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Mid-Manhattan Library
455 Fifth Avenue [at 40th Street]
Phone: (212) 340-0849
TTY: (212) 340-0931

Hours:

Subway

to 42nd Street and Eighth Avenue. Take the 40th Street exit and walk four blocks east to Fifth Avenue. Cross Fifth Avenue to get to the southeast corner.

to 42nd Street and Sixth Avenue. Take the 40th Street exit and walk one block east to Fifth Avenue. Cross Fifth Avenue to get to the southeast corner.

to Times Square. Take the 40th Street exit and walk three blocks east to Fifth Avenue. Cross Fifth Avenue to get to the southeast corner.

to 42nd Street and Broadway. Take the 40th Street exit and walk four blocks east to Fifth Avenue. Cross Fifth Avenue to get to the southeast corner.

to Grand Central Station. Walk two blocks west to Fifth Avenue and two blocks south to 40th Street. Cross 40th Street to get to the southeast corner.

to Fifth Avenue. Walk two blocks south to get to 40th Street. Cross 40th Street and Fifth Avenue to get to the southeast corner.

The closest stops are the 7 at Fifth Avenue and the B,D,F,V at 42nd Street and 6th Avenue.

Of the nearby subway stops, only Grand Central is wheelchair accessible.

Bus

• Southbound: M1, M2, M3, M4, M5, or Q32
• Northbound: M5, M6 or M7 (Sixth Avenue) or M1, M2, M3 or M4 (Madison Avenue)
• Crosstown: M104 or M42 (42nd Street)