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{{Short description|New York City Subway station in The Bronx (closed 1955)}}
{{Infobox
| name = 133rd Street
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▲| service_custom = [[IRT Second Avenue Line]]<br>[[IRT Third Avenue Line]]<!--<br>IRT Willis Avenue Spur-->
| platforms = 1 [[island platform]]
| tracks = 2
| address = [[Bruckner Boulevard|East 133rd Street
| borough = [[Port Morris, Bronx|Port Morris]], [[The Bronx]]
| coordinates ={{coord|40|48|24.5|N|73|55|32.9|W|display=inline,title}}
| structure = Elevated
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| other_services_header=Former services
| other_services={{Adjacent stations|system=IRT
|line1=Second Avenue|type1=Express|left1=138th Street|right1=129th Street
|line2=Third Avenue|type2=Local-Express|left2=138th Street|right2=129th Street}}
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The '''133rd Street station''' was a station on the [[IRT Third Avenue Line]] in [[the Bronx]], [[New York City]]. It was originally opened on May 17, 1886, by the [[Suburban Rapid Transit Company]],<ref name="NYERA-NYConnect-Ap2016">{{cite journal|last1=Chiasson|first1=George|title=From Recognition To Dominance: The New York Connecting Railroad (Bridging the Bay and Connecting the Pieces)|journal=New York Division Bulletin|date=April 2016|volume=59|issue=4|pages=3–5|url=https://issuu.com/erausa/docs/2016-04-bulletin/4|accessdate=23 October 2016|publisher=Electric Railroaders' Association}}</ref><ref name="NYT-May1886">{{Cite news|title=Just across the River, Opening of a Short Length of Sub-Urban Rapid Transit Railroad |url=https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1886/05/18/103111645.pdf |publisher=The New York Times Company |page=2 |date=18 May 1886 |accessdate=19 February 2009}}</ref> and was the first stop in the Bronx after crossing the [[Harlem River]].<ref name="TracksNY-ElRR-1920" /> It had two tracks and one [[island platform]], and was also the terminus of the Third Avenue Line until May 23, 1886, when it was expanded to [[143rd Street (IRT Third Avenue Line)|143rd Street]]. Besides Third Avenue Line trains, it was also served by trains of the [[IRT Second Avenue Line]] until June 11, 1940, when Second Avenue service ended.<ref name=Ninth>''[[The New York Times]]'', [https://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=FA0A14FF345D10728DDDAB0994DE405B8088F1D3 Two 'El' Lines End Transit Service], June 12, 1940, page 27</ref><ref name="Sparberg2014">{{cite book|last=Sparberg|first=Andrew J.|title=From a Nickel to a Token: The Journey from Board of Transportation to MTA|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=oktGCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA111|date=1 October 2014|publisher=Fordham University Press|isbn=978-0-8232-6190-1}}</ref><ref name="MESA-August1999">{{cite web|title=Manhattan East Side Transit Alternatives (MESA): Major Investment Study/Draft Environmental Impact Statement, August 1999|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=SiM3AQAAMAAJ&q=63rd+street|publisher=[[Metropolitan Transportation Authority]], [[United States Department of Transportation]], [[Federal Transit Administration]]|accessdate=11 July 2016|date=August 1999}}</ref> This station closed on May 12, 1955, with the ending of all service on the Third Avenue El south of [[149th Street (IRT Third Avenue Line)|149th Street]].<ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/127872292@N06/21271423084/in/dateposted/ NYCTA Notice of Third Avenue Rail Closure for May 12, 1955]</ref>
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