Style: | IRT |
NINTH ST. | |
Type: | Former Manhattan Railway elevated station |
Operator: | Interborough Rapid Transit Company City of New York (1940-1953) New York City Transit Authority |
Line: | Third Avenue Line |
Platforms: | 4 side platforms (2 on both levels) |
Tracks: | 3 (1 – upper level) (2 – lower level) |
Address: | East 9th Street and 3rd Avenue New York, NY |
Borough: | Lower Manhattan, Manhattan |
Structure: | Elevated |
Closed: | [1] |
Other Services Header: | Former services |
The Ninth Street station was an express station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It opened on August 26, 1878 and had two levels. The lower level was served by local trains and had two tracks and two side platforms. It was built first. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track with two side platforms over the lower level local tracks which served express trains. This station closed on May 12, 1955, with the ending of all service on the Third Avenue El south of 149th Street.[2]