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The Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) operates 80 express bus routes in New York City, United States. Express routes operated by MTA Bus Company are assigned multi-borough (BM, BxM, QM) prefixes. MTA New York City Bus operates seven of the express routes in Brooklyn and Queens, which are prefixed with the letter X, as well as all express routes in Staten Island, which are prefixed with the letters SIM.
The unidirectional fare, payable with MetroCard or OMNY, a contactless payment system which will replace the MetroCard by 2024, is $7. Discount fare media is available. Except for the ad hoc X80 service, coins are not accepted on express buses.
Express buses operate using over-the-road diesel-powered, 45-ft-long coaches, from Motor Coach Industries and Prevost Car. For more information, visit the fleet page.
Manhattan to Staten Island
Most routes travel to and from Staten Island via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway, and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel into Lower Manhattan. Some routes operate through New Jersey via the Goethals Bridge, New Jersey Turnpike, New Jersey Route 495, and Lincoln Tunnel to directly serve Midtown Manhattan.
On August 19, 2018, all of the Staten Island-Manhattan express bus routes were redesigned to offer simpler and direct routes, fewer stops to speed up the trips, and additional service for off-peak hours and weekends. The new routes originally planned consists of 21 express routes: 11 traveling to Midtown, 8 traveling to Downtown and 2 traveling to Greenwich Village via Battery Park City. The previously used "X" routes have been dropped in favor of "SIM," or Staten Island to Manhattan, routes. This was the result of the two-year Staten Island Bus Study conducted by MTA, launched in 2015, which analyzed trip performance data, ridership profiles and extensive customer input, to determine the most effective way to reconfigure the network.[1][2]
All routes are operated by New York City Transit. All routes run during rush hours in the peak direction. In addition, the SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and SIM33C provide off-peak weekday and weekend service, and the SIM1C provides overnight service. These four -C routes cover most stops in Manhattan served by other routes during peak hours.
Route | Manhattan terminal | Staten Island terminal | Manhattan streets | Via | Staten Island streets traveled | |
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SIM1 [3][4] |
Greenwich Village Sixth Avenue and Houston Street (last drop-off) Broadway and Houston Street (first pick-up) |
←
AM → PM |
Eltingville Transit Center |
|
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel | Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue |
SIM1C* [5][4] |
Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue |
↔ |
| |||
SIM2 [6][5][7] |
Downtown Church Street and Worth Street (last drop-off) Broadway and Warren Street (first pick-up) |
←
AM → PM |
Tottenville Craig Avenue and Hylan Boulevard |
|
Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Huguenot Avenue, Hylan Boulevard | |
SIM3 [3][5][8] |
Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue |
Port Richmond Castleton Avenue and Jewett Avenue |
|
| ||
SIM3C [3][5][8] |
↔ |
| ||||
SIM4 [3][9] |
Downtown Church Street and Worth Street (last drop-off) Broadway and Chambers Street (first pick-up) |
←
AM → PM |
Annadale Annadale Road and Drumgoole Road West |
|
Richmond Avenue | |
SIM4X [3][9] |
Staten Island Mall Park and Ride | |||||
SIM4C [5][9] |
Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street |
↔ | Huguenot Boulder Avenue and Woodrow Road (last drop-off) Vineland Avenue and Woodrow Road (first pick-up) |
| ||
SIM5 [3][10] |
Downtown Pearl Street and Peck Slip (last drop-off) Pearl Street and Frankfort Street (first pick-up) |
←
AM → PM |
Eltingville Transit Center | Water Street | Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue | |
SIM6 [3][11] |
Midtown Lexington Avenue and 57th Street (last drop-off) Lexington Avenue and 56th Street (first pick-up) |
| ||||
SIM7 [3][12] |
Greenwich Village Sixth Avenue and 14th Street (last drop-off) Broadway and 13th Street (first pick-up) |
|
Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue | |||
SIM8 [3][13] |
Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue |
Huguenot Woodrow Road and Huguenot Avenue |
|
Goethals Bridge, NJ Turnpike, and Lincoln Tunnel |
| |
SIM8X [3][13] |
Staten Island Mall Staten Island Mall Park and Ride | |||||
SIM9 [14] |
Greenwich Village Sixth Avenue and 14th Street (last drop-off) Broadway and 13th Street (first pick-up) |
Eltingville Hylan Boulevard and Richmond Avenue |
|
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel | Father Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard | |
SIM10 [3][15] |
Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue |
Eltingville Transit Center |
|
Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue | ||
SIM11 [3][16] |
Midtown Lexington Avenue and 57th Street (last drop-off) Lexington Avenue and 56th Street (first pick-up) |
New Dorp Ebbitts Street and Mill Road |
|
Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard | ||
SIM15 [3][17] |
Downtown Water Street and Hanover Square (last drop-off) Trinity Place and Rector Street (first pick-up) |
Eltingville Transit Center | Church Street, Water Street | Narrows Road, Richmond Road, Arthur Kill Road | ||
SIM22 [3][18] |
Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue |
Eltingville Woods of Arden Road and Hylan Boulevard |
|
Goethals Bridge, NJ Turnpike, and Lincoln Tunnel | Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Avenue | |
SIM23 [3][19] |
Midtown Madison Avenue and 59th Street (last drop-off) Fifth Avenue and 59th Street (first pick-up) |
Annadale Poillion Avenue and Hylan Boulevard |
|
Arden Avenue | ||
SIM24 [3][20] |
Huguenot Hylan Boulevard and Luten Avenue |
Hylan Boulevard | ||||
SIM25 [3][21] |
Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue |
Tottenville Craig Avenue and Hylan Boulevard |
|
Rossville Avenue, Foster Road, Hylan Boulevard | ||
SIM26 [3][22] |
Tottenville Page Avenue and Hylan Boulevard (last drop-off) Bedell Avenue and Hylan Boulevard (first pick-up) |
|
Bloomingdale Road, Amboy Road, Hylan Boulevard | |||
SIM30 [3][23] |
Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street |
Sunnyside Clove Road and Victory Boulevard |
|
| ||
Rosebank Tompkins Avenue and Hylan Boulevard | ||||||
SIM31 [3][24] |
Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue |
Eltingville Transit Center |
|
Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway and Hugh L. Carey Tunnel | Gannon Avenue, Bradley Avenue, Harold Street, Forest Hill Road, Travis Avenue | |
SIM32 [3][25] |
Downtown Church Street and Worth Street (last drop-off) Broadway and Warren Street (first pick-up) |
Travis Victory Boulevard bus loop |
|
Gannon Avenue, Victory Boulevard | ||
SIM33 [3][25] |
Downtown Sixth Avenue and 14th Street (last drop-off) Broadway and 13th Street (first pick-up) |
Mariners Harbor South Avenue and Richmond Terrace |
|
| ||
SIM33C [3][26] |
Midtown Central Park South and Sixth Avenue |
↔ |
| |||
SIM34 [3][27] |
Downtown Sixth Avenue and Houston Street (last drop-off) Broadway and Houston Street (first pick-up) |
←
AM → PM |
|
Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue, South Avenue | ||
SIM35 [3][28] |
Downtown Pearl Street and Peck Slip (last drop-off) Pearl Street and Frankfort Street (first pick-up) |
Port Richmond Castleton Avenue and Jewett Avenue |
Water Street | Narrows Road, Clove Road, Forest Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue |
History and notes
Route | Original route(s) | History |
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SIM1 SIM1C |
X1,[6] X3, X4 |
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SIM2 | X17C, X19[6][29] |
|
SIM3 SIM3C |
X10, X12, X14, X42[6] |
|
SIM4 SIM4X SIM4C |
X17A, X17C[6][29]: 195 |
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SIM5 | X4, X7, X8[6] | |
SIM6 | X5, X7[6] |
|
SIM7 | X1, X3, X4, X7, X9[6] | |
SIM8 SIM8X |
X17J, X23[6] |
|
SIM9 | X1, X3, X4, X7, X9[6] | |
SIM10 | X1, X2, X5, X7, X9[6] | |
SIM11 | X2[6] |
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SIM15 | X15[6] | |
SIM22 | X1, X5, X17J, X21, X23[6] |
|
SIM23 SIM24 |
X17J, X23, X24[6] |
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SIM25 | X22, X23[6] |
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SIM26 | X17, X22[6] |
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SIM30 | X12, X14, X30,[6] X42 | |
SIM31 | X10, X31[6] | |
SIM32 | X10, X11[6] | |
SIM33 | X10,[6] X12 | |
SIM33C | X10,[6] X12 |
|
SIM34 | X12[6] | |
SIM35 | X10, X14[6] |
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 Woodhaven Boulevard, the Long Island Expressway and Queens Midtown Tunnel to reach Midtown.