42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue station facts for kids

Quick facts for kids  42 Street–Bryant Park/  5 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 / 40.7548°N 73.9842°W / 40.7548; -73.9842
Division	A (IRT), B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line IRT Flushing Line
Services	7 alltimes (all times) <7>rushpeak (rush hours until 9:30 p.m., peak direction)​       B weekdaysonly (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)       D alltimes (all times)       F alltimes (all times)       M weekdaysonly (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M42, M55, Q32, SIM3, SIM6, SIM6X, SIM8, SIM8X, SIM10, SIM22, SIM23, SIM24, SIM25, SIM26, SIM30, SIM31 MTA Bus: BxM2, QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM20
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Other information
Station code	609
Accessible	ADA-accessible to mezzanine only; accessibility to platforms planned
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2019)	17,213,702   7.2%
Rank	13 out of 425
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Street map
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops all times except late nights Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays only

42nd Street - Bryant Park is an express station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. It is located at the intersection of 5th Avenue, 6th Avenue and 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan. It is served by the B, D, F and M trains and by the <F> train during rush hour in the peak direction. Above the station are Bryant Park and the New York Public Library.

The B and D trains are express trains, so that means they go on express tracks.

The F and M trains are local trains, so they go on local tracks.

42nd Street Bryant Park

When you exit the station, you can see the Bank of America Tower on 6th Avenue between 42nd and 43rd Streets.

Sometimes, E trains and other trains enter this station via 6th Avenue to World Trade Center or Jamaica Center or other stations.

But there is another station on 5th Avenue for the 7 train, called 5th Avenue - Bryant Park.

After this station, the next stations will be 47th and 50th Streets Rockefeller Center and 34th Street Herald Square.

Images for kids

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  The Fifth Avenue station on the Flushing Line was the first part of the complex to open.

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  View of the mezzanine above the IND station

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  View of the IND platforms

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  Passageway between IRT Flushing Line and IND Sixth Avenue Line, opened in 1971

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  Passageway between IND Sixth Avenue Line and 42nd Street Shuttle, opened in 2021

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  Entrance to the IRT section of the complex in front of the New York Public Library Main Branch

See also

In Spanish: Calle 42–Bryant Park (línea de la Sexta Avenida) para niños