Eighth St. | |||||||||||
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| Former Manhattan Railway elevated station | |||||||||||
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| 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]
- ^ a b "Days of Yore Recalled as 'L' Line Goes". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. December 5, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.
- ^ Superior Court of the City of New York, General Term. 1888. p. 195.
