Grand Central Terminal

Summary

Grand Central Terminal is a station building^[1]. It ranks in the top 3% of station_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,008 views/month).^[2]

Key Facts

• Grand Central Terminal is located in Manhattan^[3].
• Grand Central Terminal is in the country of United States^[4].
• Grand Central Terminal's transport network is recorded as Metro-North Railroad^[5].
• Grand Central Terminal's image is recorded as Image-Grand central Station Outside Night 2.jpg^[6].
• Grand Central Terminal's image is recorded as NYC GC.jpg^[7].
• Grand Central Terminal's instance of is recorded as station building^[8].
• Grand Central Terminal's instance of is recorded as dead-end railway station^[9].
• Grand Central Terminal's instance of is recorded as underground railway station^[10].
• Grand Central Terminal's instance of is recorded as tourist attraction^[11].
• Grand Central Terminal's instance of is recorded as union station^[12].
• Grand Central Terminal's connecting line is recorded as Park Avenue main line^[13].
• Grand Central Terminal's architect is recorded as Reed and Stem^[14].
• Grand Central Terminal's architect is recorded as Warren and Wetmore^[15].
• Grand Central Terminal's owned by is recorded as Metropolitan Transportation Authority^[16].
• Grand Central Terminal's operator is recorded as Metropolitan Transportation Authority^[17].
• Grand Central Terminal's architectural style is recorded as Beaux-Arts^[18].
• Grand Central Terminal's logo image is recorded as Grand Central Terminal logo 2.png^[19].
• Grand Central Terminal's adjacent station is recorded as Harlem–125th Street station^[20].
• Grand Central Terminal's adjacent station is recorded as Harlem–125th Street station^[21].
• Grand Central Terminal's adjacent station is recorded as Harlem–125th Street station^[22].
• Grand Central Terminal's VIAF cluster ID is recorded as 229136055^[23].
• Grand Central Terminal's GND ID is recorded as 4440613-7^[24].
• Grand Central Terminal's Library of Congress authority ID is recorded as sh85056383^[25].
• Grand Central Terminal's station code is recorded as GCT^[26].
• Grand Central Terminal's station code is recorded as NYG^[27].

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Geography

Grand Central Terminal is in the country of United States^[4]. It is located in Manhattan^[3].

Designation and Status

Recorded instance of include station building^[8], dead-end railway station^[9], underground railway station^[10], tourist attraction^[11], and union station^[12]. Heritage statuses include New York City Landmark^[28], National Register of Historic Places listed place^[29], National Historic Landmark^[30], Historic Civil Engineering Landmark^[31], and New York State Register of Historic Places listed place^[32].

History and Context

+1913-00-00T00:00:00Z marks the founding of Grand Central Terminal^[33]. Its owned by is recorded as Metropolitan Transportation Authority^[16].

Cultural Significance

Things named for Grand Central Terminal include Grand Central – 42nd Street^[34], a metro station^[35], in United States^[36].

Why It Matters

Grand Central Terminal ranks in the top 3% of station_building entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,008 views/month).^[2] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.^[37] It is known by 10 alternative names across languages and contexts.^[38]

Entities named for it include Grand Central – 42nd Street^[34], a metro station^[35], in United States^[36].