Times Square-42 Street (N,Q,R)

The N,Q,R BMT Broadway Line at Times Square-42 Street has two island platforms for its four tracks. These each are lined with columns painted teal up to the column name signs (that alternate between 42 Street and Times Square) and cream above them before the station ceiling whose height varies depending upon if there is and at what level the mezzanine area is above. For access at the northern end of the platforms beneath 42 Street is the main BMT lobby area in the major transfer mezzanine above here an elevator leads down to each platform at its extreme northern end, with meshed off passageways along the tracks since no trains stop here, along with two staircases down to each from intermediate landing passageways that provide views directly down to these tracks. Next at the middle of the Downtown platform only there is an unusual staircase where two sets of stairs lead up to an intermediate level before curving ninety degrees and becoming one staircase up to the mezzanine beneath 41 Street.

Towards the southern end of the platforms each has two staircases up to a small and separate mezzanine area where there is a free crossover and turnstiles lead out to four street stairs, one at each corner of 40 Street and Broadway.
Photos 1: February 12, 2004; 2-13: June 2, 2009; 14: June 17, 2009; 15-19: July 30, 2009; 20-23: September 3, 2023;

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One of the historic now removed porcilan enamel black on white Times Sq column sings that used to dot these platforms before the extensive renovations

A new column sign, these alternate with Times Square

An uptown Q trains leaves for its next and last stop

Looking down the uptown platform

42s dot the platform walls trimline

A long exposure shot, the blur of movement

The southern end of the platforms, the cieling is lower

Looking down one of the platforms

The blur of a R46 R train entering

Another platform view

The decently big with a newsstand mezzanine to 40 Street

Passengers approach the turnstiles to the station exit at 40 Street

The unique staircase from the downtown platform that is narrow and two sections become one to the 41 Street end of the station

Little corridors since no trains stop at these portions of the platforms lead to the elevators up to the mezzanine

A street view of a 40 Street entrance street stair

Another view of a 40 Street entrance street stair, just the N,Q,R and S

Passengers entering at the 40 Street end of the station, arrows above the turnstiles direct passengers to walk to 7 Avenue for 1,2,3,7 and 8 Avenue for A,C,E

A wide passageway out to the staircases up to the Eastern side of 40 Street

A street stair at the 40 Street end of the station

A modern LCD screen with a strip map for the next Q train to Coney Island in 3 minutes

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