What is the easiest way to get from Penn Station to Grand Central Station?

Transit service is available from New York Penn Station. Customers should take the uptown 1, 2 or 3 subway lines and take them one stop, to Times Square-42 St., where they change to the 42nd Street Shuttle (S) train, for a one-stop ride to Grand Central Terminal.



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It's like 8-10 blocks depending where you exit Penn Station. Times Square is always busy. Avoid rush hour if you don't want to be in the way. If for some reason you can't walk 10 blocks or just really want to help fund the MTA, take the 1/2/3 subway, M20 bus on 8th Ave, or M7 bus on 6th Ave to 42nd St.

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The 42 St Shuttle operates in Manhattan between Grand Central and Times Square. The shuttle provides a free transfer between 4, 5, 6, and 7 service at Grand Central-42 St and A, C, E, N, Q, R, 1, 2, 3, and 7 service at Times Square-42 St.

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10 trains per hour run on each track in each direction. It takes 90 seconds for trains to travel between Times Square and Grand Central, and trains reach a top speed of 30 miles per hour (48 km/h) before they have to decelerate.

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Manhattan is 13.4 miles long. The average walking pace is (I believe) 3.5 mph. So if you didn't stop walking, almost 4 hours.

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So we wanted to know what it would be like to indeed walk from the tippity top to the tippity bottom of Manhattan. Turns out, it's about a 14-mile (almost 15-mile) journey through multiple neighborhoods, all of Central Park, and through layers of Manhattan history.

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PLATFORMS: Grand Central has 44 platforms, making it the largest train station in the world. Penn Station has 11.

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Grand Central retains its early 1900s glory, while Penn Station was demolished in 1964 and now exists in the cramped maze-like basement of Madison Square Garden. Grand Central is like a cathedral of railroads and Penn is a third rate mall squeezed into the available space.

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The difference is very slight. Grand Central Terminal refers to the MTA Metro North train lines that run into and out of the tracks. GCT is the terminal line, meaning trains stop there and don't run through. Grand Central Station refers to the subway station inside GCT.

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Start in the morning, so you have time for a lunch break and can wrap up before dinnertime. How long the walk takes will, of course, depend on your speed and how long you take for breaks. My journey ended up at about 5 hours, 30 minutes including a few short stops.

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How far is it from Rockefeller Center to Times Square? The distance between Rockefeller Center and Times Square is 2298 feet.

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It is approximately 2793 feet to get from Times Square to Empire State Building.

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