116th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

Former Manhattan Railway elevated station (closed 1940) 116th Street (disambiguation)116th Street February 2025 August 2025 IRT 116th St. Former Manhattan Railway elevated station Interborough Rapid Transit Company Ninth Avenue Line 2 island platforms 3 File:(King1893NYC) pg144 PASSENGER ELEVATOR AND STATION,ELEVATED RAILROAD, EIGHTH AVENUE AND 118TH STREET.jpg 1893 Central Harlem, Manhattan West 116th Street and Frederick Douglass BoulevardNew York, NY 40 48 15.77 N 73 57 19.29 W region:US inline, title September 17, 1879 June 11, 1940Tonight to See City Pass Goal of Unification https://www.newspapers.com/clip/33412680/9th_avenue_el_june_10_1940/ June 30, 2019 New York Daily News June 10, 1940 37 Newspapers.com Former services IRT Ninth Avenue Express 125th Street 66th Street Sixth Avenue 125th Street 110th Street Ninth Avenue Local 125th Street 110th Street The 116th Street station was an express station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had three tracks and two island platforms. It opened on September 17, 1879, and closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound local stop was 104th Street station until June 3, 1903, and then 110th Street. The next southbound express stop was 66th Street. The next northbound stop was 125th Street for all trains. The express run from this stop to 66th Street was the longest express segment out of all New York City elevated lines, bypassing seven local stations. References External links NYCsubway.org - The IRT Ninth Avenue Elevated Line-Polo Grounds Shuttle Category:IRT Ninth Avenue Line stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1879 Category:Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan Category:1879 establishments in New York (state) Category:1940 disestablishments in New York (state) Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1940