The 34th Street Ferry station was a station on the 34th Street Shuttle that branched off of the demolished
IRT Third Avenue Line
The IRT Third Avenue Line, commonly known as the Third Avenue Elevated, Third Avenue El, or Bronx El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan and the Bronx, New York City. Originally operated by the New York Elevated Railway, an independent railwa ...
in
Manhattan
Manhattan (), known regionally as the City, is the most densely populated and geographically smallest of the five boroughs of New York City. The borough is also coextensive with New York County, one of the original counties of the U.S. state ...
,
New York City
New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...
. The elevated spur operated from July 1, 1880, to July 14, 1930.
Located on the east side of
First Avenue, the station had two tracks and one
island platform
An island platform (also center platform, centre platform) is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange. Island platforms are popular on ...
. It served the
34th Street Ferry Terminal, which provided connecting services to the
Long Island Rail Road's passenger terminal in
Long Island City.
The next stop on the shuttle was
Second Avenue.
References
External links
34th Street Shuttleat Station Reporter
34th St Ferry Spurat Picasa Web Albums
IRT Second Avenue Line stations
Railway stations in the United States opened in 1880
1880 establishments in New York (state)
Railway stations closed in 1930
Former elevated and subway stations in Manhattan
1930 disestablishments in New York (state)
34th Street (Manhattan)
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