How far is the walk from Grand Central Terminal... (New York: bus, train)

[texags02]

..to 42nd & Broadway?

[apvbguy]

Originally Posted by texags02

..to 42nd & Broadway?

about a ten or 15 minute walk

[jonjj]

A very short, enjoyable distance. The time will fly by! Agree with the above.

[grassroots]

Agreed as well. But if you're feeling lazy or the weather is bad, there is a subway shuttle (the "S" train) that goes back and forth between Grand Central and the Times Square subway station at 42nd/Bway.

[Green Irish Eyes]

Or if you want to see 42nd Street, hop on the 42 crosstown bus .....

[holden125]

Originally Posted by squeezeboxgal

Or if you want to see 42nd Street, hop on the 42 crosstown bus .....

The crosstown bus is often slower than walking! Shuttle is very quick and connects the exact points identified, though you won't see anything.

[Carbro]

If you have to ask how far from Gr. Central to Times Sq., don't take the Shuttle. It's a maze of passageways in the subway, you're likely to get confused (at best) or lost (at worst) and lose more time than you would otherwise save. Go out to 42nd St., walk so the numbers on the buildings get smaller, and continue past 5th Ave. (where the building numbers will get bigger) past the Library and park, until you get to the 7th Ave./Broadway intersection. It shouldn't take more than 10-12 minutes at a brisk, New York pace.

But then, you'll probably do a bit of gawking. Even native New Yawkers are gawkers from time to time.

[ctrres]

In the time it takes to get to, then wait for, the shuttle train, you're already there by either foot or crosstown bus.

[rlrl]

Was that black/white glass skyscraper at 42nd and 6th always a telephone service building? Now it's Verizon I believe and whenever the telephone provider name in the NY area changed (NY Telephone, NYNEX, Bell Atlantic, Verizon) the name of the bldg changed as well to match.

I seem to remember back in 1980 riding the 6th Avenue line and the train motorman calling the station 42 street and 6th as "Times Square". Does anyone recall the motorman referring to this station as Times Square?(back then the corner of 42nd and 6th was a rather sleazy place) Now it's referred to as Bryant Park.

[g.rizz]

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