Hanover Square station

Hanover Square
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
Hanover Square station, 1936
General information
LocationPearl Street and Hanover Square
New York, New York
Lower Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°42′16.78″N 74°0′33.36″W / 40.7046611°N 74.0092667°W / 40.7046611; -74.0092667
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
City of New York (after 1940)
Line(s)Third Avenue Line
Platforms1 island platform
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedAugust 26, 1878; 146 years ago (August 26, 1878)
ClosedDecember 22, 1950; 73 years ago (December 22, 1950)
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
Fulton Street
toward 129th Street
 Second Avenue
Local
 South Ferry
Terminus
Third Avenue
Local

The Hanover Square station was an express station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. 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.[1]

Hanover Square station is 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

  1. ^ Parke, Richard H. (December 23, 1950). "Old 'El' Link Ends Its 72-Year Uproar". The New York Times. p. 23. Retrieved November 2, 2011.


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