72nd Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)
72nd St. | ||||||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | ||||||||||||||
.jpg) Passengers at the 72nd Street station in 1936; photo by Berenice Abbott as part of her "Changing New York" project | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | West 72nd Street and Columbus Avenue New York, NY Upper West Side, Manhattan | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′38.67″N 73°58′43.62″W / 40.7774083°N 73.9787833°W | |||||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Ninth Avenue Line | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 3 (1 upper level; 2 lower level) | |||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | June 9, 1879 | |||||||||||||
| Closed | June 11, 1940[1] | |||||||||||||
| Former services | ||||||||||||||
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The 72nd Street station was a local station on the demolished
81st Street
.
References
- ^ "Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification". New York Daily News. June 10, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
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