Bus Diversions for All-Star Parade

Several major bus routes will be diverted from 9:30 a.m. until about 6 p.m. on Tuesday because of Major League Baseball’s All-Star Procession, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced on Monday.

Uptown-bound M5, M6, M7 and BxM2 will run on Eighth Avenue instead of Sixth Avenue, making corresponding street stops on Eighth Avenue.

Crosstown QM1, QM1A, QM2, QM2A, QM3, QM4, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, QM10, QM12 and QM22 buses will stop at Madison Avenue instead of Sixth Avenue.

In addition, M.T.A. New York City Transit warned that the Police Department’s Transit Bureau might request that the agency close certain subway entrances at the following stations during the parade: Times Square-42nd Street, 42nd Street-Bryant Park, and 57th Street on the F line.

Customers who rely on any of the affected bus routes are advised to allow extra travel time for their commute on Tuesday. Information is also available from the M.T.A. New York City Transit Travel Information Center at (718) 330-1234 from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m., or through the Trip Planner feature at mta.info.

The Police Department also announced that Sixth Avenue from West 40th to 58th Streets will be closed for the parade, which is to last from 12:45 to 3 p.m. Three traffic lanes on the west side of Sixth Avenue will be closed starting at 12:01 a.m. on Tuesday; the entire stretch of the avenue will be closed starting around 11 a.m. until the end of the parade.

The parade is a prelude to Tuesday night’s All-Star Game at Yankee Stadium.