38th Street station (IRT Sixth Avenue Line)

The 38th Street station was a station on the demolished IRT Sixth Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and two side platforms. It opened in late 1913, as an infill station and closed on December 4, 1938. The next southbound stop was 33rd Street. The next northbound stop was 42nd Street (the Sixth Avenue line was the only one of the elevated lines which had a station between 33rd/34th Street and 42nd Street and none of the subway lines that replaced the els have such a station), although a now-closed passage under Sixth Avenue running between the 42nd Street–Bryant Park and 34th Street–Herald Square stations had exits to 38th Street. High crime along the passage's five-block stretch was widely cited as the reason for its closure in 1991.

38th St.
Former Manhattan Railway elevated station
General information
LocationWest 38th Street and 6th Avenue
New York, NY
Midtown Manhattan, Manhattan
Coordinates40°45′8.34″N 73°59′9.48″W
Operated byInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Line(s)Sixth Avenue Line
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks2
Construction
Structure typeElevated
History
OpenedJanuary 31, 1914 (January 31, 1914)
ClosedDecember 4, 1938 (December 4, 1938)
Former services
Preceding station Interborough Rapid Transit Following station
42nd Street Sixth Avenue
Express
33rd Street
toward Rector Street
42nd Street Sixth Avenue
Local
33rd Street
toward South Ferry
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