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Harlem River Dr, New York, NY 10035, USA
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N40° 48' 21" W73° 55' 59"
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129th Street was a massive station on the IRT Third Avenue Line, shared by trains of both the Third Avenue Line and IRT Second Avenue Line in the New York City Subway system. It originally opened on December 30, 1878. In 1886, it gained a connection to the Willis Avenue Spur which took commuters to a terminal station in the Bronx that served commuters using the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad and later to the New York, Westchester and Boston Railway interurban lines. The next stop to the north was 133rd Street for the main line and Willis Avenue for the Willis Avenue spur, both of which were across the Third Avenue Bridge in The Bronx. The next stop to the south was 125th Street for Third Avenue Line trains and 125th Street for Second Avenue Line trains. This station closed on May 12, 1955, with the ending of all service on the Third Avenue El south of 149th Street; however, the Second Avenue Line stopped serving it on June 11, 1940. 129th Street was the terminal for some trains, specifically those of the Second Avenue Line, which used the southernmost island platform. The site became part of Harlem River Park.
