34th Street Ferry station

34th St. Ferry
34th St. Ferry
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
Location	Kips Bay, Manhattan
Coordinates	40°44′37″N 73°58′23″W / 40.74361°N 73.97306°W
Operated by	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)	34th Street Branch
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	July 1, 1880; 144 years ago
Closed	July 14, 1930; 94 years ago
Former services

The 34th Street Ferry station was a station on the 34th Street Shuttle that branched off of the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. The elevated spur operated from July 1, 1880, to July 14, 1930.^[1]^[2]^[3] Located on the east side of First Avenue, the station had two tracks and one island platform. 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

^ Harland Bartholomew & Associates (1932). Plans for Major Traffic Thoroughfares and Transit, Lower East Side, New York City, Prepared for the Lower East Side Planning Association. p. 77. OCLC 3519342.
^ Cudahy, Brian J. (2003). A Century of Subways: Celebrating 100 Years of New York's Underground Railways. New York: Fordham University Press. p. 55. ISBN 9780823222957.
^ "34th St. Elevated Ends Long Service". The New York Times. July 15, 1930. p. 15. Retrieved February 18, 2023.

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