An extremely rare button from the Twenty Third Street Railway Company. 

The Twenty-Third Street Railway was a street railway in Manhattan, New York City. It was originally operated as horse cars and later electric traction. Its trackage ran simply along 23rd Street between 13th Avenue at the Hudson River and the East River east of Avenue A, with a depot on the north side of 23rd Street between 13th and 11th Avenues.

The railway leased the Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroad, which went from 14th Street on the Hudson River to Fulton Ferry on the East River.

The company was chartered on January 29, 1872. It leased the Bleecker Street and Fulton Ferry Railroadon January 10, 1876, and was leased to the Houston, West Street and Pavonia Ferry Railroad on April 25, 1893, which was consolidated into the Metropolitan Street Railway in December 1893.  This button is at least 128 year old.

Measures approximately 5/16" across. Reverse side reads SCOVILL MF'G CO. Carefully shipped via USPS with tracking information. Please see photographs.