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166th Street station
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New York City Subway station in the Bronx (closed 1973)
February 2025
February 2025
former 166th Street File:166TH ST. STATION, GENERAL VIEW WEST ON 166TH ST. TO STRUCTURE. - Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Third Avenue Elevated Line, Borough of the Bronx, New York, New York County, HAER NY,3-BRONX,13-32.tif IRT Third Avenue Line None 2 side platforms 3 40 49 42 N 73 54 25 W inline,title East 166th Street and 3rd AvenueBronx, New York 10456 The Bronx Morrisania IRT December 25, 1887 April 29, 1973Third Avenue El Makes Final Run https://www.newspapers.com/clip/52630000/3rd-avenue-el-april-30-1973/ June 2, 2020 The Arizona Daily Star April 30, 1973 Tucson, Arizona 18 Newspapers.com 169th Street 161st Street yes
The 166th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx, New York City. It was originally opened on December 25, 1887, by the Suburban Rapid Transit Company, and had three tracks and two side platforms. The next stop to the north was 169th Street. The next stop to the south was 161st Street. The station closed on April 29, 1973.
The train was notable at this station for arriving in front of the Franklin Avenue Armory and having views of Morris High School.
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http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?1:311174 166th Street (3rd Avenue El) nycsubway.org 2009-01-25 https://web.archive.org/web/20090305191646/http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?1%3A311174 5 March 2009 dead
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
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:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1887
Category:Former elevated and subway stations in the Bronx
Category:1887 establishments in New York City
Category:1973 disestablishments in New York (state)
Category:Morrisania, Bronx
Category:Third Avenue
Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1973