Cathedral Parkway–110th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

Cathedral Parkway–110th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address West 110th Street (Cathedral Parkway) & Frederick Douglass Boulevard
New York, NY 10026
Borough Manhattan
Locale Upper West Side, Morningside Heights
Coordinates 40°48′02″N 73°57′30″W / 40.800524°N 73.958244°W / 40.800524; -73.958244Coordinates: 40°48′02″N 73°57′30″W / 40.800524°N 73.958244°W / 40.800524; -73.958244
Division B (IND)
Line       IND Eighth Avenue Line
Services       A  (late nights)
      B  (weekdays until 11:00 p.m.)
      C  (all except late nights)
Transit connections NYCT Bus: M3, M4, M10
Structure Underground
Platforms 2 side platforms
Tracks 4
Other information
Opened September 10, 1932 (1932-09-10)[1]
Wireless service [2]
Traffic
Passengers (2015) 2,376,166[3]Increase 1%
Rank 207 out of 422
Station succession
Next north 116th Street: A  B  C 
Next south 103rd Street: A  B  C 

Cathedral Parkway–110th Street[4] is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at West 110th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard at the northwest corner of Central Park, it is served by the C train at all times except nights, when the A train takes over service. The B train provides additional service here on weekdays except nights.

Station layout

Track layout
Legend
to 116 St
to 103 St
G Street Level Exit/Entrance
M Mezzanine Fare control, station agent
P
Platform level
Side platform, doors will open on the right
Northbound local toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street other times (116th Street)
toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (116th Street)
Northbound express do not stop here
Southbound express do not stop here →
Southbound local toward Brighton Beach (103rd Street)
toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (103rd Street)
Side platform, doors will open on the right

This underground station, opened on September 10, 1932,[1][5] has four tracks and two side platforms. The platforms have no trim line, but the name tablets read "110TH STREET CATHEDRAL P'KWAY." on white lettering in two lines. They are written on a dark blue background and black border. Dark blue I-beam columns run at regular intervals with alternating ones having the standard black station name plate in white lettering. Toward the southern end of the station, the northbound express track descends below the other three tracks of the Eighth Avenue Line.

This station's full-time entrance/exit is at the south end. Two staircases from each platform go up to a mezzanine above the tracks that allows a free transfer between directions. A turnstile bank provides entrance/exit from the system. Outside of fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases to the street. One goes up to the southwest corner of West 109th Street and Central Park West while the other goes up to the east side between the sidewalk and Central Park and is built on a stone banister.

The southbound platform has an additional same-level entrance/exit at the north end. It has a part-time bank of two turnstiles and customer assistance booth (two HEET turnstiles provide access at other times) and one staircase going up to the northeast corner of the Frederick Douglass Circle at West 110th Street. The northbound platform formerly had an entrance/exit at the north end to both northern corners of 111th Street and Central Park West.[6] It has been sealed up with white tiling and used as an employee-only space. There is also a closed staircase to the northeast corner of the Frederick Douglass Circle.[6]

The artwork at the station, installed in 1999, is called Migrations by Christopher Wynter in memory of Athie L. Wynter. It has three different areas of mosaic panels, two on each platform and one on the full-time mezzanine.[6]

Under the 2015–2019 MTA Capital Plan, the station, along with thirty other New York City Subway stations, will undergo a complete overhaul and would be entirely closed for up to 6 months. Updates would include cellular service, Wi-Fi, charging stations, improved signage, and improved station lighting.[7][8] Construction is expected to start by 2016.[6]

Nearby points of interest

References

  1. 1 2 New York Times, List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line, September 10, 1932, page 6
  2. "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved 2016-05-18.
  3. "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved 2016-04-18.
  4. "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. November 2016. Retrieved 2016-11-07.
  5. 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.
  6. 1 2 3 4 "Review of the A and C Lines" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Retrieved 19 January 2016.
  7. "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
  8. "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved 2016-07-18.
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