59th Street station (IRT Ninth Avenue Line)

For other uses, see 59th Street.

59th St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
Location	West 59th Street and 9th Avenue, New York, NY Upper Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates	40°46′9.15″N 73°59′5.16″W
Operated by	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)	Ninth Avenue Line
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3
Construction
Structure type	Elevated
History
Opened	June 9, 1879 (June 9, 1879)
Closed	June 11, 1940 (June 11, 1940)
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station 66th Street toward 155th Street Sixth Avenue 53rd Street and Eighth Avenue toward South Ferry Ninth Avenue Local 50th Street toward South Ferry

The 59th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Ninth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two levels. The lower level was built first and had two tracks and two side platforms that served local trains. The upper level was built as part of the Dual Contracts and had one track that served express trains. It closed on June 11, 1940. The next southbound stop was 50th Street for Ninth Avenue trains and Eighth Avenue for IRT Sixth Avenue Line trains. The next northbound stop was 66th Street.

On September 11, 1905, 12 people were killed and 42 injured in the Ninth Avenue derailment when a train that had just left the station was wrongly switched onto the curve at 53rd Street.

External links

• 9th Avenue El(Forgotten NY.com)