Editing 42nd Street (Manhattan) (section)

==Transportation==
===Subway===
Every [[New York City Subway]] line that crosses 42nd Street has a stop on 42nd Street:<ref name=submap/>
* {{stn|Times Square–42nd Street}} and {{stn|42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal}} ({{NYCS trains|Times Square PABT}})
* {{stn|42nd Street/Fifth Avenue-Bryant Park}} ({{NYCS trains|Bryant Park}})
* {{stn|Grand Central–42nd Street}} ({{NYCS trains|Grand Central}})

There are two subway lines under 42nd Street. The [[42nd Street Shuttle]] ({{NYCS trains|42nd}}) runs under 42nd Street between Broadway/Seventh Avenue ([[Times Square (IRT 42nd Street Shuttle)|Times Square]]) and [[Park Avenue (Manhattan)|Park Avenue]] ([[Grand Central (IRT 42nd Street Shuttle)|Grand Central]]). The [[IRT Flushing Line]] ({{NYCS trains|Flushing}}) curves from [[Eleventh Avenue (Manhattan)|Eleventh Avenue]] to 41st Street, under which it runs until [[Fifth Avenue]]; shifts to 42nd Street between Fifth and [[Madison Avenue]]s; and continues under the [[East River]] to [[Queens]]. Each line stops at Times Square and Grand Central, though the [[Fifth Avenue (IRT Flushing Line)|Fifth Avenue]] station is also served by the {{NYCS trains|Flushing|time=nolink}}.<ref name=submap>{{NYCS const|map}}</ref>

In the past, every former IRT elevated line had a station at 42nd Street:
* [[42nd Street station (IRT Second Avenue Line)|42nd Street]] on the [[IRT Second Avenue Line]]
* [[42nd Street station (IRT Third Avenue Line)|42nd Street]] on the [[IRT Third Avenue Line]]
* [[42nd Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)|42nd Street]] on the [[IRT Sixth Avenue Line]]
* [[42nd Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)|42nd Street]] on the [[IRT Ninth Avenue Line]]

A [[Grand Central station (IRT 42nd Street Branch)|fifth station]] extended over 42nd Street as a western spur from the Third Avenue Line to [[Grand Central Depot]], later Grand Central Station, and finally Grand Central Terminal.

===Bus===
[[MTA Regional Bus Operations]]'s [[M42 (New York City bus)|M42]] bus runs the length of 42nd Street between the [[Circle Line Sightseeing Cruises]] ferry terminal on the [[Hudson River]] and the [[United Nations headquarters|headquarters]] of the [[United Nations]] on the [[East River]]. Westbound service originates at First Avenue.<ref>{{Cite NYC bus map|M}}</ref> Its predecessor, the [[42nd Street Crosstown Line (Manhattan surface)|42nd Street Crosstown Line]] streetcar, had used 42nd Street until 1946.<ref name=nyt-2005-04-18>{{Cite news|last=Chan|first=Sewell|date=April 18, 2005|title=Old Proposal to Build Light-Rail Line on 42nd Street Is Revisited|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/04/18/nyregion/old-proposal-to-build-lightrail-line-on-42nd-street-is-revisited.html|access-date=July 21, 2024|work=The New York Times|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{cite book | title=Bus Transportation | publisher=McGraw-Hill | issue=v. 26 | year=1947 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=xA5BAQAAIAAJ | page=129}}</ref> In 2019, [[Bus lanes in New York City|bus lanes]] were installed along the length of the street.<ref>See:
* {{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/42nd-st-cb4-jun192019.pdf|title=42 St Transit Improvements – presented to Manhattan Community Board 4 Transportation Committee|date=June 19, 2019|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of Transportation|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=November 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103220531/https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/42nd-st-cb4-jun192019.pdf|url-status=live}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/42nd-st-cb5-jun242019.pdf|title=42 St Transit Improvements – presented to Manhattan Community Board 5 Transportation Committee|date=June 24, 2019|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of Transportation|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=November 3, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103220531/https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/42nd-st-cb5-jun242019.pdf|url-status=live}}
* {{Cite web|url=https://www1.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/42nd-st-cb6-sep042019.pdf|title=42 St Transit Improvements – presented to Manhattan Community Board 6 Transportation Committee|date=September 4, 2019|website=nyc.gov|publisher=New York City Department of Transportation|access-date=April 19, 2019|archive-date=September 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190911152656/http://www.nyc.gov/html/dot/downloads/pdf/42nd-st-cb6-sep042019.pdf|url-status=live}}</ref> There have also been proposals for light rail on 42nd Street over the years, such as in 2005.<ref name=nyt-2005-04-18/>

42nd Street is also used by the {{NYC bus link|SIM8|SIM22|SIM25|SIM26|SIM30|prose=y}} Staten Island express buses.<ref>{{cite NYC bus map|S2}}</ref>