IRT Sixth Avenue Line

IRT Sixth Avenue Line
New York City's Sixth Avenue elevated railway and the crowded street below
Overview
Owner	City of New York
Termini	Eighth Avenue South Ferry
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Operator(s)	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
History
Opened	1878
Closed	1938
Technical
Number of tracks	2-3
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm)
Route map Legend 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) This diagram: view talk edit

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.

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