New York and Harlem Railroad

The New York and Harlem Railroad (now the Metro-North Railroad Harlem Line) was one of the first railroads in the United States, and possibly the first street railway, running north from Lower Manhattan to and beyond Harlem. The line was later truncated at Grand Central Terminal, with the rest becoming part of the Fourth Avenue Horse Car Line. The line became part of the New York Central Railroad system, with trackage rights granted to the New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad into Manhattan. It is now part of the Metro-North Railroad system, and the only Manhattan trackage of that system.

References

• Railroad History Database
• Steam Below Forty-second-street, New York Times July 2, 1856 page 8
• Railroad is King, New York Times, September 24, 1856 page 2
• The Harlem Railroad Compant vs. The City and Police Commissioners, New York Times July 31, 1858 page 4
• General News, New York Times December 15, 1863 page 4
• , New York Times December 26, 1865 page 8
• Madison Avenue Railway, New York Times July 3, 1870 page 5
• Local News in Brief, New York Times November 1, 1871 page 8
• New York's First Electric Car, New York Times September 18, 1888 page 8
• Quicker Surface Transit, New York Times December 6, 1896 page 16
• New York & Harlem Intact for Century, New York Times May 25, 1930 page 39