Talk:List of streetcar lines in Manhattan/Depots

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[edit] New York Railways and affiliates

  • Houston Street Power House, 621 Broadway, north side of Houston between Broadway and Mercer (cable building) (general office for the whole Metropolitan system)
  • 50th Street Depot, bounded by 6th, 7th, 50th, and 51st (power station; 7th Avenue Railway [sic] car house, depot, and stables)
  • Ninth Avenue Depot, east side of 9th between 53rd and 54th; also a small bit on northeast corner of 9th and 54th (car house; depot)
  • 42nd Street Depot, east side of 12th between 42nd and 43rd
  • 23rd Street Depot, bounded by 11th, 13th, 23rd, and 24th (23rd Street Railway stables and car house)
  • Lexington Building and Power House, between 25th and 26th a bit west of 3rd
  • Front Street Power House, south side of Front halfway between Moore and Broad
  • Chambers Street Depot, south corner of Cherry and East
  • Avenue C Depot, between 10th and 11th a bit east of C, also a bit north of 11th (HWS&P stables)
  • 99th Street Car House, bounded by 4th, Lexington, 99th, and 100th
  • 116th and 117th Streets Property, west side of Lenox between 116th and 117th
  • Ninth Avenue Line Terminal, northwest corner of Amsterdam and (old) 125th
  • 146th Street and Lenox Avenue Power House, bounded by Lenox, 7th, 146th, and 147th
  • 34th Street Terminal Property, southeast corner of 1st and 34th
  • 141st Street and Lenox Avenue Property, east side of Lenox between 140th and 141st
  • Eighth Avenue Depot, both sides of 8th between 49th and 50th (general office; stables and depot)
  • Eighth Avenue Terminal Depot, bounded by 8th, Macombs, 151st, and 152nd
  • New York and Harlem Railroad Depot, bounded by 4th, Lexington, 32nd, and 33rd (depot and stables)
  • New York and Harlem Railroad Uptown Depot, west side of Madison between 85th and 86th
  • Second Avenue Railroad Depot, bounded by 1st, 2nd, 96th, and 97th (general office)
  • Second Avenue Railroad Uptown Depot, west side of 2nd between 126th and 127th (stables)
  • Central Cross-Town Railroad Depot (West Side), 168-170 Christopher Street, between Barrow and Christopher halfway between West and Washington (general office - 168 for Christopher & 10th, 170 for Central Crosstown) (stables)
  • Central Cross-Town Railroad Depot (East Side), west side of A between 22nd and 23rd (stables)
  • 96th Street Power Station, east side of 1st between 95th and 96th
  • east side of 6th between 43rd and 44th; also a bit south of 43rd (6th Avenue RR stables and repair shop)
  • southeast corner of 92nd and A (Second Avenue RR depot)

[edit] Third Avenue Railway

Some of this information is from Charles L. Ballard, Metropolitan New York's Third Avenue Railway System, page 105.

  • 1119 3rd, bounded by 2nd, 3rd, 65th, and 66th; also a bit north of 66th (barn and central repair shop; earlier general office; depot)
  • 2389 3rd, southeast corner of Lexington and 130th (barn, paint shop, and general office - earlier the Union Railway general office, but even earlier Third Avenue RR stables)
  • Belt Line Depot, west side of 10th between 53rd and 54th (repair shops and CPN&ER western division depot)
  • Amsterdam and 129th
  • Kingsbridge Depot, 218th and Broadway (shop after 1947)
  • West Farms Depot, Boston near West Farms Sq
  • foot of Main St in Yonkers (shop after 1948)
  • Sanford and Garden in Mount Vernon (barn and yard)
  • 118 E 42nd (42nd Street, Manhattanville and St. Nicholas Avenue Railway general office)
  • 605 Grand Street, near Eldridge Street (Dry Dock general office)
  • east side of Corlears between Cherry and Monroe (Dry Dock depot for Cortlandt Street and Grand Street Crosstown Lines[1]); unlabeled "horse car railway depot" on the west side - might have been Dry Dock or CPN&ER
  • 1st, 36th, 37th, and 38th (CPN&ER eastern division depot)
  • west side of B between 14th and 15th (Dry Dock depot and stables)

[edit] Fifth Avenue Coach Company

  • both sides of 43rd, halfway between 6th and 7th