Eighth Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)
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Eighth St. | |||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | |||||||||||
| File:Jefferson Market Court, southwest corner of Sixth Avenue and West 10th Street, looking north from southwest corner of Sixth Avenue and West 9th Street, Manhattan (NYPL b13668355-482552).jpg The Jefferson Market Courthouse, just to the north of the eighth street station | |||||||||||
| General information | |||||||||||
| Location | West 8th Street and 6th Avenue New York, NY Lower Manhattan, Manhattan | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°44′0.96″N 73°59′58.52″W / 40.7336000°N 73.9995889°W | ||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Sixth Avenue Line | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||
| Construction | |||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | ||||||||||
| History | |||||||||||
| Opened | June 5, 1878 | ||||||||||
| Closed | December 4, 1938[1] | ||||||||||
| Former services | |||||||||||
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The Eighth Street station was a station on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and two side platforms. It was served by trains from the IRT Sixth Avenue Line and opened on June 5, 1878.[2] It closed on December 4, 1938.[1]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "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
- ↑ Superior Court of the City of New York, General Term. 1888. p. 195.
