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169th Street station (IRT Third Avenue Line)

1888 establishments in New York (state)1973 disestablishments in New York (state)Bronx building and structure stubsDefunct New York City Subway stations located abovegroundFormer elevated and subway stations in the Bronx
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169TH ST. STATION, VIEW SOUTH FROM NORTHBOUND PLATFORM. Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Third Avenue Elevated Line, Borough of the Bronx, New York, New York County, NY HAER NY,3 BRONX,13 38
169TH ST. STATION, VIEW SOUTH FROM NORTHBOUND PLATFORM. Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Third Avenue Elevated Line, Borough of the Bronx, New York, New York County, NY HAER NY,3 BRONX,13 38

The 169th Street station was a local station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in the Bronx, New York City. It was originally opened on September 2, 1888 by the Suburban Rapid Transit Company, and had three tracks and two side platforms. It was the northern terminus of the Third Avenue elevated for over two weeks. In 1902, the station and the rest of the Third Avenue elevated were acquired by Interborough Rapid Transit Company. The next stop to the north was Claremont Parkway. The next stop to the south was 166th Street. The station closed on April 29, 1973. The site of the former station is next to the Frederick Douglass Academy III Secondary School.

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10456 New York, The Bronx
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169TH ST. STATION, VIEW SOUTH FROM NORTHBOUND PLATFORM. Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Third Avenue Elevated Line, Borough of the Bronx, New York, New York County, NY HAER NY,3 BRONX,13 38
169TH ST. STATION, VIEW SOUTH FROM NORTHBOUND PLATFORM. Interborough Rapid Transit Company, Third Avenue Elevated Line, Borough of the Bronx, New York, New York County, NY HAER NY,3 BRONX,13 38
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