Cortlandt Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°42′39″N 74°0′44.65″W / 40.71083°N 74.0124028°W / 40.71083; -74.0124028
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Cortlandt St.
Former
Manhattan Railway elevated station
Station viewed from Radio Row, looking east
General information
LocationGreenwich Street between Liberty Street and Fulton Street
New York, NY
Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°42′39″N 74°0′44.65″W / 40.71083°N 74.0124028°W / 40.71083; -74.0124028
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Ninth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
1 island platform
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedMay 25, 1874; 150 years ago (May 25, 1874)
ClosedJune 11, 1940; 84 years ago (June 11, 1940)[1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
Warren Street Ninth Avenue
Express
Rector Street
Terminus
Barclay Street Ninth Avenue
Local
Rector Street
Cortlandt Street station on a map published in 1916

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

  1. ^ "Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification". New York Daily News. June 10, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon