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Jesus christ, I forgot how bad the page used to be (even if it is still a piece of crap today).

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Holy smoke, forgot about that old site version.  Even more surprising is that most of the links actually work (via WebArchive) and complete old schedules in PDF are available.  Never considered WebArchive would have as much as they do backed-up from the MTA.

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HISTORY OF THE BUS SYSTEM

The bus system we operate today has been nearly a century in the making.

On July 13, 1907, the Fifth Avenue Coach Company began providing the city's first motor-bus service. Powered by gasoline, Fifth Avenue Coach's open-top, double-decker bus ran in Manhattan between Washington Square and 90th Street.

Like the subway system, the city's motor-bus service was first operated by private companies. On June 1, 1940, bus routes and depots operated by the bankrupt Brooklyn-Manhattan Transit Corporation were taken over by the city's Board of Transportation. Later that decade, the city assumed control over several more bus companies. Then in 1953, NYC Transit (officially, the New York City Transit Authority) was established to become responsible for operating this city-owned bus service.

The NYC Transit-operated bus system expanded significantly in 1962, when the city acquired the extensive holdings of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company. The State Legislature created a new agency, the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, as a subsidiary of NYC Transit.

Notable Events 

Feb. 23, 1947 The city acquires the Isle Transportation Company, formerly
the Staten Island Coach Company, and begins operating buses
on Staten Island.

March 30, 1947 The city takes over the North Shore Bus Company and begins
operating buses in Queens.

Sept. 24, 1948 The city acquires the Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation and
the East Side Omnibus Company and begins operating buses in
Manhattan.

June 15, 1953 The State Legislature establishes New York City Transit to
oversee city owned bus and subway operations.

July 25, 1953 Tokens are used for the first time on buses and subways.

July 8, 1954 The first labor contract negotiated by NYC Transit and
employee unions becomes effective.

Oct. 31, 1956 NYC Transit begins operating bus service along Church
Avenue in Brooklyn when the Church Avenue trolley line is
discontinued.

March 19, 1962 The New York State Legislature forms the Manhattan and
Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority, a non civil
service subsidiary of NYC Transit, to take over bus
operations for the bankrupt Fifth Avenue Coach Lines.

Nov. 3, 1965 NYC Transit creates the first express bus route, the R8X
(today, the X8), to link Staten Island with downtown
Brooklyn.

Jan. 1 - 12, 1966 A strike by unionized employees shuts down bus and subway
service for 12 days.

Sept. 11, 1966 The department begins providing air conditioned bus service
with the 682 vehicle fleet of Grumman 8000 series buses.
(The system's first air conditioned bus was a demonstration
bus, a 1959 General Motors, bus no. 100.)

March 1, 1968 The State Legislature creates the Metropolitan
Transportation Authority to oversee transportation
operations in 12 counties. The MTA becomes NYC Transit's
parent agency.

May 14, 1968 Department of Buses activates a two way radio link between
buses and its East New York Command Center.

July 1, 1969 NYC Transit introduces a reduced fare for senior citizens
on buses 10 cents for a oneway local bus trip.

Aug. 31, 1969 From this day on, customers are required to pay in tokens
or exact money fares, as bus operators are no longer
responsible for making change.

April 29, 1973 Bx55 bus service replaces the Bronx's Third Avenue "El,"
which ceases operating.

Feb. 11, 1974 NYC Transit introduces limited stop bus service: on
Manhattan's M15 and Queens' Q46 (formerly the Q44A).

Sept. 8, 1974 Queens Village Depot opens.

Sept. 2, 1975 Half fare for people with physical disabilities is
instituted on all buses and trains. On July 1, 1976, the
program was expanded to include individuals with mental
disabilities.

Oct. 1, 1975 The department's first ever transfer program with a
commuter railroad is inaugurated when the Bx15 begins
accepting Metro North Railroad's "UniTicket."

Dec. 22, 1975 The first "kneeling" buses are placed in service.

Sept. 2, 1977 The NYCTA introduces its first "Guide A Ride" bus
information signs at bus stops.

Feb. 5, 1980 The first fleet of wheelchair lift equipped buses is
introduced with 200 Grumman buses.

Apr. 1 to11, 1980 A strike by unionized employees shuts down bus and subway
operations for 11 days.

Aug. 9, 1981 The first General Motors RTS II 04 Advanced Design Buses
are placed in service on the M16 route in Manhattan.

Sept. 13, 1981 Staten Island's Yukon Depot opens.

Jan. 1, 1982 To rescue the nation's largest public transit system from
years of undercapitalization and deferred maintenance, NYC
Transit launches the first of its five year Capital
Improvement programs. A second five year rebuilding program
follows in 1986, and NYC Transit is currently working on
its third program. Throughout this period, the agency
succeeds in managing one of the biggest capital works
projects in the nation's history. Successes include
replacing and overhauling the bus fleet as well as
rehabilitating work facilities.

Sept. 12, 1982 To reduce transfer abuse, the agency introduces a time
validated transfer.

Feb. 8, 1984 Because of design, structure and workmanship problems, 850
Grumman Flxible Model Advanced Design buses (delivered in
1980 81) are removed from service. The agency rushes to
prepare 300 retired buses to meet the next day's service
demands. The long term solution comes in ordering 400 new
RTS II 04 buses and contracting for the Blitz Corporation
to remanufacture 350 General Motors buses (originally built
between 1966 and 1973).

May 1, 1984 Express bus tokens are introduced.

Sept. 6, 1984 A new depot, the Fifth Avenue Depot, is built on the site
of Brooklyn's 100 year old Fifth Avenue depot.

Oct. 5, 1984 The department establishes the division concept, creating
the position of general manager to oversee all bus
operations for each borough.

April 5, 1986 The first electronic fareboxes go into operation on buses.

Nov. 15, 1987 For the first time, NYC Transit local bus service (Q3)
operates to JFK International Airport, while the Q5 is
extended into Nassau County to serve the Green Acres Mall.

June 30, 1988 Brooklyn's Fifth Avenue Depot is renamed as Jackie Gleason
Depot.

Dec. 11, 1988 When three new Archer Avenue subway stations are opened,
six southeast Queens bus routes are rerouted to serve the
city's first modern intermodal (bus/rail) facility at
Archer Av Parsons Blvd.

May 12, 1989 NYC Transit succeeds with its five year goal of
establishing graffiti free bus and subway fleets.

Sept. 10, 1989 The $50 million, 240 bus Gun Hill Depot opens in the Bronx.

May 1, 1990 New pre trip inspection procedures for bus operators are
established to enhance safety system wide.

Feb. 9, 1992 The Department of Buses introduces the Route Manager
Program to Manhattan's M15 route. Route managers talk to
customers at bus stops and are responsible for coordinating
all route activities in order to take better care of
customers. By the end of the year, the program expands to
all 201 local bus routes.

Aug. 16, 1992 After undergoing a $55 million renovation, Queens' former
Flushing depot becomes the Casey Stengel Depot.

Sept. 13, 1992 M60 interborough bus service between Harlem and LaGuardia
Airport starts, giving Manhattan residents a one fare ride
to the airport.

Oct. 18, 1992 As part of the "Fare Deal" initiative, the agency
introduces new bus transfer/discount fares in Staten
Island, Queens and Brooklyn.

Nov. 8, 1992 The agency opens a new depot the Manhattanville Depot on
132nd St and 12th Av in Manhattan.

Feb. 21, 1993 The new Kingsbridge Depot, housing 242 buses and more than
650 employees, replaces the Walnut Depot, which closes for
rehabilitation. (Walnut is scheduled to reopen in 1995 and
replace the Coliseum Depot, which will close for
rehabilitation.)

Sept. 23, 1993 The 146th Street Depot is officially renamed the Mother
Clara McBride Hale Depot. Over a five year period,
employees raise more than $61,000 for Hale House, the late
Mother Hale's Harlem child care center.

Dec. 5, 1993 To improve customer security from midnight to 5 a.m., the
Department of Buses introduces Request a Stop on Staten
Island buses. In 1994, the program was expanded to Queens,
the Bronx and Brooklyn.

Jan. 1, 1994 The agency expands transfer privileges between NYC Transit
buses and private bus lines.

Oct. 31, 1994 Testing of the new automated fare collection farebox begins
on the Bx55 route for customers transferring to the subway
at 149 Grand Concourse. The plan is to begin equipping
Staten Island buses with this farebox by March 1995. By mid
year, the agency's entire bus fleet is scheduled to begin
accepting MetroCard (as well as tokens and change) as a
fare medium.

September 1, 1995 The Department of Buses completes a major reorganization,
making depots self sufficient, downsizing Division staffs
in the five boroughs, and transferring primary
responsibility for operating passenger service to a newly
created Road Operations Division. The Road Operations
Division is administered by four Assistant Chief
Transportation Officers, each responsible for a
geographical quadrant of New York City.

September 28, Fareboxes on NYC Transit buses in Staten Island begin
1995 accepting MetroCard

November 12, 1995 To overcome budget shortfalls due to massive federal,
state, and city cutbacks in capital and operating
subsidies, the MTA Board implements a fare increase of 25
cents on subways and local routes to $1.50. Express bus
fare remains the same ($4.00)

November 30, 1995 Fareboxes on NYC Transit buses in Brooklyn and Queens begin
accepting MetroCard

 

The following is a list of where our bus routes originate--by division and depot.

ROUTES 

(Routes with an "M" prefix operate in Manhattan. B is for Brooklyn, Bx for Bronx, Q for Queens and S for Staten Island. Routes with an "X" prefix are for express buses.)

Division Depot Bus Routes
Bronx Mother Hale M1, M2, M7, M60, Bx33

Kingsbridge Bx1, Bx2, Bx3, Bx7,
Bx9, Bx10, Bx18, Bx20,
Bx41, Bx55, M100

Walnut Bx4, Bx5, Bx6, Bx8
(split route), Bx11,
Bx13 Bx15, Bx17, Bx19,
Bx21, Bx27, Bx32, Bx35,
Bx36

Gun Hill Bx8, Bx12, Bx14, Bx16,
Bx22, Bx26, Bx28, Bx29,
Bx30, Bx31, Bx34, Bx39,
Bx40, Bx42, Bx55


Brooklyn East New York B12, B14, B15, B17,
B25, B40, B42, B43,
B45, B60, B82(split
route), B83, Q24,Q56

Fresh Pond B13, B18, B20, B24,
B26, B30, B38, B39,
B52, B54, B57, Q54,
Q55, Q58, Q59

Flatbush B2, B7, B31, B41, B44,
B46, B49, B78

Ulmer Park B1, B3, B4, B6, B8,
B36, B64, B68, B74, B82
(split route), X25
(split route), X28, X29

Jackie Gleason B9, B11, B16, B23, B35,
B37, B48, B51, B61,
B63, B65, B67, B69,
B70, B71, B75, B77,
X25,X27


Manhattan Hudson M6, M8, M9, M11 (split
route), M14,M16, M21,
M22, M23, M34, M42, Q32
(split route)

Manhattanville M3, M4, M5, M10, M11
(split route), M18,
M30, M57, M72, M98

100th St M35, M86, M96,
M101/102/103, M106,
X90, X92

126th St M15, M27, M31, M50,
M66

Amsterdam M79, M104, M116


Queens Casey Stengel Q12, Q13, Q14, Q15,
Q16, Q20, Q26, Q27,
Q28,Q32 (split route),
Q44, Q48, Q74, Q76,
X32, X51

Jamaica Q3, Q4, Q5, Q17, Q42,
Q77, Q84, Q85, Q86,
X63, X64

Queens Village Q1, Q2, Q30, Q31, Q36,
Q43, Q75, Q79, Q83,
Q88, X68


Staten Island Castleton S40, S42, S46, S48/98,
S51, S52, S53, S54,
S57, S60, S62/92, S66/
S67, S76, X10, X12,
X14, X16, X18, X20

Yukon S44/94, S55/S56, S59,
S61/91, S74, S78, S79,
X1, X2, X3, X4, X5, X6,
X7, X8, X9, X15,
X17/X19, X31

DEPOTS 

To find the soul of the Department of Buses, visit one of its 19 depots. They are a home away from home for our transportation and maintenance employees, the workplace for about 90 percent of our department.

Every minute of every day, buses pull in and out of depots throughout the city's five boroughs. They are places where employees store, wash and refuel buses, and perform routine bus maintenance.

Like fine old ballparks, many of our depots were built a century ago and retain a unique charm, style and history. Some were constructed as trolley barns, piers and warehouses, while Coliseum Depot (which will undergo rehabilitation in 1995) was built at the beginning of the century to serve as a sports arena.

But time takes its toll. Fifteen years ago, the working conditions for depot employees were bleak, with virtually all 19 depots in disrepair.

During the past decade, we've invested capital funds toward depot rehabilitation. As a result, we're making progress toward getting all 19 into good repair. Since 1986, we've rehabilitated eight depots (Mother Clara Hale, Amsterdam, 126th Street, Flatbush, Ulmer Park, Queens Village, Castleton and Yukon) and have built five new depots (Gun Hill, Kingsbridge, Manhattanville, Jackie Gleason, Casey Stengel). Two more depots--Coliseum and 100th Street--are scheduled to be reconstructed in the next three years.

Amsterdam Depot 

Division: Manhattan

Address: 1381 Amsterdam Avenue, New York, New York 10027

History: Originally constructed in 1882 as a trolley depot, Amsterdam is one of the oldest facilities in the system. The last trolley operated out of Amsterdam in 1946. In 1947, the building was expanded and reopened as a bus garage, operated by Surface Transportation Company. After the facility was bought by the City of New York in 1962, MaBSTOA was formed and continued to operate this depot since then.

Casey Stengel Depot 

Division: Queens

Address: 123-53 Willets Point Blvd., Flushing, NY 11368

History: Constructed in 1950 by the city's Board of Transportation, the depot was originally a single building known as the Flushing Depot. On Aug. 16, 1992, upon the completion of a $55 million renovation which included the creation of separate maintenance and transportation buildings, the depot was rededicated as the Casey Stengel Depot in honor of the legendary Yankees and Mets manager.

Castleton Depot 

Division: Staten Island

Address: 1390 Castleton Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10302

History: Castleton Depot was constructed in the late 1940s to provide urgently needed storage space for City-owned buses on Staten Island. When Isle Transportation went bankrupt in 1947, the city's Board of Transportation (predecessor of NYC Transit) took control of the majority of Staten Island bus operations. In 1948, the Board appropriated $1.7 million to build a new depot on Staten Island. Castleton remained the only city-owned depot on Staten Island until the opening of Yukon Depot in 1981.

East New York Depot 

Division: Brooklyn

Address: 1 Jamaica Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11207

History: East New York complex covers a five-acre site and at one time was a trolley-car barn. Buses began to operate out of this facility in 1931, with trolley cars being phased out in 1947. Having been acquired by the city's Board of Transportation in 1940, the building was razed by the end of the decade.. The present structure was constructed in 1950 with additional office space being added in 1962 and 1969. The construction cost was $11 million. East New York is the site of the Brooklyn Division office.

Flatbush Depot 

Division: Brooklyn

Address: 4901 Fillmore Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11234

History: The area immediately north of Flatbush Depot was at one time the site of a trolley-car barn. In 1931, buses first operated from this location and were stored outside. The site was acquired by the city's Board of Transportation in 1940 and the area was razed for a new depot in 1947, with the new depot being constructed in 1950 at a cost of $1.9 million. An outdoor parking lot was added in 1965. Rehabilitation was completed in 1991.

Fresh Pond Depot 

Division: Brooklyn

Address: 66-69 Fresh Pond Road, Ridgewood, NY 11385

History

One of the original uses of Fresh Pond Depot was as an elevated trolley car repair shop. In 1917, it became a trolley inspection shop and operated in that capacity until 1950. It was acquired by the city's Board of Transportation in 1940 and the area was razed for a new depot in 1957. The present depot was constructed in 1960 and is currently undergoing rehabilitation.

Gun Hill Depot 

Division: Bronx

Address: 1910 Bartow Av., Bronx, NY 10469

History: Located in the northeast Bronx near Co-op City, Gun Hill is the system's only depot that NYC Transit built from scratch. Before our agency developed this land, the depot site was marshland with a row of junkyards and vacant lots. Construction was completed on Sept. 10, 1989.

Hudson Depot 

Division: Manhattan

Address: 112 Eleventh Avenue, New York, NY 10011

History: This depot was built in 1952 as a shipping pier. In 1971, NYC Transit took possession of the vacant building and closed and relinquished its 12th Street depot, a former taxi garage which had housed 60 buses. The depot is expected to be operational until the year 2000, when the recently acquired Greyhound terminal is rehabilitated and a new 100th Street Depot built.

Jackie Gleason Depot 

Division: Brooklyn

Address: 845 Fifth Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214

History: At the turn of the century, the site of the current Jackie Gleason Depot was a passenger terminal named Union Station. Steam trains ran from some of the outlying parts of downtown Brooklyn where they then continued their journey into Manhattan. Following that, it operated as an elevated car inspection shop from sometime in the early 1900s until approximately 1940, when it was acquired by the city's Board of Transportation. In 1944, as the Fifth Avenue Depot, it began operation as a bus garage. The present structure was built in stages, the first stage opening in 1984 and the second, final stage in May 1986. In 1988, the depot was renamed the Jackie Gleason Depot in honor of the renowned actor for his memorable role as Bus Driver Ralph Kramden in "The Honeymooners."

Jamaica Depot 

Division: Queens

Address: 165-18 South Rd., Jamaica, NY 11433

History: Built at a cost of $500,000 by the North Shore Bus Company as a single-story brick structure, Jamaica Depot opened on July 30, 1940. The city's Board of Transportation acquired the depot in 1947, and then NYC Transit in 1953. The depot was modified in 1950 and again in 1968 with the addition of a maintenance area, second-story offices and lockerroom. But two decades of deferred facility maintenance brought the depot into disrepair. The first phase of capital rebuilding, completed in 1993, brought some structural improvements, including roof replacement. A depot upgrade in 1994 addressed many more needs. A new Jamaica Depot is being considered for 1999.

Kingsbridge Depot 

Division: Bronx

Address: 4065 10th Av., New York, NY 10034

History: Reconstructed and reopened in February 1993, this modern two-building complex replaces the former Kingsbridge facility, which was erected in the 1890s as a garage for street cars and was converted for buses in 1948 by the Surface Transportation Company. After becoming a holding of the Fifth Avenue Coach Company, the depot became part of MaBSTOA in 1962.

Manhattanville Depot 

Division: Manhattan

Address: 666 West 133rd Street, New York, NY 10027

History: Manhattanville Depot opened on November 8, 1992. The first depot totally designed by NYC Transit engineers, it is the only depot in the Manhattan Division which can accommodate indoor parking for all buses assigned. It was constructed on the former site of the 132nd Street Depot, which was built in 1918 by the Fifth Avenue Coach Company. The 132nd Street facility was acquired by the city in 1962 and subsequently used as MaBSTOA's headquarters for over 20 years. It was finally demolished in the mid-1980s to provide the site for this new depot.

Mother Clara Hale Depot 

Division: Bronx

Address: 721 Lenox Av., New York, NY 10039

History: Formerly called the 146th Street Depot, the depot underwent rehabilitation in 1990 and was renamed after Mother Clara McBride Hale on Sept. 23, 1993. The building was constructed in the 1890s as a trolley barn and consists of a four-story office structure and one-story bus storage and repair facility.

Queens Village Depot 

Division: Queens

Address: 97-11 222nd St., Queens Village, NY 11428

History: Queens Village Depot was opened on Sept. 8, 1974, on the site of Dugan's Bakery. In 1987, NYC Transit invested an additional $7 million for capital improvements, such as improving lighting, employee facilities, fuel storage and bus-washing equipment. The depot is the only one in the Queens Division that is able to store the entire fleet indoors.

Ulmer Park Depot 

Division: Brooklyn

Address: 24409 Harway Avenue, Brooklyn, NY 11214

History: The land for Ulmer Park Depot was acquired in 1947. The depot itself was built in 1950 at a cost of $1.9 million. In addition to the bus facility building, buses are also stored in two outside parking lots. Bus hoists were modernized in 1983, while security fencing was installed three years later. By 1989, the depot was fully rehabilitated. Work included replacing depressed floor slabs and sidewalks, constructing new fuel tanks and maintenance pits, and installing new bus lifts and bus washers.

Walnut Depot 

Division: Bronx

Address: 900 East 132nd Street, Bronx, NY 10454

History: The building is located in the Port Morris section of the Bronx. The depot is a former Woolworth's warehouse that was remodeled in 1984 and again in 1994 to accommodate bus transportation and maintenance operations.

Yukon Depot 

Division: Staten Island

Address: 40 Yukon Avenue, Staten Island, New York 10314

History: Yukon Depot was constructed in the late 1970s after many years of searching for a suitable site for a second depot on Staten Island. Castleton Depot, the only permanent City-owned bus depot on Staten Island, had been operating beyond its capacity for many years and storing many of its buses outdoors. Additional space for Staten Island buses had been acquired in 1977 when Piers 20 and 21 (formerly Pouch Terminal) were converted into Edgewater Depot. A fire destroyed Pier 20 in 1978. Edgewater was reopened in 1983, only to be permanently abandoned in 1985 when it was found to be structurally unsafe for use as a bus depot. Yukon was completed and opened for operation on Sept. 13, 1981. It is a fully modern facility, operating and maintaining the majority of Staten Island Division's buses.

100th Street Depot 

Division: Manhattan

Address: 1550 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10029

History: 100th Street Depot is a totally enclosed facility, merging both maintenance and transportation functions. But it is actually two buildings in one. The southern-most part was a trolley barn constructed in 1895 and the northern-most part was added in 1907. The depot is scheduled to be rebuilt during the next few years.

126th Street Depot 

Division: Manhattan

Address: 2460 Second Av., New York, NY 10035

History: 126th Street Depot was originally built in 1949 as a bus garage for the Surface Transportation Company. In 1962, the same year that the Legislature established MaBSTOA, 126th Street was acquired by NYC Transit as a "TA" depot. It remains Manhattan's only TA depot. Two enclosed outdoor bus-parking facilities were added between 1989 and 1991. Today, the depot may be described as a single facility "under three separate roofs."

Bus Service Notices

Updated June 24, 1997 This is a compilation of notices for major bus service diversions that are planned over the next few weeks, recent service changes, and other news that may be of interest to our bus riders. Route-specific information is given first, with listings by bus route (in numerical order), followed by other service notices.  B6 B11
New Way to Transfer

Effective July 4, 1997
With MetroCard:

 

Westbound: Pay with MetroCard on the B6, transfer free to the B11, then transfer free again to any other connecting bus.

Eastbound: Pay with MetroCard on the B11, transfer free to the B6, then transfer free again to any other connecting bus.

Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

 

With coins or token:

 

Ask the bus operator on the second bus for a continuation transfer. Use it like a MetroCard to transfer twice if you ride the B6 or B11.

B24 New Final Departure Times

Effective Sunday, March 30, 1997
B24 buses will begin their last trips at the following times, 7 days a week.
From Greenpoint/Manhattan Avs. Old Time: 1:03 am. New Time: 12.10 am
From Broadway/Kent St. Old Time: 1:50 am. New Time: 12:50 am

B39
New Way to Transfer

Effective July 4, 1997

With MetroCard:

 

To Manhattan: Pay with MetroCard on any Brooklyn bus going to the Washington Plaza area. Use your card again to transfer free to the B39 and again on the M9, M14 or M15 for free.

To Brooklyn: Pay with MetroCard on the M9, M14 or M15 and transfer free to the B39 any and then again for free to another Brooklyn bus.

Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

 

With coins or token:

 

Ask the B39 bus operator for a continuation transfer. Use it like a MetroCard to transfer twice if you ride the B39.

B41 Service Change

Last Stop at Tillary St/Cadman Plaza West

Beginning Sunday, March 30, 1997
Transfer to B25 for service to Furman St. B41 service will terminate at Tillary St and Cadman Plaza West. Transfer to the B25 bus to continue your trip along Cadman Plaza West and Old Fulton St to Furman St. B25 buses will operate 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.

B43 Service Change 

B43 Reroute along Marcus Garvey Blvd ends Monday, May 19

On Monday, May 19, southbound B43 buses will return to theirt regular route along Flushing and Tompkins Avs. They have been rerouted along Marcus Garvey Blvd from Flushing Av to Fulton St while Tompkins Av is being repaired; B43 buses resumed their regular route at Brooklyn Av.

B46 
Free MetroCard Transfers Replace Return-trip Ticket

Effective July 4, 1997 
Pay you bus fare with MetroCard and you can transfer free to any subway. On your way home, pay your subway fare with MetroCard and transfer free to any bus. Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

B57 Service Change

Service Extended to the Fulton Mall

Beginning Sunday, March 30, 1997
Good news for Metrotech and Fulton Mall customers.
B57 service will no longer terminate at Sand and Jay Sts. It will be extended along Gold, Tillary and Jay Sts to the Fulton Mall. Please take the B67, B69 or B75 to travel on Sands St between Gold and Jay Sts.

B61 Service Change

Rerouted Between Farragut Houses and Downtown Brooklyn

Beginning Sunday, March 30, 1997
To speed your ride, the B61 will travel on Gold and Tillary Sts between Sands and Jay Sts. 
To reach the Sands/Jay St area formerly served by the B61, please take the B67, B69 or B75 bus.

B74 
Free MetroCard Transfers Replace Discount Fare

Effective July 4, 1997 
Pay you bus fare with MetroCard and you can transfer free to any subway. On your way home, pay your subway fare with MetroCard and transfer free to any bus. Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

B75 and B77 Service Change 

B75 and B77 Rerouted between 9 St/3 Av and Smith St

Effective until further notice
Due to the 9 St reconstruction project, B75 and B77 buses will run on 3 Av and Hamilton Av in both directions between 9 St/3 Av and Smith St. B75 and B77 buses will use B37 bus stops on 3 Av.

BX1 BX2

Effective July 4, 1997 
There is no free transfer between southbound and northbound buses on the Grand Concourse.

Bx9, Q44

West Farms Sq Reconstruction Project Advisory

Reconstruction of roadways may affect Bx9 and Q44 riders in the West Farms Square area. Bus stops may be temporarily relocated while reconstruction is being undertaken by the Department of Transportation.

You may also expect to encounter delays en route due to lane restrictions.

Bx15/Bx55 Service Change 

Bx15 Replaces Late Night Bx55 Service, 1 am to 5 am

Effective Sunday, September 8, 1996
Limited-Stop Bx55 service will be replaced by local Bx15 service between E 149 St and Fordham Plaza from 1 am to 5 am. Bx15 buses will run every 20 minutes overnight between E 149 St and Fordham Plaza. Bx55 buses will continue to provide limited-stop service at all other times. 
When the Bx55 is not running, free transfers are available between the 2, 5 subway and the Bx15 bus.

Bx20 Service Change 

Route Extended from Isham St to W 207 St

Effective Monday, January 13, 1997
Bx20 will stop at 207 St Subway Entrance. You will no longer have to walk the long block between Isham St and W. 207 St to make bus/subway connections.

BX22 
Free MetroCard Transfers Replace Return-trip Ticket

Effective July 4, 1997 
Pay you bus fare with MetroCard and you can transfer free to any subway. On your way home, pay your subway fare with MetroCard and transfer free to any bus. Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

BX29 
New Way to Transfer

Effective July 4, 1997 
With MetroCard:

 

From City Island: Pay with MetroCard and transfer free from the BX29 to the BX12. Transfer free again to any other bus.

To City Island: Pay with MetroCard and transfer free to the BX12. Transfer free again to the BX29.

Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

 

With coins or token:

 

Ask the BX12 bus operator for a continuation transfer. Use it like a MetroCard to make your two transfers.

BX40 BX42

Effective July 4, 1997 
There is no free transfer between BX40 and BX42 buses in either direction.

BX55 
MetroCard Replaces Paper Transfer to Subway

Effective July 4, 1997 
You will need MetroCard to transfer free between the BX55 and the subway. If you use a token or coins to pay your fare, you will no longer get a free transfer between the BX55 and the 2 or 5 train at 3 Av/149 St.
With MetroCard you can transfer free between any bus and subway station for 2 hours from when you pay your fare.

EXPRESS BUS CUSTOMERS 
Use MetroCard for All Transfers

Effective July 4, 1997 
You will need MetroCard to make express bus transfers.

 

Between express buses: No money will be deducted from your MetroCard on the second express bus or any other bus or subway.

Between a local bus or subway and an express: The $2.50 additional fare will be deducted automatically from your MetroCard. Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

M1 M2 M3 M4

Effective July 4, 1997 
There is no free transfer between downtown Fifth Av and uptown Madison Av buses.

M15 Service Change

Limited Stop Service Increased

Effective Monday, January 13, 1997.
108 more M15 Limited-Stop trips are being added throughout the day, Monday through Friday.
Please refer to the new M15 schedule (available on-line) for more detailed information.

M18 Route Change

Rerouted to W 116 St

Originally to be effective Sunday, June 22, 1997, this change has been postponed.
M18 buses will run on Malcolm X Blvd and W 116 St between Fifth Av and Manhattan Av. 
They will no longer run on W 112 St or on Central Park North between Malcolm X Blvd and Manhattan Av.
M18 service on Convent Av will not change.

M27 M50

Effective July 4, 1997 
There is no free transfer between M27 and M50 buses in either direction.

M31 M57

Effective July 4, 1997 
There is no free transfer between M31 and M57 buses in either direction.

M60 Increased Schedule

Starting Monday, June 23, 1997

On weekdays, buses will run every 20 minutes from 11 am top 7 pm. Before 11 am and after 7 pm, M60 buses will run every 30 minutes until 12:15 am. Weekend service is unchanged, with buses running every 30 minutes.

M96 M106

Effective July 4, 1997 
There is no free transfer between M96 and M106 buses in either direction.

M101 M102 M103

Effective July 4, 1997 
There is no free transfer between downtown Lexington Av and uptown Third Av buses.

QUEENS PARSONS/ARCHER BUSES
Free MetroCard Transfers Replace Return-trip Ticket

Effective July 4, 1997 
Pay you bus fare with MetroCard and you can transfer free to any subway. On your way home, pay your subway fare with MetroCard and transfer free to any bus. Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

Q1, Q2, Q3, Q17, Q36, Q43, Q75, Q76, Q77

Eastbound Bus Stops Relocated along Hillside Avenue

New eastbound bus stops are effective Sunday, February 9, 1997 between 168 and 168 Streets:

 

Q43 - on the southeast corner of 168 St.

Q1 and Q36 on the southwest corner of 168 Pl.

Q76 and Q77 on the southeast corner of 168 Pl.

Q2 and Q3 on the southwest corner of 169 St.

Q17 and Q75 on the southeast corner of 169 St.

Q17, Q30, Q31 
New Way to Transfer to Hillside Av, Merrick Blvd, Liberty Av Buses

Effective July 4, 1997 
With MetroCard:

 

To Jamaica from southeast Queens: Pay with MetroCard on the Q5, Q42, Q83, Q84 or Q85. Transfer free to the Q17, Q30 or Q31 and transfer free again to the Q1, Q2, Q3, Q36, Q43 or Q75.

To Jamaica from eastern Queens: Pay with MetroCard on the Q1, Q2, Q3, Q36, Q43 or Q75. Transfer free to the Q17, Q30 or Q31 and transfer free again to the Q5, Q42, Q83, Q84 or Q85. .

Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

 

With coins or token:

 

Ask the bus operator for a continuation transfer. Use it like MetroCard to make your two transfers.

S54/S74, S76, X15

Richmond Road Improvement Project 

Beginning Monday, October 28, 1996 until further notice
Buses resume their normal route on Richmond Road between Arthur Kill Road and Wilder Av.
Richmond Road will be closed between Wilder and Cranford Avs. S54 and S74 buses will run along Amboy Road, Clarke Av and Wilder Av and will use existing bus stops along Wilder Av and Amboy Road.

Beginning March 24, 1997, weekdays only, 7 am to 5 pm until further notice
Southbound buses run on North Railroad Av from Delaware St to Seaview Av.

Thank you for your patience and cooperation during this road improvement project.

S60 LOOP SERVICE 
New Way to Pay on the Loop

Effective July 4, 1997 
With MetroCard:

With coins or token:

 

From Todt Hill: Pay with MetroCard on the S60 and transfer free at Victory Blvd/Clove Rd to any local bus. You may transfer again free to any local bus on Staten Island.

To Todt Hill: Pay with MetroCard on any local bus on Staten Island. Transfer free to any bus going to Victory Blvd/Clove Rd. Transfer again free to the S60.
Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

X17 X31 

Effective July 4, 1997 
Use MetroCard to transfer free from the X17 or X31 to the subway or buses in Manhattan. If you use a token or coins to pay your express bus fare, you will no longer get a free transfer form the X17 or X31 top the subway or buses in Manhattan. With MetroCard you can transfer free between any bus and any subway. Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare. 

Late Night Bus Customers 

Request-A-Stop 10:00 p.m. - 5:00 a.m. city-wide

Request-A-Stop service is now available in all of Manhattan, including between 14 St and 86th St. 
For your convenience and safety, Request-A-Stop bus service will now be available in all five boroughs from 10:00 p.m. to 5:00 a.m., 7 days a week. 
To be let off the bus at locations along the route that are not designated bus stops, simply inform the bus operator that you would like to get off at a particular corner. As long as the bus driver considers the requested stop safe, you can be let off the bus. Otherwise, the bus operator will let you off at the closest safe corner. 
Of course, the bus will continue to make all regularly scheduled stops. 

LATE NIGHT 3 SHUTTLE BUS CUSTOMERS

Effective July 4, 1997 
If you ride the late night shuttle bus, M7 or M102 to the subway at 135 St, ask the bus operator for a magnetic-strip bus transfer to enter the station. Save the free transfer on your MetroCard to transfer to another bus at your destination station. Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare.

LIMITED-STOP CUSTOMERS 
Transfer Free between Limited-Stop and Local Buses

Effective July 4, 1997 
You can use your free MetroCard transfer to change between local and limited-stop buses going in the same direction. Transfers are good for 2 hours from the time you pay your fare. This free transfer is also available to customers who pay with coins or tokens.

Bus Maps 

 

Bus maps are available free at subway token booths, NYCT information centers, or by writing to NYCT Customer Assistance, 370 Jay Street, Brooklyn, NY 11201. Most branch libraries throughout the city also receive copies of their borough bus maps for for public distribution. 
Bus maps should be available in "take-one" boxes on buses in all boroughs on July 1, 8, 15, 22 and 29, and may be stocked on buses on additional days, which will vary among the depots.
Updated borough maps with the cover date "July 1997" are being printed for distribution after July 4. There are no changes to the face of the maps from previous editions - only transfer and MetroCard information and some service frequency information. 
An Acrobat ".pdf" files of the Manhattan bus map is available on this web site (use Acrobat Reader 3.0). Although we have made the file as small as possible, you may still find that downloading it will try your patience. We suggest that you save it locally on your computer. We are preparing Acrobat ".pdf" files of the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Staten Island maps.'''

 

 

 

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News Release:  ADVERTISING WITH NYC TRANSIT EXPANDS TO BUS MAPS  Intrepid Museum and Transit in Co-op Campaign 

Wednesday, March 27, 1996

For Immediate Release

Contacts: Barbara Orlando (718) 243-3835, Termaine Garden (718) 243-3284

NEW YORK, March 27 -- MTA New York City Transit and the Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum have launched a cooperative marketing program urging people to visit the museum and get there by city bus. The program, announced by NYC Transit President Lawrence G. Reuter, expands a media opportunity that began last November when advertising for the Manhattan Mall first appeared on pocket-size subway maps.

The new March through May campaign features paid Intrepid advertising on the back panel of 500,000 Manhattan bus maps, bus cards in NYC Transit Manhattan buses and a 10 percent discount on admission and gift-shop purchases for Intrepid visitors who present the map. The maps are printed by NYC Transit and distributed free in buses, subway stations and NYC Transit Information Centers, plus nearly 4,000 retail locations, hotels, cultural institutions, schools, libraries and the NYC Convention & Visitors Bureau. The bus cards will be posted in all Manhattan buses by March 31.

Said Reuter: "This form of co-op advertising helps support the vast amount of customer information we produce. It promotes New York City tourism and also gives advertisers an excellent way to reach New Yorkers on the move."

Said Intrepid's Sales & Marketing Vice President, Ida Jones: "As a non-profit institution, we choose our advertising outlets carefully. Knowing that tourists rely on NYC buses for basic transportation and sightseeing, we calculate that we will reach a significant number of visitors through the bus cards and Manhattan bus maps. We also expect to attract local New Yorkers with this introduction or reminder of the Intrepid Museum." The Intrepid Sea-Air-Space Museum, on the Hudson River at West 46th Street, is a museum complex with a National Historic Landmark as its centerpiece - the aircraft carrier USS Intrepid.

 

New York City Transit provides an average of 5.2 million passenger trips a day on its subway and buses and distributes close to 10 million customer maps a year. In addition to its subway map and five borough bus maps, it is offering advertising in a pocket-size visitor's guide called "Manhattan Transit" and "Token Trips," a detailed tourist guide for the entire City. For more information, call Ivonne Barreras at (718) 694-5115.

Department Buses Photo Gallery

 

 

 

X1, X9 Express Bus

Express bus service on weekdays and Saturdays between Staten Island and Midtown Manhattan

X1 Express Bus Transfer Information

On trips from Staten Island to Manhattan:
Transfer at Greenwich St and Battery Pl to X8, X14, X15, X18, X20
Transfer at 23 St and 6 Av to X2, X5, X6, X7, X10, X12, X14, X17, X27, X28, X29, X31

On trips from Manhattan to Staten Island:
Transfer at 23 St and 5 Av/Broadway to X2, X5, X6, X7, X10, X17, X27, X29, X31
Transfer at Battery Pl to X3, X4, X8, X10, X12, X14, X15, X16, X17, X18, X19, X20, X27, X28, X29

There is no express bus service on New Year's Day, President's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving and Christmas. There is modified afternoon service on Christmas Eve and New Year's Eve.

The schedules shown in this timetable are subject to change without notice. Please note that traffic conditions or bad weather can affect exact running times.

"P" denotes PM hours.

The following schedule is in effect through March 29, 1997. See new schedule below:

X1 Weekday Service From Staten Island to Manhattan

Eltingville New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Downtown Midtown
Arthur Kill/ Tysens La/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerb'd Rd/ Church St/ W 57 St/
Richmond Av Hylan Blvd Steuben St Narrows Rd Park Pl 7 Av
4:45 5:01 5:13 5:17 5:42 6:12
5:00 5:16 5:28 5:32 5:57 6:27
5:15 5:31 5:43 5:47 6:12 6:42
5:28 5:44 5:56 6:00 6:25 6:55
5:36 5:52 6:04 6:08 6:33 7:03
5:44 6:00 6:12 6:16 6:41 7:11
5:52 6:08 6:20 6:24 6:49 7:19
5:59 6:19 6:31 6:35 7:00 7:30
6:15 6:35 6:47 6:51 7:18 7:48
6:30 6:50 7:02 7:07 7:38 8:08
6:42 7:02 7:16 7:21 7:52 8:22
6:53 7:14 7:28 7:33 8:04 8:34
7:04 7:26 7:40 7:45 8:16 8:47

Eltingville New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Downtown Midtown
Arthur Kill/ Tysens La/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerb'd Rd/ Church St/ W 57 St/
Richmond Av Hylan Blvd Steuben St Narrows Rd Park Pl 7 Av
7:16 7:38 7:52 7:57 8:28 8:58
7:30 7:52 8:06 8:11 8:42 9:12
7:45 8:07 8:21 8:26 8:57 9:27
8:00 8:22 8:36 8:41 9:12 9:42
8:15 8:37 8:51 8:56 9:27 9:57
8:30 8:52 9:06 9:10 9:39 10:09
8:45 9:07 9:19 9:23 9:52 10:22
9:00 9:18 9:30 9:34 10:03 10:33
9:20 9:38 9:50 9:54 10:23 10:53
9:40 9:58 10:10 10:14 10:43 11:13
10:01 10:19 10:31 10:35 11:04 11:34
10:20 10:38 10:50 10:54 11:23 11:53
10:40 10:58 11:10 11:14 11:43 12:13P
11:00 11:18 11:30 11:34 12:03P 12:33P

Eltingville New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Downtown Midtown
Arthur Kill/ Tysens La/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerb'd Rd/ Church St/ W 57 St/
Richmond Av Hylan Blvd Steuben St Narrows Rd Park Pl 7 Av
11:20 11:38 11:50 11:54 12:23P 12:53P
11:50 12:08P 12:20P 12:24P 12:53P 1:23P
12:20P 12:38P 12:50P 12:54P 1:23P 1:53P
12:50P 1:08P 1:20P 1:24P 1:53P 2:23P
1:20P 1:38P 1:50P 1:54P 2:23P 2:53P
1:40P 1:58P 2:10P 2:14P 2:43P 3:13P
2:00P 2:18P 2:30P 2:34P 3:03P 3:33P
3:00P 3:18P 3:30P 3:34P 4:07P 4:37P
4:00P 4:18P 4:30P 4:34P 5:07P 5:37P
5:00P 5:18P 5:30P 5:34P 6:07P 6:37P
6:00P 6:18P 6:30P 6:34P 7:07P 7:37P
7:01P 7:18P 7:28P 7:32P 7:59P 8:29P
 

X1 Weekday Service From Manhattan to Staten Island

Midtown Midtown Midtown Downtown Downtown Eltingville
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ Broadway/ Battery Pl/ Arthur Kill/
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Park Pl Broadway Richmond Av
10:30 10:36 10:46 11:02 11:07 12:03P
11:00 11:06 11:16 11:32 11:37 12:33P
11:30 11:36 11:46 12:02P 12:07P 1:06P
12:00P 12:06P 12:17P 12:33P 12:38P 1:37P
12:30P 12:36P 12:47P 1:03P 1:08P 2:07P
1:00P 1:06P 1:17P 1:33P 1:38P 2:37P
1:20P 1:26P 1:37P 1:53P 1:58P 2:57P
1:40P 1:46P 1:57P 2:13P 2:18P 3:17P
2:00P 2:06P 2:17P 2:33P 2:38P 3:43P
2:15P 2:21P 2:32P 2:48P 2:53P 3:58P
2:30P 2:36P 2:47P 3:03P 3:10P 4:20P
2:45P 2:51P 3:02P 3:20P 3:27P 4:37P
2:55P 3:01P 3:14P 3:32P 3:39P 4:49P
3:07P 3:14P 3:27P 3:45P 3:52P 5:02P
3:20P 3:27P 3:40P 3:58P 4:05P 5:15P
3:30P 3:37P 3:50P 4:08P 4:15P 5:25P

Midtown Midtown Midtown Downtown Downtown Eltingville
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ Broadway/ Battery Pl/ Arthur Kill/
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Park Pl Broadway Richmond Av
3:45P 3:52P 4:05P 4:23P 4:30P 5:40P
3:55P 4:02P 4:15P 4:33P 4:40P 5:50P
4:05P 4:12P 4:25P 4:43P 4:50P 6:00P
4:15P 4:22P 4:35P 4:53P 5:00P 6:10P
4:30P 4:37P 4:50P 5:08P 5:15P 6:25P
4:45P 4:52P 5:05P 5:23P 5:30P 6:40P
5:00P 5:07P 5:20P 5:38P 5:45P 6:55P
5:15P 5:22P 5:35P 5:53P 6:00P 7:10P
5:30P 5:37P 5:50P 6:08P 6:15P 7:25P
5:45P 5:52P 6:05P 6:23P 6:30P 7:29P
6:00P 6:07P 6:20P 6:38P 6:45P 7:44P
6:20P 6:27P 6:40P 6:58P 7:05P 7:59P
6:40P 6:47P 7:00P 7:16P 7:21P 8:15P
7:00P 7:06P 7:17P 7:33P 7:38P 8:32P
7:15P 7:21P 7:32P 7:48P 7:53P 8:47P

Midtown Midtown Midtown Downtown Downtown Eltingville
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ Broadway/ Battery Pl/ Arthur Kill/
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Park Pl Broadway Richmond Av
7:30P 7:36P 7:47P 8:03P 8:08P 9:02P
7:45P 7:51P 8:02P 8:18P 8:23P 9:17P
8:00P 8:06P 8:17P 8:33P 8:38P 9:32P
8:15P 8:21P 8:32P 8:48P 8:53P 9:47P
8:30P 8:36P 8:47P 9:03P 9:08P 10:02P
8:45P 8:51P 9:02P 9:18P 9:23P 10:17P
9:00P 9:06P 9:17P 9:33P 9:38P 10:32P
9:15P 9:21P 9:32P 9:48P 9:53P 10:47P
9:45P 9:51P 10:02P 10:18P 10:23P 11:17P
10:15P 10:21P 10:32P 10:48P 10:53P 11:47P
10:40P 10:46P 10:57P 11:13P 11:18P 12:12
11:10P 11:16P 11:27P 11:43P 11:48P 12:42
11:40P 11:46P 11:57P 12:13 12:18 1:12
12:10 12:16 12:27 12:43 12:48 1:42
 

The following schedule is effective March 31, 1997:

X1 WEEKDAY SERVICE FROM STATEN ISLAND TO MANHATTAN

Eltingville New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Lower Man Midtown
Arthur Kill Rd Tysens La/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerb'd Rd Church St/ W 57 St/
Richmond Av Hylan Blvd Steuben St Narrows Rd Park Pl 7 Av
4:45 5:01 5:13 5:17 5:42 6:12
5:00 5:16 5:28 5:32 5:57 6:27
5:15 5:31 5:43 5:47 6:12 6:42
5:28 5:44 5:56 6:00 6:25 6:55
5:36 5:52 6:04 6:08 6:33 7:03
5:44 6:00 6:12 6:16 6:41 7:11
5:52 6:08 6:20 6:24 6:49 7:19
5:59 6:19 6:31 6:35 7:00 7:30
6:15 6:35 6:47 6:51 7:18 7:48
6:30 6:50 7:02 7:07 7:38 8:08
6:42 7:02 7:16 7:21 7:52 8:22
6:53 7:14 7:28 7:33 8:04 8:34
7:04 7:26 7:40 7:45 8:16 8:46
7:16 7:38 7:52 7:57 8:28 8:58

Eltingville New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Lower Man Midtown
Arthur Kill Rd Tysens La/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerb'd Rd Church St/ W 57 St/
Richmond Av Hylan Blvd Steuben St Narrows Rd Park Pl 7 Av
7:30 7:52 8:06 8:11 8:42 9:12
7:45 8:07 8:21 8:26 8:57 9:27
8:00 8:22 8:36 8:41 9:12 9:42
8:15 8:37 8:51 8:56 9:27 9:57
8:30 8:52 9:06 9:10 9:39 10:09
8:45 9:07 9:19 9:23 9:52 10:22
9:00 9:18 9:30 9:34 10:03 10:33
9:20 9:38 9:50 9:54 10:23 10:53
9:40 9:58 10:10 10:14 10:43 11:13
10:01 10:19 10:31 10:35 11:04 11:34
10:20 10:38 10:50 10:54 11:23 11:53
10:40 10:58 11:10 11:14 11:43 12:13P
11:00 11:18 11:30 11:34 12:03P 12:33P
11:20 11:38 11:50 11:54 12:23P 12:53P

Eltingville New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Lower Man Midtown
Arthur Kill Rd Tysens La/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerb'd Rd Church St/ W 57 St/
Richmond Av Hylan Blvd Steuben St Narrows Rd Park Pl 7 Av
11:50 12:08P 12:20P 12:24P 12:53P 1:23P
12:20P 12:38P 12:50P 12:54P 1:23P 1:53P
12:50P 1:08P 1:20P 1:24P 1:53P 2:23P
1:20P 1:38P 1:50P 1:54P 2:23P 2:53P
1:40P 1:58P 2:10P 2:14P 2:43P 3:13P
2:00P 2:18P 2:30P 2:34P 3:03P 3:33P
3:00P 3:18P 3:30P 3:34P 4:07P 4:37P
4:00P 4:18P 4:30P 4:34P 5:07P 5:37P
5:00P 5:18P 5:30P 5:34P 6:07P 6:37P
6:00P 6:18P 6:30P 6:34P 7:07P 7:37P
7:01P 7:18P 7:28P 7:32P 7:59P 8:29P
 

X1 WEEKDAY SERVICE FROM MANHATTAN TO STATEN ISLAND 

Midtown Midtown Gramercy Pk Lower Man Lower Man Eltingville
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ Park Pl/ Battery Pl/ Arthur Kill Rd
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Broadway Broadway Richmond Av
10:30 10:36 10:46 11:02 11:07 12:03P
11:00 11:06 11:16 11:32 11:37 12:33P
11:30 11:36 11:46 12:02P 12:07P 1:06P
12:00P 12:06P 12:17P 12:33P 12:38P 1:37P
12:30P 12:36P 12:47P 1:03P 1:08P 2:07P
1:00P 1:06P 1:17P 1:33P 1:38P 2:37P
1:20P 1:26P 1:37P 1:53P 1:58P 2:57P
1:40P 1:46P 1:57P 2:13P 2:18P 3:17P
2:00P 2:06P 2:17P 2:33P 2:38P 3:43P
2:15P 2:21P 2:32P 2:48P 2:53P 3:58P
2:30P 2:36P 2:47P 3:03P 3:10P 4:20P
2:45P 2:51P 3:02P 3:20P 3:27P 4:37P
2:55P 3:01P 3:14P 3:32P 3:39P 4:49P
3:07P 3:14P 3:27P 3:45P 3:52P 5:02P

Midtown Midtown Gramercy Pk Lower Man Lower Man Eltingville
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ Park Pl/ Battery Pl/ Arthur Kill Rd
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Broadway Broadway Richmond Av
3:20P 3:27P 3:40P 3:58P 4:05P 5:15P
3:30P 3:37P 3:50P 4:08P 4:15P 5:25P
3:45P 3:52P 4:05P 4:23P 4:30P 5:40P
3:55P 4:02P 4:15P 4:33P 4:40P 5:50P
4:05P 4:12P 4:25P 4:43P 4:50P 6:00P
4:15P 4:22P 4:35P 4:53P 5:00P 6:10P
4:30P 4:37P 4:50P 5:08P 5:15P 6:25P
4:45P 4:52P 5:05P 5:23P 5:30P 6:40P
5:00P 5:07P 5:20P 5:38P 5:45P 6:55P
5:15P 5:22P 5:35P 5:53P 6:00P 7:10P
5:30P 5:37P 5:50P 6:08P 6:15P 7:25P
5:45P 5:52P 6:05P 6:23P 6:30P 7:29P
6:00P 6:07P 6:20P 6:38P 6:45P 7:44P
6:20P 6:27P 6:40P 6:58P 7:05P 7:59P
6:40P 6:47P 7:00P 7:16P 7:21P 8:15P
6:55P 7:02P 7:13P 7:29P 7:34P 8:28P
7:10P 7:16P 7:27P 7:43P 7:48P 8:42P
7:24P 7:30P 7:41P 7:57P 8:02P 8:56P
7:36P 7:42P 7:53P 8:09P 8:14P 9:08P

Midtown Midtown Gramercy Pk Lower Man Lower Man Eltingville
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ Park Pl/ Battery Pl/ Arthur Kill Rd
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Broadway Broadway Richmond Av
7:48P 7:54P 8:05P 8:21P 8:26P 9:20P
8:00P 8:06P 8:17P 8:33P 8:38P 9:32P
8:12P 8:18P 8:29P 8:45P 8:50P 9:44P
8:24P 8:30P 8:41P 8:57P 9:02P 9:56P
8:36P 8:42P 8:53P 9:09P 9:14P 10:08P
8:48P 8:54P 9:05P 9:21P 9:26P 10:20P
9:03P 9:09P 9:20P 9:36P 9:41P 10:35P
9:23P 9:29P 9:40P 9:56P 10:01P 10:55P
9:45P 9:51P 10:02P 10:18P 10:23P 11:17P
10:15P 10:21P 10:32P 10:48P 10:53P 11:47P
10:40P 10:46P 10:57P 11:13P 11:18P 12:12
11:10P 11:16P 11:27P 11:43P 11:48P 12:42
11:40P 11:46P 11:57P 12:13 12:18 1:12
12:10 12:16 12:27 12:43 12:48 1:42
 

X9 Super Express Weekday Service From Staten Island to Manhattan

New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Midtown
Mill Rd/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerboard Rd/ W 57 St/
Tysens La Steuben St Narrows Rd 7 Av
6:42 6:56 7:00 7:55
6:52 7:06 7:11 8:05
7:02 7:17 7:22 8:16
7:10 7:25 7:30 8:24
7:16 7:31 7:36 8:30
7:22 7:37 7:42 8:36
7:28 7:43 7:48 8:42
7:34 7:49 7:54 8:48
7:42 7:57 8:02 8:56
7:52 8:07 8:12 9:06
8:02 8:17 8:22 9:16
 

X9 Super Express Weekday Service From Manhattan to Staten Island

Midtown Midtown Midtown Downtown New Dorp
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ World Trade Mill Rd/
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Center Tysens La
4:10P 4:17P 4:30P 4:45P 5:40P
4:30P 4:37P 4:50P 5:05P 6:00P
4:45P 4:52P 5:05P 5:20P 6:15P
5:05P 5:12P 5:25P 5:40P 6:35P
5:15P 5:22P 5:35P 5:50P 6:45P
5:25P 5:32P 5:45P 6:00P 6:55P
5:45P 5:52P 6:05P 6:20P 7:15P
6:05P 6:12P 6:25P 6:40P 7:30P
6:30P 6:37P 6:50P 7:05P 7:48P
 

X1 SATURDAY SERVICEFROM STATEN ISLAND TO MANHATTAN 

Eltingville New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Lower Man Midtown
Arthur Kill Rd Tysens La/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerb'd Rd Church St/ W 57 St/
Richmond Av Hylan Blvd Steuben St Narrows Rd Park Pl 7 Av
6:30 6:44 6:54 6:57 7:20 7:40
6:45 6:59 7:09 7:12 7:35 7:55
7:00 7:14 7:24 7:27 7:50 8:10
7:20 7:34 7:44 7:47 8:10 8:30
7:40 7:54 8:04 8:07 8:30 8:50
8:00 8:14 8:24 8:27 8:50 9:10
8:30 8:44 8:54 8:57 9:20 9:40
9:00 9:14 9:24 9:27 9:50 10:10
9:30 9:44 9:54 9:57 10:21 10:48
10:00 10:14 10:24 10:27 10:53 11:20
10:30 10:44 10:54 10:57 11:23 11:50
11:00 11:14 11:24 11:27 11:53 12:25P
11:30 11:44 11:54 11:57 12:23P 12:55P

Eltingville New Dorp Grasmere Grasmere Lower Man Midtown
Arthur Kill Rd Tysens La/ Hylan Blvd/ Fingerb'd Rd Church St/ W 57 St/
Richmond Av Hylan Blvd Steuben St Narrows Rd Park Pl 7 Av
12:00P 12:14P 12:24P 12:27P 12:53P 1:25P
12:30P 12:44P 12:54P 12:57P 1:23P 1:55P
1:00P 1:14P 1:24P 1:27P 1:53P 2:25P
1:30P 1:44P 1:54P 1:57P 2:23P 2:55P
2:00P 2:14P 2:24P 2:27P 2:53P 3:25P
2:30P 2:44P 2:54P 2:57P 3:23P 3:55P
3:00P 3:14P 3:24P 3:27P 3:53P 4:25P
3:30P 3:44P 3:54P 3:57P 4:23P 4:55P
4:00P 4:14P 4:24P 4:27P 4:53P 5:25P
5:00P 5:14P 5:24P 5:27P 5:53P 6:20P
6:00P 6:14P 6:24P 6:27P 6:53P 7:20P
7:00P 7:14P 7:24P 7:27P 7:53P 8:20P
8:00P 8:14P 8:24P 8:27P 8:53P 9:20P
9:00P 9:14P 9:24P 9:27P 9:53P 10:20P
 

X1 SATURDAY SERVICE FROM MANHATTAN TO STATEN ISLAND 

Midtown Midtown Gramercy Pk Lower Man Lower Man Eltingville
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ Broadway/ Battery Pl/ Arthur Kill Rd/
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Park Pl Broadway Richmond Av
7:55 8:03 8:10 8:19 8:23 9:05
8:15 8:23 8:30 8:39 8:43 9:25
8:35 8:43 8:50 8:59 9:03 9:45
9:05 9:13 9:20 9:29 9:33 10:15
9:35 9:43 9:50 9:59 10:03 10:49
10:05 10:13 10:20 10:35 10:39 11:25
10:35 10:43 10:50 11:05 11:09 11:55
11:05 11:13 11:20 11:35 11:39 12:29P
11:35 11:43 11:51 12:06P 12:10P 1:00P
12:05P 12:13P 12:21P 12:36P 12:40P 1:30P
12:35P 12:43P 12:51P 1:06P 1:10P 2:00P
1:05P 1:13P 1:21P 1:36P 1:40P 2:32P
1:35P 1:43P 1:51P 2:06P 2:11P 3:05P

Midtown Midtown Gramercy Pk Lower Man Lower Man Eltingville
W 57 St/ E 49 St/ E 23 St/ Broadway/ Battery Pl/ Arthur Kill Rd/
7 Av 5 Av Broadway Park Pl Broadway Richmond Av
2:05P 2:13P 2:21P 2:36P 2:41P 3:35P
2:35P 2:43P 2:51P 3:06P 3:11P 4:05P
3:05P 3:13P 3:21P 3:36P 3:41P 4:35P
3:35P 3:43P 3:51P 4:06P 4:11P 5:05P
4:05P 4:13P 4:21P 4:36P 4:41P 5:35P
4:35P 4:43P 4:51P 5:06P 5:11P 6:05P
5:05P 5:13P 5:21P 5:36P 5:41P 6:35P
5:35P 5:43P 5:51P 6:06P 6:11P 7:05P
6:30P 6:38P 6:46P 7:01P 7:05P 7:55P
7:30P 7:38P 7:46P 8:01P 8:05P 8:55P
8:30P 8:38P 8:46P 9:01P 9:05P 9:55P
9:30P 9:38P 9:46P 10:01P 10:05P 10:55P
10:30P 10:38P 10:46P 11:01P 11:05P 11:55P

 

 

Q20 Bus

Local bus service weekdays only between College Point and Flushing in Queens. Serving College Point, Whitestone, Main St-Flushing Subway Station , MTA LIRR Flushing Station, Flushing. Q20 buses run in Queens between 15 Av/College Point Blvd, College Point, and Main St/Roosevelt Av, Flushing, weekdays only from about 5 am to 11 pm.

Weekday schedule will be in effect on Martin Luther King's Birthday, Columbus Day, Veterans Day and Election Day. Saturday schedule will be in effect on Presidents' Day. Sunday schedule will be in effect on New Year's Day, Memorial Day, July 4th, Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.

The schedules shown in this timetable are subject to change without notice. Please note that traffic conditions or bad weather can affect exact running times.

Service notes: 
P p.m. hours. 
* Operates on school days only. 

Q20 Weekday Service from College Point to Flushing

College Point Whitestone Flushing Flushing
15 Av/ 14 Av/ Bayside Av/ Main St/
College Pt Bl Parsons Blvd Union St Roosevelt Av
5:30 5:35 5:41 5:47
6:00 6:05 6:11 6:17
6:30 6:35 6:41 6:47
6:55 7:00 7:07 7:14
7:10* 7:16* 7:23* 7:30*
7:20 7:26 7:33 7:40
7:35 7:41 7:48 7:55
7:50 7:56 8:03 8:10
8:05 8:11 8:18 8:25
8:20 8:26 8:33 8:40
8:35 8:41 8:48 8:55
9:00 9:06 9:13 9:20
Then every 30 minutes until:
2:00P 2:06P 2:13P 2:20P
2:25P 2:31P 2:37P 2:43P
2:40P* 2:46P* 2:52P* 2:58P*

College Point Whitestone Flushing Flushing
15 Av/ 14 Av/ Bayside Av/ Main St/
College Pt Bl Parsons Blvd Union St Roosevelt Av
3:00P 3:06P 3:12P 3:18P
3:30P 3:36P 3:42P 3:48P
Then every 20 minutes until:
4:50P 4:56P 5:02P 5:08P
5:10P 5:15P 5:21P 5:27P
5:30P 5:35P 5:41P 5:47P
5:50P 5:55P 6:01P 6:07P
6:10P 6:15P 6:21P 6:27P
6:30P 6:35P 6:41P 6:47P
Then every 30 minutes until:
8:00P 8:05P 8:11P 8:17P
8:30P 8:35P 8:40P 8:45P
Then every 30 minutes until:
11:00P 11:05P 11:10P 11:15P
 

Q20 Weekday Service from Flushing to College Point 

Flushing Flushing Whitestone College Point
Main St/ Bayside Av/ 14 Av/ 15 Av/
Roosevelt Av Union St Parsons Blvd College Pt Blvd
5:00 5:05 5:10 5:14
5:30 5:35 5:40 5:44
6:00 6:06 6:12 6:17
6:30 6:36 6:42 6:47
6:50 6:56 7:02 7:08
7:10 7:17 7:24 7:30
7:30* 7:37* 7:44* 7:50*
7:22 7:29 7:36 7:42
7:38 7:45 7:52 7:58
7:46 7:53 8:00 8:06
8:05 8:12 8:19 8:25
8:30 8:37 8:44 8:50
9:00 9:07 9:14 9:20
9:30 9:36 9:42 9:48
Then every 30 minutes until:
1:30P 1:36P 1:42P 1:48P

Flushing Flushing Whitestone College Point
Main St/ Bayside Av/ 14 Av/ 15 Av/
Roosevelt Av Union St Parsons Blvd College Pt Blvd
2:00P 2:07P 2:14P 2:20P
2:25P* 2:32P* 2:39P* 2:45P*
2:35P 2:42P 2:49P 2:55P
2:50P 2:57P 3:04P 3:10P
3:05P 3:12P 3:19P 3:25P
3:20P 3:27P 3:34P 3:40P
Then every 20 minutes until:
6:00P 6:07P 6:14P 6:20P
Then every 30 minutes until:
8:00P 8:07P 8:14P 8:20P
8:30P 8:35P 8:40P 8:45P
Then every 30 minutes until:
10:30P 10:35P 10:40P 10:45P

More Bus Timetables

http://web.archive.org/web/19970202045359/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/Bus/bussch.htm

[MysteriousBtrain]

(lots of interesting info)

 

Wow union that's a lot of good info to absorb. Did you find these facts at the same site or were they at different links?

[MysteriousBtrain]

Never mind Union, I found where you got the info from, but I can't seem to find the Manhattan bus map anywhere (all other maps are in development). Do you know where you found the map and if possible, did you find any other 1990 maps for the other boroughs?

[BM5 via Woodhaven]

Who knew the X51 used to have all day service on Weekdays! Makes sense why there was so much service, even for a "rush hour" route on the outside of rush hour up to a year before the 2010 cuts.

 

Never knew the X1 once didn't have Sunday service, and the X10 as well. Nice findings!

 

Some other findings:

 

Q42 had evening service (as late as 11:10 PM)

Q88 had no Sunday evening Service

50 Street had a shit-ton of service (every 4 minutes during the peak?!?! )

[Union Tpke]

Never mind Union, I found where you got the info from, but I can't seem to find the Manhattan bus map anywhere (all other maps are in development). Do you know where you found the map and if possible, did you find any other 1990 maps for the other boroughs?

The only one that they had was the Manhattan, but I can show you the link.

http://web.archive.org/web/19970614003930/http://www.mta.nyc.ny.us/nyct/Bus/Bus_maps/busman4.htm

[NewFlyer 230]

Cool find a lot of new stuff I haven't seen. I wish the schedules were in pdf mode back in 1997 and 1998. I wonder what the pre 1999 print out schedules looked like.

I've used the wayback machine on the MTA's websites and before I've only gotten as far back as 2000 and the earliest thing I saw was a 1999 Queens bus map.

[DS4Ever]

When i had use of reasons the MTA logo was a blue M (the logo is still visible on some r32 r42 r46 trains that were not covered) ...the metrocard was blue with the metrocard letters in yellow. ..the nowadays gold and blue lettered METROCARD was introduced in 1997...before 97 a papertransfer was given after paying fare (beeline buses still used this technique until metrocard was iintroduces sometime around 2008)...also the GMC RTS and Orion V 100-200 series were famously used and were the iconic buses of the city (reason why the RTS defaulted painted the bus units with the color of the MTA so PVTA of Springfield used what would've been buses for the MTA)

 

Also the r32 36 38 were famously used especially on the A C E some some and the redbirds predominate on the. 2 5 7 and some 4 6...the slanted r40 predominate on the B Q and the J L M Z used the r42 and r40 unslanted version

 

The Q was coloured orange and ran via the 6 avenue line and was an express train (leaving the F as the sole local train down this line)

 

The Broadway line was only the N/R and both were locals. .,the express canal street station was partially abandoned

 

The G ran from Forest Hills 71 ave to Smith 9 streets

 

The M was coloured brown and ran via nassau st as a local...service was extended beyond myrtle ave from 530am til 730pm (between 9am and 4pm service ran to chambers st) to Bensonhurst Bay Pkwy via Montague tunnel...all other times it ran as a shuttle to myrtle ave

 

3 trains were not 24/7 and a shuttle free bus ran from what were the sole stations served by this line to 135 st to transfer to the 24/7 2 line (using redbirds). ..also some trains terminated at 137 st city college

 

J trains ran from 12:01am Saturday to 5am Mondays from Jamaica Center to Chambers st

 

Thre B/D lines ran on what they run today but the opposite sequence. ..D line was local and express service was supported by the Q train ... trains ran from 168 street Washington heights to Coney Island weekdays and weekends it ran to 21 street Queensbridge to supplement the resting Q train. ..the C train terminated at 145 street (today's B trainterminal outside rush hours times) andwas extended to Bedford park rush hours (today's B extension rush hours)...circa 1998the lines swapped railroad north terminals leaving the concourse line without r32 36 and 38 passing by.

 

On weekends C lines terminated on WTC leaving the A line solely in Brooklyn and local

 

No free inside subway system were available in the following stations that today observe transfers

 

* south ferry to whitehall street

* court square to 45 road Courthouses sq

*Jay street to Lawrence Street

* Broadway Lafayette to uptown bleecker st

* Flanklin ave 2/3/4/5 to Botanic Garden. (also latter mentioned station was uncovered prior to 1998)

* no portal connection existed between the today's Fulton center stations and the Cortland street N/R

 

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In buses thesw were acknowledged

* bx1 terminated at 138 st grand concourse. ..extended to mott haven terminal circa 2003...

Bx2 branched off GC at 165 st and terminated at 149 st 3rd ave

Bx5 went from story ave to Pelham Bay via all Buckner blvd beyond white plains road. ..lLafayette ave passing came circa 2000

Bx9 had to turnaround going to West Farms road then access cross Bronx service road to rest at Bryant ave and Boston road. ..it would restart by heading deadhead to west farms square 3 blocks away...this turnaround was considered the most longest turnaround for a non deadhead bus in the MTA system. ..terminal at today's east Tremont ave was established circa 2001

Bx10. Had differentddeviations in the Bedford park area...established today's routing by 2004

Bx11 terminated at stebbins ave (today's Louis Nine Blvd) and southern blvd. ..extended to Longwood circa 1999

Bx13 had turnarounds at 161 st Gerard ave

Bx14 existed ran from Parkchester to Country Club via metropolitan ave. ..today's bx24 covers most part of the route as well as the bx4a.

Bx15/55 terminated at park ave and 189 st...made detour at 187 st and then park ave

Bx16 was two routes. ..one to Wakefield the second to Eastchester...combined circa 2008

Bx17 terminated today's bx33 eastern terminal. ..truncated to 135 st st Anna ave 2010

Bx20 ran Monday to Saturday's

Bx22 when heading to Fordham terminal it head to 192 st then u turn to go down Valentine ave (that time that u turn was bidirectional)

Bx24 first series ran from Riverdale to Fordham Plaza

Bx26 ran to Fordham 192 st

Bx28 made coopcity all sections

Bx31 terminated at Woodlawn MNR station

Bx34 was 24/7

Bx35 ran one block on clay ave from 167 to 168 st

Bx36 westbound trip access Tremont ave by a access street and not 178 st. ..also it was a bus stop at today's bx41 local bus stop

Bx39 ran to Williamsbridge...extended to Wakefield 2012

Bx40 detours Lawton ave in throggs neck. ..redetoured at Harding ave circa 2000

Bx41 ran pole to Pole from Wakefield to Buckner blvd/Anderson ave...was considered longest bus route in the Bronx. ..truncate to 138 st circa 2002...truncated to 149 st circa 2006...northern part truncated to willimsbridge circa 2012 (bx39 was extended as mentioned above to supplement the truncated bx41)

Bx42 terminated at Harding/ balcom ave. ..extended to emerson ave circa 2010

Bx55 ran solely from Willimsbridge to the Hub

[East New York]

Wow! Thanks Union Tpke, as well as everyone else. I just learned something myself, and this thread gives me an idea. I'm going to implement this into into something official.... We need a timeline, or a history section for buses, subways, and railroads. ASAP!

[Q43LTD]

I agree

[Union Tpke]

Wow! Thanks Union Tpke, as well as everyone else. I just learned something myself, and this thread gives me an idea. I'm going to implement this into into something official.... We need a timeline, or a history section for buses, subways, and railroads. ASAP!

 

I can help with the history section.