Fulton Street station (IRT Third Avenue Line)
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The Fulton Street station was an express station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. The station was originally built in 1878 by the New York Elevated Railroad and had two tracks and one island platform. The next stop to the north was Franklin Square. The next stop to the south was Hanover Square. The station closed on December 22, 1950.[1] The site of the former station is located in a playground across from the Titanic Memorial Park.
Fulton St. | ||||||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | ||||||||||||||
| General information | ||||||||||||||
| Location | Fulton Street and Pearl Street New York, New York Lower Manhattan, Manhattan | |||||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°42′28.04″N 74°0′15.81″W / 40.7077889°N 74.0043917°W | |||||||||||||
| Operated by | Interborough Rapid Transit Company City of New York (after 1940) | |||||||||||||
| Line(s) | Third Avenue Line | |||||||||||||
| Platforms | 1 island platform | |||||||||||||
| Tracks | 2 | |||||||||||||
| Construction | ||||||||||||||
| Structure type | Elevated | |||||||||||||
| History | ||||||||||||||
| Opened | August 26, 1878 | |||||||||||||
| Closed | December 22, 1950 | |||||||||||||
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References
edit- ^ Parke, Richard H. (December 23, 1950). "Old 'El' Link Ends Its 72-Year Uproar". The New York Times. p. 23. Retrieved November 2, 2011.
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