42nd Street (Manhattan)
The 42nd Street in Manhattan is one of the most famous streets in New York City . It extends between the Hudson River and the East River ; their length is approx. 3,500 m. The intersection between 42nd Street and Broadway (or 7th Avenue, which coincides with Broadway up to this point) forms the southern boundary of Times Square and the location of the Times Square - 42nd Street subway stop, a tourist center of the city. The Chrysler Building is an eye-catcher in the quieter eastern part of the street .
42nd Street is known for numerous theater buildings, which are counted as Broadway or Off-Broadway depending on the number of seats . It has been a red light and drug district since the theater district's economic decline in the 1960s . In the 1990s, the area of the street, especially between 7th Avenue and 8th Avenue, was redeveloped. Older theaters like the New Victory Theater or the Playwrights Horizons Theater have been renovated with donations and public funds and given to non-profit organizations. The New Amsterdam Theater, with its rich Art Deco decorations, was repaired and reopened by the Walt Disney Company .
The city's Port Authority Bus Terminal is located on 42nd Street between 8th Avenue and 9th Avenue, and Grand Central Terminal , the main railroad station , is at the intersection with Park Avenue . The bus station is used by 7,200 buses and around 200,000 passengers every day.
In terms of traffic, the street is served by numerous lines of the New York City Subway (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, A, B, C, D, E, F, M, N, Q, R, S) with all express lines stopping near 42nd Street. The subway line S, known as the 42nd Street Shuttle , shuttles between Times Square - 42 St and Grand Central - 42 St. Its tunnel runs completely under 42nd Street. The tunnel was first put into operation in 1904 as a connection between the Lexington Tunnel and Broadway Tunnel. In 1918 the track system was converted so that the shuttle has been running ever since. Furthermore, the Flushing Line (line 7) runs from Bryant Park under 42nd Street to its eastern end, where it continues in the Steinway Tunnel to Queens. The M42 bus of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority runs along 42nd Street, as does the M104 bus, which reaches the United Nations headquarters via Times Square .
The street became the title of a 1933 Busby Berkeley film ( 42nd Street ) and a 1980 stage musical based on it ( 42nd Street ) that saw a revival in 2001 . In the 1969 film Asphalt Cowboy , the hero Joe Buck (played by Jon Voight) fails while trying to earn a living as a gigolo on 42nd Street . The term 42nd Street is used as a synonym for street prostitute in this film.
Since September 2009 it has been possible to drive on 42nd Street virtually, as the M42 bus line and thus also the entire 42nd Street was reproduced in the PC game " City Bus Simulator 2010".
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A road closure on April 22, 1990 reduced the amount of traffic jams in the surrounding area.
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Coordinates: 40 ° 45 ′ 19 ″ N , 73 ° 59 ′ 6.5 ″ W.