18th Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

18th Street was a station on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and two side platforms. It was served by trains from the IRT Sixth Avenue Line and opened in 1892. It closed on December 4, 1938, and was not replaced with a subway station on the IND Sixth Avenue Line. However, one block north of the station there was a 19th Street station on the Hudson and Manhattan Railroad that operated between 1908 and 1954. The next southbound stop was 14th Street. The next northbound stop was 23rd Street.

For other uses, see 18th Street.
18th St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
LocationWest 18th Street and 6th Avenue
New York, NY
Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°44′23.44″N 73°59′42.14″W
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Sixth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
Opened1892 (1892)
ClosedDecember 4, 1938 (December 4, 1938)[1]
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
23rd Street
toward Burnside Avenue
 Sixth Avenue
Express
 14th Street
toward Rector Street
23rd Street
toward 155th Street or Burnside Avenue
 Sixth Avenue
Local
 14th Street
toward South Ferry

References
  1. "Days of Yore Recalled as 'L' Line Goes". Rochester Democrat and Chronicle. December 5, 1938. p. 9. Retrieved June 30, 2019 – via Newspapers.com.


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