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title: "MTA New York City Transit"
description: "MTA New York City Transit is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 105 installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud."
canonical: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/mta"
url: "https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/mta.md"
last-updated: "2026-10-22"
version: "1.4"
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# MTA New York City Transit

> MTA New York City Transit is a built-in integration for Home Assistant. It has 105 installs sharing analytics and needs the vendor's cloud.

[Open in My Home Assistant](https://my.home-assistant.io/redirect/config_flow_start/?domain=mta)

## Supports

- **Uses the vendor's cloud**: Needs an internet connection and an account with the vendor.
- **Set up in the UI**: Add it in Settings, Devices and services. Nothing to download.
- **Silver quality**: Home Assistant's own rating of its code and setup experience.
- **Updated with Home Assistant**: Ships and updates with every Home Assistant release.

## Setting it up

It is added under Settings, Devices and services, with Add integration.

### Connect

- **API key**: API key from MTA Bus Time. Required for bus tracking, optional for subway only.

Texts from Home Assistant's source code, [Apache License 2.0](https://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0).

## Entities

- **Sensors**: Next arrival, Next arrival destination, Next arrival route, Second arrival, Second arrival destination, Second arrival route, Third arrival, Third arrival destination, Third arrival route

## At a glance

- Kind: Built-in integration
- Category: [Vehicles and transport](https://vulpo.app/integrations/category/vehicles-and-transport.md), Public transport
- Number: 105 installs sharing analytics
- Connection: Needs the vendor's cloud
- Upkeep: Part of Home Assistant
- Needs: Built into Home Assistant
- Quality scale: Silver quality scale
- Domain: `mta`
- Source: <https://www.home-assistant.io/integrations/mta/>

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Last updated 2026-10-22. Source: https://vulpo.app/integrations/core/mta

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