125th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)

125th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Northbound staircase on the southeast corner
Station statistics
Address	West 125th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10027
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°48′25″N 73°56′42″W / 40.807°N 73.945°WCoordinates: 40°48′25″N 73°56′42″W / 40.807°N 73.945°W
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all times)
Transit connections	NYCT Bus: M7, M60 SBS, M100, M101, M102, Bx15
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	2
Other information
Opened	November 23, 1904
Wireless service	[1]
Traffic
Passengers (2015)	5,121,518[2]  0.4%
Rank	93 out of 422
Station succession
Next north	135th Street: 2  3
Next south	116th Street: 2  3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops all times
Location

125th Street is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 125th Street (also known as Dr. Martin Luther King Jr Boulevard) and Lenox Avenue (also known as Malcolm X Boulevard) in Harlem, it is served by the 2 and 3 trains at all times.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to 135 St to 116 St

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Wakefield – 241st Street (135th Street) ← toward Harlem – 148th Street (135th Street)
	Southbound	→ toward Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue (116th Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue (Times Square – 42nd Street late nights) (116th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

This underground station has two side platforms and two tracks. The fare control is at platform level, and there is no crossover or crossunder between the platforms. The station has a new name tablet plus some old "125" terra cotta cartouches. The tracks, trackways, and platforms at this station were totally rebuilt during a 1998 reconstruction project to combat a water seepage problem along the Lenox Avenue Line.

The 1996 artwork there is Flying Home Harlem Heroes and Heroines, by Faith Ringgold.

On May 23, 1968, poet Henry Dumas was fatally shot by a New York City Transit Police officer on the station's southbound platform.^[3]

In 1981, the MTA listed the station among the 69 most deteriorated stations in the subway system.^[4]

References

1. "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
2. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-03-25.
3. Jeffrey B. Leak, Visible Man: The Life of Henry Dumas, pages 2 and 145-53 (2014).
4. Gargan, Edward A. (June 11, 1981). "AGENCY LISTS ITS 69 MOST DETERIORATED SUBWAY STATIONS". The New York Times. Retrieved 13 August 2016.

External links

• nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: 125th Street
• nycsubway.org — Flying Home Harlem Heroes and Heroines Artwork by Faith Ringgold (1996)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• The Subway Nut — 125th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 125th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
• 125th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
• Platforms from Google Maps Street View