34th Street Ferry (IRT elevated station)

34th Street Ferry
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Borough Manhattan
Services IRT 34th Street Ferry Shuttle
Structure Elevated
Platforms 1 island platform
Tracks 2
Other information
Opened July 1, 1880
Closed July 14, 1930
Station succession
Next north (Terminus)
Next south Second Avenue

34th Street Ferry was a station on the 34th Street Shuttle that branched off of the IRT Third Avenue Line. The elevated spur operated from July 1, 1880, to July 14, 1930.[1][2] Located on the east side of First Avenue, the station had two tracks and one island platform. It served the 34th Street Ferry Terminal, which provided connecting services to the Long Island Rail Road's passenger terminal in Long Island City.

The next stop on the shuttle was Second Avenue.

References

  1. ↑ Harland Bartholomew & Associates (1932). Plans for Major Traffic Thoroughfares and Transit, Lower East Side, New York City, Prepared for the Lower East Side Planning Association. p. 77. OCLC 3519342.
  2. ↑ Cudahy, Brian J. (2003). A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways. New York: Fordham University Press. p. 55. ISBN 0-8232-2292-6.

Coordinates: 40°44′37″N 73°58′23″W / 40.74361°N 73.97306°W / 40.74361; -73.97306


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