Transportation

YELLOW SCHOOL BUS
From kindergarten through sixth grade, eligible students residing in Manhattan may take the free yellow school bus. Please visit the Public Bus Transportation webpage  to find out how to request Public Bus Service.

Please make arrangements to drop off and pick up your child for the first few days of school, as it takes a few days for students to be processed into the DOE transportation system.

METROCARD
Students who are not eligible for the yellow school bus may be eligible for the MetroCard. Please contact Marcy Duran mduran22@schools.nyc.gov (212-677-5190) or the New York City Office of Pupil Transportation (718-392-8855) for eligibility requirements.

Public transportation options include the M14D, M9, and M21 buses and the F train (exit the front of the train at the Second Avenue stop; then walk east on Houston Street).

If your child is not eligible for one of the options listed above, you can consider private bus service. Each bus group negotiates its own bus contracts, so contact the appropriate coordinator to find out information about cost and routes. These buses are parent-run and organized and are not affiliated with the NEST+m PTA.

LOWER MANHATTAN / BATTERY PARK CITY / CHELSEA PIERS
This route was inactive 2023-2024.

UPPER WEST SIDE A & B

Registration for 2024-2025: https://forms.gle/91jekSjnprMiWzQ96

UPPER EAST SIDE 

BROOKLYN

Pre-Registration for 2025-2026 is open: https://nestmbklynprivatebus.wildapricot.org/home
All instructions on how to pre-register are on the homepage, the bus routes are also on the website. 

QUEENS / BROOKLYN (Bushwick/Williamsburg/Greenpoint)

• REGISTER here: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSesgbWj3_Tsqa2yPn8Yu2sddhyKAoeQpUaWHlh2vp7TbBPaUw/viewform
• CONTACT https://groups.google.com/g/queensnestbus
  (New families: join this Google Group to find pricing and stops from this school year)

   

  Q1 David Burkat 

  Q2 Jiaqi Hu and Yelina Koza-Kvurt

  Q3 Kevin Yurasits
  

  Q4 Cristina Salmastrelli

  Q5 Saptashikha Chowdhury & Andrea Francis

   

Please review these slides on School Bus Safety & Etiquette with your bus riders.  We want children to have a peaceful and safe bus ride to and from school. 

After reviewing the above guide, please download, sign, and send in the bus contract. 

Thank you for your support!