The Metropolitan Street Railway leased the line in January 1898, and on April 3 the line from Astor Place to Manhattan was electrified.

A short branch was later built along Stuyvesant Street and Astor Place to end at Broadway in NoHo. The Second Avenue Railroad opened the line in 18, from Peck Slip on the East River north along Pearl Street, Bowery (shared with the Third Avenue Line), Grand Street, Chrystie Street, and Second Avenue to East Harlem. History An M15 local bus stops at VA Hospital, heading uptown. Service is operated exclusively with articulated buses. MTA Regional Bus Operations, under the New York City Bus and Select Bus Service brands, operates the local out of the Tuskegee Airmen Bus Depot and the SBS from the Mother Clara Hale Bus Depot. Originally a streetcar line along Second Avenue, it is now the M15 bus route, the busiest bus route in the city, carrying over 8.1 million people annually. The First and Second Avenues Line, also known as the Second Avenue Line, is a bus line in Manhattan, New York City, running mostly along Second Avenue (and northbound on First Avenue since 1951) from Lower Manhattan to East Harlem. ← M14A/D SBS ← B82 SBS (by borough) ← Bx12 SBS (by route number)

Pike Street / Cherry Street (local) South Ferry (local and SBS)Ģ4 hours no SBS or Cherry Street service at night Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, United Nationsįirst Avenue (northbound) Second Avenue (southbound) Allen Street Water Street Select Bus Service (except local service)Įast Harlem, Upper East Side, Yorkville, Lenox Hill, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Gramercy Park, East Village, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Financial District Nova Bus LFS articulated (local only) New Flyer Xcelsior XD60 Tuskegee Airmen Depot (local) Mother Clara Hale Depot (SBS)

M15 sbs bus