116th Street station (IRT Third Avenue Line)

Former Manhattan Railway elevated station (closed 1955) 116th Street (disambiguation)116th Street April 2025 IRT 116th ST. Former Manhattan Railway elevated station Interborough Rapid Transit CompanyCity of New York (1940-1953)New York City Transit Authority Third Avenue Line 2 side platforms 3 East 116th Street and 3rd AvenueMarch 2024 Upper Manhattan, Manhattan, New York 40 47 53 N 73 56 24 W inline,title Elevated December 30, 1878 May 12, 1955Third Avenue El Makes Last Trip https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52497622/third-avenue-may-13-1955/ May 30, 2020 The Kingston Daily Freeman May 13, 1955 10 Newspapers.com Former services IRT Third Avenue Local 125th Street 106th Street The 116th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It is located in the neighborhood of Harlem. The outer tracks had two side platforms for local trains, and was built first. The center track was built as part of the Dual Contracts for express trains. This station closed on May 12, 1955, with the ending of all service on the Third Avenue El south of 149th Street.NYCTA Notice of Third Avenue Rail Closure for May 12, 1955 References http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?1:311154 116th Street (3rd Avenue El) nycsubway.org 2009-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20090305191558/http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?1%3A311154 5 March 2009 live http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html 3rd Avenue El nycsubway.org 2009-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20090127041419/http://nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html 27 January 2009 live http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm Third Avenue Local Station Reporter 2009-01-25 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100609061601/http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm 2010-06-09 Category:IRT Third Avenue Line stations Category:1878 establishments in New York (state) Category:1955 disestablishments in New York (state) Category:Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Category:Third Avenue Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1955