42nd Street–Bryant Park (IND Sixth Avenue Line)

42nd Street–Bryant Park/Fifth Avenue
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°45′17″N 73°59′03″W / 40.754799°N 73.984208°W / 40.754799; -73.984208Coordinates: 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 until 11:00 p.m.)       D  (all times)       F  (all times)       M  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, M7, M42, M55, Q32, X17C, X17J, X22, X22A, X30, X31 MTA Bus: BxM2, QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM20
Structure	Underground
Levels	2
Other information
Wireless service
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	16,220,605 (station complex)  2%
Rank	16 out of 425
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Stops weekdays only
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42nd Street – Bryant Park
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Uptown and Queens platform with stairway to transfer.
Station statistics
Division	B (IND)
Line	IND Sixth Avenue Line
Services	B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)       D  (all times)       F  (all times)       M  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
Platforms	2 island platforms cross-platform interchange
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	December 15, 1940; 76 years ago (1940-12-15)
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service
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 all times Stops weekdays only

Fifth Avenue
New York City Subway rapid transit station
The IRT Flushing Line platform
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; 90 years ago (1926-03-22)
Wireless service
Former/other names	Fifth Avenue – Bryant Park
Station succession
Next north	Grand Central: 7  <7>
Next south	Times Square: 7  <7>
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times Stops rush hours in the peak direction only

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:

Free transfers between the two stations were available on Mondays to Fridays from December 18, 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. There are three elevators to street level – one each located on the southwestern and northwestern corners of Sixth Avenue and 42nd Street, and one on the western side of Sixth Avenue between 39th and 40th Streets – but there are no elevators to either platform level, so the station complex is not fully ADA-accessible.

In 2010, it was rated the noisiest place in New York City.

Note: Platform levels are not accessible through any elevator)

42nd Street–Bryant Park, opened on December 15, 1940 as part of the opening of the IND Sixth Avenue Line from 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center to West Fourth Street. It 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.