Cortlandt Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)
Appearance
Cortlandt St. | ||||||||||||||||
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Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | ||||||||||||||||
![]() Station viewed from Radio Row, looking east | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Greenwich Street between Liberty Street and Fulton Street New York, NY Lower Manhattan, Manhattan | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°42′39″N 74°0′44.65″W / 40.71083°N 74.0124028°W | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Ninth Avenue Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms 1 island platform | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | May 25, 1874 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | June 11, 1940[1] | |||||||||||||||
Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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The Cortlandt Street station was an express station at Greenwich Street on the demolished
Warren Street
.
The station was located two blocks from
Exchange Place Terminal
in Jersey City.
The site of the station was in the parcel of land acquired in the early 1970s as the location for the World Trade Center.
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.