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<p>station ended on June 11, 1940; the rest of the line closed on June 13, 1942.</p>

<p><big>History</big></p>
<p>In 1875, the Rapid Transit Commission granted the <a href="page.php?w=Rufus_Henry_Gilbert">Gilbert Elevated Railway Company</a> the right to construct the railway from <a href="page.php?w=Battery_Park">Battery Park</a> to the <a href="page.php?w=Harlem_River">Harlem River</a> along <a href="page.php?w=Second_Avenue_%28Manhattan%29">Second Avenue</a>.</p>

<p>The commission also granted the Gilbert Elevated Railway Company the right to operate</p><p>
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