Route Description
The Broadway line begins at Columbus Circle. It runs east along Central Park South one block, and turns right onto Seventh Avenue. It follows Seventh to Times Square, and bears left on Broadway. It follows Broadway to Madison Square, and bears left onto Fifth Avenue. It runs on Fifth along with the Fifth/Madison Avenue Line to 8th Street. Both lines turn left onto East 8th Street (also known as St. Marks Place) east towards Broadway. At Broadway, the Broadway line turns right and terminates at the South Ferry; the Fifth/Madison Avenue Line continues to Fourth Avenue and terminates at Astor Place and Fourth Avenue. The current M5 runs along the former Broadway Line along 5th Avenue between East 59th Street (Central Park South) and East 8th Street (St. Marks Place). The M5 then Northbound buses use the former Sixth Avenue Line.
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