72nd Street | |||||||||||
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&sq=&lang=&file=File:Staircase_leading_to_the_abandoned_72nd_Street_station_in_the_Park_Avenue_Tunnel.jpg) This picture was taken from the southwestern corner of Park Avenue and 72nd Street. The emergency exit–the former staircase leading to the southbound platform–is open to allow workers to do lighting work in the tunnel. | |||||||||||
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| Location | Park Avenue and 72nd Street Upper East Side, Manhattan, New York | ||||||||||
| Coordinates | 40°46′16″N 73°57′50″W / 40.771125°N 73.963825°W | ||||||||||
| Line(s) | Park Avenue Tunnel (Hudson Line) | ||||||||||
| Platforms | 2 side | ||||||||||
| Tracks | 4 | ||||||||||
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The 72nd Street station is an abandoned station located in the Park Avenue Tunnel used by Metro-North Railroad. The station has two side platforms and is located in between 72nd Street and 73rd Street underneath Park Avenue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.[1] The station was built by the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad as part of an agreement with New York City.
- ^ "Track Map for the New York & Harlem Railroad Operated by the New York Central Railroad Company" (PDF). archives.gov. Interstate Commerce Commission. Bureau of Valuation, Engineering Section. June 30, 1917. Retrieved December 27, 2018.