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W.B.'s Bus Almanac for February 15th

Posted by W.B. on Fri Feb 15 04:03:02 2019


February 15, 1935 - The Book of First Runs

Manhattan, New York
Comprehensive Omnibus Corporation

Service is inaugurated on a new crosstown route, M-7 - 65th Street. At its onset, this line takes a different path from what generations of riders are familiar with: running from 71st Street and York Avenue to 64th Street and West End Avenue, traveling eastbound on 64th Street all the way except for the trip through the 65th Street Transverse, and westbound on 67th Street to Madison Avenue, then after the trip through the Transverse north on Central Park West to 69th Street. It isn't until a few years afterwards that the route is modified to run east on 65th Street to Fifth Avenue (rerouted to Madison Avenue after 1966) and then 68th Street, and westbound on 67th Street to Fifth and 66th thereafter. (The route number will change to M29 in 1974, and again to the current M66 in 1989.)

(Sources: "Three Bus Routes Get City Permits," The New York Times, February 12, 1935; "Crosstown Buses Start on 65th St.," The New York Times, February 16, 1935.)


February 15-16, 1970 - The Book of Last Runs and Route Service Changes

The Bronx and Manhattan, New York
Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
(Surface Transit Division)

On February 15, important changes are made to the following Bronx bus routes (and one from Manhattan):
- Service is discontinued on the Bx-6 - Throggs Neck, Bx-6A - Locust Point, Bx-6B - Throggs Neck Stadium and Bx-6C - Shuttle lines, all of which are merged into the Bx-40 - Tremont Avenue line.
- Service is discontinued on the Bx-21 - Pelham Bay Park line; it is folded into the Bx-22 - Country Club line, which is rerouted along Bruckner Boulevard and the IRT Pelham Bay Park station.
- The M-100 - Broadway-Kingsbridge line is extended north from 240th Street and Riverdale Avenue to 246th Street along the same thoroughfare.
On February 16, more changes are put into effect:
- The Bx-14 - Edenwald Avenue line is extended to the City Line.
- The Bx-24 - Bailey Avenue line is extended to 254th Street and Henry Hudson Parkway.
- The Bx-49 - Highbridge line is extended during weekday base hours to Walton Avenue.

(Source: "Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority: The First Ten Years." Motor Coach Age, May 1972.)

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Re: W.B.'s Bus Almanac for February 15th [ADDENDA]

Posted by W.B. on Mon Feb 18 15:13:49 2019, in response to W.B.'s Bus Almanac for February 15th, posted by W.B. on Fri Feb 15 04:03:02 2019.


February 15, 1970 - The Book of Route Resumptions (Sort Of)

Manhattan, New York
New York City Transit Authority
Manhattan Bus Division

Nearly four years after service on the M-13 - Journal Building shuttle bus is ended, the line is resumed - in a way. The route is now basically known as M-15S - South Street Shuttle, with the former New York Journal-American headquarters now housing the New York Post, and this service performing the same function for those going to and from said building. It travels along the same route (via William Street, New Chambers Street and other thoroughfares along the way) as the M-13 had at the time it was discontinued on May 13, 1966. Its revival would be short-lived, however; the line will be discontinued for good on April 1, 1971, when several streets along which the route had traveled are de-mapped in preparation for the building of the One Police Plaza complex.

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