67th Street station
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67th ST. | |||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | |||||||||||
 HABS image of three women waiting for a train at 67th Street in September 1942. | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | East 67th Street and 3rd Avenue New York, NY Upper Manhattan, Manhattan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°45′59.6″N 73°57′46.6″W / 40.766556°N 73.962944°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company City of New York (1940-1953) New York City Transit Authority | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Third Avenue Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | September 16, 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | May 12, 1955[1] | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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The 67th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and two side platforms. 67th Street station opened on September 16, 1878 by the New York Elevated Railway Company, and was the terminus of the IRT Third Avenue Line until it was expanded to 89th Street on December 9, 1878. This station closed on May 12, 1955, with the ending of all service on the Third Avenue El south of 149th Street.[2]
References
[edit]- ^ "Third Avenue El Makes Last Trip". The Kingston Daily Freeman. May 13, 1955. p. 10. Retrieved May 30, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Notice of Third Avenue Rail Closure for May 12, 1955
External links
[edit]- http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html
- https://web.archive.org/web/20100609061601/http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm
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