Grand Central Terminal contains a variety of stores and food vendors, including a food court on its lower-level concourse.

The terminal's main concourse is often used as a meeting place, and is especially featured in films and television. Grand Central Terminal is one of the world's ten most visited tourist attractions, with 21.6 million visitors in 2018, excluding train and subway passengers. Its Beaux-Arts design incorporates numerous works of art. The terminal is the third-busiest train station in North America, after New York Penn Station and Toronto Union Station.The distinctive architecture and interior design of Grand Central Terminal's station house have earned it several landmark designations, including as a National Historic Landmark. It also contains a connection to the New York City Subway at Grand Central–42nd Street station. Grand Central is the southern terminus of the Metro-North Railroad's Harlem, Hudson and New Haven Lines, serving the northern parts of the New York metropolitan area. Grand Central Terminal (also referred to as Grand Central Station or simply as Grand Central) is a commuter rail terminal located at 42nd Street and Park Avenue in Midtown Manhattan, New York City.

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