140th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

Former Manhattan Railway elevated station (closed 1940) February 2025 August 2025 IRT 140th St. Former Manhattan Railway elevated station Interborough Rapid Transit Company Ninth Avenue Line 2 side platforms 3 (1 upper level; 2 lower level) West 140th Street and Frederick Douglass BoulevardNew York, NY Harlem, Manhattan 40 49 10.8 N 73 56 39.24 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 Sixth Avenue 145th Street 135th Street Ninth Avenue Local 145th Street 135th Street The 140th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms and served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains that bypassed this station. History This station opened on September 17, 1879 and closed on June 11, 1940. References 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