New York City Transit Authority

New York City Transit Authority
The New York City Transit Authority (trading as MTA New York City Transit) provides bus, subway, and paratransit service throughout New York City.
Overview
Owner	Metropolitan Transportation Authority (bus) City of New York (subway)
Locale	New York City
Transit type	Subways, Buses and BRT
Number of lines	235 bus[1] 25 subway[1]
Chief executive	Demetrius Crichlow
Headquarters	2 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City 10004 US
Operation
Began operation	1953
Operator(s)	NYCT Department of Buses (bus) NYCT Department of Subways (subway) SIRTOA (Staten Island Railway)
Number of vehicles	4,451 buses[1] 6,418 subway cars[1] 63 SIR cars[1]

The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, the TA,^[2] or simply Transit,^[3] and branded as MTA New York City Transit) is a public-benefit corporation in the U.S. state of New York that operates public transportation in New York City. Part of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority, the busiest and largest transit system in North America,^[4] the NYCTA has a daily ridership of 8 million trips (over 2.5 billion annually).^[5]

The NYCTA operates the following systems:

• New York City Subway, a rapid transit system serving Manhattan, the Bronx, Brooklyn, and Queens
• Staten Island Railway, a rapid transit line on Staten Island (operated by the subsidiary Staten Island Rapid Transit Operating Authority)
• New York City Bus, an extensive bus network serving all five boroughs (operated by the subsidiary MTA Regional Bus Operations)