This is Street Wars, a weekly series on the battle for space on New York’s streets and sidewalks.
It is the first street to greet many travelers as they arrive at Pennsylvania Station or the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
It is the backdrop to any night spent at a Broadway show or Madison Square Garden, or just out on the town.
At the best of times, it is the Champs-Élysées of hot dog carts: a grand thoroughfare of vendors, tourists and commuters whose bustle brings the city to life.
Pedestrians crowd the sidewalk and overflow into an ad hoc expansion of it, created in 2016 when the city began to cordon off a lane of traffic and paint it gray.
Organizations:
Pennsylvania, Port Authority Bus
Locations:
Midtown Manhattan, Madison