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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. Most significantly, 42nd Street has come to be known as "the deuce" by some of Rael's friends. Or is it Rail? Or Raul, just pronounced kinda funny? Oh who gives a crap. A cycle rickshaw at rest in Manhattan. ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 1300 KB) 42nd Street (east), Manhattan, New York City I took this picture on April 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: 42nd Street (Manhattan) ...
Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1704x2272, 1300 KB) 42nd Street (east), Manhattan, New York City I took this picture on April 2005 File links The following pages link to this file: 42nd Street (Manhattan) ...
Nickname: The Big Apple Motto: Official website: City of New York Location Location in the state of New York Government Counties (Boroughs) Bronx (The Bronx) New York (Manhattan) Queens (Queens) Kings (Brooklyn) Richmond (Staten Island) Mayor Michael Bloomberg (R) Geographical characteristics Area Total 468. ...
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Manhattan Borough,highlighted in yellow, lies between the East River and the 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...
A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. ...
Times Square, named after the one-time headquarters of The New York Times, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, which centers on 42nd Street and Broadway. ...
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The Lincoln Highway, conceived in 1913 as America's first transcontinental highway, used the portion of 42nd Street west of Times Square, on the way to the Weehawken Ferry to Weehawken, New Jersey, where it continued for 3389 miles across the country to San Francisco. Lincoln Highway bridge in Tama, Iowa The Lincoln Highway was the first transcontinental highway in the United States. ...
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Weehawken Township is a township located in Hudson County, New Jersey. ...
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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 a newspaper published in New York City by Arthur O. Sulzberger Jr. ...
(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, or comic, is an entertainer who amuses an audience by making them laugh. ...
A popular 1933 movie musical named 42nd Street, set in pre-Depression Manhattan, colorfully described the bawdy mixture of Broadway shows and prostitution 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 (MCMXXXIII) 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. ...
Dorothea Langes Migrant Mother depicts destitute pea pickers in California, centering on Florence Owens Thompson, a mother of seven children, age thirty-two, in Nipomo, California, March 1936. ...
Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...
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1980 (MCMLXXX) was a leap year starting on Tuesday. ...
2001: A Space Odyssey. ...
- 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... From the early 1960s until the late 1980s, 42nd Street was the cultural center of American grindhouse theatres, which spawned an entire subculture. The book Sleazoid Express, a travelogue of the 42nd Street grindhouses and the films they showed, describes in detail the unique blend of people who made up the theatregoers, including of black pimps, low-grade mafioso, transvestites, Latino gangsters, "rough trade" homosexuals, aggressive lesbians, trench coat clad perverts, and thrill seeking squares. 1960 (MCMLX) was a leap year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
A grindhouse is a theater that shows exploitation films; it is also used as an adjective to describe the genre of films that would play in such a theatre. ...
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For a discussion of the history and current usage of the term transvestite, see transvestism. ...
World War I example For the Walt Disney Company film, see Trenchcoat (movie). ...
In psychology and sexology, paraphilia (in Greek para παÏά = besides and -philia φιλία = love) is a term that describes sexual arousal in response to sexual objects or situations which may interfere with the capacity for reciprocal affectionate sexual activity. ...
A square, in American English, means a person who is not part of a given lifestyle or millieu, which the person referring to said individuals is part of. ...
In the late 1980s, the grindhouses were all shut down in a series of late-night raids by the New York Police, under the orders of Mayor Ed Koch, as a part of his resolution to clean up the city's seedier elements. Ed Koch Edward Irving Koch (born December 12, 1924; pronounced kotch) was a U.S. Congressman and the Mayor of New York City from 1978 to 1989. ...
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. The 1990s decade refers to the years from 1990 to 1999, inclusive, the last decade of the 20th Century. ...
Broadway theatre is often considered the highest professional form of theatre in the United States. ...
Tourist redirects here; for the album by Athlete, see Tourist (album) Tourism is 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. 42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal is located at 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue. ...
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 is a service 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. ...
Station entrance Times Square-42nd Street is the busiest station complex 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...
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. ...
42nd Street-Bryant Park, located at 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue, connects the IND Sixth Avenue Line and the IRT Flushing Line via a long underground tunnel. ...
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. ...
Grand Central-42nd Street is a major hub in the New York City Subway, and was the second busiest station in 1994. ...
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. ...
R36 7 local northbound at 33 Street-Rawson 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...
R36 7 local northbound at 33 Street-Rawson 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...
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, named after the one-time headquarters of The New York Times, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, which centers on 42nd Street and Broadway. ...
Grand Central Terminal, along 42nd Street, next to the Grand Hyatt New York and the Chrysler Building 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...
Queens Borough in New York City, in yellow Queens is the largest of the five boroughs of New York City in area. ...
Station entrance Times Square-42nd Street is the busiest station complex 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...
Grand Central-42nd Street is a major hub in the New York City Subway, and was the second busiest station in 1994. ...
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. ...
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Times Square, named after the one-time headquarters of The New York Times, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, which centers on 42nd Street and Broadway. ...
A view of Broadway in 1909 Broadway, as the name implies, is a wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. ...
125th Street is a two-way east-west street in Manhattan, considered the Main street of Harlem; It is also called Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. ...
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. ...
The Forty-Second Street and Grand Street Ferry Railroad was a horse-drawn streetcar line in Manhattan, New York City, USA. It ran from the 42nd Street Ferry on the Hudson River to the Grand Street Ferry on the East River. ...
Places along 42nd Street Places located along 42nd Street include (from west to east): 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 Port Authority Bus Terminal is the main gateway for interstate buses into Manhattan in New York City, operated by the Port Authority of New York and New Jersey. ...
Times Square, named after the one-time headquarters of The New York Times, is a neighborhood in the borough of Manhattan, New York City, which centers on 42nd Street and Broadway. ...
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. ...
Grand Central Terminal, along 42nd Street, next to the Grand Hyatt New York and the Chrysler Building 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...
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. ...
Tudor City is an apartment complex located on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City. ...
United Nations headquarters, view from East River United Nations headquarters in New York City United Nations headquarters, facade detail 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 FDR Drive is a major freeway-standard parkway on the east side of the New York City borough of Manhattan. ...
First Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the East Side of Manhattan in New York City, running from Houston Street northbound for over 125 blocks before terminating at the Willis Avenue Bridge into The Bronx at the Harlem River near East 127th Street. ...
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) is a wide boulevard that carries traffic north and south in Manhattan in New York City. ...
Madison Avenue, looking north from 40th Street Madison Avenue is a north-south avenue in the borough of Manhattan in New York City that carries northbound one-way traffic. ...
Street sign at Fifth Avenue and East 57th street Fifth Avenue is a major thoroughfare in the center of the boroughs of Manhattan and the Bronx in New York City, USA. It runs through the heart of Midtown and along the eastern side of Central Park, and because of the...
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 wide avenue in New York City, and is the oldest north-south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to the first New Amsterdam settlement. ...
Seventh Avenue is the name of a: Street in Manhattan (Seventh Avenue (Manhattan)) Band (Seventh Avenue (Band)) ...
Eighth Avenue is a north-south avenue on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City, carrying northbound traffic. ...
Ninth Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ...
The Lincoln Tunnel is a 1. ...
Tenth Avenue is a north-south thoroughfare on the West Side of Manhattan in New York City. ...
Eleventh Avenue is a north-south thorougfare on the far West Side of Manhattan in New York City, not far from the Hudson River. ...
The old elevated highway, looking north at Gansevoort Street The old elevated highway, looking north at Canal Street The West Side Highway (officially the Joe DiMaggio Highway, formerly the Miller Highway) is a mostly-surface section of New York State Highway 9A in Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA. As...
See also - Manhattan streets, 23-42
- Manhattan streets, 42-59
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