CHART ONE
Fastest to Slowest:
MTA New York City Transit Average Bus Speeds at 5 pm* |
| Route |
MPH |
Operates Between: |
| S55/56 |
18.3 |
Huguenot and Staten Island Mall |
| S59 |
15.4 |
Port Richmond and Tottenville |
| S40/90 |
14.9 |
Howland Hook and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| S74/84 |
14.1 |
Tottenville and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| M35 |
14.0 |
Harlem and Wards Island |
| S48/98 |
13.8 |
Mariners Harbor and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| S54 |
13.1 |
West New Brighton and Eltingville |
| Q75 |
12.9 |
Oak Glens Gardens and Jamaica |
| Bx29 |
12.8 |
City Island and Bay Plaza |
| S78 |
12.6 |
Tottenville and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| S79 |
12.6 |
Bay Ridge and Staten Island Mall |
| S52 |
12.5 |
South Beach and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| S66/67 |
12.4 |
Port Richmond and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| Bx14 |
12.3 |
Parkchester and Country Club |
| Q26 |
12.2 |
Fresh Meadows and Flushing |
| S46/96 |
12.2 |
New Shore Plaza and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| Q16 |
12.1 |
Flushing and Fort Totten |
| Q88 |
12.1 |
Elmhurst and Queens Village |
| S76/86 |
12.1 |
Oakwood Beach and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| B31 |
11.9 |
Midwood and Gerritsen Beach |
| Bx8 |
11.8 |
Locust Point and Williamsbridge |
| Q79 |
11.5 |
Little Neck and Floral Park |
| S51/81 |
11.5 |
Grant City and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| Q76 |
11.4 |
College Point and Jamaica |
| S53/93 |
11.4 |
Port Richmond and Bay Ridge |
| S57 |
11.3 |
Port Richmond and Oakwood Heights |
| S62/92 |
11.3 |
Travis and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| Q14 |
11.1 |
Whitestone and Flushing |
| S44/94 |
11.1 |
New Springville and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| Bx16 |
11.0 |
Norwood and Eastchester |
| Q46 |
11.0 |
Glen Oaks and Queens Gardens |
| B15 |
10.9 |
Bedford-Stuyvesant and JFK Airport Terminal |
| Q1 |
10.7 |
Bellerose and Jamaica |
| Q28 |
10.7 |
Bayside and Flushing |
| S61/91 |
10.2 |
North Springville and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| Q31 |
10.0 |
Bayside and Jamaica LIRR Station |
| Q77 |
9.9 |
Laurelton and Jamaica |
| Q84 |
9.9 |
Laurelton and Jamaica Center |
| Q27 |
9.8 |
Cambria Heights and Flushing |
| Bx5 |
9.7 |
Pelham Bay Park and Hunts Point |
| M18 |
9.7 |
Washington Heights and Harlem |
| M60 |
9.7 |
Morningside Heights and La Guardia Airport |
| Q4 |
9.7 |
Cambria Heights and Jamaica Center |
| M98 |
9.6 |
Washington Heights and Murray Hill |
| Q13 |
9.6 |
Bay Terrace and Flushing |
| Q30 |
9.6 |
Little Neck and Jamaica |
| Q44/20 |
9.6 |
Jamaica and Bronx Park South |
| B24 |
9.5 |
Greenpoint and Williamsburg |
| B74 |
9.5 |
Coney Island and Sea Gate |
| Q5 |
9.3 |
Green Acres Shopping Mall and Jamaica Center |
| B51 |
9.2 |
Downtown Brooklyn and Lower Manhattan |
| B64 |
9.2 |
Coney Island and Bay Ridge |
| Bx20 |
9.2 |
Riverdale and Inwood |
| Bx25 |
9.2 |
Co-op City and Bedford Park |
| Bx30 |
9.2 |
Co-op City and Norwood |
| Q36 |
9.2 |
Floral Park and Jamaica |
| Bx39 |
9.1 |
Williamsbridge and Clasons Point |
| Bx31 |
9.0 |
Westchester Square and Woodlawn |
| Q3 |
9.0 |
Jamaica and JFK Terminal 4 |
| Q43 |
9.0 |
Floral Park and Jamaica LIRR Station |
| B20 |
8.9 |
Brooklyn General Mail Facility and Ridgewood |
| Q48 |
8.9 |
Flushing and La Guardia Airport |
| Q12 |
8.8 |
Little Neck and Flushing |
| Q15 |
8.7 |
Beachhurst and Flushing |
| Bx26 |
8.6 |
Co-op City and Bedford Park |
| B39 |
8.5 |
Williamsburg and Lower East Side |
| Bx12 |
8.5 |
Orchard Beach and Inwood |
| Bx18 |
8.5 |
Morris Heights and Morrisania |
| Bx55 |
8.5 |
Williamsbridge and The Hub |
| Q85 |
8.5 |
Green Acres Shopping Mall and Jamaica |
| B68 |
8.4 |
Coney Island and Park Slope |
| B42 |
8.3 |
Canarsie and Canarsie Pier Loop |
| B77 |
8.3 |
Park Slope and Red Hook |
| Bx10 |
8.3 |
Riverdale and Norwood |
| Bx7 |
8.3 |
Riverdale and Washington Heights |
| Q17 |
8.3 |
Flushing and Jamaica |
| B2 |
8.2 |
Midwood and Kings Plaza |
| B4 |
8.2 |
Sheepshead Bay and Bay Ridge |
| Bx27 |
8.2 |
Clasons Point and Hunts Point |
| Q83 |
8.2 |
Queens Village and Jamaica |
| B17 |
8.1 |
Crown Heights and Canarsie |
| B36 |
8.1 |
Coney Island and Sheepshead Bay |
| Q55 |
8.1 |
Ridgewood and Richmond Hill |
| Q74 |
8.1 |
Queens Gardens and Queens College |
| S42 |
8.1 |
New Brighton and Saint George Ferry Terminal |
| B7 |
8.0 |
Midwood and Bedford-Stuyvesant |
| Q2 |
8.0 |
Queens Village and Jamaica |
| B16 |
7.9 |
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Fort Hamilton |
| Q59 |
7.9 |
Rego Park and Williamsburg |
| B69 |
7.8 |
Windsor Terrace and Downtown Brooklyn |
| B70 |
7.8 |
Sunset Park and Dyker Heights |
| Bx34 |
7.8 |
Fordham and Woodlawn |
| B71 |
7.7 |
Crown Heights and Cobble Hill |
| Bx17 |
7.7 |
Port Morris and Fordham Plaza |
| Q54 |
7.7 |
Jamaica and Williamsburg Bridge Plaza |
| B1 |
7.6 |
Kingsborough Community College and Bay Ridge |
| M5 |
7.6 |
Washington Heights and Greenwich Village |
| S60 |
7.6 |
Sunnyside and Grymes Hill |
| B13 |
7.5 |
Williamsburg and Gateway Center Mall |
| B82 |
7.5 |
Starrett City and Coney Island |
| Bx28 |
7.5 |
Co-op City and Fordham |
| Q20 |
7.5 |
Jamaica and Bronx Park South |
| Q42 |
7.4 |
Saint Albans and Jamaica Center |
| B44 |
7.3 |
Sheepshead Bay and Williamsburg Bridge Plaza |
| B49 |
7.3 |
Kingsborough Community College and Bedford-Stuyvesant |
| B61 |
7.3 |
Red Hook and Queens Plaza |
| B9 |
7.3 |
Bay Ridge and Kings Plaza |
| B3 |
7.2 |
Bath Beach and Bergen Beach |
| B6 |
7.2 |
Bath Beach and East New York |
| B67 |
7.1 |
Kensington and Downtown Brooklyn |
| Q56 |
7.1 |
Jamaica and East New York |
| B12 |
7.0 |
Cypress Hills and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens |
| B83 |
7.0 |
East New York and Starrett City |
| Bx36 |
7.0 |
Soundview and Washington Heights |
| Q58 |
7.0 |
Ridgewood and Flushing |
| B23 |
6.9 |
Borough Park and Flatbush |
| B48 |
6.9 |
Greenpoint and Prospect-Lefferts Gardens |
| B57 |
6.9 |
Maspeth and Downtown Brooklyn |
| B65 |
6.9 |
Ocean Hill-Brownsville and Downtown Brooklyn |
| B8 |
6.9 |
Bay Ridge and Brownsville |
| Bx41 |
6.9 |
Wakefield and The Hub |
| Q24 |
6.9 |
Jamaica and Bushwick |
| Q32 |
6.9 |
Jackson Heights and Penn Station |
| Bx40 |
6.8 |
Morris Heights and Throgs Neck |
| B26 |
6.7 |
Ridgewood and Downtown Brooklyn |
| B38 |
6.7 |
Ridgewood and Downtown Brooklyn |
| B47 |
6.7 |
Kings Plaza and Bedford-Stuyvesant |
| Bx32 |
6.7 |
VA Medical Center and Mott Haven |
| B25 |
6.6 |
East New York and Fulton Landing |
| B37 |
6.6 |
Fort Hamilton and Downtown Brooklyn |
| B75 |
6.6 |
Park Slope and Downtown Brooklyn |
| Bx42 |
6.6 |
Morris Heights and Throgs Neck |
| B45 |
6.5 |
Crown Heights and Downtown Brooklyn |
| Bx4 |
6.5 |
The Hub and Westchester Square |
| B11 |
6.4 |
Flatbush and Army Terminal |
| M2 |
6.4 |
Washington Heights and East Village |
| M21 |
6.4 |
Bellevue Hospital and West VIllage |
| B14 |
6.3 |
Spring Creek and Crown Heights |
| B54 |
6.3 |
Ridgewood and Downtown Brooklyn Metrotech |
| Bx21 |
6.3 |
Westchester Square and Mott Haven |
| Bx3 |
6.3 |
Riverdale and Washington Heights |
| Bx9 |
6.3 |
Riverdale and West Farms Square |
| M106 |
6.3 |
East Harlem and Upper West Side |
| B41 |
6.2 |
Bergen Beach and Downtown Brooklyn |
| Bx33 |
6.2 |
Port Morris and Harlem |
| Bx6 |
6.2 |
Hunts Point and Washington Heights |
| B46 |
6.1 |
Kings Plaza and Williamsburg Bridge Plaza |
| B60 |
6.1 |
Canarsie and Williamsburg Bridge Plaza |
| Bx22 |
6.1 |
Castle Hill and Bedford Park |
| M10 |
6.1 |
Harlem and Penn Station |
| M11 |
6.1 |
Greenwich Village and Riverbank State Park |
| B43 |
6.0 |
Prospect-Lefferts Gardens and Greenpoint |
| Bx15 |
6.0 |
Fordham Plaza and Harlem |
| B35 |
5.9 |
Sunset Park and Brownsville |
| B52 |
5.9 |
Ridgewood and Downtown Brooklyn |
| Bx1/2 |
5.9 |
Riverdale and Mott Haven |
| Bx11 |
5.8 |
Longwood and George Washington Bridge Station |
| M3 |
5.8 |
Fort George and East Village |
| M7 |
5.8 |
Harlem and Union Square |
| M100 |
5.7 |
Inwood and East Harlem |
| M116 |
5.7 |
East Harlem and Upper West SIde |
| M4 |
5.7 |
Fort Tryon Park and Penn Station |
| M22 |
5.6 |
Lower East Side and Battery Park CIty |
| Bx19 |
5.5 |
Bronx Park and Riverbank State Park |
| Bx35 |
5.5 |
Hunts Point and Washington Heights |
| M1 |
5.5 |
Harlem and Lower Manhattan South Ferry |
| M8 |
5.5 |
West Village and East Village |
| B63 |
5.4 |
Fort Hamilton and Cobble Hill |
| M101 |
5.4 |
Washington Heights and East Village |
| M20 |
5.4 |
Lincoln Center and Battery Park City |
| M57 |
5.4 |
Upper West Side and East Midtown |
| M9 |
5.3 |
Union Square and Battery Park City |
| Bx13 |
5.2 |
Yankee Stadium and Washington Heights |
| M15 |
5.2 |
East Harlem and Lower Manhattan South Ferry |
| M79 |
5.2 |
Upper East Side and Upper West SIde |
| M104 |
5.1 |
Harlem and Murray Hill |
| M31 |
5.1 |
Yorkville and Clinton |
| M6 |
5.0 |
South Ferry and Midtown |
| M16 |
4.9 |
Waterside Plaza and Port Authority |
| M30 |
4.9 |
Upper East Side and Midtown |
| M72 |
4.9 |
Upper East Side and West Side |
| M96 |
4.9 |
Yorkville and Upper West Side |
| M42 |
4.6 |
Javits Center and East Midtown |
| M86 |
4.6 |
Yorkville and Upper West Side |
| M27 |
4.5 |
East Midtown and West Midtown |
| M50 |
4.4 |
East Midtown and West Midtown |
| M14 |
4.2 |
Chelsea Piers and Lower East Side |
| M23 |
4.2 |
Peter Cooper Village and Chelsea Piers |
| M66 |
4.1 |
Upper East Side and West Side |
| M34 |
4.0 |
Waterside Plaza and Port Authority |
| *Source: MTA New York City Transit data, April 2004. |
