The first section of the NY&H, along Bowery from Prince Street north to 14th Street, consisting of , opened to the public on November 26, 1832. Service was then extended northward along Fourth Avenue to 32nd Street on June 10, 1833. Work on the Murray Hill rock cut began in autumn 1833 and was completed in 1834, and service along a -long segment to 85th Street in Yorkville opened on May 1, 1834. Service ran every 15 minutes between 5 a.m. and 8 p.m., and ran every 60 minutes to 10 p.m.. A one-way fare cost 12.5 cents. Service was extended north, finally reaching Harlem—then a small suburb—on October 26, 1837, with the Yorkville Tunnel constructed to reach this point.