33rd Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

33rd St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
1893 view from 32nd Street when steam engines still used the line
General information
LocationWest 33rd Street and 6th Avenue
New York, NY
Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°44′56.01″N 73°59′18.5″W / 40.7488917°N 73.988472°W / 40.7488917; -73.988472
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Sixth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
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
38th Street Sixth Avenue 28th Street

The 33rd 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. This station opened on June 5, 1878, and closed on December 4, 1938. The next southbound stop was 28th Street. The next northbound stop was 38th Street. The station was eventually replaced by the 34th Street–Herald Square Subway station complex one block north.

Aerial view
  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