135th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line)

135th Street

New York City Subway rapid transit station

Entrance in park at 137th Street

Station statistics

Address

West 135th Street & Saint Nicholas Avenue
New York, NY 10030

Borough

Manhattan

Locale

Harlem, Hamilton Heights

Coordinates

40°49′02″N 73°56′53″W / 40.81709°N 73.94803°WCoordinates: 40°49′02″N 73°56′53″W / 40.81709°N 73.94803°W

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, Bx33

Structure

Underground

Platforms

2 side platforms

Tracks

6 (4 in passenger service)

Other information

Opened

September 10, 1932^[1]

Accessibility

Same-platform wheelchair transfer available

Wireless service

^[2]

Traffic

Passengers (2015)

1,693,561^[3]

2.2%

Rank

285 out of 422

Station succession

Next north

145th Street (Eighth): A C
145th Street (Concourse): B

Next south

125th Street: A B C

Station service legend
Symbol	Description
	Stops all times except late nights
	Stops late nights only
	Stops weekdays only

Location
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135th Street is a local station on the IND Eighth Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 135th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue in Harlem and Hamilton Heights, Manhattan, 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

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound local	← toward Bedford Park Boulevard rush hours, 145th Street other times (145th Street) ← toward 168th Street ( toward 207th Street late nights) (145th Street)
	Northbound layup track	← No regular service
	Northbound express	← do not stop here
	Southbound express	→ do not stop here →
	Southbound layup track	→ No regular service
	Southbound local	→ toward Brighton Beach (125th Street) → → toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Far Rockaway late nights) (125th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

Track layout

Legend

to 145 St upper level

to 145 St lower level

Storage tracks

to 125 St

The 135th Street station opened on September 10, 1932.^[1]^[4] It is the only local station with six tracks between two side platforms and is one of only three stations in the entire subway system that features six tracks on the same level, within the same tunnel (the others are DeKalb Avenue and Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets, both in Downtown Brooklyn). The two outermost tracks are used by local trains stopping at this station, while the two innermost tracks are used by express trains. The middle tracks in each direction are lay-up tracks and not used in revenue service.

In this station, all fare controls are at platform level and there are no mezzanines, crossovers, or crossunders. The full-time booths are at the 135th Street end (one on each side with three staircases on the northbound side and one on the southbound side).^[5] The part-time end of the station is at 137th Street and has one staircase to the street on each side.^[5] The staircases from the northbound platform at 137th Street are exit-only.^[5] The booth in this area has also been removed. There were restrooms at the north end of the southbound platform. Both street staircases at this end were built with their entry points facing St. Nicholas Park and have an old-fashioned appearance. The exit-only stair from the part-time northbound side features an array of stone casting in a Cathedral-like setting, originally built in 1932.

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.
1 2 3 "Reopening Closed Subway Entrances" (PDF). pcac.org. New York City Transit Riders Council. November 2001. Retrieved 6 December 2015.

External links

Wikimedia Commons has media related to 135th Street (IND Eighth Avenue Line).

nycsubway.org – IND Eighth Avenue: 135th Street
Station Reporter — B Train
Station Reporter — C Train
The Subway Nut — 135th Street Pictures
Edgecombe Avenue, 135th Street, and Saint Nicholas Avenue entrances from Google Maps Street View
135th Street entrance in park from Google Maps Street View
137th Street stone entrance from Google Maps Street View
137th Street entrance in park from Google Maps Street View
Platform from Google Maps Street View

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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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