Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal (New York City Subway)

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"Times Square Station" redirects here. For other uses, see Times Square Station (disambiguation).

New York City Subway station in Manhattan, New York

Times Square–42 Street/  Port Authority Bus Terminal
New York City Subway station complex
Entrance to the station at 42nd Street & 7th Avenue
Station statistics
Address	West 42nd Street, Broadway, Seventh, & Eighth Avenues New York, NY 10036
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Times Square, Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40°45′21.6″N 73°59′13.2″W / 40.756000°N 73.987000°W / 40.756000; -73.987000Coordinates: 40°45′21.6″N 73°59′13.2″W / 40.756000°N 73.987000°W / 40.756000; -73.987000
Division	A (IRT), B (BMT, IND)
Line	42nd Street Shuttle       BMT Broadway Line       IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line       IND Eighth Avenue Line       IRT Flushing Line
Services	1  (all times) ​      2  (all times) ​      3  (all times)​       7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​​ ​      A  (all times)​ ​      C  (all except late nights)​ ​      E  (all times)​       N  (all times) ​      Q  (all times) ​      R  (all except late nights) ​      W  (weekdays only)​       S  (all except late nights)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M7, M20, M34A SBS, M42, M104, X17J, X22, X30, X31 MTA Bus: BxM2 Port Authority Bus Terminal
Structure	Underground
Levels	5
Other information
Opened	June 3, 1917; 101 years ago (1917-06-03)[1]
Station code	611[2]
Accessible	Partially ADA-accessible (all lines except 42nd Street Shuttle; passageway between IND platforms and rest of complex is not accessible)
Wireless service	[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	64,815,739 (complex)[4]  0.4%
Rank	1 out of 425
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
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Times Square–42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal is a New York City Subway station complex located under Times Square and the Port Authority Bus Terminal, at the intersection of 42nd Street, Seventh and Eighth Avenues, and Broadway in Midtown Manhattan. It is the busiest station complex in the system, serving 64,531,511 passengers in 2016.^[4]

The complex allows free transfers between the IRT 42nd Street Shuttle, the BMT Broadway Line, the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and the IRT Flushing Line, with a long transfer to the IND Eighth Avenue Line one block west at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal. The complex is served by the:

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  1, 2, 3, 7, A, E, N, and Q trains at all times


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  W train during weekdays


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  C, R, and 42nd Street Shuttle (S) trains at all times except late nights


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  <7> trains during rush hours in the peak direction

Contents

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  1 Station layout
  
  • 
    1.1 Exits
    
  
  
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    1.2 Relative depths
    
  
  


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  2 IRT 42nd Street Shuttle platforms
  
  • 
    2.1 Proposed renovation
    
  
  


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  3 IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms
  
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    3.1 Platform level
    
  
  
  • 
    3.2 Former lower level
    
  
  


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  4 IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms
  


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  5 BMT Broadway Line platforms
  
  • 
    5.1 History
    
  
  


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  6 IRT Flushing Line platform
  
  • 
    6.1 History
    
  
  
  • 
    6.2 Layout
    
  
  


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  7 Artwork
  


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  8 Terror plots
  


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  9 References
  
  • 
    9.1 Notes
    
  
  
  • 
    9.2 Further reading
    
  
  


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  10 External links
  

Station layout

G	Street level	Exits/entrances
B1	Upper Mezzanine	Fare control, station agents, MetroCard machines, passageway to Port Authority Bus Terminal (Elevators located: on the SE corner of Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street for ​ ​​  ​​ ​ ​ ​ trains only. inside north wing of bus terminal at Eighth Avenue between 41st Street and 42nd Street, near airport bus ticket office for ​ ​ trains only. inside the InterContinental Hotel at the SW corner of Eighth Avenue at 44th Street, for ​ ​ trains only. There is both an elevator and a lift; the lift can be manually operated by a station agent's assistance. Note: Passageway between IND platforms and rest of the complex is a steep grade)
	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Track 4	→ toward Grand Central except nights (Terminus) →
	Track 3	→ toward Grand Central except nights (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
	Track 1	→ toward Grand Central except nights (Terminus) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the left
B2 Broadway platforms	Northbound local	← ( weekdays) toward Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard (49th Street) ← toward Forest Hills–71st Avenue except nights (49th Street) ← toward 96th Street nights (49th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound express	← toward 96th Street except nights (57th Street–Seventh Avenue)
	Southbound express	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Brighton except nights (34th Street–Herald Square) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue via Sea Beach ( via Brighton nights) (34th Street–Herald Square) → → toward Bay Ridge–95th Street except nights (34th Street–Herald Square) → → toward Whitehall Street weekdays (34th Street–Herald Square) →
B2 Broadway–Seventh platforms	Northbound local	← toward Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street (50th Street/Broadway)) ← toward Wakefield–241st Street late nights (50th Street/Broadway)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound express	← toward Wakefield–241st Street except nights (72nd Street) ← toward Harlem–148th Street (72nd Street)
	Southbound express	→ toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College except nights (34th Street–Penn Station/7th Ave) ← toward New Lots Avenue except nights (34th Street–Penn Station/7th Ave) → → alighting passengers only (late nights) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward South Ferry (34th Street–Penn Station/7th Ave) → → toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College late nights (34th Street–Penn Station/7th Ave) →
B2 Eighth Avenue platforms	Northbound local	← toward 168th Street ( toward Inwood–207th Street nights) (50th Street) ← toward Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer (50th Street)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound express	← toward Inwood–207th Street except nights (59th Street–Columbus Circle)
	Southbound express	→ toward Rockaway Park or Lefferts Boulevard (34th Street–Penn Station/8th Ave) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Rockaway Park nights) (34th Street–Penn Station/8th Ave) → → toward World Trade Center (34th Street–Penn Station/8th Ave) →
B3	Passageway	To Eighth Avenue, Port Authority, ​ ​ trains
B4 Flushing platform	Track 1	← ( AM rush) toward Hudson Yards (Terminus)
	Island platform, doors will open on the left
	Track 2	→ ( PM rush) toward Flushing (Fifth Avenue) →

The IRT platforms have been connected to each other as a transfer station as the lines opened: first between the 42nd Street Shuttle and the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line in 1917, then the transfer was incorporated with the Flushing Line in 1927.^[5] On December 24, 1932, a 600-foot-long (180 m) passageway was opened, connecting the IND Eighth Avenue Line station and the IRT platforms, with a new entrance at West 41st Street between Seventh Avenue and Eighth Avenue.^[5][6] The passageway was not located within a fare control, and passengers had to pay an extra fare to transfer between the IND and the IRT station.^[6] The free transfer between the IRT and BMT was added on July 1, 1948.^[7] The block-long passageway that runs west to the 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line was reopened within fare control on December 11, 1988.^[8]

Since 1991, this passageway has contained a piece of public art inspired by the Burma-Shave ads; Norman B. Colp's The Commuter's Lament, or A Close Shave consists of a series of signs attached to the roof of the passageway, reading:

Play media

Entrance

Overslept,
So tired.
If late,
Get fired.
Why bother?
Why the pain?
Just go home
Do it again.

The last panel is a picture of a bed. The panels were part of an art project that was supposed to last only one year, but were never removed.^[9]

This station underwent total reconstruction in stages starting in 1994.^[5] Phase 1 rebuilt the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms with a new mezzanine, stairs, and elevators, and was completed in 2002. Phase 2, finished in 2006, rebuilt the Broadway Line, Flushing Line, and Eighth Avenue Line portions of the station.^[5] Phase 3, for the shuttle platforms, has yet to be started^[5] but will be funded as part of the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Program.^[10][11] The reconstruction included a new entryway on the south side of 42nd Street between Seventh Avenue and Broadway, featuring a bright neon and colored glass flashing sign with the train route symbols and the word "Subway". The street level fare control at this site features restored original "Times Square" mosaics from the Contract I station walls (now used by the shuttle), and both escalators and stairs lead into the complex. There are also similar renovated entrances on the northwest and southwest corners of Seventh Avenue and 42nd Street, the latter of which has both escalators and stairs, while the former has only stairs.

In 1999, a US$44 million renovation of the complex began.^[5] The goal was to reduce congestion and improve rider access, comfort and safety by improving visual lines and increasing pedestrian capacity. The main corridor was widened 15 feet (4.6 m), and the number of sharp corners reduced; ADA accessibility was introduced with elevators; new escalators; and other corridors were widened. The mezzanine above the BMT Broadway Line, formerly a record shop, now features a large oval balcony looking over the trackway and has reduced the sense of claustrophobia described by many riders. In 2004, four unisex stall bathrooms were opened on the mezzanine between the IRT and BMT lines; they are staffed and maintained by employees of the Times Square Alliance, the local Business Improvement District. The record shop re-opened in 2007 on the south side of the IRT/BMT corridor.^[12]

The mezzanine has been a major featured spot for subway performers ever since the opening of the station. "Music Under New York" controls the spot, which is located by the escalators, opposite the shuttle to Grand Central. Musicians of all types, from musical saw to a brass band, perform there daily.^{[citation needed]}

Exits

Exits and entrances are located from two main areas: under Eighth Avenue and under Times Square itself.^[13]

From the Eighth Avenue portion of the complex:

• One street stair each to the NW, NE, and SE corners of 8th Avenue and 40th Street^[13]


• Two underground passageways to Port Authority Bus Terminal^[13]
  • One between 40th and 41st Streets
  
  
  • 
    One between 41st and 42nd Streets
  
  


• One street stair to the NW corner of 8th Avenue and 42nd Street^[13]


• One stair in building on east side of 8th Avenue north of 42nd Street^[13]


• Escalator bank in building on south side of 42nd Street east of 8th Avenue^[13]


• One street stair to the SW corner of 8th Avenue and 43rd Street^[13]


• One street stair each to the NW, SW, and SE corners of 8th Avenue and 44th Street^[13]
  • 
    The SW corner entrance also has a wheelchair lift

From the Times Square portion of the complex:

• One street stair on the east side of One Times Square at 43rd Street^[13]


• One stair in building on north side of 42nd Street west of 7th Avenue^[13]


• One stair in building on south side of 42nd Street west of 7th Avenue^[13]


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  Elevator and escalator bank in building on south side of 42nd Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway^[13]


• One street stair at SE corner of Broadway and 42nd Street^[13]


• One stair in building at NE corner of 7th Avenue and 41st Street^[13]


• Two street stairs at SE corner of 7th Avenue and 41st Street^[13]


• Two street stairs at SW corner of Broadway and 41st Street^[13]


• One stair in building on south side of 40th Street west of 7th Avenue^[13]


• One street stair at SE corner of 7th Avenue and 40th Street^[13]


• One street stair each to the NW, NE, SW, and SE corners of Broadway and 40th Street^[13]

Relative depths

The relative depths of the station's platforms are:^[14]

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  IRT 42nd Street Shuttle, 20 feet (6.1 m) below street


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  IND Eighth Avenue Line (one block west), 30 feet (9.1 m)


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  IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, 40 feet (12 m)


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  BMT Broadway Line, 50 feet (15 m)


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  IRT Flushing Line, 60 feet (18 m)

IRT 42nd Street Shuttle platforms

Times Square
New York City Subway station
Shuttle platform for track 1
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT 42nd Street Shuttle
Services	S  (all except late nights)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	3 side platforms (all connected at west end)
Tracks	3
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904; 113 years ago (1904-10-27)[15]
Station code	468[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; accessibilty to platforms planned
Wireless service	[3]
Former/other names	42 Street
Station succession
Next north	Tracks 1 and 3: (Terminal): S  Track 4: 50th Street: no regular service
Next south	Grand Central: S
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights

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Track layout
Legend
to 50 St Movable pedestrian bridge over Track 4 to Grand Central

Plan of the original station before reconfiguration

When it first opened on October 27, 1904, Times Square was a local station on New York City's first subway. Times Square itself had recently been renamed (from Long Acre Square) in order to give the new subway station a distinctive name.^[16] Three shuttle tracks have served it since 1918; the southbound express track (formerly track 2) was removed and replaced by a temporary wooden platform for access to the original northbound express track (now track 3). The former southbound local platform (serving track 1) still has a vestiges of a doorway to the Knickerbocker Hotel, while the northbound local platform (serving track 4) retains a former doorway to the Times Building.^[5]

The old local platforms still serve tracks 1 and 4, while the southbound express track was removed and replaced with a platform for track 3. all three platforms connect on the west (railroad north) side. This walkway crosses track 4, the former northbound local track, on a bridge that can be lifted for the only access to that track. North of the station, track 4 merges into the northbound IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line local track along the original subway alignment, north of the current Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line station.^[5] The other three tracks once curved parallel to this. Tracks 1 and 3 now end at bumper blocks at the west end of the platforms. There is no track connection between Track 4 and the other tracks anywhere along the shuttle.^[5]

Because of the curvature on the platforms, gap fillers are used to bridge the gap between train and platform; however, the gap fillers, which are under the platform rather than flush with the platform, are not suitable for wheelchair passengers, making the shuttle platforms inaccessible to wheelchair users. Passengers who need service to Grand Central are told to use the IRT Flushing Line platforms. An underpass that formerly connected the original side platforms lies between the downtown local track and the other three tracks of the BMT Broadway Line, which runs perpendicular to the shuttle.

Tracks 1 and 3 have gap fillers, as they are concave and curve toward the shuttle trains.. Track 4 does not have gap fillers because of the convex curve of the platform, curving away from the shuttle trains. Track 4 can barely fit the three 51.4-foot-long (15.7 m) cars of the shuttle; it originally ended at a wall but now has a small extension for alighting passengers, so the last pair of doors of the train keep one panel disabled for added safety. Track 3 is the longest platform, at four-and-a-half cars long.

Proposed renovation

The shuttle platform is the only station in the station complex that does not have ADA-accessibility. Although planning had been completed in 2006, the project was delayed due to a lack of funding.^[17] However, as part of the 2015–2019 Capital Program, the MTA is scheduling some improvements to make it accessible under the guidelines of the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990. As part of the program, the 42nd Street Shuttle will become ADA-accessible, and the shuttle will be reconfigured from three tracks to two tracks. A new platform, 28 feet (8.5 m) wide and located between Tracks 1 and 4, would be built along the section of the shuttle that runs under 42nd Street, which is located within a straight tunnel. The whole project will cost $235.41 million. The Times Square shuttle platform will be extended 360 feet (110 m) east to allow for a second point of entry at Sixth Avenue, with a connection to the IND Sixth Avenue Line.^[10][11] Construction is planned to start in June 2018.^[18]

The entire Times Square station will be rehabilitated with congestion mitigation measures. A wider stairway would be installed from the shuttle mezzanine to street level, a new control area would be installed at the bottom of the stairway, and 21 columns would be removed. The track connection to the Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line would probably be removed with the elimination of Track 4. The cost of this part of the project is $30 million.^[10][11]

The reconstruction work would be done in conjunction with a second project to add access to the Times Square complex. As part of the project, the eastern platform would be closed to public access, and the existing 43rd Street fare control area and two staircases would be closed and covered over. This entrance would be replaced by a new entrance with a twenty-foot wide stairway covered by a canopy. The staircase would lead from the shuttle mezzanine to street level, blocking portions of the station's original finishes. A new control area would be installed at the bottom of the stairway. To further increase capacity, 21 columns would be eliminated; other columns at the station would be thinned, requiring the underpinning of roof beams; and 142 columns in the concourse area would be relocated away from the car doors. This project would cost $28.93 million.^[19]

In addition, the northern section of the original west platform wall dating from 1904 would be removed, and Jamestown, OTS, would build elevators connecting the station with an observation deck at One Times Square. The wall would be broken into sections and moved to the New York Transit Museum to mitigate the adverse effects of the station renovation. To further mitigate damage done to portions of the original station, certain features would be repaired and restored, including the original southwest platform and control area wall finishes, the original cast iron columns, the ceiling plaster ornamentation, and the cast iron guard rails. In addition, the east platform walls that are located within back-of-house space would continue to be protected. The damaged Knickerbocker marble lintel located at the west platform control area would be replicated. To reference portions of the original tracks located at Tracks 2 and 3, the granite paving for the shuttle platform would be modified with a veneer steel rail. These sixty-foot-long sections would be located on the new platform between Tracks 1 and 4. Finally, a display case or plaque describing the history of the station will be installed underneath the replicated Knickerbocker lintel.^[11][20]

Track 1 platform, looking toward connection to other two platforms

Platform for track 3, with a train on that track

View from removable walkway over track 4, looking toward the Broadway–Seventh Avenue tunnel

Second and third cars of a train on track 4

IND Eighth Avenue Line platforms

42 Street–  Port Authority Bus Terminal   ​ ​
New York City Subway station
Downtown platform.
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services	A  (all times) ​      C  (all except late nights) ​      E  (all times)
Structure	Underground
Levels	2 (lower level demolished)
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange (upper level) 1 abandoned side platform (lower level)
Tracks	4 (upper level) 1 (lower level)
Other information
Opened	September 10, 1932; 85 years ago (1932-09-10)[21] (upper level) August 25, 1952; 65 years ago (1952-08-25)[22] (lower level)
Closed	1981 (lower level)
Station code	163[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible (passageway to other services not accessible)
Wireless service	[3]
Station succession
Next north	59th Street–Columbus Circle (express): A  50th Street (local): A  ​C  50th Street (Queens Boulevard): E
Next south	34th Street–Penn Station: A  ​C  ​E
Next north	59th Street–Columbus Circle (8th Ave): A  ​C  Lexington Avenue–53rd Street (Queens Boulevard): E
Next south	34th Street–Penn Station: A  ​C  ​E
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only

Track layout
Legend
to 59 St–Columbus Cir to 50 St lower level to 50 St upper level to former lower level from former lower level to 34 St–Penn Sta

Wall mosaics

42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal is an express station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line. It is partly underneath the Port Authority Bus Terminal. It has one platform level, two offset island platforms, and a long mezzanine. Formerly, it also had a lower level with a single side platform. The upper level opened on September 10, 1932,^[21][23] and the lower level opened on August 25, 1952.^[22]

An R160 E train leaving 42 street

Platform level

The platform level of the station contains four tracks and two island platforms; the northbound platform extends from 42nd to 44th Streets, while the southbound platform extends from 40th to 42nd Streets. The station's mezzanine extends four blocks from 40th to 44th Streets, and connects with the rest of the complex by a long passageway underneath 41st Street.^[24][25]

Former lower level

In addition to the level currently in use, there was formerly a lower platform on the southbound side (one track underneath the downtown local track on the upper level, and one side platform underneath the island platform above). The lower level was built together with the upper level platforms in the late 1920s/early 1930s, but existed as an unfinished shell until it was completed^[26]:484 and opened in August 1952 to serve rush hour E trains.^[22][27] For most of its existence, the lower level platform was only used for occasional service specials, including summer "Rockaway Special" trains to Beach 98th Street at the Rockaways' Playland beginning in 1958, the Aqueduct Racetrack special fare trains from 1959 to 1981, and rush hour E trains in the 1970s, beginning on March 23, 1970.^{[28][29][30][31]}

The lower level featured two high-speed escalators to the mezzanine, and three staircases to the upper-level platform. The walls featured 1950s-era cream tiles, a purple and black tile band, and white mosaic name plates with black "42ND ST" text.^[22][27][28]

Theories differ on why the lower level platform was built. The platform could only be reached by trains originating from Queens via the IND Queens Boulevard Line, and 53rd Street (the current E service). Some commentators have speculated that this was meant to allow Manhattan-bound E trains from Queens to hold at 42nd Street without slowing down service on trains traveling from Central Park West,^[29] while the reported purpose of the platform upon its opening was to allow E trains to load and unload passengers without having to wait for one of the two upper level tracks to clear.^[22][27] Others have suggested that the lower level platform was built to prevent the IRT Flushing Line from being extended westward. The IND lower level platform was located just beyond the tail tracks on the IRT Flushing Line platform.^[25][29][32]

Film producers have used the lower level platform for several films, most notably Ghost (1990), starring Patrick Swayze and Demi Moore.^[28][29]

In the late 2000s, the MTA began construction on a planned extension of the IRT Flushing Line to 34th Street, which would require demolishing the IND Eighth Avenue lower level platform.^[29] As of January 2010^[update], the lower level platform was being demolished as part of the Flushing Line extension.^[33] Transit blogger Benjamin Kabak, who was invited to tour the Flushing Line extension and view construction progress, reported in February 2012 that the lower level platform had been "bisected" by the Flushing Line extension.^[34] The tunnels slope down through where the old lower level platform was.^[32]

A sign at the western end of the passageway ramp, informing customers that the passageway to rest of the complex is not wheelchair accessible

IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line platforms

Times Square–42 Street   ​ ​
New York City Subway station
Downtown platform
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
Services	1  (all times) ​      2  (all times) ​      3  (all times)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	June 3, 1917; 101 years ago (1917-06-03)[1]
Rebuilt	1998-2002
Station code	317[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible (Transfer accessible to BMT Broadway Line and IRT Flushing Line platforms only)
Wireless service	[3]
Station succession
Next north	72nd Street (express): 2  ​3  50th Street (local): 1  ​2
Next south	(Terminal): 3  34th Street–Penn Station: 1  ​2  ​3
Next north	72nd Street (express): 2  ​3  59th Street–Columbus Circle (local): 1  ​2
Next south	none: 3  34th Street–Penn Station: 1  ​2  ​3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops late nights only

Track layout
Legend
to 72 St to 50 St to shuttle platforms to 34 St–Penn Sta

Times Square–42nd Street is an express station on the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line, with four tracks and two island platforms. Access to the other lines is provided at the northern end and in the center of each platform. An elevator leads from each platform to the mezzanine; the southbound elevator also leads to the Flushing Line platform.

Just south of the station, a fifth center track begins, formed by a connection from each express track. This track merges back into the two express tracks just before 34th Street–Penn Station.^[35] This center track was used in the past for turning rush hour "Gap Trains", which would head back up north. It is currently used for short turning 3 trains during nights.^[36]

This section was the site of a 1928 wreck that killed 16 people, the second worst in New York City history (the worst being the Malbone Street Wreck in Brooklyn, which killed at least 93).

BMT Broadway Line platforms

Times Square–42 Street   ​ ​ ​
New York City Subway station
Uptown platform
Station statistics
Division	B (BMT)
Line	BMT Broadway Line
Services	N  (all times) ​      Q  (all times) ​      R  (all except late nights) ​      W  (weekdays only)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	January 5, 1918; 100 years ago (1918-01-05)[37]
Station code	011[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible (Transfer accessible to IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line & IRT Flushing Line platforms only)
Wireless service	[3]
Station succession
Next north	57th Street–Seventh Avenue (express): N  ​Q  49th Street (local): N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
Next south	34th Street–Herald Square: N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
Next north	Lexington Avenue–63rd Street: N  ​Q  ​R  49th Street: N  ​Q  ​R  ​W  (northbound only; via local)
Next south	34th Street–Herald Square: N  ​Q  ​R  ​W
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times except late nights Stops all times Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only

[ v t e ] Track layout
Legend
to 57 St to 49 St to 34 St to 34 St

Times Square–42nd Street is an express station on the BMT Broadway Line that has four tracks and two island platforms. Connections to the other lines are at the northern end of the platforms.

The express tracks north of the station spread out to pass around a crossunder in the Times Square shuttle platforms. This crossunder was sealed off in the 1960s.

History

On February 8, 1914, the Public Service Commission ordered Chief Engineer Craven to make this station an express station as opposed to a local station as originally planned. The change was made at the insistence of Brooklynites who wanted an express station in the theater section of Manhattan. Under the original plan, the express stop would have been located at 47th Street, with a local stop at 42nd. The stop, as an express station, was planned to have connections to the IRT shuttle platforms, the Steinway tunnel line, and the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.^[38]

On June 1, 1940, the title of the Brooklyn–Manhattan Transit Corporation was transferred to the City of New York, signifying the first phase of unification of New York's subway system with the Independent Subway System as well as eventual public operation of the entire system. (The Interborough Rapid Transit Company would be merged on June 15 of the same year.) At midnight, a ceremony commemorating the transfer, with five hundred people in attendance, was held at the Times Square station. The last BMT train had left the 57th Street station five minutes earlier. When the train arrived at Times Square, BMT president William S. Menden handed over his company's properties to Mayor Fiorello H. LaGuardia, who then gave them to New York City Board of Transportation chairman John H. Delaney. The Board of Transportation operated the New York City Transit System until the creation of the New York City Transit Authority in 1953.^[39]

This station received a minor overhaul in the late 1970s when MTA fixed the station's structure and the overall appearance, and it repaired staircases and platform edges, removed pedestrian ramps, and replaced lighting.

In 2004-2006, the station received a major overhaul and repairs, including upgrading the station for ADA compliance and restoring the original late 1910s tiling. MTA repaired the staircases, retiled the walls, added new tiling on the floors, upgraded the station's lights and the public address system, installed ADA yellow safety treads along the platform edge, and installed new signs and new trackbeds in both directions.

"42" monogram mosaic

IRT Flushing Line platform

Times Square–42 Street   ​
New York City Subway station
The IRT Flushing Line platform
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​
Structure	Underground
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	March 14, 1927; 91 years ago (1927-03-14)[40]
Station code	467[2]
Accessible	ADA-accessible (Transfer accessible to IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line and BMT Broadway Line platforms only)
Wireless service	[3]
Station succession
Next east	Fifth Avenue: 7  <7> ​
Next west	10th Avenue: future 34th Street–Hudson Yards: 7  <7> ​
Next east	Grand Central: 7  <7> ​
Next west	10th Avenue: future 34th Street–Hudson Yards: 7  <7> ​
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

Track layout
Legend
to 5 Av to 34 St

Queensboro Subway Service Extended To Times Square station 1927

Times Square–42nd Street on the IRT Flushing Line has one island platform and two tracks, located deep below West 41st Street.

History

The Times Square station opened on March 14, 1927, extending the Flushing Line westward from its previous terminus at Fifth Avenue.^[41] This station served as the terminus for 7 and <7>​ trains from its opening on March 14, 1927, until September 13, 2015, when the next station west (railroad south), 34th Street–Hudson Yards, opened.^[42][43] The platforms at Times Square and all other stations on the Flushing Line with the exception of Queensboro Plaza were extended in 1955–1956 to accommodate 11-car trains.^[44]

Layout

Stairs, escalators, and an elevator along the platform lead to various mezzanines. There are "TS" tile mosaics along the station walls. An office is located at the north (compass east) end of the platform. An elevator was recently installed and connects with the Downtown IRT Seventh Avenue platform and then the mezzanine. The elevators make this platform, along with the platform at Grand Central accessible to wheelchair passengers (unlike the shuttle platforms, which are not accessible to wheelchairs).

The tracks continue south (compass west) beyond the station to the 34th Street station. These tracks formerly led to an unused storage and layover area, but the extension of the Flushing Line, whose trackwork was completed in 2013, included the addition of third rails to the layover tracks, as well as the inspection and replacement of these tracks.^[45] The closed lower level platform at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal on the IND Eighth Avenue Line was blocking the line but since removed.^[28] Currently, all Flushing-bound service is on the eastbound track, labeled Track 2, and 34th Street-bound service is on the westbound track, labeled Track 1.^[43]

Artwork

George Lewis Heins and Christopher Grant LaFarge were the first commissioned architects of the IRT. They designed the original Times Square Station, which was located at the current Grand Central Shuttle stop.

In many of their stations, Heins and LaFarge use symbolic imagery to honor a neighborhood or its namesake. When Squire Vickers took over as chief designer and architect of the IRT in 1906, he continued this tradition of using symbolism to speak to a station's history.

The colored tile trim of the IRT portions of the station closely resembles the Confederate flag.^[46] Scholars believe that Vickers and his colleagues unmistakably reference the symbol of the South to pay homage to New York Times owner Adolph S. Ochs.^[47] The Confederacy was a significant part of Ochs' heritage, and the eccentric Vickers relished literary and historical imagery.^[48] After a 2010s movement in which Confederate monuments nationwide were removed, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority announced in August 2017 that these tiles would be replaced.^[49][50]

Times Square was named for The New York Times, whose headquarters, built by Ochs, housed the original subway station (now the shuttle platforms) in its basement.

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  Times Square Mural by Roy Lichtenstein
  

  
  

  
  


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Modern artwork installed in the complex includes the following:

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  New York in Transit by Jacob Lawrence, 2001


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  The Return of Spring/The Onset of Winter by Jack Beal, 2001/2005


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  Times Square Mural by Roy Lichtenstein, 2002 (collage 1990, fabricated 1994)


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  Times Square Times: 35 Times by Toby Buonagurio, 2005


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  The Revelers by Jane Dickson, 2008

New York in Transit was Lawrence's last public work before his 2000 death.^[51] Lichtenstein completed Times Square Mural in 1994, but installation was delayed until after the station complex's renovation, during which Lichtenstein died in 1997.^[52]

Terror plots

The Times Square station has been targeted by two failed terrorist plots:

• In September 2009, Najibullah Zazi and alleged co-conspirators planned suicide bombings on subway trains near this station and the Grand Central–42nd Street station, but the plot was discovered before they could carry it out.^[53]


• There was also an attempted bombing on December 11, 2017, during the morning rush hour, when a pipe bomb device partially detonated in the passageway connecting the IND Eighth Avenue Line station with the rest of the complex.^[54]

References

Notes

1. 
   ^ ^ab The New York Times, Three New Links of the Dual Subway System Opened, June 3, 1917, page 33
   


2. 
   ^ ^abcdef "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017. 
   


3. 
   ^ ^abcdef "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
   


4. 
   ^ ^ab "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018. 
   


5. 
   ^ ^abcdefghi Dunlap, David W. (March 28, 2004). "1904-2004; Crossroads of the Whirl". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved December 17, 2016. 
   


6. 
   ^ ^ab "600-Foot Pedestrian Tunnel, Linking Subways, Opens Today" (PDF). The New York Times. December 24, 1932. Retrieved October 10, 2016. 
   


7. 
   ^ The New York Times, Transfer Points Under Higher Fare, June 30, 1948, page 19
   


8. 
   ^ Lyall, Sarah (December 12, 1988). "All Aboard. . .Somewhere. . .for Subway Changes!". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 24, 2016. 
   


9. 
   ^ "Artwork: "The Commuter's Lament/A Close Shave", Norman B. Colp (1991)". Retrieved October 22, 2008. 
   


10. 
    ^ ^abc "METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MTA) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS Tuesday, August 23, 2016 4:30 P.M. Request for Federal Financial Assistance Under the Federal Transportation Authorization For Federal Fiscal Year 2017 Capital Improvement Projects" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 28, 2016. Retrieved August 7, 2016. 
    


11. 
    ^ ^abcd "MTA Capital Program 2015-2019" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 28, 2015. Retrieved December 17, 2016. 
    


12. 
    ^ Review and photos of the Times Square bathrooms Archived March 17, 2006, at the Wayback Machine. at Gothamist
    


13. 
    ^ ^{abcdefghijklmnopqrs} "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Midtown West" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015. 
    


14. 
    ^ nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: 42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal
    


15. 
    ^ The New York Times, Our Subway Open: 150,000 Try It, October 28, 1904
    


16. 
    ^ Barron, James (April 8, 2004). "100 Years Ago, an Intersection's New Name: Times Square". Retrieved 28 December 2017. 
    


17. 
    ^ "Transit and Bus Committee December 2016" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. February 21, 2017. p. 199. Retrieved February 21, 2017. 
    


18. 
    ^ "T7041404 Reconstruction of Times Square Shuttle - Phase 3". web.mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved September 3, 2017. 
    


19. 
    ^ "METROPOLITAN TRANSPORTATION AUTHORITY (MTA) NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING AND DESCRIPTION OF PROJECTS Tuesday, August 23, 2016 4:30 P.M. Request for Federal Financial Assistance Under the Federal Transportation Authorization For Federal Fiscal Year 2017 Capital Improvement Projects" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 28, 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on July 28, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2016. 
    


20. 
    ^ "AMENDMENT TO THE MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT BETWEEN FEDERAL TRANSIT ADMINISTRATION NEW YORK STATE HISTORIC PRESERVATION OFFICE NEW YORK CITY TRANSIT AUTHORITY REGARDING THE TIMES SQUARE SHUTTLE STATION DURING CONTRACT A- 35302, THE RECONFIGURATION OF THE TIMES SQUARE SHUTTLE STATION, SHPO PROJECT #17PR00545" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. April 25, 2018. Retrieved April 27, 2018. 
    


21. 
    ^ ^ab The New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
    


22. 
    ^ ^abcde "New IND Platform Will Open Monday" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. August 23, 1952. Retrieved June 30, 2015. 
    


23. 
    ^ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
    


24. 
    ^ "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Pennsylvania Station/Times Square" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 11, 2015. 
    


25. 
    ^ ^ab "Station: 42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal (8th Avenue)". Retrieved April 6, 2013. 
    


26. 
    ^ Transportation, New York (N Y. ) Board of (1953). Proceedings. 
    


27. 
    ^ ^abc Ingraham, Joseph C. (June 20, 1952). "New IND Platform at 8th and 42d To Expedite Service From Queens" (PDF). nytimes.com. The New York Times. Retrieved June 30, 2015. 
    


28. 
    ^ ^abcd Mindlin, Alex (April 20, 2008). "No Whoosh, No 'All Aboard'". The New York Times. Retrieved July 10, 2009. 
    


29. 
    ^ ^abcde Kabak, Benjamin (April 21, 2008). "With the 7 on the way, a swan song for a Times Square platform". Retrieved April 6, 2013. 
    


30. 
    ^ Brennan, Joseph (2002). "Abandoned Stations: 42 St Lower Level". Retrieved May 4, 2015. 
    


31. 
    ^ "Non-Stop Trips, Reserved Seats On Special Here: Deluxe Subway Express Ride Also Features Music; $1.55 Round-Trip Fare From 42nd Street To Playland Station Provides Admission And Rides". Wave of Long Island. Fultonhistory.com. July 3, 1958. p. 1. Retrieved August 17, 2016. 
    


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    ^ ^ab "7 Line Extension 081". Flickr. 
    


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    ^ Donohue, Pete (June 20, 2009). "Abandoned No More: 2nd Life Drilled into Old 7 Subway Platform". New York Daily News. Retrieved January 30, 2010. 
    


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    ^ Kabak, Benjamin (February 12, 2012). "Photos: Inside the 7 line extension". Retrieved April 6, 2013. 
    


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    ^ Marrero, Robert (January 1, 2017). "472 Stations, 850 Miles" (PDF). B24 Blog, via Dropbox. Retrieved April 27, 2018. 
    


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    ^ "Service Enhancements on 3 Line" (Press release). MTA New York City Transit. July 24, 2008. Retrieved July 26, 2008. 
    


37. 
    ^ The New York Times, Open New Subway to Times Square, January 6, 1918
    


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    ^ Eagle, From The Brooklyn (February 8, 1914). "42D STREET AN EXPRESS STOP.; A Big Victory for Brooklynites, Says The Brooklyn Eagle". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 1, 2017. 
    


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    ^ Hood, Clifton (2004). 722 Miles: The Building of the Subways and How They Transformed New York (Centennial ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. pp. 238–239. ISBN 0-8018-8054-8. 
    


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    ^ The New York Times, New Queens Subway Opened to Times Sq., March 15, 1927, page 1
    


41. 
    ^ "New Queens Subway Opened to Times Sq". The New York Times. March 15, 1927. p. 1. Retrieved October 2, 2011. 
    


42. 
    ^ "New 34 St-Hudson Yards 7 Station Opens". Building for the Future. New York, New York: Metropolitan Transit Authority. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved March 10, 2016. The new station opened September 13, 2015 
    


43. 
    ^ ^ab "7 subway service is now running to/from the new 34 St-Hudson Yards station. Times Sq-42 St is no longer the Manhattan terminal. At Times Sq-42 St, Queens-bound express and local service leave from Track 2 only". mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2016. 
    


44. 
    ^ Authority, New York City Transit (1955). Minutes and Proceedings. 
    


45. 
    ^ "View of Tunnel from station platform showing sign indicating no third rail power". Retrieved April 1, 2009. 
    


46. 
    ^ "Confederate Flags in Times Square?". History Net: Where History Comes Alive – World & US History Online. 
    


47. 
    ^ Jackowe, David J. "The Times Square Confederate." Civil War Times; Aug 2012, Vol. 51 Issue 4, p. 42. http://www.historynet.com/confederate-flags-in-times-square.htm
    


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    ^ Underground Renaissance Man: Watch the Aesthetic Walls, Please
    


49. 
    ^ Plitt, Amy (August 18, 2017). "MTA will modify Times Square subway tile resembling a Confederate flag". Curbed NY. Retrieved August 31, 2017. 
    


50. 
    ^ Stevens, Matt (August 18, 2017). "M.T.A. to Modify Subway Station Design Resembling Confederate Flag". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 31, 2017. 
    


51. 
    ^ "Times Square Subway Mural Unveiled" (Press release). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 7, 2001. Archived from the original on June 5, 2011. Retrieved April 11, 2010. 
    


52. 
    ^ Carol Vogel. "Times Square Mural". The Roy Lichtenstein Foundation. Archived from the original on February 1, 2010. Retrieved April 11, 2010. 
    


53. 
    ^ Zraik, Karen; Johnston, David (September 15, 2009). "Man in Queens Raids Denies Any Terrorist Link". The New York Times. 
    


54. 
    ^ Griggs, Troy; Lai, K.K. Rebecca; Wallace, Tim (2017-12-11). "Where the Port Authority Subway Explosion Happened". The New York Times. 
    

Further reading

• Lee Stokey. Subway Ceramics : A History and Iconography. 1994. ISBN 978-0-9635486-1-0
  

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to Times Square – 42nd Street / Port Authority Bus Terminal (New York City Subway).

nycsubway.org:

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• nycsubway.org – IRT Grand Central/Times Square Shuttle: Times Square
  


• nycsubway.org – IRT Flushing Line: Times Square
  


• nycsubway.org – IRT West Side Line: Times Square/42nd Street (text used with permission)


• nycsubway.org – BMT Broadway Subway: Times Square/42nd Street
  


• nycsubway.org – IND Eighth Avenue Line: 42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal
  


• nycsubway.org – New York in Transit Artwork by Jacob Lawrence (2001)
  


• nycsubway.org – Times Square Mural Artwork by Roy Lichtenstein (1994)
  


• nycsubway.org – The Return of Spring/The Onset of Winter Artwork by Jack Beal (1999)
  


• nycsubway.org – Times Square Times: 35 Times Artwork by Toby Buonagurio (2005)
  


• nycsubway.org – The Revelers Artwork by Jane Dickson (2007)
  


• nycsubway.org – Losing My Marbles Artwork by Lisa Dinhofer (2003)
  


• nycsubway.org – The Commuter's Lament/A Close Shave Artwork by Norman B. Colp (1991)
  

MTA Arts for Transit

• MTA's Arts For Transit – 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
  


• MTA's Arts For Transit – Times Square–42nd Street, Page 1
  


• MTA's Arts For Transit – Times Square–42nd Street, Page 2
  


• MTA's Arts For Transit – 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
  

Google Maps Street View

• 42nd Street and Seventh Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View


• 42nd Street and Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View


• 43rd Street and Broadway entrance from Google Maps Street View


• 41st Street and Seventh Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View


• 40th Street and Seventh Avenue entrance to IRT Lines from Google Maps Street View


• 40th Street and Broadway entrance to Broadway Line and Shuttle from Google Maps Street View


• 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View


• 44th Street and Eighth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View


• 40th Street and Eighth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View


• Mezzanine from Google Maps Street View


• Eighth Avenue Line uptown platform from Google Maps Street View


• Eighth Avenue Line mezzanine from Google Maps Street View


• Flushing Line platform from Google Maps Street View


• Shuttle platforms from Google Maps Street View


• BMT platforms from Google Maps Street View


• Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line downtown platform from Google Maps Street View

Other websites

• MTA's YouTube Web Page – Advertising Initiatives 9/21/2010 on the 42nd Street (S) Shuttle. Retrieved September 22, 2010. (2:13 video clip)


• NYCTA Subway Station Tour: 42nd Street–Port Authority/Times Square


• Forgotten NY – Original 28 - NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
  


• The Subway Nut – Times Square–42nd Street (7) pictures
  

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Broadway–  Seventh Avenue Local	Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street 238th Street 231st Street Marble Hill–225th Street 215th Street 207th Street Dyckman Street 191st Street 181st Street 168th Street 157th Street 145th Street 137th Street–City College 125th Street 116th Street–Columbia University Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 79th Street 72nd Street 66th Street–Lincoln Center 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 28th Street 23rd Street 18th Street 14th Street Christopher Street–Sheridan Square Houston Street Canal Street Franklin Street Chambers Street Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry
Seventh Avenue Express	Wakefield–241st Street Nereid Avenue 233rd Street 225th Street 219th Street Gun Hill Road Burke Avenue Allerton Avenue Pelham Parkway Bronx Park East East 180th Street West Farms Square–East Tremont Avenue 174th Street Freeman Street Simpson Street Intervale Avenue Prospect Avenue Jackson Avenue Third Avenue–149th Street 149th Street–Grand Concourse 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Central Park North–110th Street 96th Street 86th Street* 79th Street* 72nd Street 66th Street–Lincoln Center* 59th Street–Columbus Circle* 50th Street* Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 28th Street* 23rd Street* 18th Street* 14th Street Christopher Street–Sheridan Square* Houston Street* Canal Street* Franklin Street* Chambers Street Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue President Street Sterling Street Winthrop Street Church Avenue Beverly Road Newkirk Avenue Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College
Seventh Avenue Express	Harlem–148th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Central Park North–110th Street 96th Street 72nd Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 14th Street Chambers Street Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall Hoyt Street Nevins Street Atlantic Avenue Bergen Street Grand Army Plaza Eastern Parkway–Brooklyn Museum Franklin Avenue Nostrand Avenue Kingston Avenue Crown Heights–Utica Avenue Sutter Avenue–Rutland Road Saratoga Avenue Rockaway Avenue Junius Street Pennsylvania Avenue Van Siclen Avenue New Lots Avenue
Flushing Local	34th Street–Hudson Yards Times Square Fifth Avenue Grand Central Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue Hunters Point Avenue Court Square Queensboro Plaza 33rd Street–Rawson Street 40th Street–Lowery Street 46th Street–Bliss Street 52nd Street 61st Street–Woodside 69th Street 74th Street–Broadway 82nd Street–Jackson Heights 90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue Junction Boulevard 103rd Street–Corona Plaza 111th Street Mets–Willets Point Flushing–Main Street
Flushing Express	34th Street–Hudson Yards Times Square Fifth Avenue Grand Central Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue Hunters Point Avenue Court Square Queensboro Plaza 61st Street–Woodside Junction Boulevard Mets–Willets Point Flushing–Main Street
42nd Street Shuttle	Times Square Grand Central
Eighth Avenue Express	Inwood–207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue* 155th Street* 145th Street 135th Street* 125th Street 116th Street* Cathedral Parkway–110th Street* 103rd Street* 96th Street* 86th Street* 81st Street–Museum of Natural History* 72nd Street* 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street* 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street* 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street* Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street High Street Jay Street–MetroTech Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Lafayette Avenue* Clinton–Washington Avenues* Franklin Avenue* Nostrand Avenue Kingston–Throop Avenues* Utica Avenue Ralph Avenue* Rockaway Avenue* Broadway Junction Liberty Avenue* Van Siclen Avenue* Shepherd Avenue* Euclid Avenue Grant Avenue 80th Street 88th Street Rockaway Boulevard Lefferts branch 104th Street 111th Street Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard Rockaways branches Aqueduct Racetrack Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue Howard Beach–JFK Airport Broad Channel Far Rockaway branch Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue Rockaway Park branch Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
Eighth Avenue Local	168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue 155th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street High Street Jay Street–MetroTech Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Lafayette Avenue Clinton–Washington Avenues Franklin Avenue Nostrand Avenue Kingston–Throop Avenues Utica Avenue Ralph Avenue Rockaway Avenue Broadway Junction Liberty Avenue Van Siclen Avenue Shepherd Avenue Euclid Avenue
Eighth Avenue Local	Jamaica Center–Parsons/Archer Sutphin Boulevard–Archer Avenue–JFK Airport Jamaica–Van Wyck Briarwood* Kew Gardens–Union Turnpike 75th Avenue* 71st Avenue 67th Avenue* 63rd Drive–Rego Park* Woodhaven Boulevard* Grand Avenue–Newtown* Elmhurst Avenue* Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street* Northern Boulevard* 46th Street* Steinway Street* 36th Street* Queens Plaza Court Square Lexington Avenue–53rd Street Fifth Avenue/53rd Street Seventh Avenue 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street–Eighth Avenue 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street World Trade Center
Broadway Express	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Astoria Boulevard 30th Avenue Broadway 36th Avenue 39th Avenue Queensboro Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street* 23rd Street* 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University* Prince Street* Canal Street City Hall* Cortlandt Street* Rector Street* South Ferry–Whitehall Street* Court Street* Jay Street–MetroTech* DeKalb Avenue* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street* Ninth Street* Prospect Avenue* 25th Street* 36th Street 45th Street* 53rd Street* 59th Street–Fourth Avenue Eighth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway New Utrecht Avenue 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway Kings Highway Avenue U 86th Street Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Second Avenue/  Broadway Express/  Brighton Local	96th Street 86th Street 72nd Street Lexington Avenue–63rd Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street* Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street* 23rd Street* 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University* Prince Street* Canal Street Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Seventh Avenue Prospect Park Parkside Avenue Church Avenue Beverley Road Cortelyou Road Newkirk Plaza Avenue H Avenue J Avenue M Kings Highway Avenue U Neck Road Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach Ocean Parkway West Eighth Street–New York Aquarium Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
Broadway Local	71st Avenue 67th Avenue 63rd Drive–Rego Park Woodhaven Boulevard Grand Avenue–Newtown Elmhurst Avenue Jackson Heights–Roosevelt Avenue 65th Street Northern Boulevard 46th Street Steinway Street 36th Street–Northern Boulevard Queens Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry–Whitehall Street Court Street Jay Street–MetroTech DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street Ninth Street Prospect Avenue 25th Street 36th Street–Fourth Avenue 45th Street 53rd Street 59th Street–Fourth Avenue Bay Ridge Avenue 77th Street 86th Street Bay Ridge–95th Street
Broadway Local	Astoria–Ditmars Boulevard Astoria Boulevard 30th Avenue Broadway 36th Avenue 39th Avenue Queensboro Plaza Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry–Whitehall Street
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
42nd Street Shuttle	Times Square Grand Central
Broadway– Seventh Avenue Line ​ ​	Van Cortlandt Park–242nd Street 238th Street 231st Street Marble Hill–225th Street 221st Street 215th Street 207th Street Dyckman Street 191st Street 181st Street 168th Street 157th Street 145th Street 137th Street–City College 125th Street 116th Street–Columbia University Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street [← to Central Park North–110th Street, Lenox Ave. Line] 96th Street 91st Street 86th Street 79th Street 72nd Street 66th Street–Lincoln Center 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Penn Station 28th Street 23rd Street 18th Street 14th Street Christopher Street–Sheridan Square Houston Street Canal Street Franklin Street Chambers Street South Ferry branch Cortlandt Street * Rector Street South Ferry / South Ferry loops ​ Brooklyn branch Park Place Fulton Street Wall Street Clark Street Borough Hall [to Hoyt Street, Eastern Pkwy. Line →]
Flushing Line  ​	34th Street–Hudson Yards 10th Avenue (planned) Times Square–42nd Street Fifth Avenue Grand Central Vernon Boulevard–Jackson Avenue Hunters Point Avenue Court Square Queensboro Plaza 33rd Street–Rawson Street 40th Street–Lowery Street 46th Street–Bliss Street 52nd Street 61st Street–Woodside 69th Street 74th Street–Broadway 82nd Street–Jackson Heights 90th Street–Elmhurst Avenue Junction Boulevard 103rd Street–Corona Plaza 111th Street Mets–Willets Point Flushing–Main Street
Eighth Avenue Line ​ ​ ​ ​	Inwood–207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue * 155th Street [← to 155th Street, Concourse Line] 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street * 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street * 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street * 59th Street–Columbus Circle [to Seventh Avenue, Sixth Avenue Line → / ← to Seventh Avenue, Queens Blvd. Line] 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street–World Trade Center Fulton Street High Street [to Jay Street–MetroTech, Fulton St. Line →]
Broadway Line ​ ​ ​	[← to Queens Plaza, Queens Blvd. Line via 60th Street Tunnel and connection / ← to Queensboro Plaza, Astoria Line via 60th Street Tunnel] Lexington Avenue/59th Street Fifth Avenue–59th Street [← to Lexington Avenue–63rd Street, 63rd Street lines] 57th Street–Seventh Avenue 49th Street Times Square–42nd Street 34th Street–Herald Square 28th Street 23rd Street 14th Street Eighth Street–New York University Prince Street Canal Street [to DeKalb Avenue, 4th Ave./Brighton Lines via Manhattan Bridge →] City Hall Cortlandt Street Rector Street South Ferry–Whitehall Street [to Court Street–Borough Hall, Fourth Avenue Line via Montague Street Tunnel →]
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. Struck through passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

v t e U.S. National Register of Historic Places in New York
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