List of express bus routes in New York City

The Metropolitan Transportation Authority operates 76 express bus routes in New York City, United States. Generally, express routes operated by MTA Bus Company or Academy Bus are assigned multi-borough prefixes. Exceptions to this rule are 7 Brooklyn and Queens express routes operated by MTA New York City Transit. Those routes use an X prefix.
The unidirectional fare, payable with MetroCard or OMNY, a contactless payment system which will replace the Metrocard by 2023, is $6.75. Discount fare media is available. Except for the ad hoc X80 service, coins are not accepted on express buses; only a MetroCard or OMNY is accepted.

Manhattan to Staten Island

Most routes travel to and from Staten Island via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway, and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel into Lower Manhattan. Some routes operate through New Jersey via the Goethals Bridge, New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey Route 495, and Lincoln Tunnel to directly serve Midtown Manhattan.
On August 19, 2018, all of the Staten Island-Manhattan express bus routes were redesigned to offer simpler and direct routes, fewer stops to speed up the trips, and additional service for off-peak hours and weekends. The new routes originally planned consists of 21 express routes: 11 traveling to Midtown, 8 traveling to Downtown and 2 traveling to Greenwich Village via Battery Park City. The previously used "X" routes have been dropped in favor of "SIM," or Staten Island to Manhattan, routes. This was the result of the two-year Staten Island Bus Study conducted by MTA, launched in 2015, which analyzed trip performance data, ridership profiles and extensive customer input, to determine the most effective way to reconfigure the network.
All routes are operated by New York City Transit, except for the SIM23 and SIM24, which are operated by Academy Bus. All routes run during rush hours in the peak direction. In addition, the SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and SIM33C provide off-peak weekday and weekend service, and the SIM1C provides overnight service. These four -C routes cover most stops in Manhattan served by other routes during peak hours.

Route	Manhattan terminal		Staten Island terminal	Manhattan streets	Via	Staten Island streets traveled
'	Greenwich Village Sixth Avenue and Houston Street Broadway and Houston Street	← AM → PM	Eltingville Transit Center	Church Street Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue
'	Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue	↔	Eltingville Transit Center	Church Street, Sixth Avenue Fifth Avenue, Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue
'	Downtown Church Street and Worth Street Broadway and Warren Street	← AM → PM	Tottenville Craig Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Church Street Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Huguenot Avenue, Hylan Boulevard
'	Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue	← AM → PM	Port Richmond Castleton Avenue and Jewett Avenue	Sixth Avenue Fifth Avenue 23rd Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Port Richmond Avenue
'	Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue	↔	Port Richmond Castleton Avenue and Jewett Avenue	Church Street, Sixth Avenue Fifth Avenue, Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Port Richmond Avenue
'	Downtown Church Street and Worth Street Broadway and Chambers Street	← AM → PM	Annadale Annadale Road and Drumgoole Road West	Church Street Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Richmond Avenue
'	Downtown Church Street and Worth Street Broadway and Chambers Street	← AM → PM	Staten Island Mall Park and Ride	Church Street Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Richmond Avenue
'	Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street	↔	Huguenot Boulder Avenue and Woodrow Road Vineland Avenue and Woodrow Road	Church Street, Sixth Avenue, Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue, Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Richmond Avenue
'	Downtown Pearl Street and Peck Slip Pearl Street and Frankfort Street	← AM → PM	Eltingville Transit Center	Water Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue
'	Midtown Lexington Avenue and 57th Street Lexington Avenue and 56th Street	← AM → PM	Eltingville Transit Center	Madison Avenue Lexington Avenue 23rd Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue
'	Greenwich Village Sixth Avenue and 14th Street Broadway and 13th Street	← AM → PM	Eltingville Transit Center	Sixth Avenue Broadway, Houston Street West Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue
'	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	← AM → PM	Huguenot Woodrow Road and Huguenot Avenue	42nd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Lincoln Tunnel	Goethals Road Richmond Avenue, Woodrow Road
'	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	← AM → PM	Staten Island Mall Staten Island Mall Park and Ride	42nd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Lincoln Tunnel	Goethals Road Richmond Avenue, Woodrow Road
'	Greenwich Village Sixth Avenue and 14th Street Broadway and 13th Street	← AM → PM	Eltingville Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Avenue	Sixth Avenue Broadway, Houston Street West Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard
'	Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue	← AM → PM	Eltingville Transit Center	Sixth Avenue Fifth Avenue 23rd Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue
'	Midtown Lexington Avenue and 57th Street Lexington Avenue and 56th Street	← AM → PM	New Dorp Ebbitts Street and Mill Road	Madison Avenue Lexington Avenue 23rd Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard
'	Downtown Water Street and Hanover Square Trinity Place and Rector Street	← AM → PM	Eltingville Transit Center	Church Street, Water Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road, Richmond Road, Arthur Kill Road
'	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	← AM → PM	Eltingville Woods of Arden Road and Hylan Boulevard	Madison Avenue Lexington Avenue 42nd Street	Lincoln Tunnel	Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Avenue
'	Midtown Madison Avenue and 59th Street Fifth Avenue and 59th Street	← AM → PM	Prince's Bay Luten Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue 34th Street	Lincoln Tunnel	Arden Avenue
'	Midtown Madison Avenue and 59th Street Fifth Avenue and 59th Street	← AM → PM	Pleasant Plains Outerbridge Park and Ride	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue 34th Street	Lincoln Tunnel	Huguenot Avenue
'	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	← AM → PM	Tottenville Craig Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue 42nd Street	Lincoln Tunnel	Rossville Avenue, Foster Road, Hylan Boulevard
'	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	← AM → PM	Tottenville Page Avenue and Hylan Boulevard Bedell Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Madison Avenue Lexington Avenue 42nd Street	Lincoln Tunnel	Bloomingdale Road, Amboy Road, Hylan Boulevard
'	Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street	← AM → PM	Sunnyside Clove Road and Victory Boulevard	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue 42nd Street	Lincoln Tunnel	Forest Avenue Victory Boulevard Tompkins Avenue
'	Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street	← AM → PM	Rosebank Tompkins Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue 42nd Street	Lincoln Tunnel	Forest Avenue Victory Boulevard Tompkins Avenue
'	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	← AM → PM	Eltingville Transit Center	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue 23rd Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Gannon Avenue, Bradley Avenue, Harold Street, Forest Hill Road, Travis Avenue
'	Downtown Church Street and Worth Street Broadway and Warren Street	← AM → PM	Travis Victory Boulevard bus loop	Church Street Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Gannon Avenue, Victory Boulevard
'	Downtown Sixth Avenue and 14th Street Broadway and 13th Street	← AM → PM	Mariners Harbor South Avenue and Richmond Terrace	Sixth Avenue Broadway, Houston Street West Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road Gannon Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue
'	Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue	↔	Mariners Harbor South Avenue and Richmond Terrace	Church Street, Sixth Avenue, Madison Avenue Broadway, Fifth Avenue	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road Gannon Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue
'	Downtown Sixth Avenue and Houston Street Broadway and Houston Street	← AM → PM	Mariners Harbor South Avenue and Richmond Terrace	Church Street Broadway	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue, South Avenue
'	Downtown Pearl Street and Peck Slip Pearl Street and Frankfort Street	← AM → PM	Port Richmond Castleton Avenue and Jewett Avenue	Water Street	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Narrows Road, Clove Road, Forest Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue
-	-	-	-	-	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	-
-	-	-	-	-	Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	-

History and notes

Manhattan to Brooklyn

X- routes are operated by New York City Transit, while BM-routes are operated by MTA Bus Company. All routes operate nonstop between Brooklyn and Manhattan via the Gowanus Expressway or Prospect Expressway to the Hugh L. Carey Tunnel, with some routes continuing non-stop via the FDR Drive to reach Midtown. The exception to this is the BM5, which also makes stops in Queens and uses the Long Island Expressway and Queens Midtown Tunnel to reach Midtown.

Route	Manhattan terminal		Brooklyn terminal	Manhattan streets traveled	Via	Brooklyn streets traveled
X27	Midtown East 57th Street and Madison Avenue Chelsea West 23rd Street and Broadway Lower Manhattan Thomas Street and Church Street	↔	Bay Ridge Shore Road and 4th Avenue	Church Street, Sixth Avenue, Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue, Park Avenue South, Broadway	Gowanus Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge Avenue, Shore Road
X28	Midtown East 57th Street and Madison Avenue Chelsea West 23rd Street and Broadway Lower Manhattan Thomas Street and Church Street	↔	Bensonhurst Cropsey Avenue and Canal Avenue	Church Street, Sixth Avenue, Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue, Park Avenue South, Broadway	Gowanus Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	86th Street, 14th Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, Surf Avenue
X28	Midtown East 57th Street and Madison Avenue Chelsea West 23rd Street and Broadway Lower Manhattan Thomas Street and Church Street	↔	Sea Gate West 37th Street and Surf Avenue	Church Street, Sixth Avenue, Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue, Park Avenue South, Broadway	Gowanus Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	86th Street, 14th Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, Surf Avenue
X37	Midtown East 57th Street and Madison Avenue	← AM → PM	Bay Ridge Shore Road and 4th Avenue	23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Gowanus Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	3rd Avenue, Bay Ridge Avenue, Shore Road
X38	Midtown East 57th Street and Madison Avenue	← AM → PM	Bensonhurst Cropsey Avenue and Canal Avenue	23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Gowanus Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	86th Street, 14th Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, Surf Avenue
X38	Midtown East 57th Street and Madison Avenue	← AM → PM	Sea Gate West 37th Street and Surf Avenue	23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Gowanus Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	86th Street, 14th Avenue, Cropsey Avenue, Surf Avenue
BM1	MidtownEast 57th Street and 2nd Avenue	↔	Mill Basin 56th Drive and Strickland Avenue	Trinity Place, Park Row, Water Street 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Ocean Avenue, Avenue K
BM1	DowntownState Street and Battery Place	← AM → PM	Mill Basin 56th Drive and Strickland Avenue	Trinity Place, Park Row, Water Street 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Ocean Avenue, Avenue K
BM2	MidtownEast 57th Street and 2nd Avenue	↔	Canarsie Flatlands Avenue and Williams Avenue	Trinity Place, Park Row, Water Street 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Flatbush Avenue, Avenue H, Avenue M Pennsylvania Avenue
BM2	DowntownState Street and Battery Place	← AM → PM	Starrett City Pennsylvania Avenue and Seaview Avenue	Trinity Place, Park Row, Water Street 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Flatbush Avenue, Avenue H, Avenue M Pennsylvania Avenue
BM3	MidtownEast 57th Street and 2nd Avenue	↔	Sheepshead Bay Emmons Avenue and Shore Boulevard	Trinity Place, Park Row, Water Street 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Coney Island Avenue, Ocean Avenue, Emmons Avenue
BM3	DowntownState Street and Battery Place	← AM → PM	Sheepshead Bay Emmons Avenue and Shore Boulevard	Trinity Place, Park Row, Water Street 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Coney Island Avenue, Ocean Avenue, Emmons Avenue
BM4	MidtownEast 57th Street and 2nd Avenue	↔	Gerritsen Beach Gerritsen Avenue and Lois Avenue	Trinity Place, Park Row, Water Street 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Coney Island Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Gerritsen Avenue
BM4	DowntownState Street and Battery Place	← AM → PM	Gerritsen Beach Gerritsen Avenue and Lois Avenue	Trinity Place, Park Row, Water Street 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue	Prospect Expressway, Hugh L. Carey Tunnel	Coney Island Avenue, Nostrand Avenue, Gerritsen Avenue
BM5	MidtownEast 57th Street and 2nd Avenue	↔	Starrett City Pennsylvania Avenue and Seaview Avenue	Fifth Avenue Madison Avenue 34th Street	Long Island Expressway, Queens Midtown Tunnel	Woodhaven Boulevard, Linden Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue

History and notes

Manhattan to Queens

X- routes are operated by New York City Transit, while QM- routes are operated by MTA Bus Company. All Midtown routes operate nonstop outbound via the Ed Koch Queensboro Bridge, while Downtown routes operate via the FDR Drive and the Queens Midtown Tunnel. All inbound service operates via the Long Island Expressway and Queens Midtown Tunnel.

Route	Manhattan terminal		Queens terminal	Manhattan streets traveled	Queens streets traveled
X63	East Midtown East 23rd Street and 1st Avenue	← AM → PM	Rosedale 149th Avenue and 253rd Street	East 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue East 57th Street Third Avenue	Linden Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard
X64	East MidtownEast 23rd Street and 1st Avenue	← AM → PM	Cambria Heights Linden Boulevard and 235th Street	East 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue East 57th Street Third Avenue	Liberty Avenue, Farmers Boulevard, Linden Boulevard
X68	East MidtownEast 23rd Street and 1st Avenue	← AM → PM	Floral Park Hillside Avenue and 268th Street	East 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue East 57th Street Third Avenue	Hillside Avenue
X68	East MidtownEast 57th Street and 3rd Avenue	← AM → PM	Floral Park Hillside Avenue and 268th Street	East 23rd Street Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue East 57th Street Third Avenue	Hillside Avenue
QM1	Midtown57th Street and Third Avenue 36th Street and Sixth Avenue	← AM → PM	Fresh Meadows 188th Street and 64th Avenue	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Union Turnpike, 188th Street
QM2	Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 36th Street and Sixth Avenue	↔	Bay Terrace Bay Terrace Shopping Center	34th Street, Sixth Avenue 57th Street 59th Street	Whitestone Expressway service road Parsons Boulevard Cross Island Parkway service road
QM3	Midtown57th Street and Third Avenue 36th Street and Sixth Avenue	← AM → PM	Little Neck Little Neck Parkway and Horace Harding Expressway	34th Street, Sixth Avenue 57th Street 59th Street	Northern Boulevard, Little Neck Parkway
QM4*	Midtown57th Street and Third Avenue 36th Street and Sixth Avenue	↔	Electchester 164th Street and Horace Harding Expressway	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Jewel Avenue
QM5	Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 36th Street and Sixth Avenue	↔	Glen Oaks 260th Street and Union Turnpike	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Union Turnpike, 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway
QM6	Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 36th Street and Sixth Avenue	↔	Lake Success North Shore Towers	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Union Turnpike, Lakeville Road Queens Boulevard
QM7	DowntownFrankfort Street and Pearl Street Pearl Street and Peck Slip	← AM → PM	Fresh Meadows 188th Street and 64th Avenue	Water Street, Church Street	Union Turnpike, 188th Street 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway
QM8	DowntownFrankfort Street and Pearl Street Pearl Street and Peck Slip	← AM → PM	Glen Oaks 260th Street and Union Turnpike	Water Street, Church Street	Union Turnpike, 188th Street 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway
QM10	Midtown57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Rego Park 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard 63rd Road and 98th Place Queens Boulevard and Ascan Avenue	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	63rd Road, 57th Avenue
QM11	Downtown Frankfort Street and Pearl Street Pearl Street and Peck Slip	← AM → PM	Rego Park 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard 63rd Road and 98th Place Queens Boulevard and Ascan Avenue	Water Street, Church Street	Queens Boulevard, 63rd Road, 57th Avenue
QM12	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glendale Crescent Apartments Metropolitan Avenue and 71st Road	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Yellowstone Boulevard
QM15	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	↔	Howard Beach 157th Avenue and 102nd Street	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Woodhaven Boulevard, 155th Avenue, 157th Avenue, Cross Bay Boulevard
QM16	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Jacob Riis Park	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Cross Bay Boulevard, Rockaway Beach Boulevard
QM17	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Far Rockaway Beach 21st Street and Mott Avenue at Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Cross Bay Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, Seagirt Boulevard
QM18	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	South Ozone Park 130th Street and 150th Avenue	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Queens Boulevard, Lefferts Boulevard, 135th Avenue
QM20	Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 36th Street and Sixth Avenue	↔	Bay Terrace 211th Street and 18th Avenue Corporal Kennedy Street and 23rd Avenue	34th Street, Sixth Avenue 57th Street 59th Street	Willets Point Boulevard, Utopia Parkway, 26th Avenue
QM21	MidtownEast 23rd Street and Park Avenue	← AM → PM	Rochdale Village Guy R Brewer Boulevard and 130th Avenue Bedell Street & 127 Avenue	23rd Street, Madison Avenue, 57th Street	Queens Boulevard, Linden Boulevard, Guy R. Brewer Boulevard
QM24	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glendale Myrtle Avenue and 73rd Street	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road
QM25	Downtown Frankfort Street and Pearl Street Pearl Street and Peck Slip	← AM → PM	Glendale Myrtle Avenue and 73rd Street	Church Street, Water Street	Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue
QM31	Midtown 55th Street and Third Avenue 38th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Fresh Meadows 188th Street & 64th Avenue	Third Avenue	Union Turnpike, 188th Street
QM32	Midtown 55th Street and Third Avenue 38th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Bay Terrace Bay Terrace Shopping Center	Third Avenue	Whitestone Expressway service road, Cross Island Parkway service road
QM34	Midtown 55th Street and Third Avenue 38th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glendale Myrtle Avenue and 73rd Street	Third Avenue	Eliot Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue
QM35	Midtown 55th Street and Third Avenue 38th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glen Oaks 260th Street and Union Turnpike	Third Avenue	Union Turnpike, 73rd Avenue, Horace Harding Expressway
QM36	Midtown 55th Street and Third Avenue 38th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Lake Success North Shore Towers	Third Avenue	Union Turnpike, Lakeville Road
QM40	Midtown 55th Street and Third Avenue 38th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Rego Park 57th Avenue and Junction Boulevard 63rd Road and 98th Place	Third Avenue	63rd Road, 57th Avenue
QM42	Midtown 55th Street and Third Avenue 38th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glendale Crescent Apartments Metropolitan Avenue and 71st Road	Third Avenue	Yellowstone Boulevard
QM44	Midtown 55th Street and Third Avenue 38th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Electchester 164th Street and Horace Harding Expressway	Third Avenue	Jewel Avenue

History and notes

Proposed new bus routes

This table gives details for proposed express routes which were announced in December 2019 as part of the MTA's draft redesign of the Queens bus network.
Note that "QMT" is a temporary prefix and that these routes are tentative; the final version may be significantly different. In the final version, all bus routes will be labeled with "QM", similar to the existing routes. The final redesign plan is expected in mid- or late 2020.

Route	Manhattan terminal		Queens terminal	Manhattan streets traveled	Queens streets traveled	Old routes replaced
	Downtown/Financial District Water Street and Nassau Street	← AM → PM	Middle Village Eliot Avenue and 84th Street	Water Street, St. James Place, Bowery, Delancey Street	Metropolitan Avenue, Eliot Avenue	QM25
	Downtown/Financial District Water Street and Nassau Street	← AM → PM	Glendale Myrtle Avenue and 73rd Street	Water Street, St. James Place, Bowery, Delancey Street	Metropolitan Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue	QM25
	Downtown/Financial District Water Street and Nassau Street	← AM → PM	Briarwood Queens Boulevard and Main Street	Water Street, St. James Place, Bowery, Delancey Street	Queens Boulevard	QM11
	Downtown/Financial District Water Street and Nassau Street	← AM → PM	Bay Terrace Corporal Kennedy Street and 23rd Avenue	Water Street, St. James Place, Bowery, Delancey Street	Whitestone Expressway service road, Cross Island Parkway service road, Utopia Parkway, 26th Avenue	QM32
	Downtown/Financial District Water Street and Nassau Street	← AM → PM	Glen Oaks 260th Street and Union Turnpike	Water Street, St. James Place, Bowery, Delancey Street	188th Street, 73rd Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, Horace Harding Expressway, Little Neck Parkway	QM8
	Downtown/Financial District Water Street and Nassau Street	← AM → PM	Fresh Meadows 188th Street and 64th Avenue	Water Street, St. James Place, Bowery, Delancey Street	Union Turnpike, 188th Street	QM7, QM8
	Downtown/Financial District Water Street and Nassau Street	← AM → PM	Elmont, New York Belmont Park	Water Street, St. James Place, Bowery, Delancey Street	Hillside Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, Hempstead Avenue
	Downtown/Financial District Water Street and Nassau Street	← AM → PM	Rochdale Village Bedell Street and 127th Avenue	Water Street, St. James Place, Bowery, Delancey Street	Linden Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, Bedell Street	QM21
	Hudson Yards 10th Avenue and 30th Street	← AM → PM	Rego Park Yellowstone Boulevard and Clyde Street	34th Street	Yellowstone Boulevard	QM10, QM12
	Hudson Yards 10th Avenue and 30th Street	← AM → PM	Fresh Meadows 188th Street and 64th Avenue	34th Street	Union Turnpike, 188th Street	QM1
	Hudson Yards 10th Avenue and 30th Street	← AM → PM	Elmont, New York Elmont Road and Dutch Broadway	34th Street	Linden Boulevard	X64
	Hudson Yards 10th Avenue and 30th Street	← AM → PM	Floral Park Hillside Avenue and 268th Street	34th Street	Hillside Avenue	X68
	East Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 37th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Middle Village Eliot Avenue and 84th Street	37th Street, Third Avenue, 57th Street	Metropolitan Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue	QM34
	East Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 37th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glendale Myrtle Avenue and 73rd Street	37th Street, Third Avenue, 57th Street	Eliot Avenue	QM34
	East Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 37th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Rego Park Yellowstone Boulevard and Clyde Street	37th Street, Third Avenue, 57th Street	Yellowstone Boulevard	QM40, QM42
	East Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 37th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Bay Terrace Corporal Kennedy Street and 23rd Avenue	37th Street, Third Avenue, 57th Street	Whitestone Expressway service road, Cross Island Parkway service road, Utopia Parkway, 26th Avenue	QM32
	East Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 37th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glen Oaks 260th Street and Union Turnpike	37th Street, Third Avenue, 57th Street	188th Street, 73rd Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, Horace Harding Expressway, Little Neck Parkway	QM35
	East Midtown 57th Street and Third Avenue 37th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Fresh Meadows 188th Street and 64th Avenue	37th Street, Third Avenue, 57th Street	Union Turnpike, 188th Street	QM31
	East Midtown 57th Street and Second Avenue	← AM → PM	Starrett City, Brooklyn Pennsylvania Avenue and Seaview Avenue	34th Street, Madison Avenue, 57th Street	Woodhaven Boulevard, Linden Boulevard, Pennsylvania Avenue	BM5
	East Midtown 57th Street and Second Avenue	← AM → PM	Rosedale 149th Avenue and 253rd Street	34th Street, Madison Avenue, 57th Street	Linden Boulevard, Guy R. Brewer Boulevard, Merrick Boulevard, Francis Lewis Boulevard	QM21, X63
	East Midtown 57th Street and Second Avenue	← AM → PM	Floral Park Hillside Avenue and 268th Street	34th Street, Madison Avenue, 57th Street	Hillside Avenue	X68
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Middle Village Eliot Avenue and 84th Street	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Metropolitan Avenue, Fresh Pond Road, Myrtle Avenue	QM24
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glendale Myrtle Avenue and 73rd Street	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Eliot Avenue	QM24
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Electchester 164th Street and Horace Harding Expressway	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Jewel Avenue	QM4
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Beechhurst Powells Cove Boulevard and 162nd Street	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Willets Point Boulevard	QM2, QM20
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Bay Terrace Corporal Kennedy Street and 23rd Avenue	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Whitestone Expressway service road, Cross Island Parkway service road, Utopia Parkway, 26th Avenue	QM2
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Glen Oaks 260th Street and Union Turnpike	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	188th Street, 73rd Avenue, Springfield Boulevard, Horace Harding Expressway, Little Neck Parkway	QM35
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Fresh Meadows 188th Street and 64th Avenue	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Union Turnpike, 188th Street	QM31
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Lake Success North Shore Towers	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Union Turnpike, Lakeville Road	QM6
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Howard Beach 157th Avenue and 102nd Street	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Woodhaven Boulevard, 155th Avenue, 157th Avenue, Cross Bay Boulevard	QM15
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Jacob Riis Park	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Cross Bay Boulevard, Rockaway Beach Boulevard	QM16
	Midtown 57th Street and Sixth Avenue 34th Street and Third Avenue	← AM → PM	Far Rockaway Beach 21st Street and Mott Avenue at Far Rockaway-Mott Avenue	34th Street, Sixth Avenue, 57th Street	Cross Bay Boulevard, Beach Channel Drive, Seagirt Boulevard	QM17

Manhattan to the Bronx

All routes are operated by MTA Bus.

Route	Manhattan terminal		Bronx terminal	Manhattan streets traveled	Via	Bronx streets traveled
BxM1	East Midtown Lexington Avenue and 34th Street Third Avenue and 33rd Street	↔	Riverdale Riverdale Avenue and 263rd Street Riverdale Avenue and 261st Street	Third Avenue Lexington Avenue	Harlem River Drive	Broadway 230th Street, Kappock Street, Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale Avenue
BxM2	West MidtownSeventh Avenue and 34th Street Sixth Avenue and 35th Street	↔	Riverdale Riverdale Avenue and 263rd Street Riverdale Avenue and 261st Street	Sixth Avenue, Madison Avenue Seventh Avenue, Fifth Avenue	Deegan Expressway	Broadway 230th Street, Kappock Street, Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale Avenue
BxM3	MidtownFifth Avenue and 27th Street Madison Avenue and 29th Street	↔	Yonkers Getty Square	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue Madison Avenue and 29th Street	↔	Woodlawn Katonah Avenue and 242nd Street	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue Fifth Avenue	Bruckner Expressway	East 177th Street, Metropolitan Avenue
BxM7	MidtownMadison Avenue and 23rd Street	↔	Co-op City, Bronx Dreiser Loop	Madison Avenue, Third Avenue Fifth Avenue	Bruckner Expressway	Hutchinson River Parkway East, Co-Op City Boulevard
BxM8	Midtown Madison Avenue and 23rd Street	↔	Pelham Bay Park Pelham Bay Park Station	Madison Avenue, Third Avenue Fifth Avenue	Bruckner Expressway	Westchester Avenue, Bruckner Boulevard City Island Avenue
BxM8	Midtown Madison Avenue and 23rd Street	← AM → PM	City Island Rochelle Street and City Island Avenue	Madison Avenue, Third Avenue Fifth Avenue	Bruckner Expressway	Westchester Avenue, Bruckner Boulevard City Island Avenue
BxM9	MidtownMadison Avenue and 23rd Street	↔	Throgs Neck Layton Avenue and Clarence Avenue Layton Avenue and Vincent Avenue	Madison Avenue, Third Avenue Fifth Avenue	Bruckner Expressway	Randall Avenue, Harding Avenue Throgs Neck Boulevard Clarence Avenue
BxM10	MidtownMadison Avenue and 23rd Street	↔	Baychester Eastchester Road and Boston Road Eastchester Road and Tillotson Avenue	Madison Avenue, Third Avenue Fifth Avenue	Bruckner Expressway	Morris Park Avenue, Eastchester Road
BxM11	MidtownEast 26th Street and Madison Avenue	↔	Wakefield 241st Street Station	Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue Battery Place and Greenwich Street	← AM → PM	Riverdale Riverdale Avenue and West 263rd Street	Church Street, Sixth Avenue, and Madison Avenue Fifth Avenue, Broadway	Deegan Expressway	230th Street, Kappock Street, Henry Hudson Parkway, Riverdale Avenue

History and notes

Former Liberty Lines Express routes were taken over by MTA Bus Company on January 3, 2005, while former New York Bus Service routes were taken over on July 1, 2005.

Route	History
BxM1	Select weekday trips operate nonstop via Major Deegan Expressway, bypassing Inwood Began service in 1968, operated by Riverdale Transit Corp. 1968-1984, then Liberty Lines Express 1984-2005 Overnight service began on May 6, 2020 due to the overnight subway shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; discontinued on June 28, 2020 due to low ridership.
BxM2	Operated by Riverdale Transit Corp. until 1984, then Liberty Lines Express 1984-2005 Overnight service began on May 6, 2020 due to the overnight subway shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; discontinued on June 28, 2020 due to low ridership. Service will be rerouted from the Major Deegan Expressway to operate via Inwood and the Henry Hudson Parkway to serve West Midtown as part of a redesign of the Bronx bus system.
BxM3	Operated by Riverdale Transit Corp. until 1984, then Liberty Lines Express 1984-2005 Pick-up in Harlem is available at 123rd Street and Madison Avenue
BxM4	Operated by Riverdale Transit Corp. as the BxM4B until 1984, then Liberty Lines Express 1984-2005 Relabeled to BxM4 when Bedford Park service was discontinued in June 2010 Service north of Van Cortlandt Avenue East will be rerouted via Mosholu Parkway and Goulden Avenue to the new terminal at West 205 Street and Paul Avenue as part of a redesign of the Bronx bus system, similar to former BxM4B service. Service along East 233 Street and Katonah Avenue will be provided by the new BxM5.
BxM6	Began service August 24, 1970, operated by New York Bus Service until 2005
BxM7	To Manhattan via Sections 1-2-3-4-5 in Co-op City; from Manhattan via sections 5-4-3-2-1 in Co-op City During AM rush hours, service is divided up so certain trips only serve only one or two sections of Co-op City before continuing to Manhattan Began service on January 18, 1971, operated by New York Bus Service until 2005 Wall Street Express service ended in the 1980s; downtown service from Co-op City via Whitestone Expressway, Queens-Midtown Tunnel and FDR drive was proposed briefly as the BxM17 in June 2019 as part of the Bronx bus redesign draft plan. Overnight service began on May 6, 2020 due to the overnight subway shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; makes all BxM8 stops along Bruckner Boulevard during overnight hours.
BxM8	Two peak-direction trips serve are extended to City Island to replace former BxM7B route Pelham Bay service began January 10, 1972 as the BxM7A City Island service began January 7, 1980 as the BxM7B Operated by New York Bus Service until 2005 Services were combined and renumbered BxM8 in September 2011 During weekday peak periods only, service along Westchester Avenue, Crosby Avenue, and Jarvis Avenue will be discontinued for City Island trips as part of a redesign of the Bronx bus system.
BxM9	Began service on August 2, 1976, operated by New York Bus Service until 2005
BxM10	Began service on January 7, 1980, operated by New York Bus Service until 2005 Off-peak and weekend BxM10 service will operate via Hugh J. Grant Circle to serve current BxM6 customers who will no longer have off-peak and weekend service as part of a redesign of the Bronx bus system.
BxM11	Began service on April 26, 1971, operated by Pelham Parkway Express until 1984, then Liberty Lines Express 1984-2005 Overnight service began on May 6, 2020 due to the overnight subway shutdown caused by the COVID-19 pandemic; discontinued on June 28, 2020 due to low ridership. The BxM11 routing will change to operate from East 233 Street via Bronxwood Avenue and Boston Rd to existing BxM11 non-stop routing to Midtown as part of a redesign of the Bronx bus system. Service along Nereid Avenue will be provided by the new BxM5. Service along White Plains Road will continue to be provided by the subway.
BxM18	First drop-off and last pickup in Manhattan is at Madison Square Stops at 5th Avenue and 35th Street and Madison Avenue and 56th Street for transfers from/to other Queens and Bronx express buses Began service on September 11, 1978 operated Liberty Lines Express Service will be rerouted from the Major Deegan Expressway and 5th Avenue to operate via Inwood and the Henry Hudson Parkway to serve Hudson Yards and Downtown as part of a redesign of the Bronx bus system.

Manhattan intra-borough

Former routes

New York City Transit

Staten Island Express routes

Most X routes were discontinued between 2010 and 2018 due to budget cuts and a reimagining of the bus network.
In 2015, the MTA began a comprehensive study of express bus lines on Staten Island. These lines had not been drastically changed since the 1980s, and as a result, they had been updated piece-by-piece. As a result, these routes were circuitous, redundant, and infrequent. The MTA proposed replacing all of the existing express bus routes with simpler and shorter variants, a proposal supported by 76% of Staten Island residents who had learned about the study. In March 2018, after hosting several meetings with Staten Island residents, the MTA announced that express bus service to Staten Island was expected to be completely reorganized in August 2018. As part of the redesign, all of the existing bus routes would be discontinued and replaced with new routes with a "SIM" prefix on August 19, 2018. The "SIM" prefix was chosen to reduce confusion with the "X"-prefixed routes they replaced, but deviate from the "S" prefix used by local Staten Island bus routes. The routes that were discontinued prior to August 18, 2018 were: X6, X13, X16, X18, X20, X21.
The remaining X routes are expected to be revamped and renamed sometime between 2019 and 2021.

Other X- routes

MTA Bus Company

Command Bus Company (special service)

Eight special routes, which was operated by Pioneer Bus then Command Bus Company. All service discontinued in 2001.
Note: An additional route, the BM2S bus route, ran from Starrett City to Downtown Manhattan ran via Flatlands Avenue between East 80th Street and East 105th Street. The service still operates as part of regular BM2 service during rush hour. In addition, Command operated ferry shuttle buses around the Bay Ridge area from the Brooklyn Army Terminal after September 11, 2001, for the free ferry ride to/from the Wall Street pier. Both Pioneer Bus then Command Bus operated bus service to/from Roosevelt Raceway.

Caravan Transit (temporary operation)

From late 1988 to early 1990, Queens Surface Corporation temporarily outsourced these lines to Caravan Transit due to equipment shortages with the approval of the NYCDOT. Caravan Transit returned the lines to Queens Surface Corp. when 50 new MCI Classics suburban type buses were delivered new to that company during 1989.

Route	Terminals	Streets Traveled
QM19	Queens and Manhattan	Same as current QM3 route
QM20	Queens and Manhattan
QM25	Queens and Manhattan	Same as current QM7 route
QM26	Queens and Manhattan	Same as current QM8 route

Metro Apple Express (MAX)

Metro Apple Express operated buses in Brooklyn, Manhattan, Queens and to Jones Beach during its existence. The BM10 started on Sunday, June 10, 1984. They did not have fare boxes on the bus so the drivers were able to make change. Their bus schedules were color-coded for each route, BM10 was black, BM11 was blue, BM12 was green and BM15 was red. The president was Patrick Condren.

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Atlantic Express

All routes going into Manhattan terminate at Midtown on East 59th Street and Madison Avenue.
All routes traveled via into West Shore Expressway, Goethals Bridge into New Jersey's New Jersey Turnpike, Lincoln Tunnel; in Manhattan: 34th Street, Madison Avenue and 5th Avenue.
These routes were operated by Academy Bus until June 2001, when the franchises were awarded to Atlantic Express. All of these routes have been rebranded or eliminated.

Route	Terminus	Streets traveled	Notes
AE1	Huguenot Luten Avenue and Amboy Road	Luten Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, Seguine Avenue, Foster Road, Woodrow Road	Service began in July 2001. Rebranded X23 on August 27, 2001.
AE2	New DorpLuten Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Hylan Boulevard, Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Huguenot Avenue	Service began in July 2001. Rebranded X24 on August 27, 2001. Formerly Academy Bus Arden route.
AE4	RossvilleBloomingdale Road and Veterans Parkway	Bloomingdale Road, Amboy Road, Rossville Avenue, Arthur Kill Road	Service began June 25, 2001. Replaced by X21 on August 27, 2001, operated by NYC Transit. Discontinued permanently in 2002.
AE5	Richmond ValleyPage Avenue and Amboy Road	Amboy Road, Main Street, Hylan Boulevard, Segume Avenue, Huguenot Avenue	Service began June 25, 2001. Replaced by X22 on August 27, 2001, operated by NYC Transit on August 27, 2001. Formerly Academy Bus Amboy route.
AE6	Travis141 East Service Road at Showplace Bowling	West Shore Expressway	Service began in 2001. Service discontinued on August 4, 2003, because Atlantic Express lost the lease at the bus terminal. It was combined with route AE7 operations and MTA's X22 express route.
AE7	Pleasant PlainsWest Shore Expressway and Veterans Parkway at Outerbridge Park-and-Ride	West Shore Expressway, Page Avenue, Hylan Boulevard	Originally operated from park and ride at the Showplace Entertainment Center in Travis in June 2001. Move to new terminal at Pleasant Plains on January 13, 2003. Discontinued in December 2010 due to low ridership. X22 service rerouted to Outerbridge Park & Ride in July 2011.

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