Rockefeller Center underground passageways update
Jan 22, 2020, 2:34 am
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Rockefeller Center underground passageways update
New buildings are now in the system, so (staying all underground) one can walk from 48th Street and 5th Ave to as far west as (upper end) of Times Square or 52nd and 7th--great for avoiding "bad" weather. There are a few cul-de-sacs, so one has to be careful.
Jan 23, 2020, 4:18 am
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When you say new buildings are being added, do you mean buildings on the west side of 6th Avenue that allows one to travel underground from 6th to 7th Avenues?
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Jan 23, 2020, 9:11 am
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In the same vein I saw a sign in Bryant Park station noting that they will begin works in February to build a connector pedestrian tunnel linking the station with Times Sq 42nd st. Once that is done, you can go between the two transfer-free and below ground. I bet it will take a year to build, but at least they are starting it.
Jan 23, 2020, 9:14 am
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I tested out most of the route in the video, but used a different "fork" to exit closer to 52nd and 7th.
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Jan 23, 2020, 9:26 am
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In the same vein I saw a sign in Bryant Park station noting that they will begin works in February to build a connector pedestrian tunnel linking the station with Times Sq 42nd st. Once that is done, you can go between the two transfer-free and below ground. I bet it will take a year to build, but at least they are starting it.
Jan 23, 2020, 9:39 am
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Jan 27, 2020, 2:58 pm
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The route in the video isn’t anything new, right? I use the corridor under Barclays from the uptown N/R/W 49th St. station every morning and today walked out to 5th Ave and 51st (basically, the route in reverse). I suppose the “new” portions are related to the newly-renovated 1271 6th Ave building?
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Jan 27, 2020, 7:49 pm
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The route in the video isn’t anything new, right? I use the corridor under Barclays from the uptown N/R/W 49th St. station every morning and today walked out to 5th Ave and 51st (basically, the route in reverse). I suppose the “new” portions are related to the newly-renovated 1271 6th Ave building?
. The MTA in 1970 published a book "Seeing New York", lots of underground passageways all over NYC are shown (today most of those routes have been greatly modified). For the Rockefeller complex NO buildings abut 7th Ave, from my recollection as recently as 10 years ago this was still the case. NOW (2020) passageways link RC with several buildings which DO abut 7th Ave.
Jan 27, 2020, 11:42 pm
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It depends when you begin. The MTA in 1970 published a book "Seeing New York", lots of underground passageways all over NYC are shown (today most of those routes have been greatly modified). For the Rockefeller complex NO buildings abut 7th Ave, from my recollection as recently as 10 years ago this was still the case. NOW (2020) passageways link RC with several buildings which DO abut 7th Ave.
. The MTA in 1970 published a book "Seeing New York", lots of underground passageways all over NYC are shown (today most of those routes have been greatly modified). For the Rockefeller complex NO buildings abut 7th Ave, from my recollection as recently as 10 years ago this was still the case. NOW (2020) passageways link RC with several buildings which DO abut 7th Ave.
Jan 28, 2020, 7:58 am
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745 Seventh Avenue was completed in 2001. I think the passageway that connects the northbound N/R/W to the 6th Ave concourse (via the basements of 745 Seventh and 1251 Sixth) opened around that time or not long after it. It's not open 24/7, though.
Jan 28, 2020, 7:56 pm
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But to make up for it, you can also get to the Canadian consulate, which has an entrance directly from the passageway between 6th and 7th.
Jan 28, 2020, 8:13 pm
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The Canadian consulate moved out of the basement of 1251 6th Ave about a year ago (if not longer).
Feb 3, 2020, 10:58 am
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The closest to 52nd and 7th Ave that I could find was the concourse entrance at 52nd and 6 1/2 Ave next to the new Urbanspace 52. I didn’t see an underground entrance into the lobby of the Axa Center at 787 7th. Also, the west entrance to 1251 6th (closest to the N/R/W) in the concourse is closed until “Fall 2020.”
Based only on my personal spelunking, here’s my findings on the general boundaries of the underground passageways:
Farthest North: 52nd St. and 6 1/2 Ave.
Farthest West: N/R/W 49th St. Uptown Station at 7th Ave.
Farthest East: 51st St. and 5th Ave.
Farthest South: B/D/F/M Station at 47th St and 6th Ave.
Based only on my personal spelunking, here’s my findings on the general boundaries of the underground passageways:
Farthest North: 52nd St. and 6 1/2 Ave.
Farthest West: N/R/W 49th St. Uptown Station at 7th Ave.
Farthest East: 51st St. and 5th Ave.
Farthest South: B/D/F/M Station at 47th St and 6th Ave.
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