Bustime

This is truly the very best thing since sliced bread. On a smart phone, just by googling Bustime, you can follow the progress of the bus, as it makes its way along the route. If waiting for the M11 and you can’t see it coming down 9th Avenue at 11:20 pm and don’t know whether to gamble a wait, or walk the 5 blocks to the metro, [and can imagine the bus arriving as you arrive at the metro-the bus is a better end stop], enter the bus number, anytime of day and see where the bus is,  One can gauge whether to ‘hang out’ or leave or take a cab.  A winner!!!