145th Street (IND lines)

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For other uses, see 145th Street.

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

New York City Subway station in Manhattan, New York

145 Street   ​ ​ ​
New York City Subway 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°W / 40.82404; -73.944769Coordinates: 40°49′27″N 73°56′41″W / 40.82404°N 73.944769°W / 40.82404; -73.944769
Division	B (IND)
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	2
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 (85 years ago) (1932-09-10)[1]
Station code	151[2]
Accessibility	Cross-platform wheelchair transfer available
Wireless service	[3]
Traffic
Passengers (2017)	7,714,122[4]  3%
Rank	48 out of 425
Station succession
Next north	Tremont Avenue (Concourse express): D  168th Street (Eighth express): A  155th Street (Eighth local): A  ​C  155th Street (Concourse local): B  ​D  (Terminal): B
Next south	135th Street (Eighth local): A  ​B  ​C  125th Street (Eighth 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
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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.

Contents

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  1 History
  


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  2 Station layout
  
  • 
    2.1 Exits
    
  
  


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  3 References
  


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  4 External links
  

History

Upper level platform

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][5] 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,^[6] the lower level was opened.^[7]

The station has been undergoing renovations since 2017 as a 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.^[8]

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 Rockaway Park or Lefferts Boulevard(125th Street) →
	Island platform, doors will open on the left, right
	Southbound local	→ toward Euclid Avenue ( toward Rockaway Park 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) →

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Track layout
Legend
Upper platforms, 8 Av Line
to 168 St (Eighth Avenue express) to 155 St (Eighth Avenue local) to 135 St to 125 St
Lower platforms, Concourse Line
to Tremont Av (Concourse express) to 155 St (Concourse local) to 135 St (local) or 125 St (express) to 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.^[7] Escalators lead up from this level to the mezzanine, bypassing the upper-level platforms.

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 late nights or weekends.^[9][10][11]

On the upper level, just north of the station, there is an open space next to the uptown local track ^[12] 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.^[13]

Exits

The full-time entrance is at 145th Street with a part-time north exit at 147th Street.^[14]

One stair, NW corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 145th Street^[14]

One stair, SW corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 145th Street^[14]

One stair, NE corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 145th Street^[14]

One stair, SE corner of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 145th Street^[14]

One stair, between buildings on west side of St. Nicholas Avenue between West 147th and West 148th Streets^[14]

One stair, east side of St. Nicholas Avenue between West 147th and West 148th Streets^[14]

There are closed exits to both western corners of St. Nicholas Avenue and West 146th Street.

References

1. 
   ^ ^ab "List of the 28 Stations on the New Eighth Ave Line". The New York Times. September 10, 1932. p. 6. 
   


2. 
   ^ "Station Developers' Information". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved June 13, 2017. 
   


3. 
   ^ "NYC Subway Wireless – Active Stations". Transit Wireless Wifi. Retrieved May 18, 2016.
   


4. 
   ^ "Facts and Figures: Annual Subway Ridership 2012–2017". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. July 12, 2018. Retrieved July 12, 2018. 
   


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" (PDF). The New York Times. Retrieved November 8, 2015. 
   


6. 
   ^ "New Bronx Subway Starts Operation". The New York Times. July 1, 1933. p. 15. 
   


7. 
   ^ ^ab Kramer, Frederick A. (January 1, 1990). Building the Independent Subway. Quadrant Press. ISBN 9780915276509. 
   


8. 
   ^ "Review of the A and C Lines" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Retrieved January 19, 2016. 
   


9. 
   ^ "B Train Subway Timetable June 12, 2016" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 12, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016. 
   


10. 
    ^ "D Train Subway Timetable June 12, 2016" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 12, 2016. Retrieved July 17, 2016. 
    


11. 
    ^ "Harlem-145 Street (A,B,C,D)-The SubwayNut". www.subwaynut.com. Retrieved July 17, 2016. 
    


12. 
    ^ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MiTJoNPqjH4&t=3m31s 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).
    


13. 
    ^ "rapidtransit.net - Tracks of the NYC Subway by Peter Dougherty Reviewed page 2". www.rapidtransit.net. Retrieved July 17, 2016. 
    


14. 
    ^ ^abcdefg "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Harlem / Hamilton Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015. 
    

External links

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

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by service
Eighth Avenue Express	Inwood–207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue* 155th Street* 145th Street 135th Street* 125th Street 116th Street* Cathedral Parkway–110th Street* 103rd Street* 96th Street* 86th Street* 81st Street–Museum of Natural History* 72nd Street* 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street* 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street* 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street* Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street High Street Jay Street–MetroTech Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Lafayette Avenue* Clinton–Washington Avenues* Franklin Avenue* Nostrand Avenue Kingston–Throop Avenues* Utica Avenue Ralph Avenue* Rockaway Avenue* Broadway Junction Liberty Avenue* Van Siclen Avenue* Shepherd Avenue* Euclid Avenue Grant Avenue 80th Street 88th Street Rockaway Boulevard Lefferts branch 104th Street 111th Street Ozone Park–Lefferts Boulevard Rockaways branches Aqueduct Racetrack Aqueduct–North Conduit Avenue Howard Beach–JFK Airport Broad Channel Far Rockaway branch Beach 67th Street Beach 60th Street Beach 44th Street Beach 36th Street Beach 25th Street Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue Rockaway Park branch Beach 90th Street Beach 98th Street Beach 105th Street Rockaway Park–Beach 116th Street
Sixth Avenue Express	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 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Seventh Avenue–53rd Street 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Seventh Avenue–Flatbush Avenue Prospect Park Church Avenue Newkirk Plaza Kings Highway Sheepshead Bay Brighton Beach
Eighth Avenue Local	168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue 155th Street 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street Fulton Street High Street Jay Street–MetroTech Hoyt–Schermerhorn Streets Lafayette Avenue Clinton–Washington Avenues Franklin Avenue Nostrand Avenue Kingston–Throop Avenues Utica Avenue Ralph Avenue Rockaway Avenue Broadway Junction Liberty Avenue Van Siclen Avenue Shepherd Avenue Euclid Avenue
Sixth Avenue Express	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 125th Street 59th Street–Columbus Circle Seventh Avenue 47th–50th Streets–Rockefeller Center 42nd Street–Bryant Park 34th Street–Herald Square West Fourth Street–Washington Square Broadway–Lafayette Street Grand Street DeKalb Avenue* Atlantic Avenue–Barclays Center Union Street* Ninth Street* Prospect Avenue* 25th Street* 36th Street Ninth Avenue Fort Hamilton Parkway 50th Street 55th Street 62nd Street 71st Street 79th Street 18th Avenue 20th Avenue Bay Parkway 25th Avenue Bay 50th Street Coney Island–Stillwell Avenue
See also Lists by borough (The Bronx Brooklyn Manhattan Queens) Accessible Closed Terminals Transfer Commons category Note: Service variations, station closures, and reroutes are not reflected here. Stations with asterisks have no regular peak, reverse peak, or midday service on that route. See linked articles for more information.

v t e Stations of the New York City Subway, by line (physical trackage)
Eighth Avenue Line ​ ​ ​ ​	Inwood–207th Street Dyckman Street 190th Street 181st Street 175th Street 168th Street 163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue * 155th Street [← to 155th Street, Concourse Line] 145th Street 135th Street 125th Street 116th Street Cathedral Parkway–110th Street * 103rd Street 96th Street 86th Street * 81st Street–Museum of Natural History 72nd Street * 59th Street–Columbus Circle [to Seventh Avenue, Sixth Avenue Line → / ← to Seventh Avenue, Queens Blvd. Line] 50th Street 42nd Street–Port Authority Bus Terminal 34th Street–Penn Station 23rd Street 14th Street West Fourth Street–Washington Square Spring Street Canal Street Chambers Street–World Trade Center Fulton Street High Street [to Jay Street–MetroTech, Fulton St. Line →]
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, Eighth Avenue 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, demolished, or planned (temporary closures are marked with asterisks). Track connections to other lines' terminals are displayed in brackets. Struck through passenger track connections are closed or unused in regular service.