Hanover Square station explained

Type:former
Hanover Square
Service Custom:IRT Second Avenue Line
IRT Third Avenue Line
Platforms:1 island platform
Tracks:2
Address:Pearl Street and Hanover Square
New York, NY 10004
Borough:Manhattan
Locale:Lower Manhattan
Coordinates:40.7047°N -74.0093°W
Division:IRT
Structure:Elevated
Next North:Fulton Street
Next South:South Ferry

The Hanover Square station was an express station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and one island platform. The station was originally built in 1878 by the New York Elevated Railroad. The next stop to the north was Fulton Street. The next stop to the south was South Ferry. The station closed on December 22, 1950.[1]

In popular culture

Hanover Square station is immortalised in the last movement of Orchestral Set No. 2 by Charles Ives, a recollection of the day the news broke that the liner the Lusitania had been sunk in 1915.

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Notes and References

  1. News: Old 'El' Link Ends Its 72-Year Uproar . Richard H. . Parke . The New York Times . December 23, 1950 . 23 . 2011-11-02.