169th Street station (IRT Third Avenue Line)

New York City Subway station in the Bronx (closed 1973) the station actually at 169th Street and Hillside Avenue in Queens 169th Street (IND Queens Boulevard Line) February 2025 June 2017 former 169th Street 169TH ST. STATION, VIEW SOUTH FROM NORTHBOUND PLATFORM. - Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Third Avenue Elevated Line, Borough of the Bronx, New York, New York County, NY HAER NY,3-BRONX,13-38.tif Looking south from northbound platform IRT Third Avenue Line None 2 side platforms 3 East 169th Street and 3rd AvenueBronx, New York 10456 The Bronx Claremont Village IRT 40 49 59 N 73 54 17 W inline,title September 2, 1888 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 Claremont Parkway 166th Street yes The 169th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx, New York City. It was originally opened on September 2, 1888, by the Suburban Rapid Transit Company, and had three tracks and two side platforms. It was the northern terminus of the Third Avenue elevated for over two weeks. In 1902, the station and the rest of the Third Avenue elevated were acquired by Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The next stop to the north was Claremont Parkway. The next stop to the south was 166th Street. The station closed on April 29, 1973. The site of the former station is next to the Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School.Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School (Overview) References External links http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?1:311176 169th Street (3rd Avenue El) nycsubway.org January 25, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090305192320/http://www.nycsubway.org/perl/stations?1%3A311176 March 5, 2009 dead http://www.nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html 3rd Avenue El nycsubway.org January 25, 2009 https://web.archive.org/web/20090127041419/http://nycsubway.org/lines/3rdave-el.html January 27, 2009 http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm Third Avenue Local Station Reporter January 25, 2009 dead https://web.archive.org/web/20100609061601/http://www.stationreporter.net/3avl.htm June 9, 2010 Category:IRT Third Avenue Line stations Category:Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888 Category:1888 establishments in New York City Category:1973 disestablishments in New York (state) Category:Former elevated and subway stations in the Bronx Category:Third Avenue Category:Railway stations in the United States closed in 1973