Bus New York City
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Description
** NEW ** Realtime Subway Departures powered by MTA Subway Time- just $0.99 as an in-app-add-on! BUS NYC IS THE MOST FEATURE RICH NEW YORK CITY BUS APP AVAILABLE, ENHANCED WITH MTA BUS TIME. *** Winner at the MTA AT&T App Quest Awards! *** Features: ################## * Find out when the next buses are scheduled to arrive. * With MTA Bus Time®, we can give you live departure info and bus positions for all MTA buses in New York. * **NEW** Realtime Subway departures for the 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, L and S (42 St Shuttle), all for just $0.99! More realtime routes will be added as they become available. * View full bus timetables for a selected service even when you don't have an internet connection e.g. find out when the last bus is scheduled to leave. * View official MTA route maps for the Subway and the bus networks in Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx & Staten Island. * Find out latest news that might affect your daily commute, as well as status updates for bus, subway, rail, bridges & tunnels. * Add stops to your favorites so you can quickly find out when your next buses are due to arrive. * View bus routes on the map and find out where they go. * Search for a location or pin point your current position on the map so you can find nearby bus stops. * Use the official MTA Journey planner to find out how to get from A to B. * Lots of information about the MTA, including fares and MetroCards, FAQs, accessibility, contact details, how to get to and from the airports and lots more. * Find out the latest news about your transport network, including improvements and innovations. * Plus: many of the features work offline! Use it whilst on the Subway, or when you have no signal. Be green! Let's try and get more people using public transport in New York City! We love to receive feedback :) Email us at busNYC@electriclabs.com for comments or suggestions you have about the app. This app was produced by Electric Labs Ltd under licence from the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). For a full list of supported bus routes, please visit: http://www.electriclabs.com/bus-new-york-city/route-list
What's New
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Details
- Developer
- Electric Labs Ltd
- Main Category
- Travel
- Version
- 4.4.4
- Version Release
- 2019-09-27
- Initial Release
- 2011-03-16
- Size
- 98 MB
- Age Rating
- 4+
- Price
- USD 2.99
- Languages
- EN
- Bundle ID
- com.electriclabs.Bus-NYC
- Version Rating
- ★ 4.58 (1,424)
- First Seen
- 2026-05-28
Metadata updated 2026-06-16
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User Reviews
I am able to optimize my time relying on Bus NYC.
My partner and I have tried so many of them over the years, and we keep coming back to this one. Simple, intuitive, lets you see the exact location of the busses on the line. Does one job and excels at it. Don’t waste your time, this is only one you’ll ever need.
I wrote to them prior to June 29th, and as of today 7/16 the maps are still outdated and not following the new design of the MTA bus routes. This app is useless in trying to find buses on the new routes. Update - devs got right back to be and resolved it. THAT’S what a good app does. This one is one of the best apps I have found for live tracking, I have been using it for years. Highly recommend.
Great app.
Very hard to use almost like it was trying too hard. And in the end could not really do very much
What a waste of time.
I wouldn't be able to navigate Nyc without this app. Truly amazing!.
This is the must efficient app available for schedules and tracking! No other App compares!
I use this all The time
Says a bus is due. The bus doesn’t show. When the “due” time passes, the app resets to the next bus due time.
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