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Houston Street (IRT Third Avenue Line)

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Services
  
IRT Third Avenue Line

Next north
  
Ninth Street

Opened
  
16 September 1878

Platforms in use
  
2

Structure
  
Elevated

Next south
  
Grand Street

Borough
  
Manhattan

Tracks
  
3

Closed
  
May 12, 1955; 61 years ago (May 12, 1955)

Similar
  
New York City Police Museum, Bryant Park, Marcus Garvey Park, William Tecumseh Sherman, Kappo Masa Restaurant

Houston Street was a station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line on the Bowery. It opened on September 16, 1878, and had three tracks and two island platforms, which served all three tracks on one level. This station closed on May 12, 1955, with the ending of all service on the Third Avenue El south of 149th Street.

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Houston Street (IRT Third Avenue Line) Wikipedia