Downtown |Church Street, Water Street |Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|
|rowspan=8|Midtown |Fresh Meadows |rowspan=8|Third Avenue |Union Turnpike, 188th Street |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM32 {{cite NYC bus|QM2|display=QM2/QM32 bus schedule}}
|Bay Terrace |Whitestone Expressway service road, Cross Island Parkway service road. Three AM rush hour trips run northbound to Bay Terrace. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM34
|Glendale |Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|
|Glen Oaks |Union Turnpike, 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|
|Lake Success |Union Turnpike, Lakeville Road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM40
|Rego Park |63rd Road, 57th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM42
|Forest Hills |Yellowstone Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|
|Electchester |Jewel Avenue |
= History and notes =
= Proposed new bus routes under the Queens Bus Redesign =
{{for|a list of proposed new local bus routes|List of bus routes in Queens#Proposed new bus routes}}
In December 2019, the MTA released a draft redesign of the Queens bus network redesign with 77 routes. The routes were given a "QMT" label to avoid confusion with existing routes. The "QMT" prefix was tentative; in the final plan, all bus routes would have been labeled with "QM", similar to the existing routes.{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/12706|title=Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=December 2019|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231075237/https://new.mta.info/document/12706|url-status=live}}{{rp|24}} The final redesign was initially expected in mid- or late 2020,{{cite web|url=https://qns.com/story/2019/12/17/mta-gives-sneak-peek-of-transformative-queens-bus-network-redesign-plan-at-queens-borough-board-meeting/|title=MTA gives "sneak peek" of transformative Queens bus network redesign plan|last=Acevedo|first=Angélica|date=December 17, 2019|website=QNS.com|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101011747/https://qns.com/story/2019/12/17/mta-gives-sneak-peek-of-transformative-queens-bus-network-redesign-plan-at-queens-borough-board-meeting/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/12/31/mta-unveils-draft-proposal-to-redesign-bus-network-in-queens|title=MTA Unveils Draft Proposal to Redesign Bus Network in Queens|date=December 31, 2019|website=Spectrum News NY1 {{pipe}} New York City|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=January 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200101011749/https://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2019/12/31/mta-unveils-draft-proposal-to-redesign-bus-network-in-queens|url-status=live}} but the first draft attracted overwhelmingly negative feedback, with 11,000 comments about the plans. The redesign was delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic in New York City.{{Cite web|title=Queens bus network redesign remains on hold amid COVID-19 pandemic: MTA|url=https://qns.com/story/2020/06/01/queens-bus-network-redesign-remains-on-hold-amid-covid-19-pandemic-mta/|access-date=2020-07-05|website=QNS.com|language=en-US|archive-date=July 5, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200705220043/https://qns.com/story/2020/06/01/queens-bus-network-redesign-remains-on-hold-amid-covid-19-pandemic-mta/|url-status=dead}} Planning resumed in mid-2021.{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=MTA revives borough bus network redesigns, starting with the Bronx – Bronx Times | website=Bronx Times | date=2021-08-19 | url=https://www.bxtimes.com/mta-revives-borough-bus-network-redesigns-starting-with-the-bronx/ | access-date=2021-09-04 | archive-date=April 8, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220408133051/https://www.bxtimes.com/mta-revives-borough-bus-network-redesigns-starting-with-the-bronx/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | title=NYC officials announce ambitious plan to expand MTA bus service | website=ABC7 New York | date=2021-08-16 | url=https://abc7ny.com/10955225/ | access-date=2021-09-04 | archive-date=September 4, 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210904021530/https://abc7ny.com/10955225/ | url-status=live }}
The original draft plan was dropped,{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=MTA to release "totally redone" Queens bus network redesign draft in early 2022 | website=amNewYork | date=December 15, 2021 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-to-release-totally-redone-queens-bus-network-redesign-draft-in-early-2022/ | access-date=January 21, 2022 | archive-date=January 21, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220121010646/https://www.amny.com/transit/mta-to-release-totally-redone-queens-bus-network-redesign-draft-in-early-2022/ | url-status=live }} and a revised plan with 85 routes was released on March 29, 2022.{{cite web | last=Duggan | first=Kevin | title=FIRST ON amNY: MTA reveals new Queens bus redesign draft plan | website=amNewYork | date=March 29, 2022 | url=https://www.amny.com/transit/queens-bus-redesign-relaunch/ | access-date=March 29, 2022 | archive-date=March 29, 2022 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329151616/https://www.amny.com/transit/queens-bus-redesign-relaunch/ | url-status=live }} The new plan retains the "QM" prefix and preserves most of the existing routes. Most of the bus routes have relatively minor changes:{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/79636|title=Draft Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=March 2022|access-date=January 1, 2020|archive-date=March 29, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220329153951/https://new.mta.info/document/79636|url-status=live}}{{rp|46}}
- The X63, X64, and X68 will be renamed the QM63, QM64, and QM68 respectively.
- One new express route is planned: the QM65 from Lower Manhattan to Laurelton.
- The QM3 will be eliminated due to low ridership.
- The QM10 and QM40 will become the QM11, QM12, and QM42.
In the second draft plan, all Queens-bound express buses were supposed to use the Long Island Expressway; some of the existing routes used Queens Boulevard or Northern Boulevard. This change was reversed in the final plan,{{cite web|url=https://new.mta.info/document/128476|title=Final Plan, Queens Bus Network Redesign|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=Dec 2023|access-date=January 1, 2020|page=|archive-date=December 12, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231212204931/https://new.mta.info/document/128476|url-status=live}} released in December 2023.{{cite web | last=Brachfeld | first=Ben | title=MTA unveils final proposal for Queens bus network redesign | website=amNewYork | date=December 12, 2023 | url=https://www.amny.com/new-york/queens/mta-final-proposal-queens-bus-network-redesign/ | access-date=December 13, 2023 | archive-date=December 13, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231213155310/https://www.amny.com/new-york/queens/mta-final-proposal-queens-bus-network-redesign/ | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Shkurhan | first=Iryna | title=MTA unveils final plan to overhaul Queens bus network for the first time in decades | website=QNS.com | date=December 13, 2023 | url=https://qns.com/2023/12/mta-unveils-final-plan-overhaul-queens-bus-network/ | access-date=December 14, 2023 | archive-date=December 14, 2023 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231214010201/https://qns.com/2023/12/mta-unveils-final-plan-overhaul-queens-bus-network/ | url-status=live }}
All changes (except the QM15–QM18, QM24–QM25, and QM34 changes, which will happen on September 2, 2025) will happen on June 29–30, 2025, if they do not normally have Sunday service. The QM3 will be discontinued on June 27, 2025.{{Cite web|title=Project Phasing Guide|url=https://www.mta.info/document/168506|access-date=2025-04-09|website=MTA|language=en}}
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! Route ! Manhattan terminal ! ! Queens terminal ! Manhattan streets traveled ! Queens streets traveled |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" | [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm1-express Proposed Final Plan: QM1 Express]
|rowspan="2"|Midtown ! ←
AM → PM |Fresh Meadows |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |Union Turnpike, 188th Street |
rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" | QM2 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm2-express Proposed Final Plan: QM2 Express]
! ↔ | rowspan="2" |Bay Terrace |
| rowspan="2" |
|
Midtown 35th Street and Sixth Avenue ! →
PM |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 36th Street |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm4-express Proposed Final Plan: QM4 Express]
| rowspan="2" |Midtown ! rowspan="2" |↔ |Electchester | rowspan="2" |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |Jewel Avenue |
rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm5-express Proposed Final Plan: QM5 Express]
| rowspan="2" |Glen Oaks | rowspan="2" |Union Turnpike, 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway |
Midtown 35th Street and Sixth Avenue ! →
PM |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 36th Street |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm6-express Proposed Final Plan: QM6 Express]
|Midtown !↔ |Lake Success |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm7-express Proposed Final Plan: QM7 Express]
| rowspan="2" |Downtown ! rowspan="6" | ←
AM → PM |Fresh Meadows | rowspan="2" |Water Street, Church Street | rowspan="3" |
|
rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm8-express Proposed Final Plan: QM8 Express]
| rowspan="2" |Glen Oaks |
Downtown Water St at Wall St |Water St, South St (outbound) |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM10
[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm10-express Proposed Final Plan: QM10 Express]
|Midtown |rowspan=2|Rego Park |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |63rd Road, 57th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM11
[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm11-express Proposed Final Plan: QM11 Express]
|Downtown |Water Street, Church Street |Queens Boulevard, 63rd Road, 57th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM12
[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm12-express Proposed Final Plan: QM12 Express]
|rowspan=5|Midtown |Forest Hills |rowspan=5|34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |Yellowstone Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM15 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm15-express Proposed Final Plan: QM15 Express]
!↔ |Howard Beach |Woodhaven Boulevard, 155th Avenue, 157th Avenue, Cross Bay Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM16 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm16-express Proposed Final Plan: QM16 Express]
! rowspan="3" | ←
AM → PM |Cross Bay Boulevard, Rockaway Beach Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM17
[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm17-express Proposed Final Plan: QM17 Express]
|Far Rockaway |Cross Bay Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, Seagirt Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM18 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm18-express Proposed Final Plan: QM18 Express]
|South Ozone Park |Queens Boulevard, Lefferts Boulevard, 135th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM20
|Midtown ! ↔ |Bay Terrace |
|Willets Point Boulevard, Utopia Parkway, 26th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM21 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm21-express Proposed Final Plan: QM21 Express]
|Midtown ! rowspan="12" | ←
AM → PM |Rochdale Village |23rd Street, Madison Avenue, 57th Street |Queens Boulevard, Linden Boulevard, Guy R. Brewer Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM24 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm24-express Proposed Final Plan: QM24 Express]
|Midtown |rowspan=2|Glendale |34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street |Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM25 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm25-express Proposed Final Plan: QM25 Express]
|Downtown |Church Street, Water Street |Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm31-express Proposed Final Plan: QM31 Express]
|rowspan=8|Midtown |Fresh Meadows |rowspan=8|Third Avenue |Union Turnpike, 188th Street |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM32 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm32-express Proposed Final Plan: QM32 Express]
|Bay Terrace |Whitestone Expressway service road, Cross Island Parkway service road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM34 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm34-express Proposed Final Plan: QM34 Express]
|Glendale |Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm35-express Proposed Final Plan: QM35 Express]
|Glen Oaks |Union Turnpike, 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm36-express Proposed Final Plan: QM36 Express]
|Lake Success |Union Turnpike, Lakeville Road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM40 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm40-express Proposed Final Plan: QM40 Express]
|Rego Park |63rd Road, 57th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM42 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm42-express Proposed Final Plan: QM42 Express]
|Forest Hills |Yellowstone Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|[https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm44-express Proposed Final Plan: QM44 Express]
|Electchester 164th Street and Horace Harding Expressway |Jewel Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" | QM63 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm63-express Proposed Final Plan: QM63 Express]
| rowspan="2" |East Midtown |Rosedale | rowspan="4" |
|Linden Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" | QM64 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm64-express Proposed Final Plan: QM64 Express]
! rowspan="4" | ←
AM → PM |Elmont |Liberty Avenue, Farmers Boulevard, Linden Boulevard, Elmont Road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM65 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm65-express Proposed Final Plan: QM65 Express]
|Downtown | Laurelton |Linden Boulevard, Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Baisely Boulevard, Bedell Street, Farmers Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" | QM68 [https://new.mta.info/project/queens-bus-network-redesign/routes/qm68-express Proposed Final Plan: QM68 Express]
|East Midtown |Floral Park |Hillside Avenue |
Manhattan to the Bronx
All routes are operated by MTA Bus.
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! Route ! Manhattan terminal ! ! Bronx terminal ! Manhattan streets traveled ! width=5%|Via ! Bronx streets traveled |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM1 {{cite NYC bus|BxM1}}
|East Midtown ! rowspan="7" |↔ |rowspan=2|Riverdale |
|rowspan=2|
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM2 {{cite NYC bus|BxM2}}
|West Midtown |
|rowspan=2|Deegan Expressway |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM3 {{cite NYC bus|BxM3}}
|rowspan=2|Midtown |rowspan=2|
|Sedgwick Avenue, Broadway, South Broadway |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM4 {{cite NYC bus|BxM4}}
|Woodlawn |Grand Concourse, Jerome Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM6 {{cite NYC bus|BxM6}}
|rowspan=6|Midtown |Parkchester |rowspan=6|
|rowspan=7|Bruckner Expressway |East 177th Street, Metropolitan Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM7 {{cite NYC bus|BxM7}}
|Co-op City, Bronx |Hutchinson River Parkway East, Co-Op City Boulevard |
rowspan="2" style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign="top" |
|Pelham Bay Park |rowspan=2|
|
←
AM → PM |City Island |
---|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM9 {{cite NYC bus|BxM9}}
! rowspan="3" |↔ |Throgs Neck |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM10 {{cite NYC bus|BxM10}}
|Baychester |Morris Park Avenue, Eastchester Road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM11 {{cite NYC bus|BxM11}}
|Midtown |Wakefield |
|Boston Road, White Plains Road |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM18 {{cite NYC bus|BxM18}}
|Lower Manhattan ! ←
AM → PM |Riverdale |
|230th Street, Kappock Street, Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale Avenue |
= History and notes =
Former Liberty Lines Express routes were taken over by MTA Bus Company on January 3, 2005, while former New York Bus Service routes were taken over on July 1, 2005.
{{anchor|Within Manhattan only (X80)}}Manhattan intra-borough
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!Route !colspan=3|Terminals !Primary streets traveled !Notes |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/service-advisory-randalls-island-governors-ball-concerts {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714170348/http://www.mta.info/press-release/nyc-transit/service-advisory-randalls-island-governors-ball-concerts |date=July 14, 2014 }} X80 bus service
| Randall's Island ! ←
(before events) ---------- → (after events) | Harlem |
|
Former routes
=New York City Transit=
==Staten Island Express routes==
Most X routes were discontinued between 2010 and 2018 due to budget cuts and a reimagining of the bus network.
In 2015, the MTA began a comprehensive study of express bus lines on Staten Island. These lines had not been drastically changed since the 1980s, and as a result, they had been updated piece-by-piece.{{rp|3}} As a result, these routes were circuitous, redundant, and infrequent.{{rp|14–16}} The MTA proposed replacing all of the existing express bus routes with simpler and shorter variants, a proposal supported by 76% of Staten Island residents who had learned about the study.{{cite web|title=Staten Island Bus Study: Reimagining Express Buses|url=http://nymta.civicconnect.com/sites/default/files/Final%20Report%20May%2031%202017.pdf|website=mta.info|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|date=May 2017|access-date=March 7, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170604122215/http://nymta.civicconnect.com/sites/default/files/Final%20Report%20May%2031%202017.pdf|archive-date=June 4, 2017|url-status=live}}{{rp|20, 21, 23}} In March 2018, after hosting several meetings with Staten Island residents, the MTA announced that express bus service to Staten Island was expected to be completely reorganized in August 2018.{{cite web | last=Bascome | first=Thomas Erik | title=MTA unveils new express bus routes expected to roll out in August | website=Staten Island Advance | date=March 7, 2018 | url=http://www.silive.com/news/2018/03/mta_unveils_new_express_bus_ro.html | access-date=March 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180307202150/http://www.silive.com/news/2018/03/mta_unveils_new_express_bus_ro.html | archive-date=March 7, 2018 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | last=Walker | first=Ameena | title=MTA reveals redesigned Staten Island express bus routes | website=Curbed NY | date=March 7, 2018 | url=https://ny.curbed.com/2018/3/7/17093440/mta-staten-island-express-bus-routes-redesigned | access-date=March 8, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180308005214/https://ny.curbed.com/2018/3/7/17093440/mta-staten-island-express-bus-routes-redesigned | archive-date=March 8, 2018 | url-status=live }} As part of the redesign, all of the existing bus routes would be discontinued and replaced with new routes with a "SIM" prefix on August 19, 2018.{{Cite web|url=http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/180618_1000_transit-bus.pdf|title=NYCT and Bus Committee Meeting June 2018|date=June 18, 2018|access-date=June 17, 2018|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180617192612/http://web.mta.info/mta/news/books/pdf/180618_1000_transit-bus.pdf|archive-date=June 17, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{rp|188–189}} The "SIM" prefix was chosen to reduce confusion with the "X"-prefixed routes they replaced, but deviate from the "S" prefix used by local Staten Island bus routes.{{rp|191}}{{cite web | last=Michel | first=Clifford | title=MTA to man stops along Staten Island's new express bus network | website=SILive.com | date=August 18, 2018 | url=https://www.silive.com/news/2018/08/mta_reps_man_stops_along_state.html | access-date=August 19, 2018 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180818201646/https://www.silive.com/news/2018/08/mta_reps_man_stops_along_state.html | archive-date=August 18, 2018 | url-status=live }} The routes that were discontinued prior to August 18, 2018 were: X6, X13, X16, X18, X20, X21 (first use), and X30 (first use).
The remaining X routes were expected to be revamped and renamed sometime between 2019 and 2021.{{Cite web|url=https://fastforward.mta.info/reimagine-the-bus-network/|title=Reimagine the bus network-Fast Forward|date=October 14, 2018|access-date=October 14, 2018|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181015080203/https://fastforward.mta.info/reimagine-the-bus-network/|archive-date=October 15, 2018|url-status=live}}
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! rowspan="2"| Route ! colspan="2"| Terminals ! rowspan="2" width="325px" | Streets Traveled ! rowspan="2" width="325px" | History and Notes |
Manhattan
|Staten Island |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|R9X
| colspan="4" |Service began in December 1968, and later became the X9 in 1976. See below for more information. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|R10X
| colspan="4" |Service began in 1970, and later became the X10 in 1976. See below for more information. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|R13X
| colspan="4" |Service began in 1972, and later became the X13 in 1976. See below for more information. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|R14X
| colspan="4" |Service began in 1973, and later became the X14 in 1976. See below for more information. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top|R17X
| colspan="4" |Service began in 1973, and later became the X17 in 1976. See below for more information. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X1* {{Cite NYC bus|x1|display=x1–x9}}
|Midtown |6th Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue, Broadway (SB), Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X2
|Midtown |New Dorp |Madison Avenue (NB), Lexington Avenue (SB), 23rd Street, Hylan Boulevard |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X3
|Lower Manhattan |New Dorp | Church Street (NB), Broadway (SB), Hylan Boulevard |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X4
|Lower Manhattan |Eltingville Transit Center | Church Street (NB), Broadway (SB), Hylan Boulevard, Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X5
|Midtown |Eltingville Transit Center |Madison Avenue (NB), Lexington Avenue (SB), 23rd Street, Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X6 https://web.archive.org/web/20090313170647/http://mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x001cur.pdf X6 schedule before June 2010 service cuts
|Midtown |Eltingville Transit Center |Madison Avenue (NB), Fifth Avenue/Broadway (SB), Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue |
|
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X7
|Midtown Manhattan |Eltingville Transit Center |6th Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue, Broadway (SB), Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X8
|Financial District |Eltingville Transit Center |Church Street, Water Street, Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X9
|Midtown |New Dorp |6th Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue, Broadway (SB), Hylan Boulevard |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X10 {{cite NYC bus|x10|display=x10/x11}}
X10B |Midtown |Port Richmond |6th Avenue, Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue, Broadway (SB), Gannon Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X11
|Tribeca |Travis | Church Street (NB), Broadway (SB), Gannon Avenue, Victory Boulevard |
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rowspan=2 style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X12 {{cite NYC bus|x12|display=x12/x42}}
X42 |West Midtown |rowspan=2|Mariners Harbor |rowspan=2|57th Street, 6th Avenue, Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue, Broadway (SB), Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Port Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue, South Avenue |rowspan=2|
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Madison Square 23rd Street and 5th Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X13 {{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x013cur.pdf |title=X13 schedule before June 2010 service cuts |access-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816173036/http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x013cur.pdf |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=live }}
|Lower Manhattan |Port Richmond |Church Street, Water Street, Clove Road, Forest Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue | |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X14 {{cite NYC bus|x14}}
|West Midtown |Port Richmond |Madison Avenue (NB), Fifth Avenue (SB), Water Street, Clove Road, Forest Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X15 {{cite NYC bus|x15}}
|Lower Manhattan |Eltingville Transit Center |Church Street (NB), Water Street (SB), Richmond Road, Arthur Kill Road |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X16 {{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x016cur.pdf |title=X16 schedule before June 2010 service cuts |access-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816160320/http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x016cur.pdf |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=live }}
|Lower Manhattan |Port Richmond |Church Street (NB), Broadway (SB), Victory Boulevard, Forest Avenue | |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X17A {{cite NYC bus|x17|display=x17–x19}}
|Tribeca |Annadale, Staten Island |Church Street (NB), Broadway (SB), Richmond Avenue |
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rowspan=2 style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X17C
|rowspan=2| Midtown |Huguenot |rowspan=2| 6th Avenue, Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue, Broadway (SB), Richmond Avenue, Drumgoole Road, Huguenot Avenue |rowspan=2|
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Tottenville Page Avenue and Hylan Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X17J
|Midtown Manhattan |Huguenot |34th Street, Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue, 42nd Street (SB), Richmond Avenue, Drumgoole Road, Huguenot Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X18
{{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x018cur.pdf |title=X18 schedule before June 2010 service cuts |access-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816140750/http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x018cur.pdf |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=live }}
(Second |Lower Manhattan Trinity Place and Rector Street (PM) |Concord Arrochar School Road and Dennis Torricelli Street (PM) |Church Street, Water Street, Targee Street, Tompkins Avenue, Bay Street | |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X19
|Tribeca |Huguenot | Church Street (NB), Broadway (SB), Arden Avenue, Drumgoole Road, Huguenot Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X20
{{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x020cur.pdf |title=X20 schedule before June 2010 service cuts |access-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220132513/http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/schedule/xpress/x020cur.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |url-status=live }}
(Second |Lower Manhattan Trinity Place and Rector Street (PM) |South Beach |Church Street, Water Street, Sand Lane, Steuben Street |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X21
(First use) |Midtown Manhattan |Pleasant Plains |34th Street, Madison Avenue (NB), Lexington Avenue, 23rd Street (SB), Rossville Avenue, Woodrow Road, Bloomingdale Road{{Cite web|url=https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/f35a4fa7-9878-42bf-9f1d-bc968d49e659|title=X21/X22 Bus Timetable Effective January 2002|date=January 2002|publisher=Metropolitan Transportation Authority|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190216035241/https://files.acrobat.com/a/preview/f35a4fa7-9878-42bf-9f1d-bc968d49e659|archive-date=February 16, 2019|url-status=live|access-date=February 15, 2019}} |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X21 {{cite NYC bus|x21}}
(Second use) |Midtown |Eltingville |42nd Street, Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" rowspan=2 valign=top| X22 {{cite NYC bus|x22}}
X22A |rowspan=2|Midtown |Tottenville |rowspan=2|34th Street, Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue, 42nd Street (SB), Amboy Road, Bloomingdale Road |rowspan=2|
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Pleasant Plains Outerbridge Park and Ride |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X23 (Seconduse)http://www.academybus.com/getattachment/a73609f3-0a6f-415e-b834-7b6039410695/Culpeper-Warrenton-to-Washington,-DC.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140414115833/http://www.academybus.com/getattachment/a73609f3-0a6f-415e-b834-7b6039410695/Culpeper-Warrenton-to-Washington,-DC.aspx |date=April 14, 2014 }} Academy Bus X23 |Midtown Manhattan |Huguenot |34th Street, Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue (SB), Woodrow Road, Foster Road, Huguenot Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X24
http://www.academybus.com/getattachment/989836b4-6c72-4b77-afe9-3d667a1cd9fa/Culpeper-Warrenton-to-Washington,-DC-%281%29.aspx {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102191106/http://www.academybus.com/getattachment/989836b4-6c72-4b77-afe9-3d667a1cd9fa/Culpeper-Warrenton-to-Washington,-DC-%281%29.aspx |date=January 2, 2014 }} Academy Bus X24
(Second |Midtown |New Dorp |34th Street, Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue (SB), Huguenot Avenue, Arden Avenue, Hylan Boulevard |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X30 (Firstuse) | Midtown Park Avenue and East 57th Street (PM) | Annadale |Madison Avenue (NB), lexington Avenue (SB), 23rd Street, 57th Street, West Street, Rossville Avenue, Foster Road, Amboy Road |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X30 {{cite NYC bus|x30}}(Seconduse) | Midtown | Sunnyside |Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue (SB), 42nd Street, 57th Street, Forest Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| X31 {{cite NYC bus|x31}}
| Midtown | Eltingville Transit Center |34th Street, Madison Avenue (NB), 5th Avenue (SB), 42nd Street, Bradley Avenue, Harold Street, Forest Hill Road, Travis Avenue |
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=====Other X- routes=====
=MTA Bus Company=
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!Route !colspan=2|Terminals ! width="300px"|Streets Traveled ! width="300px"|History and Notes |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM4A {{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/bxm4cur.pdf |title=BxM4A schedule before June 2010 service cuts |access-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160816181918/http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/bxm4cur.pdf |archive-date=August 16, 2016 |url-status=live }}
| Midtown Manhattan | Bedford Park, Bronx |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM4B
| colspan="4" |Service began in 1976, and later became the BxM4 on June 27, 2010. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM7A
| colspan="4" |Service began on January 10, 1972, and later became the BxM8 in September 2011. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BxM7B https://web.archive.org/web/20100202123201/http://mta.info/busco/schedules/bxm7bcur.pdf BxM7B schedule before June 2010 service cuts
| Midtown Manhattan | City Island, Bronx |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM2A
|colspan="4"| Relabeled to QM20. |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM22 {{Cite web |url=http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/qm022cur.pdf |title=QM22 schedule before June 2010 service cuts |access-date=July 15, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161220082209/http://web.mta.info/busco/schedules/qm022cur.pdf |archive-date=December 20, 2016 |url-status=live }}
| Jackson Heights, Queens |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM23 https://web.archive.org/web/20090313143818/http://mta.info/busco/schedules/qm15-qm23cur.pdf QM23 schedule before June 2010 service cut
| Midtown Manhattan 102nd Street and Jamaica Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BQM1
|colspan="4"| Relabeled to BM5 |
=Command Bus Company (special service)=
Eight special routes, which were operated by Pioneer Bus then Command Bus Company.{{cite web|author1=Urbitran Associates, Inc|title=NYCDOT Bus Ridership Survey and Route Analysis Final Report: Chapter 3 Transit System Characteristics|url=http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotbusrsra_2.pdf|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of Transportation|access-date=October 16, 2015|date=May 2004|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617061317/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotbusrsra_2.pdf|archive-date=June 17, 2015|url-status=live}} All service discontinued in 2001.https://web.archive.org/web/19991011063553/http://www.commandbus.com/menu/menu.html BQ5, BQ10, BQ11, BQ12, BW4, BMJ1 and BMJ2 route information from commandbus.com, via archive.org
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!Route !colspan=2|Terminals !width="500px"|Streets Traveled |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BQ5
|Bay Ridge, Brooklyn |rowspan="3"|
|86th Street, 19th Avenue, 65th Street, 23rd Avenue, Avenue M, Flatlands Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Linden Boulevard |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BQ10
|Midwood, Brooklyn |Flatbush Avenue, Church Avenue, Linden Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BQ11
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BQ12
|Midwood, Brooklyn |Shea Stadium, Queens |Flatbush Avenue, Church Avenue, Linden Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BW4
|Bay Ridge, Brooklyn |Yonkers Raceway, Westchester County |86th Street, 19th Avenue, 65th Street, 23rd Avenue, Avenue M, Flatlands Avenue, Pennsylvania Avenue, Linden Boulevard |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BMJ1
|Sheepshead Bay, Brooklyn |Meadowlands Racetrack, New Jersey |Avenue Z, Coney Island Avenue, Avenue M, 23rd Avenue, 65th Street, 19th Avenue, 86th Street, 4th Avenue, Flatbush Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BMJ2
|Spring Creek, Brooklyn |Meadowlands Racetrack, New Jersey |Flatlands Avenue, Avenue M, Kings Highway, Nostrand Avenue, Flatbush Avenue |
Note: An additional route, the BM2S bus route, ran from Starrett City to Downtown Manhattan ran via Flatlands Avenue between East 80th Street and East 105th Street. The service still operates as part of regular BM2 service during rush hour. In addition, Command operated ferry shuttle buses around the Bay Ridge area from the Brooklyn Army Terminal after September 11, 2001, for the free ferry ride to/from the Wall Street pier. Both Pioneer Bus then Command Bus operated bus service to/from Roosevelt Raceway.
=Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company (special service)=
The Avenue B and East Broadway Transit Company operated the M7 express route between 5th Avenue & 110th Street and World Trade Center. It also operated a morning only M7A route that ran on 2nd Avenue between 79th and 63rd Streets and the World Trade Center. It additionally operated four special routes to racetracks in the New York City metropolitan area. Service was discontinued on April 1, 1980. The M7 express route became a part of the X23 route upon being taken over by the New York City Transit Authority, then became the original X90. X90 service to 5th Avenue & 110th Street was discontinued in 1996.
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!Route !colspan=2|Terminals !width="500px"|Streets Traveled |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| MN20
|Belmont Park, Nassau County |Manhattan: 2nd Avenue |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| MN21
|Roosevelt Raceway, Nassau County |Manhattan: 2nd Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| MQ20
|Aqueduct Racetrack, Queens |Manhattan: 2nd Avenue |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| MW20
|Yonkers Raceway, Westchester County |Manhattan: 2nd Avenue |
=Caravan Bus Systems (temporary operation)=
From late 1988 to early 1990, Queens Surface Corporation discontinued the QM1 Wall Street and QM3 after the City of New York pulled its funding for the service. Caravan Bus Systems Inc. picked up these routes due to equipment shortages and budget cuts with the approval of the NYCDOT. Caravan Bus Systems Inc. ran the QM1 Wall Street and QM3 with no subsidy from NYC and returned the lines to Queens Surface Corp. in 1990 after protest from Queens elected officials who were afraid that Caravan Bus Systems Inc. would discontinue the routes after Caravan Bus Systems Inc. lost money on the routes and was refused the city subsidy that these routes got under Queens/Steinway Transit Corp. prior to Queens Surface taking over the routes on July 1, 1988.
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!Route !Terminals !Streets Traveled |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM25
|rowspan=4|Queens and Manhattan |Same as current QM7 route |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM26
|Same as current QM8 route |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM27
|North Shore Towers to Downtown |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| QM28
|Same as current QM3 route |
=Metro Apple Express (MAX)=
Metro Apple Express (MAX) operated buses in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and to Jones Beach during its existence. The BM10 started on Sunday, June 10, 1984. They did not have fare boxes on the bus so the drivers were able to make change. Their bus schedules were color-coded for each route, BM10 was black, BM11 was blue, BM12 was green and BM15 was red. The president was Patrick Condren.[http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotbusrsra_2.pdf#page=7] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150617061317/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/dotbusrsra_2.pdf#page=7|date=June 17, 2015}} Metro Apple Express routes on NYC DOT Express Bus Map
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Route
! Terminus ! rowspan=5| ↔ ! Streets traveled !Terminus |
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style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM10
| Bay Ridge |rowspan=4| Northbound: Brooklyn Battery Tunnel, Trinity Place, Church Street, 6th Avenue Southbound: 5th Avenue, Broadway, Brooklyn Battery Tunnel |rowspan=4| Midtown |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM11
|Bensonhurst |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM12
|Bay Ridge |
style="background:white; color:black" align="center" valign=top| BM15
|Coney Island Bensonhurst Bay Parkway and Bay Ridge Parkway (Saturday service), ran on Avenue Z, Shell Road, 86th Street, Stillwell Avenue, Bay Ridge Parkway, (Originally ran on 12th Avenue, 65th Street), 3rd Avenue |
Notes:
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=[[Olympia Trails#Red & Tan & ONE BUS in Hudson County brand|Red & Tan in Hudson County]]=
=Atlantic Express=
All routes going into Manhattan terminate at Midtown on East 59th Street and Madison Avenue.
All routes traveled via into West Shore Expressway, Goethals Bridge into New Jersey's New Jersey Turnpike, Lincoln Tunnel; in Manhattan: 34th Street, Madison Avenue (northbound) and 5th Avenue (Southbound).
These routes were operated by Academy Bus until June 2001, when the franchises were awarded to Atlantic Express.{{cite news |last1=Engles |first1=Mary |title=S.I. GETS NEW EXPRESS TO MIDTOWN VIA N.J. |url=http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/s-new-express-midtown-n-article-1.917082 |access-date=August 28, 2018 |work=New York Daily News |date=August 22, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828071332/http://www.nydailynews.com/archives/news/s-new-express-midtown-n-article-1.917082 |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=O'Grady |first1=Jim |title=NEIGHBORHOOD REPORT: STATEN ISLAND UP CLOSE; Bus Roulette: Add Four Routes, but First, Cancel Seven |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/15/nyregion/neighborhood-report-staten-island-up-close-bus-roulette-add-four-routes-but.html |access-date=August 28, 2018 |work=The New York Times |date=July 15, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828071426/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/15/nyregion/neighborhood-report-staten-island-up-close-bus-roulette-add-four-routes-but.html |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Danis |first1=Kirsten |title=RUDY RIPS "IDIOT" BUS DRIVERS |url=https://nypost.com/2001/06/29/rudy-rips-idiot-bus-drivers/ |access-date=August 28, 2018 |work=New York Post |date=June 29, 2001 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180828071444/https://nypost.com/2001/06/29/rudy-rips-idiot-bus-drivers/ |archive-date=August 28, 2018 |url-status=live }} All of these routes have been rebranded or eliminated.
References
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External links
- [http://web.mta.info/nyct/bus/ MTA NYC Transit - Bus Service]
{{New York City express bus routes}}
{{MTA Regional Bus (New York)}}