Narrows Road, Richmond Road, Arthur Kill Road Trinity Place and Rector Street (first pick-up) Water Street and Hanover Square (last drop-off) Carey Tunnelįather Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway and Hugh L. Goethals Bridge, NJ Turnpike, and Lincoln Tunnel Narrows Road, Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue Sixth Avenue and 14th Street (last drop-off) Lexington Avenue and 56th Street (first pick-up) Lexington Avenue and 57th Street (last drop-off) These four -C routes cover most stops in Manhattan served by other routes during peak hours.įather Capodanno Boulevard, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue In addition, the SIM1C, SIM3C, SIM4C and SIM33C provide off-peak weekday and weekend service, and the SIM1C provides overnight service. All routes run during rush hours in the peak direction. Īll routes are operated by New York City Transit. 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.

The previously used 'X' routes have been dropped in favor of 'SIM,' or Staten Island to Manhattan, routes. 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. 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. 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.

Most routes travel to and from Staten Island via the Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge, Gowanus Expressway, and Hugh L. The SIM1 route (pictured) replaced the X1 route on August 19, 2018.

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