Route:
BM3 Sheepshead Bay - Downtown/Midtown
Via Sheepshead Bay / Ocean Ave / Cortelyou Rd
Service Alert for Route:
- Expect bus detours on many routes in Midtown Manhattan on World Cup match days
To see if your trip is affected, check Planned Service Changes or Service Status on our website or the MTA app when planning your trip.
What's happening?
World Cup 2026 - Eastbound BM1, BM2, BM3 and BM4 stops on 5th Ave from W 39th St to W 23rd St and on W 23rd St at Park Ave South are closed.
Buses operate on Lexington Ave between E 42nd St and E 23rd St instead.
What's happening?
Hare Krishna Festival and Parade
Note: Bus arrival information may not be accurate or available while buses are detoured. - Southbound BM1/BM2/BM3/BM4/BM5 service will be detoured between E 57th St and Lexington Ave and E 42nd St and 5th Ave
Buses will run along E 57th St, Lexington Ave, E 42nd St, and 5th Ave.
Along Lexington Ave, buses will stop at E 56th St and E 48th St.
Missed stops:
E 57th St and Lexington Ave
5th Ave and W 54th St and W 48th St
See a map of the detoured route.
Note: Bus arrival information may not be accurate or available while buses are detoured.
What's happening?
World Cup 2026
- Choose your direction:
- to MIDTOWN 57 ST via CHURCH ST via MADISON AV
- to SHEEPSHEAD BAY EMMONS AV via OCEAN AV
BM3 to MIDTOWN 57 ST via CHURCH ST via MADISON AV
- EMMONS AV/SHORE BLVD
- EMMONS AV / OCEAN AV
- EMMONS AV / BEDFORD AV
- EMMONS AV / NOSTRAND AV
- EMMONS AV / COYLE ST
- EMMONS AV / BRAGG ST
- SHORE PKWY/BRAGG ST
- SHORE PKWY/BATCHELDER ST
- BATCHELDER ST/AVENUE Z
- AVENUE X / BATCHELDER ST
- AVENUE X / E 28 ST
- AVENUE X / BEDFORD AV
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE X
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE W
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE U
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE S
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE R
- OCEAN AV/KINGS HWY
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE N
- < 1 stop away, ~5 passengers on vehicle
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE L
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE K
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE J
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE I
- OCEAN AV/GLENWOOD RD
- OCEAN AV / DITMAS AV
- CORTELYOU RD / E 19 ST
- CORTELYOU RD/STRATFORD RD
- CONEY ISLAND AV/TURNER PL
- CHURCH AV/E 7 ST
- BATTERY PL /WEST ST
- TRINITY PL/RECTOR ST
- CHURCH ST/LIBERTY ST
- CHURCH ST / BARCLAY ST
- PARK ROW/SPRUCE ST
- FRANKFORT ST / PEARL ST
- E 23 ST/1 AV
- E 23 ST/3 AV
- E 23 ST/PARK AV SOUTH
- MADISON AV/E 28 ST
- < 1 stop away, ~11 passengers on vehicle
- MADISON AV/E 34 ST
- MADISON AV/E 40 ST
- PEARL ST / PECK SLIP
- MADISON AV/E 48 ST
- WATER ST / PINE ST
- MADISON AV/E 54 ST
- WATER ST / COENTIES SLIP EAST
- STATE ST / BATTERY PL
- E 57 ST/3 AV
BM3 to SHEEPSHEAD BAY EMMONS AV via OCEAN AV
- E 57 ST / 2 AV
- E 57 ST/LEXINGTON AV
- 5 AV/W 54 ST
- 5 AV/W 48 ST
- 5 AV/W 39 ST
- 5 AV/W 30 ST
- 5 AV/W 26 ST
- E 23 ST/PARK AV SOUTH
- E 23 ST/3 AV
- E 23 ST/2 AV
- CHURCH ST/PARK PL
- PARK ROW/SPRUCE ST
- PEARL ST / PECK SLIP
- WATER ST / PINE ST
- WATER ST / COENTIES SLIP EAST
- STATE ST / BATTERY PL
- at stop, ~6 passengers on vehicle
- MCDONALD AV/CATON AV
- CHURCH AV/E 3 ST
- CHURCH AV/OCEAN PKWY
- CONEY ISLAND AV/BEVERLEY RD
- CORTELYOU RD / WESTMINSTER RD
- CORTELYOU RD / E 18 ST
- OCEAN AV / DITMAS AV
- OCEAN AV/GLENWOOD RD
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE I
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE J
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE K
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE L
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE N
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE P
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE R
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE S
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE U
- OCEAN AV/AVENUE W
- AVENUE X / OCEAN AV
- AVENUE X / BEDFORD AV
- AVENUE X / E 28 ST
- AVENUE X / BROWN ST
- BATCHELDER ST/AVENUE Z
- BATCHELDER ST / VOORHIES AV
- VOORHIES AV / BRAGG ST
- EMMONS AV/BRIGHAM ST
- EMMONS AV/FORD ST
- EMMONS AV/NOSTRAND AV
- EMMONS AV/E 26 ST
- EMMONS AV / E 19 ST
- EMMONS AV/E 14 ST