Holiday shopping straphangers don’t have to stray far from the subway: The annual holiday fair opened Monday at Grand Central Station.
The market – which will be housed in the terminal’s Vanderbilt Hall, on 42nd St. – will feature 36 local businesses and merchants. It will be open seven days a week until Christmas, with the exception of Thanksgiving Day.
For those whose Christmas shopping can best be described as “on or close to schedule,” the market’s shops will be open on Christmas Eve.
“Grand Central Terminal is a magical place all year round and especially during the holidays,” Catherine Rinaldi, president of Metro North, said Monday.
“The Holiday Fair is a wonderful addition to the grandeur of this beautiful year-round terminal,” agreed Rob Free, president of Long Island Rail Road.
In addition to the market, holiday pop-up shops will be open in the terminal’s Biltmore Room.
This week also marks the opening of the 20th edition of the holiday model train show at the Grand Central Annex of the New York Transit Museum Store, beginning Thursday, November 14.
The exhibit, which includes a miniature Grand Central Terminal as well as Metro North and New York City Subway model trains running along a 35-foot O-gauge electric track, runs through February 2025.
