145th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Not to be confused with 145th Street (IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line) or 145th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line).

145th Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Lower level platform

Station statistics

Address

West 145th Street & St. Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10031

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Harlem, Hamilton Heights

Coordinates

40°49′27″N 73°56′41″W / 40.82404°N 73.944769°WCoordinates: 40°49′27″N 73°56′41″W / 40.82404°N 73.944769°W

Division

INDno

Line

IND Eighth Avenue Line
IND Concourse Line

Services

      A (all times)
      B (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
      C (all except late nights)
      D (all times)

Transit connections

NYCT Bus: M3, Bx19

Structure

Underground

Levels

Platforms

4 island platforms (2 on each level)
cross-platform interchange

Tracks

7 (4 on upper level, 3 on lower level)

Other information

Opened

September 10, 1932^[1]

Accessibility

Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available

Wireless service

^[2]

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

7,923,696^[3]

1.9%

Rank

51 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

155th Street (8th local): A C
168th Street (8th express): A
155th Street (Concourse local): B D
Tremont Avenue (Concourse express): D
(Terminal): B

Next south

135th Street (local): A B C
125th Street (express): A D

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction
	Stops all times
	Stops late nights only
	Stops rush hours only
	Stops rush hours in the peak direction only
	Stops weekdays only

Location
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145th Street is a bi-level express station on the IND Eighth Avenue and Concourse Lines of the New York City Subway, located at the intersection of 145th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem and Hamilton Heights, Manhattan. It is served by the A and D trains at all times, by the C train at all times except late nights, and by the B train on weekdays only.

History

This underground station opened on September 10, 1932, as part of the initial segment of the Independent Subway System, at the time comprising what is now the IND Eighth Avenue Line from Chambers Street to 207th Street.^[1]^[4] At this time, only the upper level of the station opened, as the IND Concourse Line was still under construction. When the IND Concourse Line opened for service on July 1, 1933,^[5] the lower level was opened.^[6]

The station is planned to be renovated starting in 2016, as part of the 2010–2014 MTA Capital Program. This is because of an MTA study conducted in 2015, which found that 45% of components were out of date.^[7]

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
B1	Mezzanine	Fare control, station agents
B2 Eighth Avenue Line level	Northbound local	← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (155th Street (Eighth))
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Northbound express	← toward 207th Street (168th Street)
	Southbound express	→ toward Lefferts Boulevard or Far Rockaway ( Rockaway Park PM rush) (125th Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (135th Street) →
B3 Concourse Line level	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours (155th Street (Concourse)) ← toward Norwood – 205th Street (155th Street (Concourse))
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Peak-direction express / Short turn track	← toward Norwood – 205th Street PM rush (Tremont Avenue) → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue AM rush (125th Street) → → toward Brighton Beach middays and evenings (135th Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach rush hours (135th Street) → → toward Coney Island – Stillwell Avenue off-peak hours (125th Street) →

Track layout

Legend

to 168 St (Eighth Avenue express)

to 155 St (Eighth Avenue local)

to Tremont Av (Concourse express)

to 155 St (Concourse local)

Superimposed tracks section

(Left tracks above right ones)

Levels merge south of the station

to 135 St

to 125 St

to 135 St (local) or 125 St (express)

Upper level

Lower level

The upper level has four tracks and two island platforms. The band is gold with black border. The station had a full mezzanine, although the central portion is now used as a police precinct. The lower level has three tracks and two island platforms. The tile border here is gold with black and the name tablets are black with gold border. The northbound platform is twice as wide as the station's other three similarly-sized platforms, being 39 feet wide, so that the three trackways on the lower level line up directly with those above.^[6] Escalators lead up from this level to the mezzanine, bypassing the upper-level platforms. The full-time entrance is at 145th Street with a part-time north exit at 147th Street.

The center track on the lower level is used to terminate B trains during middays and late evenings, when it does not run into the Bronx. During rush hours, this track is used by D trains that run express on the IND Concourse Line in the peak direction. This track is not used during weekends or late nights.^[8]^[9]^[10]

On the upper level, just north of the station, there is an open space next to the uptown local track^[11] that was a remnant of the construction of the subway and not built for a specific purpose. That open space is where the lower level tracks turn off to the IND Concourse Line. There is a hole in the floor that allows a view of the lower level.

South of this station, through 135th Street, to just north of 125th Street, the line has six tracks. The express trains use the innermost pair of tracks, and the locals uses the outermost tracks. This section of the line is nicknamed "Homeball Alley" due to the large amount of switches and signals in this area.^[12]

References

1 2 New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
↑ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
↑ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
↑ Crowell, Paul (September 10, 1932). "Gay Midnight Crowd Rides First Trains In The New Subway: Throngs at Station an Hour Before Time, Rush Turnstiles When Chains are Dropped". New York Times. Retrieved 8 November 2015.
↑ "New Bronx Subway Starts Operation". New York Times. July 1, 1933. p. 15.
1 2 Kramer, Frederick A. (1990-01-01). Building the Independent Subway. Quadrant Press. ISBN 9780915276509.
↑ "Review of the A and C Lines" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
↑ "B Train Subway Timetable June 12, 2016" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 12, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
↑ "D Train Subway Timetable June 12, 2016" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 12, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016.
↑ "Harlem-145 Street (A,B,C,D)-The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Retrieved 2016-07-17.
↑ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiTJoNPqjH4&feature=related The "bellmouth" or that open space is visible to the right at the 3:33 mark, just as the train leaves the 145th Street station (Upper level).
↑ "rapidtransit.net - Tracks of the NYC Subway by Peter Dougherty Reviewed page 2". www.rapidtransit.net. Retrieved 2016-07-17.

External links

Upper level platform

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 145th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line).

nycsubway.org – IND 8th Avenue: 145th Street
Station Reporter — A Lefferts
Station Reporter — A Rockaway
Station Reporter — B Train
Station Reporter — C Train
Station Reporter — D Train
The Subway Nut — 145th Street Pictures
145th Street modern entrance from Google Maps Street View
147th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View
Upper platforms from Google Maps Street View

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Concourse Line	Norwood–205th Street Bedford Park Boulevard Kingsbridge Road Fordham Road 182nd–183rd Streets Tremont Avenue 174th–175th Streets 170th Street 167th Street 161st Street–Yankee Stadium 155th Street 145th Street [to 135th Street, 8th Ave. Line →]

See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Stations and line segments in italics are closed or demolished. Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. ~~Struck through~~ passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.

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