The Hanover Square station was an express station on the demolished IRT Third Avenue Line in Manhattan, New York City. It had two tracks and one island platform. The station was originally built in 1878 by the New York Elevated Railroad. The next stop to the north was Fulton Street. The next stop to the south was South Ferry. The station closed on December 22, 1950.^[3]

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Hanover Square
Former New York City Subway station
Hanover Square station, 1936
Station statistics
Address	Pearl Street and Hanover Square New York, NY 10004
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Lower Manhattan
Coordinates	40°42′16.78″N 74°0′33.36″W
Division	A (IRT)[1]
Services	IRT Second Avenue Line IRT Third Avenue Line
Structure	Elevated
Platforms	1 island platform
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	August 26, 1878; 145 years ago (August 26, 1878)
Closed	December 22, 1950; 73 years ago (December 22, 1950)
Traffic
2023	[2]
Rank	out of 423[2]
Station succession
Next north	Fulton Street
Next south	South Ferry
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Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekdays during the day Stops weekends during the day Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops all times except nights and rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

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Hanover Square station is immortalised in the last movement of Orchestral Set No. 2 by Charles Ives, a recollection of the day the news broke that the liner the Lusitania had been sunk in 1915.