Free · New York City first
Two minutes away.
For the last twelve minutes.
Crosstown tracks where MTA buses actually are, not where the timetable thinks they should be. If the countdown says four minutes, you have four minutes.
We email once, when the NYC beta opens.
- M15 SBS · South Ferry —
- M14A SBS · Lower East Side —
- M23 SBS · Chelsea Piers —
- M9 Battery Park City No signal
What you get
Stops near you, sorted by walk time
Open the app and see what's within a few blocks, ordered by how long it takes you to get there — not by straight-line distance through a building.
Countdowns you can leave the house on
Built from live vehicle positions. When a bus drops off the feed, Crosstown tells you it lost the signal instead of quietly showing you a schedule.
A nudge when it's time to walk down
Pick a stop and a route. Crosstown watches the bus and buzzes you when leaving now gets you there right as it pulls in.
Your app isn't broken. It's guessing.
Most bus apps blend two things that shouldn't be blended: the MTA's live feed and the printed schedule. When a bus stops reporting its position — dead unit, tunnel, driver swap — the schedule quietly fills the gap. The app keeps showing a confident number. That's the two minutes that never moves.
Crosstown keeps them apart. A countdown only appears when there's a real bus reporting a real position behind it. Everything else gets labeled for what it is.
Built by two people who ride the M15.
Crosstown is free and open source. Every borough at launch, other cities as we get their feeds. Tell us which stop ruins your morning and we'll start there.