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One World Trade Center, also known as One WTC and Freedom Tower, [note 1] is the main building of the rebuilt World Trade Center complex in Lower Manhattan, New York City.. Designed by David Childs of Skidmore, Owings & Merrill, One World Trade Center is the tallest building in the United States, the tallest building in the Western Hemisphere, and the seventh-tallest in the
New York: City: New York City: County: New York: Community district: Manhattan 5 [1] Boundaries: Broadway, 7th Avenue, 42nd and 47th Streets: Subway services at Times Square–42nd Street at 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal: Bus routes: M7, M20, M42, M50, M104: Historical features: Duffy Square George Michael Cohan statue
The Subway Challenge entails navigating the entire New York City Subway system in the shortest time possible. This ride is also known as the Rapid Transit Challenge and the Ultimate Ride . The challenge requires competitors to stop at all 472 stations; as of 2023, this record is held by Kate Jones of Switzerland.
The plans for the Archer Avenue Lines emerged in the 1960s under the city and the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA)'s Program for Action. [3] The Archer Avenue subway's groundbreaking took place on August 15, 1972, at Archer Avenue and 151st Street, [4] [5] and the station's design started on December 7, 1973.
When the New York City Subway began operation between 1904 and 1908, one of the main service patterns was the West Side Branch, which the modern 1 train uses. Trains ran from Lower Manhattan to the 242nd Street station near Van Cortlandt Park, using what is now the IRT Lexington Avenue Line, 42nd Street Shuttle, and IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line.
A current New York City Transit Authority rail system map (unofficial) The New York City Subway is a rapid transit system that serves four of the five boroughs of New York City in the U.S. state of New York: the Bronx, Brooklyn, Manhattan, and Queens.
A rat in the New York City Subway. Rats in New York City are widespread, as they are in many densely populated areas. They are considered a cultural symbol of the city. [1] For a long time, the number of rats in New York City was unknown, and a common urban legend declared there were up to five times as many rats as people.
2 Broadway, Manhattan, New York City: Website: new.mta.info: Operation; Began operation: June 1, 1965 [3] Operator(s) MTA Long Island Rail Road; MTA Metro-North Railroad; MTA New York City Subway; MTA Regional Bus Operations; MTA Staten Island Railway; Number of vehicles: 2,429 commuter rail cars 6,418 subway cars 61 SIR cars 5,725 buses [1]