IRT Sixth Avenue Line

The IRT Sixth Avenue Line, often called the Sixth Avenue Elevated or Sixth Avenue El, was the second elevated railway in Manhattan in New York City, following the Ninth Avenue Elevated.

Not to be confused with IND Sixth Avenue Line.

IRT Sixth Avenue Line
New York City's Sixth Avenue elevated railway and the crowded street below
Overview
OwnerCity of New York
Termini
Service
TypeRapid transit
SystemInterborough Rapid Transit Company
Operator(s)Interborough Rapid Transit Company
History
Opened1878
Closed1938
Technical
Number of tracks2-3
CharacterElevated
Track gauge4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map
Ninth Avenue Line
 58th Street Terminal
 53rd Street and Eighth Avenue
Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line
 50th Street
 42nd Street
(Flushing Line)
 38th Street
 33rd Street
 28th Street
 23rd Street
 18th Street
 14th Street
 Eighth Street
 Bleecker Street
 Grand Street
 Franklin Street
 Chambers Street
 Park Place
(Brooklyn Branch)
Cortlandt Street
 Rector Street
Ninth Avenue Line
 Battery Place
Second & Third Avenue Lines
 South Ferry
(subway)

The line ran south of Central Park, mainly along Sixth Avenue. Beyond the park, trains continued north on the Ninth Avenue Line.

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