Times Square 42nd Street is a station on the BMT Broadway - Seventh Avenue Line , BMT Broadway Line and IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway . Located at the intersection of Times Square , 8th Avenue , 7th Avenue , Broadway and 42nd Street in Midtown Manhattan . It is served by the N , Q , R , W , 1 , 2 , 3 , A , C and E trains 