18th Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)

18th Street
Former New York City Subway rapid transit station
300px 18th Street station shortly after construction
Station statistics
Address	East 18th Street & Park Avenue South New York, NY
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Gramercy
Coordinates
Line	IRT Lexington Avenue Line
Services	None (abandoned)
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	4
Other information
Opened	October 27, 1904  (1904-10-27)
Closed	November 8, 1948  (1948-11-08)
Station succession
Next north	23rd Street
Next south	14th Street – Union Square

18th Street was a local station on the IRT Lexington Avenue Line of the New York City Subway, located on Park Avenue South and 18th Street.

Station layout

G	-	Street level
P Platform level	Side platform, not in service
	Northbound local	← ( late nights) do not stop here (23rd Street)
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound local	→ ( late nights) do not stop here (14th Street – Union Square) →
	Side platform, not in service

File:18 Street IRT 002.png

Entrance area with ticket booth and control

The station was open from 1904 to 1948, when it was closed because of platform lengthening at 23rd Street, and the opening of an entrance at 22nd Street. The stations are close enough that it is possible to see the lights of 14th Street – Union Square down the tracks from the two side platforms of this station. The two platforms are as built and only 5 cars in length.

The station's ceiling was originally fitted with glass in order to let natural light in. It has green faience plaques and mosaic name tablets by Heins & LaFarge / Grueby Faience Company from 1904. The ceiling was also decorated with ornamental motifs.

The station is no longer accessible from the street, but its graffiti-covered walls can be seen through the windows of any Lexington Avenue local train, as well as from express trains if no local train blocks the view.

See also

• Worth Street (IRT Lexington Avenue Line)
• 91st Street (IRT Broadway – Seventh Avenue Line)

External links

• nycsubway.org—IRT East Side Line: 18th Street
• Abandoned Stations – 18 Street
• Forgotten NY – Original 28 – NYC's First 28 Subway Stations
• Forgotten NY: Subways and Trains – Dead at 18