18th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
18th Street | |
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Former New York City Subway rapid transit station | |
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18th Street station shortly after construction
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Station statistics | |
Address | East 18th Street & Park Avenue South New York, NY |
Borough | Manhattan |
Locale | Gramercy |
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Line | IRT Lexington Avenue Line |
Services | None (abandoned) |
Structure | Underground |
Platforms | 2 side platforms |
Tracks | 4 |
Other information | |
Opened | October 27, 1904 [1] |
Closed | November 8, 1948 [2] |
Station succession | |
Next north | 23rd Street |
Next south | 14th Street – Union Square |
18th Street was a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located on Park Avenue South and 18th Street.
Station layout
G | - | Street level |
P Platform level |
Side platform, not in service | |
Northbound local | ← ( late nights) do not stop here (23rd Street) | |
Northbound express | ← do not stop here | |
Southbound express | → do not stop here → | |
Southbound local | → ( late nights) do not stop here (14th Street – Union Square) → | |
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The station was open from 1904 to 1948, when it was closed because of platform lengthening at 23rd Street, and the opening of an entrance at 22nd Street.[2] The stations are close enough that it is possible to see the lights of 14th Street – Union Square down the tracks from the two side platforms of this station. The two platforms are as built and only 5 cars in length.
The station's ceiling was originally fitted with glass in order to let natural light in. It has green faience plaques and mosaic name tablets by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company from 1904. The ceiling was also decorated with ornamental motifs.
The station is no longer accessible from the street, but its graffiti-covered walls can be seen through the windows of any Lexington Avenue local train, as well as from express trains if no local train blocks the view.
See also
References
External links
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- nycsubway.org—IRT East Side Line: 18th Street
- Abandoned Stations – 18 Street
- Forgotten NY – Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
- Forgotten NY: Subways and Trains – Dead at 18
- Use mdy dates from February 2012
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- Defunct Interborough Rapid Transit Company stations
- IRT Lexington Avenue Line stations
- Railway stations opened in 1904
- 1904 establishments in New York
- Railway stations closed in 1948
- Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan
- Park Avenue
- Gramercy Park