Grand Central
Famous NYC station
Grand Central refers to Grand Central Terminal, the massive train station in midtown Manhattan that has served as a transportation hub since 1913.
Its iconic main concourse, with its celestial ceiling and information booth, makes it one of New York's most recognizable landmarks.
The name has become shorthand for any busy, crowded hub: This kitchen is like Grand Central during the holidays.
- terminalAt the endpoint
- train stationPassenger boarding facility for locomotives
- stationFixed stopping point
- ManhattanNYC's densest borough
- trainsLinked rail carriages
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- NYC AttractionsEmpire State Building, Brooklyn Bridge, Times Square, Statue of Liberty, Museum of Modern Art
- Midtown ManhattanTimes Square, Empire State Building, Fifth Avenue, Broadway, Madison Avenue
- NYC InstitutionsColumbia University, CUNY, NYPD, FDNY, MTA
- Railway JunctionsYork, Doncaster, Leeds, Penn Station, Chicago
- Famous LandmarksEiffel Tower, Taj Mahal, Great Wall, Pyramids of Giza, Giza pyramids
- American Architecturecolonial, Craftsman, bungalow, ranch house, Cape Cod
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