List of bus routes in Manhattan

An M15 SBS bus passes Madison and James Streets, bound for South Ferry. (photo 2010)

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) 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).

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 route) in 1886. When New York Railways began abandoning several streetcar lines in 1919, the replacement bus routes (including the current M21 and M22 routes) were picked up by the New York City Department of Plant and Structures (DP&S). The DP&S began operating several other buses (including the current M79 and M96 routes) 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 route).

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 routes), and the East Side Omnibus Corporation started operating former Second Avenue Railroad routes (including the current M15 and M31 routes). The Comprehensive also started the current M66 route 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 route 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.

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 the Bronx: Bx3, Bx6, Bx7, Bx9 (through Marble Hill), Bx11, Bx12, Bx12 +Select Bus Service+, Bx13, Bx15, Bx19, Bx20, Bx33, Bx35, Bx36
• List of bus routes in Brooklyn: B39
• List of bus routes in Queens: Q32, Q60, Q101, Q102 (on Roosevelt Island)
• List of express bus routes in New York City: all routes.
• List of bus routes in Westchester County: BxM4C

New York City Bus

The M2, M7, M14A/D, M15, M23, M42, M60, M79, M86, M96, M101, M102, M103 and M104 buses run 24 hours a day. Other bus routes do not operate overnight hours, usually defined as midnight to 5AM. The Manhattan bus routes should not be confused with Megabus routes with similar names/numbers originating from Manhattan.

Note: NB: Northbound; SB: Southbound; EB: Eastbound; WB: Westbound

Routes M1 to M20

Route	Terminals			Streets traveled	Service notes
M1
	Local service
	Harlem West 147th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard	↔	East Village East 8th Street and 4th Avenue at Astor Place (  6   <6>  trains)	NB: 4th Avenue, Madison Avenue SB: 5th Avenue	Weekend service south of 106th Street discontinued in June 2010 and restored in January 2013. No overnight service.
	Limited-stop service
	Harlem West 147th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard	→ AM ← PM	East Village East 8th Street and 4th Avenue at Astor Place (  6   <6>  trains)	(See M1 Local routing above)	Limited stop service operates AM hours to East Village and PM hours to Harlem only.
M2
	Local service
	Washington Heights West 168th Street and Broadway at 168th Street ( 1   A   C  trains)	↔	East Village East 8th Street and 4th Avenue at Astor Place ( 4   6   <6>  trains)	Edgecombe Avenue, Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard, Central Park North, ... NB: 4th Avenue, Madison Avenue (towards Central Park North) SB: 5th Avenue (from Central Park North)	Local buses operates only in overnight and early morning hours and do not operate while limited-stop buses run.
	Limited-stop service
	Washington Heights West 168th Street and Broadway at 168th Street ( 1   A   C  trains)	↔	East Village East 8th Street and 4th Avenue at Astor Place (  6   <6>  trains)	(See M2 Local routing above)	Limited stops runs daily except early morning and overnight hours.
M3 Local	Fort George West 193rd Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue	↔		Saint Nicholas Avenue, Manhattan Avenue, Central Park North, ... NB: 4th Avenue, Madison Avenue (towards Central Park North) SB: 5th Avenue (from Central Park North)	No overnight service. Service after 10:30PM terminates at 125th Street-St. Nicholas Avenue. Service rerouted from St.Nicholas Avenue between 155th and 163rd Streets in September 2010.
M4
	Local service
	The Cloisters Museum	↔	Penn Station West 32nd Street and 7th Avenue	Fort Washington Avenue, Broadway, Cathedral Parkway, Central Park North, ... NB: Madison Avenue (towards Central Park North) SB: 5th Avenue (from Central Park North)	When the Cloisters Museum is closed, buses terminate at the entrance to Fort Tryon Park. No overnight service.
	Limited-stop service
	The Cloisters Museum	↔	Penn Station West 32nd Street and 7th Avenue	(See M4 Local routing above)	Weekday rush hour limited-stop service.
M5
	Local service
	Washington Heights West 178th Street and Broadway	↔	South Ferry Whitehall Street and South Street at South Ferry – Whitehall Street ( 1   R  trains)	Broadway, Riverside Drive, West 72nd Street, Central Park South, ... NB: Church Street, 6th Avenue (towards Central Park South) SB: 5th Avenue, Broadway (from Central Park South)	Local buses do not operate while limited-stop buses run. Extended to South Ferry in 2010, replacing entire M6 NB route and M6 SB route south of New York University. No overnight service.
	Limited-stop service
	Washington Heights West 178th Street and Broadway	↔	South Ferry Whitehall Street and South Street at South Ferry – Whitehall Street ( 1   R  trains)	(See M5 Local routing above)	Weekday limited stop service.
M7 Local	Harlem West 147th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard	↔	Chelsea 14th Street and 6th Avenue at 14th Street / Sixth Avenue ( 1   2   3   F   L   M  trains)	Lenox Avenue, West 116th Street, Manhattan Avenue, Duke Ellington Boulevard, ... NB: 6th Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue (towards Duke Ellington Boulevard) SB: Columbus Avenue, 7th Avenue (from Duke Ellington Boulevard)
M8 Local	West Village West Street and Christopher Street	↔	East Village Avenue D and East 10th Street	EB: West 10th Street, Saint Marks Place, East 10th Street WB: East 10th Street, East 9th Street, Christopher Street	No overnight service.
M9 Local	Battery Park City South End Avenue and Liberty Street	↔	Kips Bay East 29th Street and 1st Avenue at Bellevue Hospital	East Broadway, Essex Street, Avenue C, Murray Street, West Street	No overnight service. Extended north to 29th Street via 1st Avenue from 23rd Street and south to Battery Park City from City Hall in January 2013.
M10 Local	Harlem Frederick Douglass Boulevard and West 159th Street	↔	Columbus Circle Broadway and West 57th Street	Frederick Douglass Boulevard, Central Park West	No overnight service.
M11 Local	West Village Bethune Street and Hudson Street at Abingdon Square	↔	Riverbank State Park	NB: 10th Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, West 135th Street, Riverside Drive SB: Riverside Drive, West 135th Street, Amsterdam Avenue, Columbus Avenue, 9th Avenue	No overnight service. When Riverbank State Park is closed, buses do not serve Riverside Drive.
		↔	Harlem West 133rd Street and Broadway
M12 Local	West Village 8th Avenue and Jane Street at Abingdon Square	↔	Columbus Circle Broadway and West 58th Street	NB: West 14th Street, West Street, 12th Avenue, West 57th Street SB: West 57th Street, 11th Avenue, West 18th Street, 9th Avenue	No overnight service.
M14A Local	Lower East Side Grand Street and FDR Drive	↔	West Village Bethune Street and Hudson Street at Abingdon Square	Grand Street, Avenue A/Essex Street, 14th Street	A trips terminate at Abingdon Square except overnight. D trips terminate at Chelsea Piers at all times.
		↔	Chelsea Piers West 18th Street and 11th Avenue
M14D Local	Lower East Side Delancey Street and Columbia Street	↔		Avenue D, 14th Street
M15
	Local service
	East Harlem East 126th Street and 2nd Avenue	↔	South Ferry Whitehall Street and South Street at South Ferry – Whitehall Street ( 1   N   R  trains) (All times)	All trips: 1st Avenue (NB)/2nd Avenue (SB), Allen Street South Ferry trips: Water Street	Alternate trips serve each terminal.
		↔	Lower East Side Henry Street and Pike Street (Days and evenings)
	Select Bus Service
	East Harlem East 126th Street and 2nd Avenue	↔	South Ferry South Ferry – Whitehall Street ( 1   R  trains) Bus loop	(See M15 Local South Ferry routing above)	No overnight Select Bus service. 15 stops along 1st and 2nd Avenues (each way), plus 2 stops in Chinatown and 3 in the Financial District.
M20 Local	South Ferry Whitehall Street and South Street at South Ferry – Whitehall Street ( 1   R  trains)	↔	Lincoln Center West 63rd Street and Broadway	NB: South End Avenue, Hudson Street, 8th Avenue SB: 7th Avenue, Varick Street, South End Avenue	No overnight service.

Routes M21 to M79

Route	Terminals			Streets traveled	Service notes
M21	West Village Washington Street and Spring Street	↔	Lower East Side Grand Street and FDR Drive	Houston Street	Weekend service discontinued in June 2010, restored January 2013.
M22	Battery Park City North End Street and Vesey Street	↔		WB: Madison Street, East Broadway, Worth Street, Lafayette Street, Chambers Street EB: Chambers Street, Frankfort Street, Madison Street	No overnight service.
M23	Chelsea Piers 12th Avenue near West 23rd Street	↔	Peter Cooper Village— Stuyvesant Town Avenue C and East 20th Street	23rd Street
M31	Clinton West 54th Street and 11th Avenue	↔	Yorkville East 92nd Street and York Avenue	57th Street, York Avenue	No overnight service.
M34
	Select Bus Service
	Chelsea 12th Avenue and West 34th Street	↔	East Side Ferry Terminal FDR Drive and East 34th Street	34th Street	No overnight service. Select Bus Service started November 13, 2011.
M34A
	Select Bus Service
	Port Authority Bus Terminal West 42nd Street and 9th Avenue	↔	Waterside Plaza	WB: 34th Street, 8th Avenue EB: 9th Avenue, 34th Street, 2nd Avenue	No overnight service. Select Bus Service started November 13, 2011. Known as M16 before then.
M35	Harlem East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue at 125th Street ( 4   5   6   <6>  trains)	↔	Randall's Island and Wards Island	Central Road (Randall's), Hells Gate Circle (Wards)	No overnight service. Travels between Manhattan and Randall's-Wards Islands via the RFK (Triborough) Bridge.
M42	United Nations 1st Avenue and East 42nd Street	↔	Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises 12th Avenue at Pier 83	42nd Street
M50	East Midtown East 49th Street and 1st Avenue	↔	Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises 12th Avenue at Pier 83	WB: 49th Street EB: 50th Street	No overnight service.
M57	Upper West Side West 72nd Street and Broadway at 72nd Street ( 1   2   3  trains)	↔	East Midtown York Avenue and East 60th Street	West End Avenue, 57th Street
M60
	Select Bus Service
	Morningside Heights West 106th Street and Broadway	↺	LaGuardia Airport, Queens All terminals	Broadway, West 120th Street, Amsterdam Avenue, 125th Street, Astoria Boulevard (Queens), 23rd Avenue (Queens), 94th Street (Queens)	Select Bus Service began May 25, 2014. Travels between Manhattan and Queens via the Robert F. Kennedy Bridge. No late night service to the Marine Air Terminal.
M66	Upper West Side West 66th Street and West End Avenue	↔	Upper East Side York Avenue and East 67th Street	WB: East 67th Street, 66th Street Transverse, West 66th Street EB: West 65th Street, 66th Street Transverse, East 68th Street	No overnight service.
M72	Upper West Side Freedom Place and West 68th Street	↔	Upper East Side York Avenue and East 72nd Street	72nd Street, 66th Street Transverse
M79	Upper West Side Riverside Drive and West 79th Street	↔	Upper East Side East End Avenue and East 79th Street	79th Street

Routes M86 to M116

Route	Terminals			Streets traveled	Service notes
M86	Select Bus Service
	Upper West Side West End Avenue and West 86th Street	↔	Yorkville East 92nd Street and York Avenue	86th Street, York Avenue	Select Bus Service began July 13, 2015.
M96 Local	Upper West Side West End Avenue and West 96th Street	↔	Yorkville 1st Avenue and East 97th Street	96th Street
M98
	Limited-stop service
	Washington Heights West 193rd Street and Fort Washington Avenue at 190th Street ( A  trains)	↔	Upper East Side East 68th Street and Lexington Avenue at Hunter College	Fort Washington Avenue, Harlem River Drive, ... SB: Lexington Avenue (from Harlem River Drive) NB: 3rd Avenue (towards Harlem River Drive)	Weekday rush hour service only.
M100 Local	Inwood West 220th Street and Broadway	↔	East Harlem East 125th Street and 1st Avenue	10th Avenue, Dyckman Street, Broadway, St. Nicholas Avenue, Amsterdam Avenue, 125th Street	No overnight service.
M101
	Local service
	Fort George West 193rd Street and Saint Nicholas Avenue	↔	East Village Cooper Square East 6th Street and 3rd Avenue at Astor Place ( 4   6   <6>  trains)	Amsterdam Avenue, 125th Street, ... NB: 3rd Avenue (from 24th to 125th Street) SB: Lexington Avenue (from 125th to 24th Street) ... 3rd Avenue	Local buses do not operate while limited-stop service runs.
	Limited-stop service
	Fort George West 193rd Street and St. Nicholas Avenue	↔	East Village Cooper Square East 6th Street and 3rd Avenue at Astor Place ( 6   <6>  trains)	(See M101 Local routing above)	Limited stops runs daily except overnights.
M102 Local	Harlem West 147th Street and Adam Clayton Powell Boulevard	↔		Lenox Avenue, 116th Street, ... NB: 3rd Avenue (from 24th to 116th Street) SB: Lexington Avenue (from 116th to 24th Street) ... 3rd Avenue
M103 Local	City Hall Park Row and Broadway	↔	East Harlem East 125th Street and Lexington Avenue	Bowery, 3rd Avenue, ... NB: 3rd Avenue (from East 24th Street) SB: Lexington Avenue (towards East 24th Street)
M104 Local	Harlem West 129th Street and Amsterdam Avenue	↔	Times Square Times Square – 42nd Street ( 1   2   3   7   <7>   A   C   E   N   Q   R   S  trains)	NB: 8th Avenue, Broadway SB: Broadway, 7th Avenue
M106 Local	East Harlem East 106th Street and FDR Drive	↔	Upper West Side West 96th Street and West End Avenue	East 106th Street, Madison Avenue (NB)/5th Avenue (SB), West 96th Street	No overnight service.
M116 Local	East Harlem East 120th Street and Pleasant Avenue	↔	Morningside Heights West 106th Street and Broadway	116th Street, Manhattan Avenue, Duke Ellington Boulevard (West 106th Street)

New York Waterway

Hudson River

New York Waterway operates shuttle bus routes to/from its West Midtown Ferry Terminal. Service is free.

Peak service

Terminal	Streets traveled
Midtown 3rd Avenue and 57th Street	57th Street
Midtown Lexington Avenue and 50th Street	Eastbound: 50th Street Westbound: 49th Street
Midtown 3rd Avenue and 42nd Street	42nd Street
Murray Hill 3rd Avenue and 34th Street	34th Street
Downtown Loop	AM: 23rd Street, Broadway, Houston Street, West Street (clockwise) PM: West Street, Clarkson Street, 6th Avenue, 23rd Street (counterclockwise)

Off-peak service

All routes operate as clockwise loops.

Streets traveled	Notes
50th Street, 10th Avenue, 65th Street, Broadway, 42nd Street	No Sunday service
44th Street, 8th Avenue, 57th Street, 5th Avenue, 49th Street
50th Street, 6th Avenue, 57th Street, 8th Avenue, 49th Street	Weekday midday service only
42nd Street, 5th Avenue, 34th Street
23rd Street, Varick Street, West Broadway, Murray Street, West Street

East River

A clockwise "loop" bus via 34th Street, 6th Avenue, 48th Street, and Lexington Avenue operates during peak hours to/from East 34th Street Ferry Landing.

Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation

Roosevelt Island Red bus at the tramway station

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

Route	Notes	Terminals			Streets traveled
Red Bus	Southbound	Octagon Apartments 888 Main Street	→	Roosevelt Island Tramway station (East)	Main Street, East Drive
	Northbound	Southpoint Park	→	Octagon Apartments 888 Main Street	Main Street, West Drive
Octagon Express	Weekday morning rush-hours	Octagon Apartments 888 Main Street	↔	Roosevelt Island Tramway station (East)	Main Street, East and West Drives

Downtown Connection

In Lower Manhattan area, a shuttle service operates daily from 10:00 AM until 7:30 PM, sponsored by the Lower Manhattan Business Improvement District (BID), using minibuses. Service is free.

Route	Terminals			Streets traveled
Downtown Connection	Battery Park City Warren Street and North End Avenue	↔	South Street Seaport Water Street and Fulton Street	Warren/Murray Streets, North End Avenue, Vessey Street, West Street South End Avenue, Battery Place, Water Street

History of the current Manhattan bus routes

Routes M1 to M20

Route	History
M1	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. Due to budget crisis, overnight service, weekend service south of 106th Street, and part-time South Ferry service were discontinued and service rerouted to match M2 June 27, 2010.
M2	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on February 23, 1901. Northbound buses moved to Madison Avenue on January 14, 1966.
M3	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on February 23, 1901. Northbound buses moved to Madison Avenue on January 14, 1966. Northbound service rerouted away from University Place and 9th Street on June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis
M4	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on August 5, 1900. Northbound buses moved to Madison Avenue on January 14, 1966.
M5	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus on August 5, 1900. Extended to South Ferry to replace M6 June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis
M7	New York City Omnibus Corporation buses route (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. Southern terminus shifted to Sixth Avenue in 2009. Southbound buses rerouted from Broadway and ran on 7 Avenue in 2009.
M8	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus route (M16 - 13) replaced New York Railways' Eighth Street Crosstown Line streetcar on March 3, 1936. Designated M13 until ca. 1989. Weekend and overnight service discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis. Weekend service restored April 2014.
M9	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. Service rerouted to City Hall via Av C to replace M15 and M21 on June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
M10	Eighth Avenue Coach Corporation bus route (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 route (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. South of Penn Station split off into route M20 in 1999. Service south of Columbus Circle ended June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis. Extended 2 blocks down in April 2011.
M11	Eighth Avenue Coach Corporation bus route (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.
M12	New bus route August 2014.
M14A M14D	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus route (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.
M15	East Side Omnibus Corporation bus route (M15) replaced Second Avenue Railroad's Second Avenue Line streetcar and began running route (M13) on First Avenue on June 26, 1933. Routes combined as a one-way pair on June 4, 1951 and kept the number M15. Began limited stop service on February 11, 1974. Park Row branch eliminated June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
M20	Split from M10 in 1999; Original M20 is now M116. Extended to South Ferry to replace M9 on June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.

Routes M21 to M79

Route	History
M21	New York City Department of Plant and Structures bus route (M10 - soon became NYCO's 21) replaced New York Railways' Avenue C Line streetcar on September 21, 1919. Extended to FDR Drive and weekend service discontinued on June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
M22	New York City Department of Plant and Structures bus route (M1) replaced New York Railways' Chambers and Madison Streets Line streetcar on September 21, 1919. Became M22 in July 1974. Overnight service discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
M23	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus route (M18 - 15) replaced New York Railways' 23rd Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 8, 1936. Became M26 in July 1974 and M23 ca. 1989.
M31	East Side Omnibus Corporation began operating bus route (M11) on June 26, 1933. Became M31 in July 1974.
M34 M34A	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus route (M19 - 16) replaced New York Railways' 34th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 1, 1936. Main route renumbered M34 in April 1986; M16 renumbered M34A in November 2011. Route converted to a Select Bus Service route in 2011.
M35	Originally the TB; became M34 (Randall's and Wards 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, Queens until September 10, 1995.
M42	Surface Transportation Corporation bus route (M106) replaced Third Avenue Railway's 42nd Street Crosstown Line streetcar on November 17, 1946. Became M42 in April 1986. Service to Javits Center discontinued on June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
M50	Originally M3 bus route; Became M27 in July 1974. Weekend and overnight service discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis Route shortened from 42 Street to 49 Street and weekend service restored in July 2011.
M57	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating bus (20) on March 15, 1937.; Renumbered M28 in July 1974.
M60	New route created and established on September 6, 1992 operating between Harlem - West 125 Street & Lenox Avenue subway station of the 2 and 3 trains, and the LaGuardia Airport's Main Central Terminal area only. Extended further west from Lenox Avenue to Broadway & West 106 Street in 1998. Route converted to Select Bus Service in May 25, 2014.
M66	Comprehensive Omnibus Company began operating bus route (M7) on February 15, 1935. Route M7 became M29 in July 1974 and M66 ca. 1989. Overnight service discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
M79	New York City Department of Plant and Structures began operating bus (M4 - soon became NYCO's 17) on November 30, 1921. Route M17 became M79 ca. 1989.

Routes M86 to M116

Route	History
M86	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M5 - 18) replaced New York Railways' 86th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on June 8, 1936. Route M18 became M86 ca. 1989.
M96	New York City Department of Plant and Structures began operating bus (M6 - soon became NYCO's 19) on July 1, 1921. Route M19 became M96 ca. 1989.
M98	Service south of 68th Street discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
M100	Surface Transportation Corporation bus (Route M100) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Broadway-Kingsbridge Line streetcar on June 22, 1947. Portion in Bronx split off into Bx20 in 1989. South end extended one block on September 2013 to provide additional service on 125 Street. Inwood section rerouted from Broadway to Dyckman Street and 10 Avenue on June 2014.
M101	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 route number M101. Portion south of Cooper Union split off into route M103 in 1996.
M102	Route M101A was started in the 1960s or 1970s; became M102 in July 1974. Portion south of Cooper Union split off into M103 in 1996.
M103	Former southern portion of routes M101 and M102 split off into new route in 1996.
M104	Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M104) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Broadway Line streetcar on December 15, 1946. Service along 42nd Street discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis.
M106	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	New York City Omnibus Corporation bus (M20 - 20) replaced New York Railways' 116th Street Crosstown Line streetcar on April 1, 1936. Route M20 became M116 ca. 1989.

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 City Omnibus Corporation gave its routes numbers from 1 to 22, and the Fifth Avenue Coach Company used numbers from 1 to 20. The public designations were not changed to avoid conflicts until July 1974.

Fifth Avenue Coach Company

Designation			Route
Public	1974	Current
1	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	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
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
M2	12	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
Franchise	Public	1974	Current
M1		M22	M22	Comprehensive	Madison and Chambers Streets Crosstown
M3		M27	M50	Comprehensive	49th and 50th Streets Crosstown
M7		M29	M66	Comprehensive	65th, 66th, 67th, and 68th Streets 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
M100				Surface	Broadway-Kingsbridge
M101				Surface	Third Avenue-Amsterdam Avenue
M102		N/A		Surface	125th Street Crosstown
M103			N/A	Surface	59th Street Crosstown
M104				Surface	Broadway
M105		N/A		Surface	Tenth Avenue
M106			M42	Surface	42nd Street Crosstown

M102 only operated from June 29 to July 1, 1947.

Renumbered or eliminated routes since 1962

Route	Major streets	History
M6	Broadway and 6th Avenue	Merged into M5 on June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis. 7th Av section discontinued.
M8	Grand Street and Broome Street
M12 (first use)	Spring Street, Prince Street, Delancey Street, and Williamsburg Bridge to Williamsburg, Brooklyn
M13	see M8
M14C	14th Street and Avenue C	Eliminated in 2002.
M16	34th Street	Renumbered M34A when Select Bus Service on the M34 began in November 2011
M17	see M79
M18 (first use)	see M86
M18 (second use)	Convent Avenue	Former Convent Avenue branch of M3. Truncated to Harlem in 1995. Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis
M19	see M96 and M106
M20	see M116
M26	see M23
M27	49/50 Streets	Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis
M28	see M57
M29	see M66
M30	East 72nd Street, 57th Street	Fifth Avenue Coach Company began operating buses in 1900 as Route 6. Discontinued June 27, 2010 due to budget crisis
M32	see Q32
M34	see M35
M41	"Culture Bus Loop I" M41 and B88 Culture Loop buses (I & II) began operating on the Memorial Day weekend on May 26, 1973. Both routes only operated during the weekends and holidays only. Both routes were discontinued after Labor Day on September 3, 1984.
M58	57th Street	Replaced the M103 on September 1, 1989; merged with the M31 in 1994.
M101A	see M102
M103 (first use)	West End Avenue and 59 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	10 Avenue and Broadway	Surface Transportation Corporation bus (M105) replaced Third Avenue Railway's Tenth Avenue Line (Manhattan surface) streetcar on November 17, 1946. Buses moved to 11th Avenue on November 6, 1948, when 10th Avenue became one-way. Discontinued in 1962.
M106	see M42
M107	see M96 and M106
Grand Street Shuttle bus	Service between Canal Street and Grand Street	Operated when the Sixth Avenue tracks of the Manhattan Bridge were closed from 2001 to 2004. Used to provide customers at Grand Street access to Brooklyn.
3  trains shuttle bus	Service between 135th Street and Harlem – 148th Street	Operated late nights only as a replacement for IRT Lenox Avenue Line subway service from 1995 to July 2008.

External links

• MTA NYC Transit - Bus Service
• Chicago Transit & Railfan Web Site: New York City Transit
• www.nycsubway.org: Local Bus Companies of Manhattan