First Street station (IRT Second Avenue Line)

The First Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Second Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City, located at the intersection of First Street and First Avenue. It had two levels. The lower level had two tracks and two side platforms and the upper level had one track that served express trains. The station opened on March 1, 1880,^[1] and closed on June 13, 1942.^[2]

LocationEast 1st Street and 1st Avenue
East Village, Manhattan, New York

Coordinates40°43′23.69″N 73°59′18.54″W

SystemFormer Manhattan Railway elevated station

Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
City of New York (after 1940)

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General information
Location	East 1st Street and 1st Avenue East Village, Manhattan, New York
Coordinates	40°43′23.69″N 73°59′18.54″W
System	Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
Operated by	Interborough Rapid Transit Company City of New York (after 1940)
Line	Second Avenue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 – lower level) (1 – upper level)
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	March 1, 1880; 146 years ago (March 1, 1880)[1]
Closed	June 13, 1942; 84 years ago (June 13, 1942)[2]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station Eighth Street toward 129th Street Second Avenue Local Rivington Street toward South Ferry
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