Cortlandt Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

Coordinates: 40°42′37.3″N 74°0′40.46″W / 40.710361°N 74.0112389°W / 40.710361; -74.0112389
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Cortlandt St.
Former
Manhattan Railway elevated station
The station platform ca. 1893
General information
LocationCortlandt Street and Church Street
New York, NY
Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°42′37.3″N 74°0′40.46″W / 40.710361°N 74.0112389°W / 40.710361; -74.0112389
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Sixth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks3
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedJune 5, 1878; 146 years ago (June 5, 1878)
ClosedDecember 4, 1938; 85 years ago (December 4, 1938)[1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
Park Place Sixth Avenue
Express
Rector Street
Terminus
Park Place Sixth Avenue
Local
Rector Street
Cortlandt Street station on a map published in 1916

The Cortlandt Street station was a station at Church Street on the demolished

Park Place
.

References

  1. ^ "Days of Yore Recalled as 'L' Line Goes". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. December 5, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com. Open access icon