34th Street was a station on the demolished IRT Second Avenue Line

IRT Second Avenue Line

The IRT Second Avenue Line, also known as the Second Avenue El, was an elevated railway in Manhattan, New York City, United States, operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company until city takeover in 1940...

. It had two levels. The upper level had three tracks and two side platform

Side platform

A Side platform is a platform positioned to the side of a pair of tracks at a railway station, a tram stop or a transitway. A pair of side platforms are often provided on a dual track line with a single side platform being sufficient for a single track line...

s and was used for the Second Avenue line trains. The lower level had two tracks and one island platform

Island platform

An island platform is a station layout arrangement where a single platform is positioned between two tracks within a railway station, tram stop or transitway interchange...

 and was used by 34th Street shuttle trains. The next stop to the north was 42nd Street

42nd Street (IRT Second Avenue Line)

42nd Street was a station on the demolished IRT Second Avenue Line. It had three tracks and two island platforms. The next stop to the north was 50th Street for local trains and 57th Street for express trains. The next stop to the south was 34th Street for locaal trains and 14th Street for express...

. The next stop to the south was 23rd Street

23rd Street (IRT Second Avenue Line)

23rd Street was a station on the demolished IRT Second Avenue Line. It had two levels. The lower level had two tracks and two side platforms and served local trains. The upper level had one track for express trains. The next stop to the north was 34th Street. The next stop to the south was 19th...

. The next eastbound stop on the shuttle was 34th Street Ferry

34th Street Ferry (IRT elevated station)

34th Street Ferry was a station on the 34th Street Shuttle that branched off of the IRT Third Avenue Line. The elevated spur operated from July 1, 1880 to July 14, 1930. Located on the east side of First Avenue, the station had two tracks and one island platform...

. The next westbound stop on the shuttle was Third Avenue

34th Street (IRT Third Avenue Line)

34th Street was a station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line. The station was served by Third Avenue local trains and a shuttle to the 34th Street Ferry. Third Ave service originally had two tracks and two side platforms. During the Dual Contracts, a center express track was built...

. The shuttle platform closed on July 14, 1930, and the main line station closed on June 13, 1942.