34th Street Ferry (IRT elevated station)

34th Street Ferry
34th Street Ferry
	Former New York City Subway station
Station statistics
Address	East 34th Street between 1st Avenue and FDR Drive, New York, NY, 10016
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Kips Bay
Coordinates	40°44′37″N 73°58′23″W / 40.74361°N 73.97306°WCoordinates: 40°44′37″N 73°58′23″W / 40.74361°N 73.97306°W
Division	A (IRT)
Services	IRT 34th Street Ferry Shuttle
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	July 1, 1880
Closed	July 14, 1930
Station succession
Next north	(Terminus)
Next south	Second Avenue
Location
Street map
Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops in station at all times
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops late nights and weekends only
	Stops weekdays only
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction
	Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Station is closed
	(Details about time periods)

34th Street Ferry was a station on the 34th Street Shuttle that branched off of the IRT Third Avenue Line. The elevated spur operated from July 1, 1880, to July 14, 1930.^[1]^[2] 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 0-8232-2292-6.

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