Grand Central Terminal

Hito del transporte en New York, United States

• Abierto todo el año
• Duración típica: 1h
• Horario: Mo-Su 05:30-02:00 (registrado 2026-09-30)

Acceso y tarifas

• entrada gratuita (tarifa: ninguno)

Qué hacer

• dining
• guided tours
• people watching
• fotografía
• shopping
• sightseeing
• temporary art exhibitions (ubicación: Grand Central Madison concourse)
• transit museum gallery visit (operador: New York Transit Museum)
• view permanent public art (artists: Yayoi Kusama, Kiki Smith · ubicación: Grand Central Madison)

Servicios

• Grand Central Market, Lexington Ave (vendors: Murray's Cheese, Eli Zabar's · ubicación: Lexington Avenue)
• grand central oyster bar (operating since: 1913)
• ny transit museum gallery (tipo: gallery and gift shop)

Características

• $20m opal glass clock (faces: 4 · ubicación: Main Concourse info booth)
• 6th most-visited globally (daily visitors: 750,000+)
• architecture
• atomic-synchronized clocks (accuracy: 1 second per 2 billion years · reference: U.S. Naval Observatory)
• celestial ceiling mural (description: 2,500 stars, winter constellations, reversed east-west)
• celestial mural, reversed layout (error: east and west transposed · discovered: within two months of opening)
• clock synchronization (accuracy: 1 sec per 2 billion years)
• four-faced opal clock (ubicación: Main Concourse info booth · estimated value: $20 million)
• grand central madison expansion (tamaño: 700,000 sq ft · inauguración: 2023 · tracks: 8)
• historic landmark
• longest nyc escalators (longitud: 182 ft · manufacturer: Schindler Elevator · vertical drop: 90 ft)
• mural based on 1603 Uranometria atlas (year: 1603 · atlas: Uranometria · author: Bayer)
• mural by architect, artist, muralist, painter, astronomer (collaborators: architect, French artist, muralist, painter, astronomer)
• nyc's 2nd top tourist attraction (after: Times Square)
• opened february 2, 1913
• permanent public art (artists: Yayoi Kusama, Kiki Smith · ubicación: Grand Central Madison)
• Schindler's longest-ever escalators (length ft: 182 · milestone: longest in 150-year history · manufacturer: Schindler Elevator · vertical drop ft: 90)
• third-busiest u.s. rail hub (rank: 3rd in United States)
• tiffany exterior clock (diameter: 14 feet) — world's largest Tiffany clock
• transportation history
• urban exploration
• world's largest tiffany clock (diameter: 14 feet · ubicación: 42nd Street entrance)

Cerca de aquí

• one vanderbilt tower (relación: adjacent, connected concourse)
• Times Square — NYC's most-visited attraction; GCT is second

Datos útiles

• daily visitor volume (cantidad: 750,000+ per day · global rank: 6th most visited attraction)
• MTA staff at info booth (service: directions and transit questions · ubicación: Main Concourse)
• rail hub ranking (rank: 3rd busiest in U.S.)
• subway access on-site (lines: 4, 5, 6, 7, 42nd St Shuttle)
• you don't need a train ticket to enter and explore grand central's public areas

Identificador de catálogo: AVIA-7RFP-MA094

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