The 34th Street Ferry station was a station on the 34th Street Shuttle that branched off of the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. The elevated spur operated from July 1, 1880, to July 14, 1930.[1][2][3] Located on the east side of First Avenue, the station had two tracks and one island platform. It served the 34th Street Ferry Terminal, which provided connecting services to the Long Island Rail Road's passenger terminal in Long Island City.
34th St. Ferry | |||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | Kips Bay, Manhattan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′37″N 73°58′23″W / 40.74361°N 73.97306°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | 34th Street Branch | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | July 1, 1880 | ||||||||||
| Closed | July 14, 1930 | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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The next stop on the shuttle was Second Avenue.
References
edit- ^ Harland Bartholomew & Associates (1932). Plans for Major Traffic Thoroughfares and Transit, Lower East Side, New York City, Prepared for the Lower East Side Planning Association. p. 77. OCLC 3519342.
- ^ Cudahy, Brian J. (2003). A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways. New York: Fordham University Press. p. 55. ISBN 9780823222957.
- ^ "34th St. Elevated Ends Long Service". The New York Times. July 15, 1930. p. 15. Retrieved February 18, 2023.
External links
edit- 34th Street Shuttle at Station Reporter
- 34th St Ferry Spur at Picasa Web Albums
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