Port Authority Bus Terminal

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building bus terminal public transit facility transportation hub

The Port Authority Bus Terminal is a major transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan that serves as New York City’s primary interstate and commuter bus station.

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All labels observed (5)

Label	Occurrences
Port Authority Bus Terminal canonical	22
42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal	8
Port Authority Bus Terminal of New York and New Jersey	2
Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City	1
Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T23805 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port Authority Bus Terminal
Context triple: [Times Square, near, Port Authority Bus Terminal]

A. North Station
North Station is a major transportation hub in Boston, Massachusetts, serving as a key commuter rail, subway, and intercity bus terminal integrated with the TD Garden arena.
B. Penn Station (New York City)
Penn Station (New York City) is a major underground railroad station and one of the busiest transportation hubs in the United States, serving Amtrak, commuter rail, and subway lines in Midtown Manhattan.
C. Union Station
Union Station is a historic Beaux-Arts transportation hub and major intercity rail terminal in Washington, D.C., serving as a gateway to the U.S. capital.
D. Belmont Center station
Belmont Center station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail stop located in the commercial center of Belmont, Massachusetts.
E. Staten Island Ferry terminals
Staten Island Ferry terminals are major New York City transportation hubs that serve as the departure and arrival points for the free passenger ferries connecting Staten Island and Manhattan.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Port Authority Bus Terminal
Target entity description: The Port Authority Bus Terminal is a major transportation hub in Midtown Manhattan that serves as New York City’s primary interstate and commuter bus station.

A. North Station
North Station is a major transportation hub in Boston, Massachusetts, serving as a key commuter rail, subway, and intercity bus terminal integrated with the TD Garden arena.
B. Penn Station (New York City)
Penn Station (New York City) is a major underground railroad station and one of the busiest transportation hubs in the United States, serving Amtrak, commuter rail, and subway lines in Midtown Manhattan.
C. Union Station
Union Station is a historic Beaux-Arts transportation hub and major intercity rail terminal in Washington, D.C., serving as a gateway to the U.S. capital.
D. Belmont Center station
Belmont Center station is a Massachusetts Bay Transportation Authority (MBTA) commuter rail stop located in the commercial center of Belmont, Massachusetts.
E. Staten Island Ferry terminals
Staten Island Ferry terminals are major New York City transportation hubs that serve as the departure and arrival points for the free passenger ferries connecting Staten Island and Manhattan.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (70)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	building ⓘ bus terminal ⓘ public transit facility ⓘ transportation hub ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	PABT ⓘ Port Authority Bus Terminal of New York and New Jersey ⓘ linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal
architect	Dewey & Almy ⓘ Lathrop Douglass ⓘ
architecturalStyle	International Style ⓘ
boundedBy	40th Street ⓘ 42nd Street ⓘ Eighth Avenue ⓘ Ninth Avenue ⓘ
connectsTo	New York City Subway ⓘ Times Sq–42 St / Port Authority Bus Terminal subway complex ⓘ linked to: Times Square–42nd Street subway station
country	United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
hasBusOperator	Academy Bus ⓘ Coach USA ⓘ Greyhound Lines ⓘ Megabus ⓘ NJ Transit ⓘ Peter Pan Bus Lines ⓘ linked to: Short Line bus service Short Line Bus ⓘ linked to: Short Line bus service Trailways of New York ⓘ
hasFacilityType	baggage claim ⓘ bus gate ⓘ food vendor ⓘ information desk ⓘ parking facility ⓘ restroom ⓘ retail shop ⓘ security checkpoint ⓘ ticket office ⓘ
hasFeature	food court ⓘ indoor bus concourses ⓘ information booths ⓘ parking garage ⓘ police substation ⓘ restrooms ⓘ retail space ⓘ ticketing facilities ⓘ waiting areas ⓘ
isLargestBy	number of bus gates in New York City ⓘ
isMajor	North American bus terminal ⓘ
locatedIn	Manhattan ⓘ Midtown Manhattan ⓘ New York City ⓘ New York State ⓘ linked to: New York United States ⓘ linked to: United States of America
locatedOn	Eighth Avenue ⓘ
near	Hell's Kitchen ⓘ Theater District ⓘ linked to: Broadway Theatre District Times Square ⓘ
numberOfFloors	3 ⓘ
opened	1950 ⓘ
openingDate	1950-12-15 ⓘ
operatedBy	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
ownedBy	Port Authority of New York and New Jersey ⓘ
primaryFunction	commuter bus terminal ⓘ interstate bus terminal ⓘ
regionServed	New York metropolitan area ⓘ
servedBy	New York City Subway A line ⓘ linked to: New York City Subway New York City Subway C line ⓘ New York City Subway E line ⓘ linked to: Queens Boulevard Line
serves	New Jersey ⓘ linked to: New Jersey, United States New York State ⓘ linked to: New York Pennsylvania ⓘ commuter bus passengers ⓘ intercity bus passengers ⓘ
streetAddress	625 8th Avenue ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (34)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Times Square → near → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

E (New York City Subway service) → servesStation → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

subject linked to: E

Port Authority Bus Terminal → alsoKnownAs → Port Authority Bus Terminal of New York and New Jersey ⓘ

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Times Square–42nd Street subway station → connectedTo → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Times Square–42nd Street subway station → hasTransfer → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

E train → notableStation → 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey → operates → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

West 42nd Street → passesBy → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

West 42nd Street → servedBy → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

42nd Street → publicTransit → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

34th Street–Penn Station (Eighth Avenue Line) → hasAdjacentStation → 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Hayes Theater → publicTransit → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Port Authority Bus Terminal → alsoKnownAs → Port Authority Bus Terminal of New York and New Jersey ⓘ

subject linked to: PABT

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Port Authority Bus Terminal → connectedSubwayStation → 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

subject linked to: PABT

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Dewey & Almy → notableWork → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Dewey & Almy → designed → Port Authority Bus Terminal in New York City ⓘ

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Midtown West → hasLandmark → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Midtown West → hasTransportation → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Garment District → hasNearbyStation → 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Garment District → locatedNear → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Eighth Avenue Line (IND) → hasStation → 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

subject linked to: Eighth Avenue Line in Manhattan

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Port Authority of New York and New Jersey → manages → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

subject linked to: PANYNJ

Al Hirschfeld Theatre → publicTransit → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

2006 New York International Auto Show → publicTransitAccess → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Lathrop Douglass → notableWork → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Lathrop Douglass → coDesignerOf → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Tenth Avenue → hasNearbySubwayStation → 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Peter Pan Bus Lines → hasService → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

50th Street (Eighth Avenue Line) → hasAdjacentStation → 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

New York–New Jersey transportation network → hasComponent → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Manhattan Community District 4 → hasTransportationInfrastructure → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

Concord Coach Lines → connectsToFacility → Port Authority Bus Terminal, New York City ⓘ

subject linked to: Concord Coach Lines intercity bus service

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Times Square–42 Street → connectedTo → 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

linked to: Port Authority Bus Terminal

Times Square–42 Street → hasTransferTo → Port Authority Bus Terminal ⓘ

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