The American Museum of Natural History – B, C subway lines, approximately 20-25 minutes from the city center.

The Metropolitan Museum of Art – 4, 5, 6 subway lines, approximately 15-20 minutes from the city center.

Times Square – N, Q, R, W subway lines, approximately 5-10 minutes from the city center.

Empire State Building – B, D, F, M subway lines, approximately 15-20 minutes from the city center.

Central Park – B, C, D subway lines, approximately 15-20 minutes from the city center.

Here is a list of the 20 top tourist attractions in New York and the subway lines to use from the city center and the estimated travel time: The Live Subway Map combines elements from the Massimo Vignelli’s diagram and the design by Hertz, and connects to a live database for real-time service updates. The MTA released an interactive version of the map for digital devices in 2020, designed and built by Work & Co. The 1979 design was created by the MTA Subway Map Committee, chaired by John Tauranac, which outsourced the graphic design of the map to Michael Hertz Associates. The official map has evolved gradually under the control of the Marketing and Corporate Communications Department of the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). The current iteration of the New York City Subway map dates from a design first published in 1979. Since then, the official map has undergone several complete revisions, with intervening periods of comparative stability. Because the subway was originally built by three separate companies, an official map for all subway lines was not created until 1940, when the three companies were consolidated under a single operator. Many transit maps for the New York City Subway have been designed since the subway’s inception in 1904. 2013 edition of the official Hertz-style subway map note that this may not reflect temporary changes in service.

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