M15 (New York City bus)

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First and Second Avenues Line
A 2017 XD60 (6039) on the Harlem-bound M15 local at 1st Avenue/23rd Street in Kips Bay, and in June 2024, a 2019 XD60 (6210) on the South Ferry-bound M15 SBS
Overview
System	MTA Regional Bus Operations
Operator	Manhattan and Bronx Surface Transit Operating Authority
Garage	Tuskegee Airmen Depot (local) Mother Clara Hale Depot (SBS)
Vehicle	Nova Bus LFS articulated New Flyer Xcelsior XD60 (main vehicles) New Flyer Xcelsior XD40 Nova Bus LFS HEV (local supplemental service) New Flyer Xcelsior XDE40 (SBS supplemental service)
Livery	M15 SBS: Select Bus Service
Route
Locale	Manhattan, New York, U.S.
Communities served	East Harlem, Upper East Side, Yorkville, Lenox Hill, Turtle Bay, Murray Hill, Kips Bay, Gramercy Park, East Village, Lower East Side, Chinatown, Financial District
Landmarks served	Manhattan Bridge, Brooklyn Bridge, United Nations
Start	East Harlem – 126th Street
Via	First Avenue (northbound) Second Avenue (southbound) Allen Street Water Street
End	Pike Street / Cherry Street (local only) South Ferry (both variants)
Length	8.6 miles (13.8 km)[1] (southbound)
Service
Operates	24 hours; no SBS or Cherry Street service at night[2][3]
Annual patronage	10,468,682 (2023)[4]
Transfers	Yes
Timetable	M15 M15 SBS
Route map Legend East Harlem – 126th Street  M15  M15  125th Street Paladino Avenue 122nd Street 120th Street 119th Street 116th Street 115th Street 113th Street 111th Street 108th Street 106th Street 103rd Street 102nd Street 101st Street 99th Street 96th Street 94th Street 93rd Street 92nd Street 89th Street 87th Street 86th Street 84th Street 82nd Street 79th Street 77th Street 75th Street 72nd Street 70th Street 68th Street 67th Street 66th Street 64th Street 62nd Street 61st Street 57th Street 55th Street 54th Street 52nd Street 50th Street 46th Street 45th Street 44th Street 42nd Street 39th Street 36th Street 35th Street 34th Street 31st Street 29th Street 28th Street 27th Street 25th Street 23rd Street 20th Street 17th Street 14th Street 12th Street 11th Street 9th Street St. Marks Place 6th Street 4th Street 3rd Street 1st Street Forsyth Street 2nd | 1st Avenues Houston Street ​ Stanton Street Delancey Street Grand Street Hester Street Canal Street Division Street Madison Street Pike Street  M15  southern short turn Market Street Catherine Street St. James Place Pearl Street Frankfort Street Peck Slip Fulton Street John Street Wall Street Old Slip Hanover Square Water Street–Broad Streets South Ferry ​  M15  M15  Legend SBS & Local stops Local stops  M15  Local terminal  M15  SBS terminal Subway connection ← M14 SBS  {{{system_nav}}}  M20 → M23 SBS →

The First and Second Avenues Line, also known as the Second Avenue Line, is a bus route in Manhattan, New York City, running mostly along Second Avenue (and northbound on First Avenue since 1951) from Lower Manhattan to East Harlem. Originally a streetcar line along Second Avenue, it is now the M15 bus route, the busiest bus route in the city and United States, carrying 16.4 million riders annually.^[5] 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. Service is operated with articulated buses, unless supplemental service is needed.