List of express bus routes in New York City
Manhattan to Staten Island
Unless otherwise indicated, most routes travel to and from Staten Island via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the Gowanus Expressway and then the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel into Lower Manhattan.

List of express bus routes in New York City

Section Title: Manhattan to Staten Island
Table Section Text: Unless otherwise indicated, most routes travel to and from Staten Island via the Verrazano-Narrows Bridge and the Gowanus Expressway and then the Brooklyn Battery Tunnel into Lower Manhattan.

Route	Terminals	Streets traveled	Original route(s)	Notes and history

Manhattan	↔	Staten Island	Manhattan	Staten Island

SIM1	Tribeca Sixth Avenue and Houston Streets	↔	Eltingville Transit Center	Church Street (northbound), Broadway (southbound)	Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue	X1, X3, X4	Operates all times. SIM1 operates only during peak hours; SIM1C operates during all other times.

SIM1C	Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street	Sixth Avenue (northbound), Fifth Avenue (southbound), 23rd Street

SIM2	Tribeca Worth and Church Streets	↔	Tottenville Craig Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Church Street (northbound), Broadway (southbound)	Arden Avenue, Woodrow Road, Huguenot Avenue, Hylan Boulevard	X17C, X19	Extended from Huguenot to Tottenville via Hylan Boulevard. As of January 13th, 2019, off-peak service was eliminated due to low ridership.

SIM3 SIM3C	Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street	↔	Port Richmond Castleton Bus Depot	Sixth Avenue (northbound), Fifth Avenue, Broadway (southbound), 23rd Street	Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Port Richmond Avenue	X10, X12, X42	Operates during both peak and off-peak hours. SIM3 operates only during peak hours; SIM3C operates during off-peak hours via Lower Manhattan.

SIM4	Tribeca Worth and Church Streets	↔	Annadale Annadale Road and Drumgoole Road West	Church Street (northbound), Broadway (southbound)	Richmond Avenue	X17A, X17C	Operates during both peak and off-peak hours. SIM4 & SIM4X operate only during peak hours; SIM4C operates during off-peak hours.

SIM4X	New Springville Richmond Hill Road and Marsh Avenue Staten Island Mall Park and Ride

SIM4C	Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street	Hugenot Huguenot Avenue and Woodrow Road	Church Street, Sixth Avenue, Madison Avenue (northbound), Fifth Avenue, Broadway (southbound)

SIM5	Financial District Pearl and Frankfort Streets	↔	Eltingville Transit Center	Water Street	Father Capodanno Boulevard, Midland Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue	X4, X7, X8	Originally had an express varriant, SIM5X, non-stop from South Beach Park & Ride to Manhattan mornings only. SIM5X extended to New Dorp at Tysens Lane on September 7, 2018 to serve the community better, but the entire route was quickly discontinued on October 7, 2018 due to low ridership.

SIM6	Midtown Lexington Avenue and 57th Street	↔	Eltingville Transit Center	Madison Avenue (northbound), Lexington Avenue(southbound), 23rd Street	Father Capodanno Boulevard, Midland Avenue, Hylan Boulevard, Nelson Avenue	X5, X7	Staten Island-bound trips rerouted from 5th Avenue to Lexington Avenue on August 30, 2018 following customer complaints. The northern terminal was relocated from Sixth Avenue and 57th Street to Lexington Avenue and 57th Street to prevent buses from getting stuck in crosstown traffic.

SIM7	Union Square 14th Street and Broadway	↔	Eltingville Transit Center	Spring Street, Sixth Avenue (northbound), Broadway, Houston Street (southbound), West Street	Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue	X1, X3, X4, X7, X9

SIM8	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	Huguenot Woodrow Road and Huguenot Avenue	42nd Street, Madison Avenue (northbound), Fifth Avenue, 42nd Street (southbound)	Richmond Avenue, Woodrow Road	X17J	Operates via the Lincoln Tunnel, New Jersey Turnpike, and Goethals Bridge. SIM8X runs non-stop to/from Staten Island Mall.

SIM8X	New Springville Richmond Hill Road and Marsh Avenue Staten Island Mall Park and Ride

SIM9	Union Square 14th Street and Broadway	↔	Eltingville Richmond Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Spring Street, Sixth Avenue (northbound), Broadway, Houston Street (southbound), West Street	Father Capodanno Boulevard, Midland Avenue, Hylan Boulevard	X1, X3, X4, X7, X9	Added on October 7, 2018 to provide service on Father Capodanno Boulevard.

SIM10	Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street	↔	Eltingville Transit Center	Sixth Avenue (northbound), Fifth Avenue, Broadway (southbound), 23rd Street	Hylan Boulevard, Richmond Avenue	X1, X2, X5, X7, X9

SIM11	Midtown Manhattan 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	↔	New Dorp Ebbitts Street and Mill Road	Madison Avenue (Northbound), Lexington Avenue (Southbound), 23rd Street	Hylan Boulevard	X2	Added on January 13th, 2019 to provide service to New Dorp.

SIM15	Financial District Downtown Loop	↔	Eltingville Transit Center	Church Street, Water Street	Richmond Road, Wilder Avenue, Amboy Road, Arthur Kill Road	X15

SIM22	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	↔	Eltingville Woods of Arden Road and Hylan Boulevard	Madison Avenue (northbound), Lexington Avenue (southbound, SIM22 & SIM26 only), 5th Avenue (southbound, all others), 42nd Street, 34th Street (SIM23 & SIM24 only)	Arthur Kill Road, Richmond Avenue	X1, X5, X17J, X21	Operates via the Lincoln Tunnel, New Jersey Turnpike, and Goethals Bridge. Staten Island-bound trips rerouted from 5th Avenue to Lexington Avenue on August 30, 2018.

SIM23	Midtown Fifth Avenue and 59th Street	↔	Annadale Barclay Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Arden Avenue	X17J, X23, X24	Operates via the Lincoln Tunnel, New Jersey Turnpike, and Goethals Bridge. Operated by Academy Bus.

SIM24	↔	Prince's Bay Luten Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Huguenot Avenue

SIM25	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	↔	Tottenville Craig Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Rossville Avenue, Foster Road, Seguine Avenue, Hylan Boulevard	X22, X23	New route. Replaces X23 service on Foster Road in Huguenot.

SIM26	↔	Tottenville Page Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Bloomingdale Road, Amboy Road	X17, X22	Operates via the Lincoln Tunnel, New Jersey Turnpike, and Goethals Bridge. Staten Island-bound trips rerouted from 5th Avenue to Lexington Avenue on August 30, 2018.

SIM30	Midtown Sixth Avenue and 59th Street	↔	Sunnyside Clove Road and Victory Boulevard	Forest Avenue, Victory Boulevard	X12, X14, X30, X42	Operates via the Lincoln Tunnel, New Jersey Turnpike, and Goethals Bridge. SIM30B pilot branch via Tompkins Avenue replicates pre-2010 X18 service.

SIM30B	Rosebank Tompkins Avenue and Hylan Boulevard	Forest Avenue, Tompkins Avenue

SIM31	Midtown 57th Street and Lexington Avenue	↔	Eltingville Transit Center	Madison Avenue (northbound), Fifth Avenue (southbound), 23rd Street	Gannon Avenue, Bradley Avenue, Harold Street, Forest Hill Road, Travis Avenue	X10, X31

SIM32	Tribeca Worth and Church Streets	↔	Travis Wild Avenue and Victory Boulevard	Church Street (northbound), Broadway (southbound)	Gannon Avenue, Victory Boulevard	X10, X11

SIM33	Union Square 14th Street and Broadway	↔	Mariners Harbor South Avenue and Richmond Terrace	Spring Street, Sixth Avenue (northbound), Broadway, Houston Street (southbound), West Street	Gannon Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue, South Avenue	X10, X12

SIM33C	Midtown Central Pk South and Sixth Avenue	↔	Church Street, Madison Av, (northbound), Broadway, 5 Avenue (southbound), West Street	Gannon Avenue, Richmond Avenue, Narrows Road, Forest Avenue, South Avenue	X10, X12	* Created on January, 13th 2019 as an off-peak version of the SIM33 that is extended to Midtown via Church Street and Madison Avenue, stopping along the Narrows Road..

SIM34	Tribeca Sixth Avenue and Houston Streets	↔	Church Street (northbound), Broadway (southbound)	Victory Boulevard, Watchogue Road, Richmond Avenue, Forest Avenue, South Avenue	X12

SIM35	Financial District Pearl and Frankfort Streets	↔	Port Richmond Castleton Bus Depot	Water Street	Narrows Road, Clove Road, Forest Avenue, Port Richmond Avenue	X10, X14

Sentence(s)

Express bus service is provided by SIM2 along Huguenot Avenue and Woodrow Road, the SIM8 along Woodrow Road, the SIM25 along Foster Road, and the SIM24 along Huguenot Avenue.
Express bus service is provided by the SIM2 along Huguenot Avenue and Woodrow Road, the SIM8 along Woodrow Road, the SIM25 along Foster Road, and the SIM24 along Huguenot Avenue.

final_sentence: Express bus service is provided by SIM2 along Huguenot Avenue and Woodrow Road, the SIM8 along Woodrow Road, the SIM25 along Foster Road, and the SIM24 along Huguenot Avenue.
final_sentence: Express bus service is provided by the SIM2 along Huguenot Avenue and Woodrow Road, the SIM8 along Woodrow Road, the SIM25 along Foster Road, and the SIM24 along Huguenot Avenue.