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General Tips

• Our curb-cut sidewalks are wheelchair-friendly, particularly the Broadway plazas!

• Times Square is a popular destination, particularly during the summer and the month of December. However, if you would like to come at a quieter time, it is typically less crowded in the early morning and the late night.
  • Per our pedestrian count data, the busiest pedestrian hours are typically 12pm – 2pm and 4pm – 7pm. The quietest hours are 1am – 6am and 10am – 11am during the workweek.

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Seating

• There is public seating throughout the Broadway plazas from 42nd Street through 48th Street, and on the Paramount Plaza on the west side of Broadway between 50th and 51st Streets.
• There is also seating available in the mid-block passageways between 7th Ave and 6th Ave from 42nd to 40th Streets.

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Getting Around in Times Square

Bus: ‍

• All NYC buses are wheelchair-accessible, with ramps, lifts, or low-entry floors. Most buses have audio announcements of upcoming stops.

Taxis:

• Accessible Dispatch launched in September 2012 as a 24/7 accessibility program, with the goal of connecting New Yorkers who use wheelchairs and other mobility aids to accessible taxis at no extra cost. Visit https://accessibledispatch.com or call 311 or 646-599-9999, NY relay 711.

Subway:

See all accessible subway stations.

Make sure to check the elevator and escalator status before you leave, as some of them may be under repair.

Below is information on the wheelchair-accessible stations in or nearest to Times Square.

Times Square-42 St  ​​​​​​​​(N, Q, R, W, 1, 2, 3, 7, S):

• Elevator on SE corner of 42nd St and 7th Ave.
• Elevator on NW corner of 42nd St and Broadway.
• Note: Passageway to 42 St-Port Authority ​​​and Port Authority Bus Terminal is stair-free but contains ramps; however, these ramps do not meet ADA guidelines.
• Bus connections: M7, M20, M104 (northbound only at 8 Av); M42, BxM2; QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM20 (all on 6 Av); SIM8/8x, SIM22, SIM25, SIM26, SIM30; SIM1c, SIM3, SIM3c, SIM10 (all northbound on 6 Av).

42 St-Port Authority Bus Terminal ​​​(A, C, E)

• Elevators inside Port Authority on 8th Ave between 41st St and 42nd St and on SW corner of 44th St and 8th Ave.
• Note: Passageway to Times Sq-42 St subway station is stair-free but contains ramps; however, these ramps are not ADA compliant.
• Bus connections: M20 (northbound; southbound at 7 Av), M34A SelectBusService, M42, M104; SIM8/8x, SIM22, SIM25, SIM26, SIM30.
• Connection: Port Authority Bus Terminal.
• Note: Many New Jersey Transit suburban bus services are ADA-accessible; most of the boarding areas at the Port Authority Bus Terminal are not. Call New Jersey Transit at 973-275-5555 for information/reservations for a lift-equipped bus. Press Menu option 1, then Menu option 4. Visit the New Jersey Transit website at www.njtransit.com.

47-50 Sts-Rockefeller Ctr ​​​​(B, D, F, M)

• Elevator on NW corner of 49th St and 6th Ave.
• Bus connections: M5, M7 (both northbound), M50, QM1, QM2, QM3, QM4, QM5, QM6, QM10, QM12, QM15, QM16, QM17, QM18, QM20, QM24, BxM2 (northbound; southbound at 7 Av), SIM1C, SIM3, SIM3C, SIM10.

49 St ​​​ (N, R, W) uptown only

• Elevator on NE corner of 49th St and 7th Ave.
• Note: Elevator operates automatically between 7 AM and 12 AM. Push button to right of elevator for access at other times.
• Bus connections: M5 (northbound at 6 Av), M7 (southbound; northbound at 6 Av), M20 (southbound; northbound at 8 Av), M50, M104 (southbound; northbound at 8 Av).

50 St ​​(C, E) downtown only

• Elevator on north side of 49th St between 8th Ave and 9th Ave.
• Bus connections: M20 (northbound), M50, M104 (northbound).

51 St ​(6)

• Elevator on NE corner of 52nd St and Lexington Ave.
• Note: Passageway to Lexington Av-53rd St E/M‍ is accessible.
• Bus connections: M50 westbound on 49 St and eastbound on 50 St; M101, M102, M103 (all southbound; northbound at 3 Av); SIM6, SIM11, SIM22, SIM26.

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Restaurants

• The Wheelchair Friendly Restaurant Finder is a map where participating restaurants have self-reported that their main entrance is flush with the sidewalk or there is a ramp, lift, or other usable entrance; that the entrance has an opening 32 inches or larger; and that wheelchair spaces are distributed and level throughout the seating areas. See the Wheelchair Friendly Restaurant Finder.
• Soundprint rates how quiet restaurants are based on crowd-sourced decibel ratings from users. https://www.soundprint.co/locations/us/ny/new-york

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Bathrooms

• The Got2Go bathroom map shows bathrooms across the city, both public and at various businesses, with notes on accessibility. https://www.got2gonyc.com/about
• New York City has also published a Google Maps layer with public toilets, with notes on accessibility, hours of operation, and restroom type. Open the layer in Google Maps.