Manhattan station at 59th Street and Second Avenue

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aerial tramway station public transit terminal transportation facility

The Manhattan station at 59th Street and Second Avenue is the New York City terminal for the Roosevelt Island Tramway, providing aerial transit between Midtown Manhattan and Roosevelt Island.

Aliases (1)

Manhattan tramway station at East 60th Street ×1

Statements (31)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	aerial tramway station → public transit terminal → transportation facility →
adjacentTo	Queensboro Bridge →
connectsTo	Roosevelt Island Tramway Roosevelt Island station →
fareMediumAccepted	MetroCard → OMNY →
fareSystem	Metropolitan Transportation Authority fare system →
hasAccessibility	accessible for people with disabilities →
hasNumberOfTramTracks	2 →
hasPlatformType	elevated boarding platform →
hasServiceType	passenger service only →
hasStructureType	elevated station →
locatedAtIntersectionOf	East 59th Street → Second Avenue →
locatedIn	Manhattan → Midtown Manhattan → New York City → New York State → United States →
near	59th Street–Lexington Avenue subway complex → Bloomingdale’s 59th Street flagship store →
opened	1976 →
operator	Roosevelt Island Operating Corporation →
ownedBy	City of New York →
partOf	Roosevelt Island Tramway →
primaryFunction	boarding and alighting point for Roosevelt Island Tramway cabins →
provides	aerial transit between Midtown Manhattan and Roosevelt Island →
role	New York City terminal for the Roosevelt Island Tramway →
serves	Roosevelt Island →
transportMode	aerial tramway →

Referenced by (2)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Roosevelt Island station ("Manhattan tramway station at East 60th Street") →	connectsTo
Roosevelt Island Tramway →	terminus