The Claremont Parkway station, signed as "Claremont Parkway − Between 171st St. & 172nd St." was a local station on the demolished

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. It originally opened on September 19, 1888, by the

Suburban Rapid Transit Company 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 ...

as Wendover Avenue Station, and had three tracks and two

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s. It was the northern terminus of the Third Avenue elevated until 1891. It was also two blocks east of the former

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station along the

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that was closed in 1960. The next stop to the north was 174th Street. The next stop to the south was 169th Street. The station closed on April 29, 1973. Claremont Parkway station burned down on April 30, 1973, in a huge arson fire.

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* * * IRT Third Avenue Line stations Railway stations in the United States opened in 1888 1888 establishments in New York City 1973 disestablishments in New York (state) Former elevated and subway stations in the Bronx Third Avenue Railway stations in the United States closed in 1973 {{Bronx-railstation-stub