23rd Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)
Appearance
23rd St. | ||||||||||||||||
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Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | ||||||||||||||||
![]() A newsstand beneath one of the entrances to 23rd Street station in December 1902. | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | West 23rd Street and 6th Avenue New York, NY Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°44′34.35″N 73°59′34.14″W / 40.7428750°N 73.9928167°W | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Sixth Avenue Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | June 5, 1878 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | December 4, 1938[1] | |||||||||||||||
Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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The 23rd Street station was a station on the demolished
23rd Street IND
subway station.
References
- ^ "Days of Yore Recalled as 'L' Line Goes". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. December 5, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.