42nd Street / Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park (New York City Subway)

42nd Street / Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park   New York City Subway rapid transit station complex
An entrance to the IND station
Station statistics
Address	West 42nd Street between Fifth Avenue & Sixth Avenue New York, NY 10036
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Midtown Manhattan
Coordinates	40.754799°N 73.984208°W / 40.754799; -73.984208
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line       IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (weekdays at all times) <7> (rush hours until 10:00 p.m., peak direction)       B  (weekdays until 9:30 p.m.)       D  (all times)       F  (all times)       M  (weekdays until 11 p.m.)
Connection	New York City Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M42, Q32, X17, X22, X30, X31 MTA Bus: QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM20
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Other information
Traffic
Passengers (2010)	13,979,224  3.5%
Rank	18 out of 422
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

42nd Street / Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park is a New York City Subway station complex, consisting of stations on the IRT Flushing Line and IND Sixth Avenue Line, formerly without direct connection, now connected by a pedestrian tunnel. It is served by the:

• D and F trains at all times
• 7, B and M trains on weekdays
• <7> train on weekdays in the peak direction

Free transfers between the two stations was effected until 1968, by providing paper tickets to passengers, who would exit one station and follow the sidewalk in order to enter the other. The tunnel now permits leaving a train in one station and walking underground to one in the other, and takes away the need for transfer tickets.

The entire station complex was fully renovated in 1998.

IND Sixth Avenue Line platforms

42nd Street – Bryant Park New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	B  (weekdays until 9:30 p.m.)       D  (all times)       F  (all times)       M  (weekdays until 11 p.m.)
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 15, 1940 (December 15, 1940)
Station succession
Next north	47th–50th Streets – Rockefeller Center: B  D  F  M
Next south	34th Street – Herald Square: B  D  F  M
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

42nd Street – Bryant Park on the IND Sixth Avenue Line is an express station, with four tracks and two island platforms. A mezzanine originally extended south from 42nd Street to the 34th Street station, with additional entrances at 38th Street. The passageway was long, dim, and lightly traveled. It was closed in the mid-1980s after a murder took place there.^{[citation needed]} It is now used for storage. Also, facing south, there are two crossovers. The two crossovers are for trains to switch from the local track to the express track and express track to the local track in both directions, and the last crossover is used when there is construction on the Manhattan Bridge. Trains use these crossovers when terminating on the express tracks at 34th Street – Herald Square.

IRT Flushing Line platform

Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park   New York City Subway rapid transit station
Entrance to the IRT section of the complex
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (weekdays at all times) <7> (rush hours until 10:00 p.m., peak direction)
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	March 22, 1926 (March 22, 1926)
Former/other names	Fifth Avenue
Station succession
Next north	Grand Central: 7  <7>
Next south	Times Square: 7  <7>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park (formerly Fifth Avenue) on the IRT Flushing Line is a standard local station, with two tracks and one island platform. There is a full-length mezzanine above the platform level, with exits to 42nd Street at both Fifth and Sixth Avenues. Station ornamentation is limited to wall tiles marked with the numeral "5".

Platform overview

External links

Media related to 42nd Street / Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park (New York City Subway) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org — IRT Flushing Line: 5th Avenue
• nycsubway.org — IND Sixth Avenue: 42nd Street/Bryant Park
• nycsubway.org — Early Color Artwork by Saul Leiter (2007)
• nycsubway.org — The Sixth Avenue Elevated, 1878 Artwork by W. P. Snyder (unknown date)
• nycsubway.org — 42nd Street Nocturne Artwork by Lynn Saville (2006)
• nycsubway.org — Under Bryant Park Artwork by Samm Kunce (unknown date)
• nycsubway.org — Underground Exposure Artwork by Travis Ruse (2009)
• Station Reporter — 42nd Street/Bryant Park Complex
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 42nd Street – Bryant Park/5th Avenue
• 42nd Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 40th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Fifth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View