135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)

 135 Street
 "2" train "3" train
New York City Subway rapid transit station
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°W / 40.814; -73.941Coordinates: 40°48′50″N 73°56′28″W / 40.814°N 73.941°W / 40.814; -73.941
Division A (IRT)
Line IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services       2  (all times)
      3  (all times)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M7, M102, Bx33
Short Line Bus: 208
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened November 23, 1904 (1904-11-23)
Station code 438[1]
Accessible ADA-accessible
Accessibility Same-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service [2]
Traffic
Passengers (2017) 4,768,474[3]Decrease 2%
Rank 102 out of 425
Station succession
Next north 149th Street–Grand Concourse (via White Plains Rd): 2 
Harlem148th Street (via Lenox): 3 
145th Street (via Lenox): ZZZtemporarily closed for construction
Next south 125th Street: 2  3 


Next north Third Avenue–149th Street (via White Plains Rd): 2 
none: 3 
Next south 96th Street: 2  3 

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

Track layout
G Street Level Exit/ Entrance
(Elevator for northbound service at NE corner of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue; elevator for southbound service at SW corner)
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound "2" train toward Wakefield–241st Street (149th Street–Grand Concourse)
"3" train toward Harlem–148th Street (Terminus)
(Temporarily closed for construction: 145th Street)
Center track No regular service
Southbound "2" train toward Flatbush Avenue–Brooklyn College (125th Street)
"3" train toward New Lots Avenue (Times Square late nights) (125th Street)
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

  1. "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017.
  2. "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018.
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Harlem/Hamilton Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved December 30, 2016.
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