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New York City Omnibus Corporation buses route (M23 - 5) replaced New York Railways' Sixth Avenue Line streetcar on March 3, 1936. New York City Omnibus Corporation buses route (M22 - 6) replaced New York Railways' Broadway Line streetcar on March 6, 1936. The routes were combined as a one-way pair on November 10, 1963, and kept the number 6.
The list of bus routes in New York City has been split by borough: List of bus routes in Manhattan; List of bus routes in Brooklyn; List of bus routes in the Bronx; List of bus routes in Queens; List of bus routes in Staten Island; There is also a list of express bus routes: List of express bus routes in New York City
The M9 is a local bus route that operates along the Avenue C Line (also known as the Houston Street Line), in Manhattan, New York City. The M9 and M21 are operated by MTA Regional Bus Operations under the MaBSTOA division and based out of the Michael J. Quill Depot .
The New York City Board of Transportation took over operations in 1948, with the New York City Transit Authority (NYCTA) replacing it in 1953. Limited-stop service began on September 13, 1976, with buses making only 15 stops, spaced every eight blocks, between 126th Street and Houston Street, saving riders up to 23 minutes.
It was operated by Green Bus Lines from 1933 to 1936, when it was taken over by the New York City Omnibus Corporation on June 22, 1936. [2] The Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority began operating a bus route on September 10, 1962, designated as the M107, on a six-month trial basis. Bus service ran every 15 minutes between 6: ...
In 2003, the Straphangers Campaign gave the M23 the "Pokey Award" because it ran slower than any other bus route in all of New York City, at an average speed of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h); [27] [28] it also received that distinction in 2007 when it also ran at an average of 4 miles per hour (6.4 km/h), slightly faster than the average walking ...
Buses were substituted for streetcars by the New York City Omnibus Corporation on March 6, 1936, as route number 6. That company changed its name to Fifth Avenue Coach Lines in 1956; the Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority took over operations in 1962.
The New York and Harlem Railroad was the first railroad in Manhattan, opening from City Hall north along Centre Street, Broome Street (northbound trains were later moved to Grand Street), the Bowery, Fourth Avenue, and Park Avenue to Harlem in the 1830s, and was extended southwest along Park Row to Broadway in 1852.