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First Avenue station

First Avenue station is a station on Pittsburgh Regional Transit's light rail network. The station is part of the light rail's Downtown Pittsburgh free zone, and passengers embarking here may travel for free to any of the other stations within the zone.
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Photo: Tom Hamilton, CC BY 2.0.
  • Type: Railway station
  • Description: light rail station in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
  • Also known as: “First Avenue”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include PPG Paints Arena and Allegheny County Office Building.

Stadium
Photo: Jleedev, CC BY-SA 4.0.
is a multi-purpose indoor arena in , Pennsylvania, that serves as the home of the Pittsburgh Penguins of the National Hockey League. is situated 2,500 feet northeast of First Avenue station.

Public building
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located at Ross Street and Forbes Avenue in downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, was built from 1929 to 1931. It was added to the List of Pittsburgh History and Landmarks Foundation Historic Landmarks in 2002. is situated 850 feet north of First Avenue station.

Town hall
Photo: Leepaxton, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The is the seat of government for the City of , and houses both city and offices. It is located in at 414 Grant Street. is situated 950 feet north of First Avenue station.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Downtown Pittsburgh and Uptown Pittsburgh.

Photo: Chris connelly, CC BY 2.0.
Downtown is the main business district and urban center of life in the city. Constrained by the Allegheny River on the north and the Monongahela River on the south, which join to form the Ohio River at what is known as the "Point", Downtown has been forced to grow upwards.

Neighborhood
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Uptown or The Bluff is a neighborhood in the city of , Pennsylvania, to the southeast of the city's Central Business District. It is bordered in the north by the Hill District and located across the Monongahela River from .

Neighborhood
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is a neighborhood located in the southern portion of the city of , . The ZIP code used by residents is 15210, and has representation on the Pittsburgh City Council by the council member for District 3.

First Avenue station

Latitude
40.43551° or 40° 26′ 8″ north
Longitude
-79.99673° or 79° 59′ 48″ west
Open location code
87G2C2P3+68
Open­Street­Map ID
way 557541519
Open­Street­Map feature
building=­train_station
Wiki­data ID
Q5452325
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Japanese—“First Avenue station” goes by many names.
  • Chinese: “第一大道站”
  • French: “First Avenue”
  • Japanese: “ファースト・アヴェニュー停留場”
  • Japanese: “ファースト・アヴェニュー駅”
  • Japanese: “ファースト・アベニュー停留場”
  • Japanese: “ファースト・アベニュー駅”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include First Avenue and Pittsburgh City Courthouse.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “First Avenue station”. Photo: Tom Hamilton, CC BY 2.0.