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42nd Street – Bryant Park / Fifth Avenue ​​​​​
New York City Subway 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°45′17″N 73°59′03″W / 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  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​​    B  (weekdays during the day) ​   D  (all times) ​   F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction) ​   M  (weekdays during the day)
Transit	New York City Bus: BxM2, 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
Traffic
2023	54,266,441  20.5%
Rank	1 out of 423
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Street map
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 during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

42nd Street – Bryant Park / Fifth Avenue is an underground 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. Located at 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenues in Manhattan, it is served by the:

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

Free transfers between the two stations were in effect from December 16, 1967, 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. The southwest entrance is scheduled for renovation including installing an elevator from November 2013 to July 2014.

IND Sixth Avenue Line platforms

42nd Street – Bryant Park ​​​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	B  (weekdays during the day) ​   D  (all times) ​   F  (all times) <F>  (two rush hour trains, peak direction) ​   M  (weekdays during the day)
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 15, 1940; 84 years ago (1940-12-15)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Traffic
2023	54,266,441  20.5%
Rank	1 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
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 during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

42nd Street – Bryant Park, opened on December 15, 1940, on the IND Sixth Avenue Line is an express station, with four tracks and two island platforms. B and D trains stop at the inner express tracks while F and M trains stop at the outer local tracks.

Both outer track walls have a scarlet red trim line with a chocolate brown border and small white "42" signs on a black background below them at regular intervals. Red i-beam columns run along both sides of both platforms at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering. Some of the columns between the express tracks have black "42" signs on a white background.

This station has a full length mezzanine above the platforms and tracks. It originally extended south from 42nd Street to the 34th Street – Herald Square station, with additional entrances at 38th Street. The passageway was long, dim, and lightly traveled, and it was finally closed in 1991 after a series of rapes took place there. It is now used for storage. The mezzanine has a florist, and orange I-beam columns and lit-up ads and space rentals along the walls.

On either ends of the mezzanine is a fare control area. The full-time side is at the north end. This is where the passageway to the IRT Flushing Line is. Two staircases from each platform go up to a turnstile bank, where outside there is a token booth, one staircase going up to the southwest corner of 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue, and a passageway through some abandoned ticket counters under 1095 Avenue of the Americas that lead to a staircase that goes up to the building's pedestrian plaza.

On the south end of the mezzanine, two staircases from each platform go up to an unstaffed bank of regular and HEET turnstiles. Outside fare control, there are four staircases going up to all corners of 40th Street and Sixth Avenue with the northwest one being built inside a building.

This station has another fare control area at its extreme north end. A staircase from each platform go up to a mezzanine, where a bank of regular and HEET turnstiles provide access to/from the station. Outside fare control, there is a Customer Assistance Booth and a staircase built inside 1100 Avenue of the Americas (HBO headquarters) that goes up to the northeast corner of 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue. Two modern, glass-enclosed staircases, and one elevator go up to the northwest corner of this intersection outside of the Bank of America building. However, because there are no elevators from the mezzanine to the platforms, the platforms themselves are not ADA-accessible.

South of this station, there are three sets of crossovers, allowing trains to switch between all four tracks. Those switches are not currently used in revenue service and are only used during train reroutes.

Platform layout

IRT Flushing Line platform

Fifth Avenue ​
New York City Subway station (rapid transit)
Entrance to the IRT section of the complex
Station statistics
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Flushing Line
Services	7  (all times) <7>  (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	March 22, 1926; 98 years ago (1926-03-22)
Opposite- direction transfer	Yes
Former/other names	Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park
Traffic
2023	54,266,441  20.5%
Rank	1 out of 423
Station succession
Next north	Template:NYCS next
Next south	Template:NYCS next
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 during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

Fifth Avenue (formerly Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park) on the IRT Flushing Line, opened on March 22, 1926, has two tracks and one island platform. The platform walls have a mosaic golden trimline with "5" tablets at regular intervals along it.

The station has a full length mezzanine directly above the platform and tracks. The full-time fare control is at the east end. A single stair on the southwest corner of Fifth Avenue and 42nd Street in front of the New York Public Library goes down to an area that has a full-time token booth and turnstile bank that leads to several staircases down to the platform. Towards the west end, the mezzanine splits in two with one portion becoming a down hill ramp where there is another staircases up from the platform before leading to the passageway to the IND Sixth Avenue Line. The portion of the mezzanine that curves up leads to some HEET turnstiles and a small fare control area. The two adjacent street stairs here have elaborate ironwork and go up to the south side 42nd Street between Fifth and Sixth Avenue on the northern edge of Bryant Park.

The 2002 artwork here is called Under Byrant Park by Samm Kuce. It is located in the transfer passageway and consists of glass mosiac and etched granite depicting roots of trees with various literacy quotes.

The Fifth Avenue station is the first within the Subway system to receive a vending machine that dispenses make up and other retail products. It is part of a pilot program to increase retail activity within the MTA system, and it capitalizes on a new trend in vending machine development.

Platform layout

References

1. ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
2. ^ "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". New York Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2013-04-02.
4. Subway Path Boarded Shut After a Rape
5. http://new.mta.info/news/2013/10/30/mta-pilots-virtual-retail-subway. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)

External links

Media related to 42nd Street – Bryant Park (IND Sixth Avenue Line) 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
• park entrance from Google Maps Street View
• 40th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Fifth Avenue entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Sixth Avenue (west) entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Sixth Avenue (east) entrance from Google Maps Street View

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• IND Sixth Avenue Line stations
• IRT Flushing Line stations
• Railway stations opened in 1926
• Railway stations opened in 1940
• Fifth Avenue (Manhattan)
• New York City Subway stations in Manhattan
• New York City Subway transfer stations