Talk:Fifth Avenue Coach Company

Route listing

 * 1888: South 5th (W Broadway) and Bleecker to 5th and 72nd via 5th
 * 1906: Madison and 88th to Bleecker and W Broadway via 88th, 5th, Washington Sq

(1900) talks about extensions


 * 1 Fifth Avenue Line now M1 (1886)
 * 2 Fifth and Seventh Avenues Line (Washington Sq to 155th and St. Nicholas via 5th, 110th, 7th, 153rd, Macomb's, 155th) now M2 (1901)
 * 3 Fifth and St. Nicholas Avenues Line (Washington Sq to St. Nicholas and 155th via 5th, 110th, St. Nicholas; later to Fort George, and 3A via Convent) now M3 (1901)
 * 4 Riverside Drive and Cathedral Parkway Line (Penn Station to 110th and Riverside via 32nd, 5th, 110th; later extended along Riverside, 135th, Broadway to Fort Tryon) now M4 (1900)
 * 5 Fifth Avenue and Riverside Drive Line; Penn Station and Riverside Drive Line; Washington Square and Riverside Drive Line (Washington Sq or Penn Station (later only Washington Sq) to 135th and Broadway via 32nd, 5th, 57th, Broadway, 72nd, Riverside, 135th; later extended north on Broadway to Washington Heights at 188th) now M5 (1900)
 * 6 72nd Street Crosstown Line (1st and 72nd to 8th and 72nd via 72nd, 5th, 57th, Broadway, 72nd) now M30 (1901)
 * 7
 * 8 Fifth, 57th, Riverside
 * 9 Riverside
 * 10
 * 12 later Bx1
 * 13
 * 14 later Bx2
 * 15 Queensboro Bridge, Washington Sq to Jackson Heights now Q32 (July 9, 1925)
 * 16 later Q89
 * 17
 * 18
 * 19 5th, 57th, Broadway, 72nd, Riverside, 157th, Broadway to Washington Heights now M5
 * 20 57th now M57 (1934)

Here's a map:

--NE2 15:00, 4 March 2007 (UTC)


 * Partial 1962 list
 * 3/3A Fort George to Washington Square via Convent/St. Nicholas
 * 4 Fort Tryon to Penn Station
 * 5 Broadway at 188th to Washington Square via Riverside Drive
 * 15 Jackson Heights to Washington Square
 * 16 Elmhurst
 * 20 57th Street Crosstown

Formation date 1885 or 1896?
There seems to be some doubt about when the company was formed. An article in the New York Times in 1898 implies that it was the same company with the different name, however the this reliable source quotes the New York Times at length with details of the sale of assets of the bankrupt former company in 1895 and the formation of this new company in 1896.. I am using the later source and have adjusted the article to be consistent with this interpretation. PeterEastern (talk) 13:15, 25 October 2010 (UTC)

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Westchester routes
The article claims that Liberty Lines Transit was the successor to their bus operations in Westchester, however the Third Avenue Railway article and the source attached to it claims that Westchester Street Transportation Company was bought from 5th Avenue Coach in 1969. So does that mean the company still operated after the 1962 bankruptcy and acquisition by MaBSTOA? -User:DanTD (talk) 22:31, 19 June 2016 (UTC)
 * UPDATE; December 13, 2016: It appears Joe Brennan seems to have the answer for this. -User:DanTD (talk) 03:41, 14 December 2016 (UTC)