Finally: MTA Opens New Convenient Crossing Between Times Square and Bryant Park

This week, the New York City Transportation Authority (MTA) unveiled a new transition between Times Square and Bryant Park subway stations. It is part of a larger initiative to make it easier to navigate the busy traffic section of subway stops along 42nd Street. New York Daily News.

The passageway is decorated with an exquisite mosaic by the Chicago artist Nick Cave. It provides a free, weatherproof walking transition between Sixth Avenue trains and trains running under Broadway and Seventh and Eighth Avenues.

Before the pandemic, these stations were used by a total of 820 passengers per day.

The new tunnel can be accessed by stairs from the common platform of lines B, D, F and M in Bryant Park. It leads to the new platform in Times Square and the 42nd Street shuttle. The tunnel and shuttle were opened this week.

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For decades, the transition between Times Square and Grand Central Terminal stations has been a passenger nightmare. The two-stop subway line previously had three tracks at the end of Times Square. Passengers exiting trains on one of these old platforms had to squeeze into a very narrow space.

Now the shuttle has two routes to Times Square with a wider platform. It is now also accessible for people in wheelchairs. The new platform complies with the Law on the Protection of the Rights of Citizens with Disabilities.

In total, the new crossing links 16 New York City subway lines.