38th Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

The 38th Street station was a station on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and two side platforms. It opened in late 1913, as an infill station and closed on December 4, 1938. The next southbound stop was 33rd Street. The next northbound stop was 42nd Street (the Sixth Avenue line was the only one of the elevated lines which had a station between 33rd/34th Street and 42nd Street — and none of the subway lines that replaced the els have such a station), although a now-closed passage under Sixth Avenue running between the 42nd Street–Bryant Park and 34th Street–Herald Square stations had exits to 38th Street. High crime along the passage's five-block stretch was widely cited as the reason for its closure in 1991.

38th St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
Location	West 38th Street and 6th Avenue New York, NY Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates	40°45′8.34″N 73°59′9.48″W
Operated by	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)	Sixth Avenue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	January 31, 1914 (January 31, 1914)
Closed	December 4, 1938 (December 4, 1938)
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station 42nd Street toward 155th Street Sixth Avenue 33rd Street toward South Ferry