The 125th Street station was an express station on the demolished IRT Second Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had three tracks and two island platforms. The next stop to the north was 129th Street for terminating trains and 133rd Street for through trains. The next stop to the south was 121st Street for local trains and 86th Street for express trains. The station closed on June 11, 1940.
125th St. | ||||||||||||||||
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Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | ||||||||||||||||
General information | ||||||||||||||||
Location | East 125th Street and 2nd Avenue New York, New York East Harlem, Manhattan | |||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 40°48′10″N 73°56′01″W / 40.802761°N 73.933587°W | |||||||||||||||
Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company | |||||||||||||||
Line(s) | Second Avenue Line | |||||||||||||||
Platforms | 2 island platforms | |||||||||||||||
Tracks | 3 | |||||||||||||||
Construction | ||||||||||||||||
Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||||
History | ||||||||||||||||
Opened | March 1, 1880 | |||||||||||||||
Closed | June 11, 1940[1] | |||||||||||||||
Former services | ||||||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ "Court to Hear Plea to Stay Razing of 'El'". The Herald Statesman. Yonkers, New York. June 12, 1940. p. 9. Retrieved March 9, 2021 – via Newspapers.com.
External links
edit- "2nd Avenue El". nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on 27 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- "Second Avenue Local". Station Reporter. Archived from the original on 30 January 2009. Retrieved 2009-01-25.
- http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/caption.pl?/img/maps/calcagno-1920-elevated.gif