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38th Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

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The 38th Street station was a station on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and two side platforms. It opened in late 1913, as an infill station and closed on December 4, 1938. The next southbound stop was 33rd Street. The next northbound stop was 42nd Street (the Sixth Avenue line was the only one of the elevated lines which had a station between 33rd/34th Street and 42nd Street — and none of the subway lines that replaced the els have such a station), although a now-closed passage under Sixth Avenue running between the 42nd Street–Bryant Park and 34th Street–Herald Square stations had exits to 38th Street.[3] High crime along the passage's five-block stretch was widely cited as the reason for its closure in 1991.

LocationWest 38th Street and 6th Avenue
New York, NY
Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°45′8.34″N 73°59′9.48″W
SystemFormer Manhattan Railway elevated station
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38th St.
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LocationWest 38th Street and 6th Avenue
New York, NY
Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°45′8.34″N 73°59′9.48″W
SystemFormer Manhattan Railway elevated station
OperatorInterborough Rapid Transit Company
LineSixth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure type
Elevated
History
OpenedJanuary 31, 1914; 112 years ago (January 31, 1914)[1]
ClosedDecember 4, 1938; 87 years ago (December 4, 1938)[2]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
42nd Street Sixth Avenue 33rd Street
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