Structure Elevated Next north Fulton Street Opened 26 August 1878 Locale Lower Manhattan | Tracks 2 Next south South Ferry Borough Manhattan Platforms in use 1 | |
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Services IRT Second Avenue Line
IRT Third Avenue Line Closed December 22, 1950; 66 years ago (December 22, 1950) Similar 48 Wall Street, 20 Exchange Place, Museum of American Finance, 1 Hanover Square, 55 Water Street | ||
Hanover Square was a station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line. It had two tracks and one island platform. The station was originally built in 1878 by the New York Elevated Railroad. The next stop to the north was Fulton Street. The next stop to the south was South Ferry. The station closed on December 22, 1950.
In popular culture
Hanover Square station was immortalised in the last movement of Orchestral Set No. 2 by Charles Ives, a recollection of the day the news broke that the liner the Lusitania had been sunk in 1915.
References
Hanover Square (IRT Third Avenue Line) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA