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  42nd Street (Manhattan) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square.
For a long period in the mid 20th century, the area of 42nd Street near Times Square was home to peep shows and other activities often considered unsavory.
The block of 42nd Street between 7th and 8th Avenues again became home to a "legitimate" theater, along with shops and eateries that transformed the street into a showplace thronged with out-of-towners once again.
www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/42nd_Street   (562 words)

  
 S 42nd Street Shuttle (New York City Subway service) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 42nd Street Shuttle (also Grand Central-Times Square Shuttle) is a line and service of the IRT division of the New York City Subway.
However, the new arrangement turned out to be inadequate, and the shuttle was closed on midnight between August 3 and August 4 for expansion of the platforms.
The shuttle reopened on September 28, with improved passageways and platforms.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/S_42nd_(New_York_City_Subway_service)   (725 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: IRT 42nd Street Shuttle
42nd Street, NYC 42nd Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan, known for its theaters, especially near the intersection with Broadway at Times Square.
Dean Street was a station of the BMT Division of the New York Subway, located on the Franklin Avenue Shuttle Line, with its entrance on Dean Street west of Franklin Avenue in the Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City.
The 60th Street Tunnel Connection (also known as the 11th Street Connector[1]) is a short connecting line of the New York City Subway System connecting the BMT 60th Street Tunnel under the East River (which connects to the BMT Broadway Line) with the IND Queens Boulevard Line west of...
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/IRT-42nd-Street-Shuttle   (5429 words)

  
 Encyclopedia: Grand Central-42nd Street (IRT 42nd Street Shuttle station)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Grand Central-42nd Street is a major hub in the New York City Subway, and was the second busiest station in 1994.
The southbound local track south of the station merges into a lead from the 42nd Street Shuttle; this track was part of the original four-track IRT subway.
Except the the 42nd Street Shuttle (which is inaccessible at its other station at Times Square-42nd Street), the whole station is handicapped accessible, as is the connection to Grand Central Terminal (see Metro-North Railroad accessibility).
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Grand-Central_42nd-Street-%28IRT-42nd-Street-Shuttle-station%29   (3350 words)

  
 Shuttle
Shuttle A shuttle, in general, is something which travels back and forth between places in a regular manner.
Shuttle America Shuttle America is a regional carrier flying as US Airways.
Shuttle Tyderium The shuttle Tyderium is a fictional aerospacecraft from Space Shuttle.
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 Times Square Complex
Street" (On Broadway between West 40th and West 42nd Streets) opened 4/14/1918: This station serves the N/R/Q and weekday only W trains; it is an express stop with 4 tracks and 2 island platforms.
The platform extensions are to the south end and beyond the 40th Street staircases, the absence of the BMT tile and mosaics prove this.
Street mezzanine area have replicas of Dual Contracts lettering at the top of the staircases "Uptown Trains" and "Downtown Trains", they do not appear to be the original tablets but a very nice job was done on the reproductions.
www.stationreporter.net /timessq.htm   (3097 words)

  
 New York City Subway - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
As a general rule trains on the lines inherited from the IRT are shorter and narrower than the trains that operate on the other (IND/BMT) lines, the result being two different divisions which cannot share trains.
(An experiment in automating the 42nd Street Shuttle in New York City, which began in 1959, ended with a fire at Grand Central-42nd Street on April 24, 1964.) The New York system is significant because it will be replacing an extremely large subway that is already in place.
On the other hand, it would be relatively easy to convert many of the Bronx lines for BMT/IND operation; some of the plans for the Second Avenue Line have included a conversion of the.
www.pineville.us /project/wikipedia/index.php/New_York_City_Subway   (2380 words)

  
 IRT West Side Line
The arched viaduct at 125th Street was added both as an ornamental device as well as to avoid having to reroute street railway trackage along 125th Street.
Section 13, 133rd Street portals to 182nd Street, 2.42 miles of three/two track subway and a five track underground yard between 137th Street and 145th Street; cut and cover south of 145th Street, rock tunnel northward.
The disconnection of the 42nd Street tracks from the main line, and the connection of the new 7th Avenue subway was done on the evening of August 1, 1918 (a Thursday).
www.nycsubway.org /irt/westside/irt-westside-50.html   (1334 words)

  
 42nd Street Shuttle   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The trains at 42nd Street-Times Square usually use tracks 1 and 4 and at 42nd Street-GrandCentral they use tracks 1 and 3.
The 42nd Street westside station was originally called 42nd Street and was a local stop.
The 42nd Street-Times Square shuttle platform has a gap filler underneath the platform in a different style than SouthFerry and 14th Street-Union Square.
www.therfcc.org /42nd-street-shuttle-332176.html   (588 words)

  
 42nd Street (Manhattan) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The Lincoln Highway used 42nd Street west of Times Square, on its way to the Weehawken Ferry to Weehawken, New Jersey.
42nd Street-Port Authority Bus Terminal on the A C
The article about 42nd Street (Manhattan) contains information related to 42nd Street (Manhattan), History, Recent changes, Public transit, Places along 42nd Street, Intersections from east to west and See also.
www.arikah.com /encyclopedia/42nd_Street   (563 words)

  
 One New Yorker's Impressions
The city is still closed from 14th Street to the battery, but there are news reports of expectations that the segment from 14th Street to Canal Street could be open late today or early tomorrow.
Another sign that we can't be beaten down is the expected reopening of the area between 14th Street and Canal Street tomorrow morning, and the expected resumption - at the regular address - of trading on the New York Stock Exchange on Monday.
We were passing the Harlem-125th Street station, and the train came to a stop as the conductor asked for a moment of silence.
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 Articles - 42nd Street (Manhattan)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
From the early 1960s until the late 1980s, 42nd Street was the cultural center of American grindhouse theatres, which spawned an entire subculture.
The book Sleazoid Express, a travelogue of the 42nd Street grindhouses and the films they showed, describes in detail the unique blend of people who made up the theatregoers, including of fl pimps, low-grade mafioso, transvestites, Latino gangsters, "rough trade" homosexuals, aggressive lesbians, trench coat clad perverts, and thrill seeking squares.
In the late 1980s, the grindhouses were all shut down in a series of late-night raids by the New York Police, under the orders of Mayor Ed Koch, as a part of his resolution to clean up the city's seedier elements.
www.worldhammock.com /articles/42nd_Street   (529 words)

  
 UTU: News
NEW YORK CITY -- A 42nd Street subway shuttle overshot the end of its track at Grand Central Terminal early yesterday (Feb. 28) and smashed into a concrete block, according to this report by Sewell Chan published by the New York Times.
Transit officials said that the shuttle's operator had lost control of the four-car train but that they did not know if he had fallen asleep, fainted or otherwise lost consciousness.
Instead, the shuttle continued on and crashed into a bumper block, a mass at the end of a track that is the final way to stop a train.
www.utu.org /worksite/print_news.cfm?ArticleID=19773   (799 words)

  
 Lawrence Biemiller's Stories from 'The Chronicle': New York Subways
At Grand Central, we follow the original IRT line through what is now a pedestrian walkway to the 42nd Street shuttle, which we board.
At 72nd Street, one of the system's smallest and most crowded express stations, he points out narrow platforms and original staircases barely wide enough for two people to pass each other.
Hood says as we arrive at 59th Street, is that when the city built the IND, it "built large and planned for expansion, but the people never came." IND stations feature wide platforms and spacious mezzanines, but already commuters were beginning to drive to work.
www.iceandcoal.org /nfa/subway.html   (1363 words)

  
 S 42nd Street Shuttle (New York City Subway service) - Encyclopedia, History, Geography and Biography   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The shuttle uses a modfied version of One Person Train Operation (OPTO).
The operator and conductor swap jobs when the train gets to one end, to provide for quick turnaround time; the operator is always in the front and the conductor in back.
The article about S 42nd Street Shuttle (New York City Subway service) contains information related to S 42nd Street Shuttle (New York City Subway service), Station listing, External links and References.
www.arikah.net /encyclopedia/42nd_Street_Shuttle   (754 words)

  
 Hillsborough: Shuttle may ease traffic
Plans call for the shuttle to run north on 42nd Street, cross Skipper Road and come back to the campus on 46th Street, making stops at a number of apartment complexes along the way.
If the shuttle service is successful, the university may expand it east and west of the campus, said Rick Fender, associate vice president of administrative services for USF.
An interlocal agreement calls for the city and the university to assess the shuttle's performance by 2003.
www.sptimes.com /News/040700/Hillsborough/Shuttle_may_ease_traf.shtml   (453 words)

  
 Pearsonwidrig Dancetheater: Thaw Official Ticket Source The Duke On 42nd Street New York, NY Broadway Tickets by ...   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Most of the theatres are on the right side streets between 8th Avenue and Broadway from 44th to 53rd Streets.
By foot or car, travel west on 42nd Street or any West bound cross street 5 or 6 blocks to the theatre district.
A majority of the theatres are situated on the side streets between 8th Avenue and Broadway (to the right) from 44th to 53rd Streets.
www.tele-charge.net /tickets_Pearsonwidrig_Dancetheater_Thaw_NY_City_Duke_On_42nd_Street_more.aspx   (653 words)

  
 IND 8th Avenue: 42nd Street/Port Authority Bus Terminal
The Times Square/42nd Street complex is the busiest in the system and consequently the platforms here are extra wide to accommodate passenger volume.
In 1998 and 1999 all but one remaining entrance to the lower level was sealed (the remaining one is under a lift-up trap door at the south end of the southbound platform).
Occasionally the existance of the lower level is mentioned as an excuse for why the IRT #7 cannot be extended westward; this new development now renders the lower level useless and it should not pose a problem to run the #7 extension directly through the lower level.
www.nycsubway.org /perl/stations?7:2345   (1279 words)

  
 New York City's Time Square entertainment and Broadway Theaters
A street party with a fireworks display was thrown to celebrate the occasion, beginning a tradition that continues today.
New 42nd street — formerly just 42nd street and seediest part of the city — has been transformed into a family-oriented entertainment mecca.
The 42nd Street-Times Square station of the New York Subway is a major transfer point tied via the 42nd Street Shuttle to the 42nd Street-Grand Central Station and Grand Central Terminal at Park Avenue.
www.inetours.com /New_York/Pages/Times_Square.html   (1208 words)

  
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 42nd Street Times Square (New York Subway)   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
42nd Street-Times Square is a massive station complex: five stations joined together by a vast mezzanine andunderground warren of connecting passageways.
The reconstruction included a new entryway on the south side of 42nd Street between 7th Avenue and Broadway, featuring abright neon and colored glass flashing sign with the train route symbols and the word "Subway".
The street level fare control atthis site features restored original " Times Square " mosaics from theContract One (now Shuttle) station walls.
www.therfcc.org /42nd-street-times-square-new-york-subway--332173.html   (146 words)

  
 Times Square Shuttle
For under 4 hours, the unmanned train shuttle took customers back and forth between Times Square and Grand Central on Track #4 (the north track), it was a huge success to NYCTA, and a huge blow to the Transport Workers Local 100 Union, the union representation NYCTA Conductors, Train Operators and other hourly employees.
A train operator was inside the front end of the direction the train traveled, but stood watch over the equipment and did not manually operate the train.
Street was closed; officials feared the intense heat might eventually melt away the asphalt and concrete on street level.
www.stationreporter.net /tsgct.htm   (970 words)

  
 Science Fair Projects - 42nd Street
42nd Street-Grand Central on the (IRT Lexington Avenue Line) (at Park Avenue)
The IRT Flushing Line () and IRT 42nd Street Shuttle () run under 42nd Street east of Broadway/Seventh Avenue (Times Square); the 42nd Street Shuttle ends at Park Avenue (Grand Central Terminal) while the Flushing Line continues into Queens.
Additionally, MTA New York City Transit's M42 bus runs the length of 42nd Street, and its M104 bus runs from the East River to Times Square before turning north along Broadway to 125th Street.
www.all-science-fair-projects.com /science_fair_projects_encyclopedia/42nd_Street   (689 words)

  
 Interborough_Rapid_Transit   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
The Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) was the operator of the original underground New York City Subway line that opened in 1904, as well as earlier elevated railways and additional rapid transit lines in the City of New York.
The first IRT subway ran between City Hall and Broadway at 145th Street, opening on October 27, 1904.
The IRT today operates as a subway in Manhattan, except for a short stretch across Harlem at 125th Street and in northernmost Manhattan.
www.apawn.com /search.php?title=Interborough_Rapid_Transit   (447 words)

  
 Travel Directions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-06)
Street Subway Shuttle to Times Square and transfer to the uptown 1 or 9 subway to 168
The Medical Center campus is served by the uptown A, C, 1 and 9 subways.
Within NYC it is very easy to "flag" a yellow meter cab on the street.
cpmcnet.columbia.edu /dept/pt/travel.html   (671 words)

  
 Gilder Gagnon Howe & Co. LLC - Disaster Recovery Handbook
Street for Port Imperial in Weehawken every 10, 15, or 20 minutes, 7 days a week from early in the morning (6 or 8 AM) until late in the evening (12:00 midnight or 1:00 AM).
However, local shuttle bus service is a good routine means of supplementary transportation around White Plains between the 245 Main Street office and the White Plains train station.
Street Shuttle from Times Square to GCT is the best way to get from the west side of Manhattan to GCT by subway.
www.drgghc.com /directions.htm   (3531 words)

  
 New York Public Library at 42nd Street and adjacent Bryant Park
The best-known big cats this side of the Serengetti sit quietly at the entrance of the 42nd Street Library, one of the most important and impressive libraries in the world.
Located at the corner of 42nd Street and Fifth Avenue, the imposing Beaux-Arts structure with its grand Corinthian columns and three immense entrance archways, began as a sketch on the back of an old postcard.
In addition to serving as the roof over miles of shelves for the adjacent 42nd Street Library, Bryant Park is a popular mid-town lunching location for office workers.
www.inetours.com /New_York/Pages/Library.html   (680 words)

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