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42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square. It is also the name of the region of the theater district (and, at times, the red-light district) near that intersection. 42nd Street has held a special place in New York lingo since at least the turn of the twentieth century. Midtown Manhattan, looking north from the Empire State Building, 2005 New York City (officially named the City of New York) is the largest city, by population, in the United States. ...
Pronounced Burrow, or Bo-raw. ...
Manhattan is an island bordering the lower Hudson River. ...
For other usages see Theatre (disambiguation) Theater (American English) or Theatre (British English and widespread usage among theatre professionals in the US) is that branch of the performing arts concerned with acting out stories in front of an audience using combinations of speech, gesture, music, dance, sound and spectacle — indeed...
This article is about the street in New York City. ...
Times Square Times Square is also the name of a station on the Detroit People Mover. ...
A red-light district is a neighborhood where prostitution is a common part of everyday life. ...
The Lincoln Highway used 42nd Street west of Times Square, on its way to the Weehawken Ferry to Weehawken, New Jersey. Lincoln Highway scene in New Jersey Begun in 1913, the Lincoln Highway was the United States first transcontinental automobile highway. ...
Weehawken Township is a township located in Hudson County, New Jersey. ...
History
The former Longacre Square was renamed to honor The New York Times which established its offices and printing plant nearby. For a long period in the mid 20th century, the area of 42nd Street near Times Square was home to peep shows and other activities often considered unsavory. A comedian once said, "They call it 42nd Street because you're not safe if you spend more than forty seconds on it." The New York Times is an internationally known daily newspaper published in New York City and distributed in the United States and many other nations worldwide. ...
(19th century - 20th century - 21st century - more centuries) Decades: 1900s 1910s 1920s 1930s 1940s 1950s 1960s 1970s 1980s 1990s As a means of recording the passage of time, the 20th century was that century which lasted from 1901–2000 in the sense of the Gregorian calendar (1900–1999 in the...
A sex show is a form of pornographic performance, where the customers pay to see live persons perform sexual activity. ...
A comedian (also comedienne, female) is a person who attempts to make people laugh through a variety of methods, normally through joke telling, or a stream of funny banter. ...
A popular 1933 movie musical named 42nd Street, set in pre-Depression Manhattan, colorfully described the bawdy mixture of Broadway shows and prositution during the early 20th century. In 1980, it was turned into a successful Broadway musical, which was revived in 2001 in a theater that was itself on 42nd Street. The following is an excerpt from the musical: 1933 was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ...
42nd Street is a 1933 musical movie, set on the famous Manhattan street of that name, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Picture. ...
The Great Depression was a massive global economic recession (or depression) that ran from 1929 to 1941. ...
1980 is a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
- In the heart of little old New York
you'll find a thoroughfare; - It's the part of little old New York
that runs into Times Square...
Recent changes In the late 1990s, city government encouraged a clean-up of the Times Square area. The block of 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues again became home to a "legitimate" theater, along with shops and eateries that transformed the street into a showplace thronged with out-of-towners once again. Events and trends The 1990s are generally classified as having moved slightly away from the more conservative 1980s, but keeping the same mind-set. ...
Note on spelling: While most Americans use er (as per American spelling conventions), the majority of venues, performers and trade groups for live theatre use re. ...
A tourist boat travels the River Seine in Paris, France Tourism can be defined as the act of travel for the purpose of recreation, and the provision of services for this act. ...
Public transit Every subway line that crosses 42nd Street has an express station at it. The IRT Flushing Line (7 <7> (1a2a3b)) and IRT 42nd Street Shuttle (S (1234)) run under 42nd Street east of Broadway/Seventh Avenue (Times Square); the 42nd Street Shuttle ends at Park Avenue (Grand Central Terminal) while the Flushing Line continues into Queens. Each one stops at Times Square and Grand Central; the Flushing Line also stops at Fifth Avenue-Bryant Park. The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ...
The A Eighth Avenue Express and C Eighth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
The E Eighth Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
A 1941 view of a sign for the Eighth Avenue Subway The Eighth Avenue Line is the original rapid transit line of the Independent Subway System (IND), now run by the New York City Transit Authority as part of the New York City Subway system. ...
Times Square-42nd Street is the busiest station complaex of the New York City Subway, joining four lines, with a free transfer via a passageway to a fifth ( 42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal on the A C (1234) E (IND Eighth Avenue Line)). It lies under Times Square, at...
The 1 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local and 9 Broadway-Seventh Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ...
The 2 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
The 3 Seventh Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
The Broadway-Seventh Avenue Line, also known as the IRT West Side Line, is one of the lines of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ...
The N Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
The Q Broadway Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
Current and former R services The R Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
The W Broadway Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
The Broadway Line is a rapid transit line of the BMT division of the New York City Subway system. ...
The B Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
The D Sixth Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ...
The F Sixth Avenue Local and V Sixth Avenue Local are two services of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
The Sixth Avenue Line is a rapid transit line of the IND division of the New York City Subway system, running mostly under Sixth Avenue in Manhattan. ...
The 4 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
The 5 Lexington Avenue Express is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
The 6 Lexington Avenue Local is a service of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
The Lexington Avenue Line (sometimes called the Lex or the IRT East Side Line) is one of the major IRT lines in the New York City Subway. ...
The Flushing Line is a rapid transit line of the New York City Subway system, operated as part of the IRT Division. ...
The 7 Flushing Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local service along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by a diamond-shaped 7 train logo rather than a circular one. ...
The 7 Flushing Local is a service of the New York City Subway, running local service along the full length of the IRT Flushing Line, with express service (7 Flushing Express) denoted by a diamond-shaped 7 train logo rather than a circular one. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
Current bullet R12 end rollsign 1967-1968 and 1968-1977 bullets (in a circle) The 42nd Street Shuttle (also Grand Central-Times Square Shuttle) is a line and service of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ...
Current bullet R12 end rollsign 1967-1968 and 1968-1977 bullets (in a circle) The 42nd Street Shuttle (also Grand Central-Times Square Shuttle) is a line and service of the IRT division of the New York City Subway. ...
Current services The New York City Subway system has 27 different train routes, some with multiple patterns. ...
Times Square Times Square is also the name of a station on the Detroit People Mover. ...
The clock in the Main Concourse © 2004 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Grand Central Terminal (often still called Grand Central Station, although technically that is the name of the nearby post office and New York City Subway station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line) is a train station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue...
Queens County in New York State Queens, the most ethnically diverse county in the United States, is geographically the largest of the five boroughs of New York City. ...
5th Avenue-Bryant Park is an underground subway stop on the New York City Subway. ...
Additionally, MTA New York City Transit's M42 bus runs the length of 42nd Street between the Circle Line and the United Nations, and its M104 bus runs from the United Nations via Times Square before turning north along Broadway to 125th Street. There was never a crosstown streetcar line on 42nd Street; however the Forty-Second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad used 42nd Street west of Tenth Avenue. The New York City Transit Authority (also known as NYCTA, NYCT or simply the TA for Transit Authority) is a New York State Authority that operates buses and subway trains in New York City. ...
The Circle Line operates ferry and sightseeing boats (one of the tours offered includes a three and a half hour trip around Manhattan island)in Greater New York City. ...
The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ...
The United Nations, or UN, is an international organization established in 1945 and now made up of 191 states. ...
Times Square Times Square is also the name of a station on the Detroit People Mover. ...
A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a large, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the oldest main north-south thoroughfares in the city, dating back to the first Dutch New Amsterdam settlement. ...
125th Street is a two-way east-west street in Manhattan, considered the Main street of Harlem. ...
a historic postcard showing electric trolley-powered streetcars in Richmond, Virginia, where Frank J. Sprague successfully demonstrated his new system on the hills in 1888 A streetcar is a railway vehicle designed to carry passengers on tracks, usually laid in city streets. ...
Places along 42nd Street Places located along 42nd Street include (from west to east): The Port Authority Bus Terminal is the main gateway for interstate buses into Manhattan in New York City. ...
Bryant Park, August 2003 Bryant Park is a 9. ...
New York Public Library, central block, built 1897–1911, Carrère and Hastings, architects (June, 2003) The New York Public Library (NYPL), one of three public library systems serving New York City, is one of the leading libraries in the United States. ...
The clock in the Main Concourse © 2004 Metropolitan Transportation Authority Grand Central Terminal (often still called Grand Central Station, although technically that is the name of the nearby post office and New York City Subway station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line) is a train station at 15 Vanderbilt Avenue...
Chrysler Building Completed in 1930, the Chrysler Building is a distinctive symbol of New York City, standing 1,046 feet (319 m) high on the east side of Manhattan at the intersection of 42nd Street and Lexington Avenue. ...
United Nations headquarters, view from East River United Nations headquarters in New York City The United Nations headquarters is a distinctive complex in New York City that has served as the United Nationss headquarters since its completion in 1952. ...
Intersections from east to west Looking south on Second Avenue from 85th Street, May 2005 Second Avenue is an avenue on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City that extends from Houston Street to the Harlem River Drive. ...
Third Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, running in that borough from East 4th Street north for over 120 blocks. ...
Lexington Avenue is an avenue on the East Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries southbound one-way traffic from East 131st Street to Gramercy Park at East 21st Street. ...
Park Avenue in the Upper East Side (2004) Park Avenue (formerly Fourth Avenue) runs north and south between Madison Avenue and Lexington Avenue in Manhattan in New York City, carrying both directions of traffic. ...
Madison Avenue, looking north from 40th Street Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City which carries northbound one-way traffic. ...
Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in New York City. ...
Sixth Avenue looking south from 18th Street Sixth Avenue is a major avenue in New York Citys borough of Manhattan. ...
A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a large, wide avenue in New York City, New York, and is one of the oldest main north-south thoroughfares in the city, dating back to the first Dutch New Amsterdam settlement. ...
Seventh Avenue is an avenue on the West Side of the borough of Manhattan in New York City. ...
Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic. ...
The Lincoln Tunnel is a 1. ...
Tenth Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ...
See also - Manhattan streets, 23-42
- Manhattan streets, 42-59
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