Station
Times Sq-42 St
ManhattanStep-free access
What’s up top
Times Square
The Theater District, and the busiest station in the system by a distance. The ball has dropped here on New Year's Eve since 1907.
Photo: Boris Dzhingarov · CC BY 2.0
Out of service right now
The step-free route into this station is out.
elevator — intermediate landing to mezzanine for A/C/E service in both directions
RepairBack 12/31/2026
escalator — A/C/E mezzanine to intermediate mezzanine for 42 St & 8th Ave exit
RepairBack 07/21/2026
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Next trains
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Trains that stop here
8 Avenue Express
Inwood-207 St ↔ Far Rockaway-Mott Av
First 12:45am, last 3:17am the next morning.
◷ Not every A stops here
8 Avenue Local
168 St ↔ Euclid Av
First 5:40am, last 11:03pm.
8 Avenue Local
Jamaica-179 St ↔ World Trade Center
First 12:55am, last 1:20am the next morning.
Broadway Local
96 St ↔ Coney Island-Stillwell Av
First 12:31am, last 2:40am the next morning.
Broadway Express
96 St ↔ Coney Island-Stillwell Av
First 12:25am, last 2:10am the next morning.
Broadway Local
96 St ↔ Bay Ridge-95 St
First 5:50am, last 11:48pm.
◷ Not every R stops here
Broadway Local
Astoria-Ditmars Blvd ↔ Bay Pkwy
First 6:35am, last 10:33pm.
42 St Shuttle
Times Sq-42 St ↔ Grand Central-42 St
Start of the lineGrand Central-42 St →
First 5:51am, last 11:58pm.
Broadway - 7 Avenue Local
Van Cortlandt Park-242 St ↔ South Ferry
First 12:45am, last 1:17am the next morning.
7 Avenue Express
Wakefield-241 St ↔ Flatbush Av-Brooklyn College
First 1:17am, last 3:02am the next morning.
7 Avenue Express
Harlem-148 St ↔ New Lots Av
First 12:27am, last 12:28am the next morning.
Flushing Local
Flushing-Main St ↔ 34 St-Hudson Yards
First 12:43am, last 12:51am the next morning.
Buses from here
Where the trains stop, the buses keep going. These pick up within a couple of minutes’ walk.