Harlem–148th Street station
Harlem–148 Street M2 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Structure | Covered, At-grade | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Platforms | 1 island platform | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Tracks | 2 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Opened | May 13, 1968 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Accessible | not ADA-accessible; accessibility planned | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opposite- direction transfer | N/A | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former/other names | 148th Street–Lenox Terminal | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Traffic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
2023 | 679,539[2] 11.3% | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Rank | 353 out of 423[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Harlem–148th Street station (also signed as 148th Street–Lenox Terminal station
Although the Lenox Avenue Line was constructed in 1904, the Harlem–148th Street station was not part of the original line. The station was first proposed in 1940, and was opened in 1968 within the confines of the preexisting
History
Background
The station's location and tracks were originally part of the
In 1940, the
Opening
In 1957, a station at 150th Street within the Lenox Yard was proposed to better serve the local area (including the nearby Harlem River Houses).[11] The station, and the Bronx extension, had been requested by local citizens since the 1940s due to unreliable bus and surface trolley service.[12] The station was later moved to 149th Street due to Lenox Yard's downsizing in the 1960s, with the land sold to the developers that would build the Frederick Douglass Academy and the Esplanade Gardens apartment complex above the yard and station.[13][14]
The new terminal, upon completion, was intended to replace the former terminal at
Later changes
The station sign was reversed as Lenox Terminal–148th Street in the 1990s before reverting to its original name by 2003.[22] From August 5, 1990, to September 4, 1994, and from September 10, 1995, to July 27, 2008, this station lacked full-time service, as 3 trains did not operate during late nights. Full-time service was restored on July 27, 2008.[23]
In December 2019, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA) announced that this station would become ADA-accessible as part of the agency's 2020–2024 Capital Program.[24] A contract for one ramp at the station was awarded in December 2023.[25] The MTA announced in April 2024 that it would make esthetic improvements to the station during mid-2024 as part of its Re-New-Vation program.[26]
Station layout
Street level | Street level | Exit/entrance |
Fare control | Station agent, MetroCard vending machines | |
Ground Platform level | ||
Yard tracks | No passenger service | |
Track 2 | toward New Lots Avenue (Times Square–42nd Street late nights) (145th Street) → | |
Island platform | ||
Track 1 | toward New Lots Avenue (Times Square–42nd Street late nights) (145th Street) → | |
Maintenance tracks | No passenger service |
The station is the northern terminus for the
While this station appears to be underground, it and the adjacent yard are actually at-grade. The Esplanade Gardens apartment complex is located between 147th and 149th streets while
Exit
The station's only
Notes
- 57th Street, which was completed two months later, cost $13.2 million.[20]
References
- ^ "Glossary". Second Avenue Subway Supplemental Draft Environmental Impact Statement (SDEIS) (PDF). Vol. 1. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. March 4, 2003. pp. 1–2. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 26, 2021. Retrieved January 1, 2021.
- ^ a b "Annual Subway Ridership (2018–2023)". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2023. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
- ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 24, 2008). "The outside of the headhouse at 148 Street-Lenox Terminal viewed form Adam Clayton Powell Blvd". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ a b c "MTA Neighborhood Maps: Harlem / Hamilton Heights" (PDF). mta.info. Metropolitan Transportation Authority. 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on July 12, 2015. Retrieved July 12, 2015.
- ^ "Task of Placing the Cars in New Subway: Transfer from the Elevated to the Underground Tracks" (PDF). The New York Times. November 15, 1903. Archived (PDF) from the original on November 11, 2020. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ "New Contracts Let for Interboro Yards: Rejection of Earlier Bids by the City Make $50,610 Temporary Facilities Necessary" (PDF). The New York Times. June 8, 1922. Archived (PDF) from the original on March 17, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ "Two Subway Agreements: Provide for Connecting Links and Station Improvements" (PDF). The New York Times. November 12, 1916. Archived (PDF) from the original on April 11, 2022. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ New York City Board of Transportation; Spinrad, Isidor (1945). Report, Including Analysis of Operations of the New York City Transit System: For Five Years Ended June 30, 1945. The Board. p. 123.
- ISBN 978-0-82325-369-2., p. 244
- ^ Feinman, Mark (2000). "History of the Independent Subway". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on May 12, 2020. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ a b "Asks Extension Of IRT Subway". New York Amsterdam News. August 10, 1957. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ "Public Service Gripes Are Old". New York Amsterdam News. October 19, 1946. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ a b Raudenbush, Henry (January 2007). "148th Street-Lenox Terminal and How it Got its Name". New York Division Bulletin. 50 (1). Electric Railroaders Association. Archived from the original on November 18, 2016. Retrieved June 20, 2016.
- ^ "IRT Repair Yard To Revert To City: 19 Acres in Harlem Will Be Turned Back by Dec. 31 -- Realty Men Interested". The New York Times. October 14, 1960. Archived from the original on June 13, 2018. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ "Other IRT Notes". The New York Division Bulletin. 6 (5). Electric Railroaders' Association: 1. October 1963. Archived from the original on November 7, 2020. Retrieved March 23, 2018 – via Issu.
- ^ Edwards, Dick (December 2, 1967). "145th-Lenox Subway Stop To Continue". New York Amsterdam News. Archived from the original on July 10, 2015. Retrieved July 10, 2015.
- ^ a b "Eighty Years of Subway Service to the Bronx" (PDF). The Bulletin. Vol. 28, no. 7. Electric Railroaders' Association. July 1985. Retrieved April 2, 2018.
- ^ a b "IRT Passengers Get New 148th St. Station". The New York Times. May 14, 1968. p. 95. Archived from the original on December 21, 2021. Retrieved October 4, 2011.
- ^ OCLC 1056711733., p. 80
- from the original on December 16, 2021. Retrieved September 18, 2017.
- ^ "New Subway Station Opens At 148th St" (PDF). New York Amsterdam News. May 25, 1968. Retrieved March 25, 2018.
- ^ Weinberg, Brian (June 24, 2003). "Station sign, by 2003". www.nycsubway.org. Archived from the original on August 26, 2016. Retrieved August 23, 2016.
- ^ "Service Enhancements on 3 Line" (Press release). MTA New York City Transit. July 24, 2008. Archived from the original on October 30, 2014. Retrieved July 26, 2008.
- ^ a b "Press Release - MTA Headquarters - MTA Announces 20 Additional Subway Stations to Receive Accessibility Improvements Under Proposed 2020-2024 Capital Plan". MTA. December 19, 2019. Archived from the original on March 22, 2020. Retrieved December 20, 2019.
- ^ https://new.mta.info/document/112391
- ^ Pozarycki, Robert (April 23, 2024). "These 13 NYC subway stations will receive 'Re-NEW-vation' upgrades and cleaning this spring and summer". amNewYork. Retrieved April 24, 2024.
- ^ "3 Subway Timetable, Effective June 26, 2022". Metropolitan Transportation Authority. Retrieved August 26, 2023.
- ^ "Subway Map" (PDF). Metropolitan Transportation Authority. September 2021. Retrieved September 17, 2021.
- ^ Cox, Jeremiah (April 24, 2013). "Walking up the staircase to the station house". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on January 26, 2018. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ "Inventory Of Decking Opportunities Over Transportation Properties Final Report: 6.7: Transit And Railroad Yards: Manhattan" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on March 4, 2016. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ a b "Inventory Of Decking Opportunities Over Transportation Properties Final Report: 6.7: Transit And Railroad Yards: Brooklyn" (PDF). nyc.gov. New York City Department of City Planning. September 2008. Archived from the original (PDF) on June 6, 2010. Retrieved August 6, 2015.
- ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 24, 2008). "A close up of the four doors that lead into the 148 Street-Lenox Terminal Station and the gates that can close the head house off during late nights when the 3 becomes a shuttle bus". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on September 24, 2015. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ^ Google (September 10, 2018). "Street view of the west end of the station (under the parking lot to the left)" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ Google (September 10, 2018). "Street view of the east end of the station" (Map). Google Maps. Google. Retrieved September 10, 2018.
- ^ Cox, Jeremiah (March 17, 2006). "Looking up the staircase to the station house at 148 St-Lenox Terminal, the two buffers are visible". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 24, 2008). "A view from the platform of the 18 steps that lead up to the street at 148 Street-Lenox Terminal". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on June 7, 2015. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
- ^ Cox, Jeremiah (June 24, 2008). "The three turnstyles that lead into the subway system at 148 Street-Lenox Terminal". subwaynut.com. Archived from the original on March 17, 2016. Retrieved January 25, 2018.
External links
- nycsubway.org – IRT White Plains Road Line: 148th Street/Lenox Terminal
- The Subway Nut – 148th Street–Lenox Terminal Pictures Archived December 28, 2011, at the Wayback Machine
- Station Reporter — 3 Train