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BUS SERVICE

The terminal is served by numerous commuter buses to New Jersey and beyond, and several local buses.
  • Commuter bus platforms are located on an upper level. Service is provided by New Jersey Transit , Red & Tan Lines and several other bus operators. As of 2005 , there is also long distance bus service to Florida .


  • Local buses stop at a lower level and on the streets outside the station. Local service includes:

  • --- M98 (inside the station)

  • --- M4, M5, M100 and BX7 (outside the station)

  • --- BX3, BX11, BX13, BX36 and BX35 (on streets nearby). The BX13 serves Yankee Stadium .


The first floor of the bus terminal has shops and a waiting area. There is also an New York City Off-Track Betting Parlor also located on the first floor.

The bus station is owned and operated by the Port Authority Of New York And New Jersey . On a typical weekday, about 15,000 passengers on some 730 buses use the bus station. The building was the first work built in the United States by the Italian Engineer - Architect Pier Luigi Nervi and opened on January 17 , 1963 . The subway station, owned by the New York City Transit Authority , was part of the original ''A'' line which opened in 1932 .


ACCESSIBILITY

The terminal is wheelchair accessible. In addition, the M4 Bus provides wheelchair accessible service to Fort Tryon Park , continuing inside the park to the Cloisters Museum when open.


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