135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
135 Street | |||||||
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Northbound staircase on the southeast corner. An elevator on the northeast corner can be seen in the background. | |||||||
Station statistics | |||||||
Address |
West 135th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10030 | ||||||
Borough | Manhattan | ||||||
Locale | Harlem | ||||||
Coordinates | 40°48′50″N 73°56′28″W / 40.814°N 73.941°WCoordinates: 40°48′50″N 73°56′28″W / 40.814°N 73.941°W | ||||||
Division | A (IRT) | ||||||
Line | IRT Lenox Avenue Line | ||||||
Services |
2 3 | ||||||
Transit connections |
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Structure | Underground | ||||||
Platforms | 2 side platforms | ||||||
Tracks | 3 (2 in regular service) | ||||||
Other information | |||||||
Opened | November 23, 1904 | ||||||
Station code | 438[1] | ||||||
Accessible |
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Accessibility | Same-platform wheelchair transfer available | ||||||
Wireless service |
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Traffic | |||||||
Passengers (2017) |
4,768,474[3] | ||||||
Rank | 102 out of 425 | ||||||
Station succession | |||||||
Next north |
149th Street–Grand Concourse (via White Plains Rd): 2 Harlem–148th Street (via Lenox): 3 145th Street (via Lenox): temporarily closed for construction | ||||||
Next south |
125th Street: 2 | ||||||
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Next |
Third Avenue–149th Street (via White Plains Rd): 2 none: 3 | ||||||
Next |
96th Street: 2 | ||||||
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135th Street is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, it is served by the 2 and 3 trains at all times.
Station layout
G | Street Level | Exit/ Entrance |
P Platform level |
Side platform, doors will open on the right | |
Northbound | ← ← (Temporarily closed for construction: 145th Street) | |
Center track | No regular service | |
Southbound | → → | |
Side platform, doors will open on the right |
This underground station, opened on November 23, 1904, has three tracks and two side platforms. The northbound outer track merges with the center track just north of the station and the center track merges with the southbound outer one just south of the station. The center track was last used by late night 3 shuttle trains from Harlem–148th Street when they terminated here until 1995, when service was replaced by shuttle buses. Overnight 3 service was restored on July 27, 2008, but now terminates at Times Square–42nd Street.
Both platform mosaics have three different kinds of trim line and name tablets.
North of the station, a diamond crossover allows trains to switch between the two tracks. At the 142nd Street Junction, the 2 train provides service to the Bronx via the IRT White Plains Road Line while the 3 continues on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line to 145th Street and Harlem–148th Street.
The 1995 artwork here is called Harlem Timeline by Willie Birch. It features mosaics of notable Harlem residents on the station platforms. The one on the southbound side includes Adam Clayton Powell, Joe Louis, the Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Charlie Parker, Clara Ward, and Louis Armstrong while one on the northbound side includes the Harlem Globetrotters, the NAACP, Abyssian Baptist Church, Cotton Club, and Randall's Island football team.
Exits
Each platform has one same-level entrance at the center containing a turnstile bank, token booth, and two stairs to the streets, the northbound side to the east side of Lenox Avenue and the southbound side to the west. Each fare control area also has one elevator from the street installed in mid-2008 that make this station fully ADA-accessible.[4]
- One stair, NW corner of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street (southbound only)[4]
One stair and one elevator, SW corner of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street (southbound only)[4] One stair and one elevator, NE corner of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street (northbound only)[4] - One stair, SE corner of Lenox Avenue and West 135th Street (northbound only)[4]
References
- ↑ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
- ↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
- ↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
- 1 2 3 4 5 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Harlem/Hamilton Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to 135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line). |
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: 135th Street
- nycsubway.org — Harlem Timeline Artwork by Willie Birch (1995)
- Station Reporter — 2 Train
- Station Reporter — 3 Train
- The Subway Nut — 135th Street Pictures
- MTA's Arts For Transit — 135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
- 135th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
- Platforms from Google Maps Street View