135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)

135th Street
New York City Subway rapid transit station
Station statistics
Address	West 135th Street & Malcolm X Boulevard New York, NY 10030
Borough	Manhattan
Locale	Harlem
Coordinates	40°48′50″N 73°56′28″W / 40.814°N 73.941°W / 40.814; -73.941Coordinates: 40°48′50″N 73°56′28″W / 40.814°N 73.941°W / 40.814; -73.941
Division	A (IRT)
Line	IRT Lenox Avenue Line
Services	2  (all times)       3  (all times)
Connection	NYCT Bus: M7, M102, Bx33
Structure	Underground
Platforms	2 side platforms
Tracks	3 (2 in regular service)
Other information
Opened	November 23, 1904 (1904-11-23)
Accessible
Traffic
Passengers (2014)	4,932,623[1]  5.6%
Rank	96 out of 421
Station succession
Next north	145th Street (via Lenox): 3  149th Street – Grand Concourse (via White Plains Rd): 2
Next south	125th Street: 2  3
Next north	Third Avenue – 149th Street (via White Plains Rd): 2  none: 3
Next south	96th Street: 2  3
Station service legend Symbol Description Stops in station at all times Stops all times except late nights Stops late nights only Stops late nights and weekdays only Stops late nights and weekends only Stops weekends and weekend late nights Stops weekdays and weekday late nights Stops weekdays only Stops weekends only Stops all times except rush hours in the peak direction Stops all times except weekdays in the peak direction Stops daily except rush hours in the peak direction Stops rush hours only Stops rush hours in the peak direction only Station is closed (Details about time periods)

135th Street is a station on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line of the New York City Subway. Located at the intersection of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue in Harlem, it is served by the 2 and 3 trains at all times.

This underground station, opened on November 23, 1904, has three tracks and two side platforms. The northbound outer track merges with the center track just north of the station and the center track merges with the southbound outer one just south of the station. The center track was last used by late night 3 shuttle trains from Harlem – 148th Street when they terminated here until 1995, when service was replaced by shuttle buses. Overnight 3 service was restored on July 27, 2008, but now terminates at Times Square – 42nd Street.

Both platform mosaics have three different kinds of trim line and name tablets. Each platform has one same-level entrance at the center containing a turnstile bank, token booth, and two stairs to the streets, the northbound side to the east side of Lenox Avenue and the southbound side to the west. Each fare control area also has one elevator from the street installed in mid-2008 that make this station fully ADA-accessible.

North of the station, a diamond crossover allows trains to switch between the two tracks. At the 142nd Street Junction, the 2 train provides service to the Bronx via the IRT White Plains Road Line while the 3 continues on the IRT Lenox Avenue Line to 145th Street and Harlem – 148th Street.

The 1995 artwork here is called Harlem Timeline by Willie Birch. It features mosaics of notable Harlem residents on the station platforms. The one on the southbound side includes Adam Clayton Powell, Joe Louis, the Schomberg Center for Research in Black Culture, Charlie Parker, Clara Ward, and Louis Armstrong while one on the northbound side includes the Harlem Globetrotters, the NAACP, Abyssian Baptist Church, Cotton Club, and Randall's Island football team.

Station layout

G	Street Level	Exit/ Entrance (Elevator for northbound service at NE corner of 135th Street and Lenox Avenue; elevator for southbound service at SW corner)
P Platform level	Side platform, doors will open on the right
	Northbound	← toward Wakefield – 241st Street (149th Street – Grand Concourse) ← toward Harlem – 148th Street (145th Street)
	Center track	No regular service
	Southbound	→ toward Brooklyn College – Flatbush Avenue (125th Street) → → toward New Lots Avenue (Times Square – 42nd Street late nights) (125th Street) →
	Side platform, doors will open on the right

References

External links

Media related to 135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line) at Wikimedia Commons

• nycsubway.org—IRT White Plains Road Line: 135th Street
• nycsubway.org — Harlem Timeline Artwork by Willie Birch (1995)
• Station Reporter — 2 Train
• Station Reporter — 3 Train
• The Subway Nut — 135th Street Pictures
• MTA's Arts For Transit — 135th Street (IRT Lenox Avenue Line)
• 135th Street entrance from Google Maps Street View