New York, NY - Urban Archive

South of Union Square

Ninth and Sixth Avenue Elevated Lines

The Ninth and Sixth Avenue Elevated trains, constructed in the second half of the 19th century, were built as an answer to the city's growing congestion problem.

By the 1940s the Els were outdated and inefficient in comparison to the newly constructed modern subways. Between 1939 and 1958 (largely though in 1939 and 1940) the massive steel structures were dismantled piece by piece.

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South Ferry Station, (IRT Elevated Lines and Subway)

Southern Terminus

Battery Place Station, Ninth- and -Sixth Avenue El

Cortlandt Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

Rector Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

Barclay Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

Cortlandt Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

Warren Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

Park Place Station, Sixth Avenue El

Franklin Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

Chambers Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

Desbrosses Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

Franklin Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

West Houston Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

Grand Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

Christopher Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

Bleecker Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

Eighth Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

14th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

14th Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

23rd Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

23rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

18th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

28th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

30th Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

33rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

34th Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

42nd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

50th Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

50th Street Station, Ninth Avenue El

53rd Street Station, Sixth Avenue El

Where the sixth avenue line merged with the ninth avenue line. Also the spot of the devastating 1905 accident.

59th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

66th Street Station, Sixth and Ninth Avenue El

72nd Street Station, Sixth and Ninth Avenue El Lines

81st Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

93rd Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

104th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

110th Street Station, Sixth Avenue-Ninth Avenue El

The infamous "Suicide Curve," the highest peak of the elevated system where the Ninth Ave el hugged the bottom morningside avenue towards Eighth Avenue and unfortunately was a popular spot for suicide attempts in the early 20th century.

116th Street Station, Ninth Avenue and Sixth Avenue El

125th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

130th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

135th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

140th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

145th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

155th Street Station, Ninth and Sixth Avenue El

Northern Terminus.

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