Style: | IRT |
First St. | |
Type: | Former Manhattan Railway elevated station |
Operator: | Interborough Rapid Transit Company City of New York (after 1940) |
Line: | Second Avenue Line |
Platforms: | 2 side platforms |
Tracks: | 3 (2 – lower level) (1 – upper level) |
Address: | East 1st Street and 1st Avenue New York, NY |
Borough: | East Village, Manhattan |
Coordinates: | 40.7232°N -73.9885°W |
Structure: | Elevated |
Opened: | [1] |
Closed: | [2] |
Other Services Header: | Former services |
The First Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Second Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City, located at the intersection of First Street and First Avenue. It had two levels. The lower level had two tracks and two side platforms and the upper level had one track that served express trains. The station opened on March 1, 1880,[1] and closed on June 13, 1942.[2]