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34th Street station (IRT Second Avenue Line)

34th Street (Manhattan)Defunct New York City Subway stations located abovegroundFormer elevated and subway stations in ManhattanIRT Second Avenue Line stationsManhattan railway station stubs
Railway stations closed in 1942
Elevated R.R. 34th st. and 2d Ave., N. Y, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views (cropped)
Elevated R.R. 34th st. and 2d Ave., N. Y, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views (cropped)

The 34th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Second Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two levels. The upper level had three tracks and two side platforms and was used for the Second Avenue line trains. The lower level, also known as the Second Avenue station, had two tracks and one island platform and was used by 34th Street shuttle trains. The next stop to the north was 42nd Street. The next stop to the south was 23rd Street. The next eastbound stop on the shuttle was 34th Street Ferry. The next westbound stop on the shuttle was Third Avenue. The shuttle platform closed on July 14, 1930, and the main line station closed on June 13, 1942.

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34th Street station (IRT Second Avenue Line)
2nd Avenue, New York Manhattan

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2nd Avenue 625
10016 New York, Manhattan
New York, United States
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Elevated R.R. 34th st. and 2d Ave., N. Y, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views (cropped)
Elevated R.R. 34th st. and 2d Ave., N. Y, from Robert N. Dennis collection of stereoscopic views (cropped)
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Civic Club / Estonian House
Civic Club / Estonian House

The Civic Club building, now the New York Estonian House (Estonian: New Yorgi Eesti Maja), is a four-story Beaux-Arts building located at 243 East 34th Street between Second and Third Avenues in the Murray Hill neighborhood of Manhattan in New York City. The house was originally built for the Civic Club in 1898–1899, having been designed by Brooklyn architect Thomas A. Gray. The Civic Club was founded by the local social reformer F. Norton Goddard (1861–1905) to reduce poverty and fight against gambling in the neighborhood. After Goddard's death in 1905 the club ceased to exist, but the building remained in the Goddard family until 1946, when Frederick Norton's widow sold it for $25,000 to The New York Estonian Educational Society, Inc., which is still the owner of the house today. The building underwent a $100,000 restoration in 1992.Known as the Estonian House (Eesti Maja), the building houses a number of Estonian organizations such as the New York Estonian School (New Yorgi Eesti Kool), choruses for men and women and a folk dancing group. Vaba Eesti Sõna, the largest Estonian-language newspaper in the United States, is also published at the New York Estonian House. The Estonian House has become the main center of Estonian culture on the U.S. Eastern seaboard, especially amongst Estonian-Americans. The building was designated as a landmark by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1978 and was added to the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.