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

Coordinates: 40°48′02″N 73°57′30″W / 40.800524°N 73.958244°W / 40.800524; -73.958244
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For other uses, see 110th Street (disambiguation).
 Cathedral Parkway–110 Street
 
M10
StructureUnderground
Platforms2 side platforms
Tracks4
Other information
OpenedSeptember 10, 1932; 91 years ago (1932-09-10)[2]
ClosedApril 9, 2018; 6 years ago (2018-04-09) (reconstruction)
RebuiltSeptember 2, 2018; 5 years ago (2018-09-02)
Opposite-
direction
transfer		Yes
Traffic
20231,684,290[3] Increase 10.5%
Rank189 out of 423[3]
Services
Preceding station New York City Subway New York City Subway Following station
116th Street
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 145th Street
Local 		103rd Street
A late nights ​B weekdays during the day ​C all except late nights
via 59th Street–Columbus Circle
"D" train does not stop here
Location
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City Subway
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York City
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line) is located in New York
Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station (IND Eighth Avenue Line)
Track layout

Legend
to 116th Street
to 103rd Street
Street map

Map

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

The Cathedral Parkway–110th Street station

Morningside Heights, Manhattan, at West 110th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard at the northwest corner of Central Park. The station is served by the B on weekdays, the C train at all times except nights, and the A
train during late nights only.

History

New York City mayor John Francis Hylan's original plans for the Independent Subway System (IND), proposed in 1922, included building over 100 miles (160 km) of new lines and taking over nearly 100 miles (160 km) of existing lines. The lines were designed to compete with the existing underground, surface, and elevated lines operated by the Interborough Rapid Transit Company (IRT) and BMT.[5][6] On December 9, 1924, the New York City Board of Transportation (BOT) gave preliminary approval for the construction of the IND Eighth Avenue Line.[7] This line consisted of a corridor connecting Inwood, Manhattan, to Downtown Brooklyn, running largely under Eighth Avenue but also paralleling Greenwich Avenue and Sixth Avenue in Lower Manhattan.[7][8] The BOT announced a list of stations on the new line in February 1928, with a local station at 108th Street.[9]

The finishes at the five stations between

207th Street.[15][16] Construction of the whole line cost $191.2 million (equivalent to $4,269.8 million in 2023). While the IRT Broadway–Seventh Avenue Line already provided parallel service, the new Eighth Avenue subway via Central Park West and Frederick Douglass Boulevard provided an alternative route.[17]

Under the 2015–2019

163rd Street–Amsterdam Avenue stations was issued on June 1, 2017,[20] and the New York City Transit and Bus Committee officially recommended that the MTA Board award the $111 million contract to ECCO III Enterprises in October 2017.[21] As part of the renovations, the station was closed from April 9, 2018 to September 2, 2018.[22] The southbound platform opened first, on September 2, followed by the northbound platform on September 4.[23]

Station layout

Ground Street level Exit/entrance
Platform level Side platform
Northbound local ← "B" train weekdays toward Bedford Park Boulevard or 145th Street (116th Street)
← "C" train toward 168th Street (116th Street)
← "A" train toward Inwood–207th Street late nights (116th Street)
Northbound express ← "A" train"D" train do not stop here
Southbound express → "A" train"D" train do not stop here →
Southbound local → "B" train weekdays toward Brighton Beach (103rd Street) →
→ "C" train toward Euclid Avenue (103rd Street) →
→ "A" train toward Far Rockaway–Mott Avenue late nights (103rd Street) →
Side platform
Mosaic name tablet

This underground station has four tracks and two side platforms.[24]

The two center express tracks are used by the A train during daytime hours and the D train at all times.

The platforms have no trim line, but there are mosaic name tablets reading "110TH STREET CATHEDRAL P'KWAY." in white sans-serif lettering broken into two lines on a midnight blue background and black border. Grey (previously 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.[24]

At the south end of the station, two staircases from each platform go up to a

mezzanine above the tracks that allows a free transfer between directions. There was a crossunder at the 110th Street exits, but it was closed in 1992.[25]

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.[26] As part of the 2018 renovation, this artwork was expanded.[23][27]

Exits

This station's full-time entrance/exit is at the south end, serving 109th Street. From the mezzanine above the tracks at the south end of the station, a

fare control, there is a token booth and two staircases to the street. The southbound platform has an additional same-level entrance/exit at the north end, serving 110th Street. It has a part-time bank of four turnstiles and is unstaffed.[28]

The northbound platform formerly had an entrance/exit to the northeast corner of Frederick Douglass Circle; this entrance corresponded to the open exit to the northwest corner of Frederick Douglass Circle on the southbound platform and is indicated by directional "110" signs without arrows below mosaics of the station name.[26] Both platforms also had an entrance/exit at the north end to both northern corners of 111th Street and Frederick Douglass Boulevard; the northbound platform's entrance/exit led to the northeastern corner and the southbound platform's entrance/exit leading to the northwestern corner. All these exits have been sealed up with white tiling and used as employee-only spaces.[26] The mezzanine had a second exit to the northwestern corner of 109th Street and Central Park West.

Nearby points of interest

References

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  15. ^ 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.
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  18. ^ Whitford, Emma (January 8, 2016). "MTA Will Completely Close 30 Subway Stations For Months-Long "Revamp"". Gothamist. Archived from the original on August 1, 2016. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  19. ^ "MTAStations" (PDF). governor.ny.gov. Government of the State of New York. Retrieved July 18, 2016.
  20. ^ "Enhanced Stations Initiative Program; Contract A·36622C (Package 3) for Design & Construction at 72nd Street, 86th Street, Cathedral Parkway (110th Street), and 163rd Street - Amsterdam Avenue Stations on the 8th Avenue Line (IND), Manhattan" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. June 1, 2017. Retrieved July 27, 2017.
  21. ^ "New York City Transit and Bus Committee Meeting" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. October 23, 2017. p. 131. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 31, 2017. Retrieved November 9, 2017.
  22. ^ Warerkar, Tanay (2018-02-19). "MTA will shutter 4 Upper Manhattan subway stations for repairs". Curbed NY. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
  23. ^ a b "Press Release - NYC Transit - Structural Repairs & Functional Enhancements at Cathedral Pkwy-110 St Subway Station to be Completed Labor Day Weekend". MTA. August 27, 2018. Archived from the original on August 30, 2019. Retrieved August 29, 2018.
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  26. ^ a b c Review of the A and C Lines (PDF) (Report). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. December 11, 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 3, 2020. Retrieved January 19, 2016.
  27. ^ "Arts & Design - NYCT Permanent Art". MTA. Retrieved October 25, 2018.
  28. ^ a b c d e f g "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Morningside Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.

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