IRT Second Avenue Line

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IRT Second Avenue Elevated
The Second Avenue El, looking south on First Avenue from 13th Street during its demolition in September 1942
Overview
Owner	City of New York
Termini	125th Street City Hall South Ferry
Service
Type	Rapid transit
System	Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Operator(s)	New York City Transit Authority
History
Opened	1878
Closed	1940–1942
Technical
Number of tracks	2-3
Character	Elevated
Track gauge	4 ft 8+1⁄2 in (1,435 mm) standard gauge
Route map Legend Third Avenue Line Harlem River 129th Street 125th Street 121st Street 117th Street 111th Street 105th Street 99th Street 92nd Street 86th Street 80th Street 72nd Street 65th Street Queensboro Bridge to Astoria & Flushing Lines 57th Street 50th Street 42nd Street (Flushing Line) 34th Street (Ferry Shuttle) 23rd Street 19th Street 14th Street Eighth Street First Street Rivington Street Grand Street Canal Street Third Avenue Line Chatham Square City Hall Franklin Square Fulton Street Hanover Square Brooklyn Branch Sixth & Ninth Avenue Lines South Ferry This diagram: view talk edit

The IRT Second Avenue Line, also known as the Second Avenue Elevated or Second Avenue El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan, New York City, United States, from 1878 to 1942. It was operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company until 1940, when the city took over the IRT. Service north of the 57th Street station ended on June 11, 1940; the rest of the line closed on June 13, 1942.