The Desbrosses Street station was an express station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had three tracks, one island platform and two side platforms. It was served by trains from the IRT Ninth Avenue Line. It opened on November 23, 1873 and closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was Franklin Street, while the next southbound express stop was Warren Street. The next northbound stop was Houston Street, while the next northbound express stop was Christopher Street. The station was located one block east of the Desbrosses Street Ferry's slip which provided connections to the railroad terminals in at Exchange Place and Pavonia.
Desbrosses St. | ||||||||||||||||
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Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | Desbrosses Street and Greenwich Street New York, NY Lower Manhattan, Manhattan | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°43′24.3″N 74°0′34.49″W / 40.723417°N 74.0095806°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 | November 23, 1873 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | June 11, 1940[1] | |||||||||||||||
Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification". New York Daily News. June 10, 1940. p. 37. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.